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YOUNG ADULT BOOKLISTS
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Listed here are Young Adult Fiction booklists arranged by subject, with links directly into the Library catalogue.
Adventure Fiction - stories of survival and battling against the odds or a quest to reach a set goal. Engaging, plot driven stories!
(New! 15 September 2008)
Dating and Relationships - stories where dating and relationships between young people are the main focus of the book.
(New! 16 September 2008)
 Detective & Mystery Stories - books whose story involves detection to solve a problem though examination of clues
(Updated 12 September 2008)
Fantasy - stories based on magic, make believe,or the supernatural - witches, wizards, fairies, and other mythical people.
(Updated 15 September 2008)
Friendship - books that explore friendships in and outside the family, where choosing and keeping friends, peer pressure, and making friends from different age groups and backgrounds are the central focus of the story.
(New! 16 September 2008)
Horror Stories - the occult; ghosts and ghouls; apparitions and poltergeist; witches and warlock;, vampires and werewolves; monsters and mummies.
(Updated 15 September 2008)
Identity and Self Image
(New! 16 September 2008)
Magic - stories where magic is the main subject of the book.
(New! 16 September 2008)
New Books - recently published and / or purchased book titles.
(Updated 16 September 2008)
Race Relations and Discrimination - books that explore the relationships between people from different background and from different cultures, both the good and bad relationships.
(New! 15 September 2008)
Science Fiction - For people who enjoy stories of imagined science and technology in societies of imagined worlds.
Updated 15 September 2008)
Series - books with same characters and similar storylines, where more than two books continue the story.
(Updated 16 September 2008)
- Applegate, K.A. - Animorphs
- Applegate, K. A. - Everworld
- Applegate, K. A - Remnants
- Bird, Isobel - Circle of Three
- Brooke, Lauren - Heartland
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Burke, Morgan - Party Room Trilogy
- Cabot, Meg - Princess Diaries
- Carmody, Isobelle - Obernewtyn Chronicles
- Cooper, Susan - The Dark is Rising
- Dawson's Creek
- Gabel, Claudia - In or Out
- Haynes, Betsy - Bone Chillers
- Horowitz, Anthony - Alex Rider
- Jacques, Brian - Redwall
- Limb, Sue - Girl, 15
- Marsden, John - Tomorrow
- Mary-Kate and Ashley
- McNab, Andy - Boy Soldier
- Muchamore, Robert - Cherub
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Nix, Garth - Seventh Tower
Pascal, Francine - Fearless
Pierce, Tamora - Circle of Magic
Pierce, Tamora - Protector of the Small
Pierce, Tamora - Song of the Lioness
Pullman, Philip - His Dark Materials
Rodda, Emily - Teen Power Inc
Rose, Malcolm - Traces - Luke Harding, forensic investigator
Royal Diaries
Shan, Darren - The Saga of Darren Shan
Snicket, Lemony - A Series of Unfortunate Events
Stine, R. L. - Fear Street
Tiernan, Cate - Wicca
Tolkein, J. R. R. - Lord of the Rings |
 Suspense Fiction - In suspense, the question is will they catch the villain before (s)he strikes again? The character becomes real, in as much as the reader can feel the pain of the action as though it is happening to them.
(New! 15 September 2008)
Time Travel Fiction - Books which include and focus on travel through time, be it to the past or farther into the future, involving time travel devices and technologies or supernatural, magical, or unexplained means.
(New! 16 September 2008)
TV & Movie Tie-ins - a list of books that have featured on television or as movies.
(Being revised for 2008)
Vampires and Zombies Fiction - stories which feature vampires - blood-drinking creatures of the night, or zombies - mindless, unfeeling monsters with a hunger for human flesh, as major themes or characters.
(New! 16 September 2008)
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