The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has selected over 60 titles for its Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers list. This is one of my favorite lists every year, since it often includes books that did not gather attention during the previous year but that teens will check out and use in our library. The books are selected for ages 12-18. A top ten list is part of the selection. Here are those titles:

TOP TEN

All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson

The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting by Natalie C. Parker

Best of All Worlds by Kenneth Oppel

Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Factory by Catherine Egan

Family Force V: Book One by Matt Braly, illustrated by Ainsworth Lin

Out of Air by Rachel Reiss

The Story of My Anger by Jasmine Mendez

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now… by Jason Reynolds

When We Ride by Rex Ogle