Publisher’s Weekly publishes a list of the best books every year. Here are their picks for the best teen reads of 2019:

Angel Mage by Garth Nix
The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

Gravity by Sarah Deming
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable, illustrated by Ellen T. Crenshaw
 
The Last True Poets of the Sea by Julia Drake
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell

Ordinary Girls by Blair Thornburgh
Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve

Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Shout by Laurie Halse Anderson
Slay by Brittney Morris

Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia by Marc Favreau
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc by David Elliott

The Waning Age by S.E. Grove
We Rule the Night by Claire Eliza Bartlett

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
I’ve read three from the list; I really liked ‘Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me,’ thought ‘Shout’ was good (one of Laurie Halse Anderson’s best,) and thought ‘Voices’ was kinda crap. I’m interested in reading ‘Pet’ when it becomes available at the local library. 🙂
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