Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1997-2024
Resources for a selection of titles aimed at encouraging reading among teens who dislike to read for whatever reason since 1997
Sponsored by Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)
![Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, 1997-2024](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/images/awards/64.jpg)
- 2,550 Resources including
- 303 Videos
- 187 Book Readings
- 203 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
Showing 1-48 of 153 book results
![All American Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/1481463330.jpg)
![Poet X, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0062662805.jpg)
![Hate U Give, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0062498533.jpg)
![Hey, Kiddo](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0545902487.jpg)
![Crossover, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0544107713.jpg)
![Punching the Air](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0062996487.jpg)
![Amari and the Night Brothers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0062975161.jpg)
![Shadowshaper](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0545591619.jpg)
![Amal Unbound](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0399544682.jpg)
![Nimona](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0062278223.jpg)
![Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0763658596.jpg)
![Miles Morales: Spider-Man](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/55692_hi.jpg)
![Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1606869396.jpg)
Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty
by G. Neri and Randy DuBurke
(Commended, 2011)
34 Resources8 Awards
![Gabi, a Girl in Pieces](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1935955942.jpg)
![You Should See Me in a Crown](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1338503294.jpg)
![Speak: The Graphic Novel](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0374300283.jpg)
Speak: The Graphic Novel
by Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll
(Commended, 2019)
33 Resources7 Awards
![Prince and the Dressmaker, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1250159857.jpg)
![Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1534444955.jpg)
Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgorodoff
(Commended, 2021)
32 Resources3 Awards
![First Time for Everything, A](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/1626724156.jpg)
![Sadie](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/4/1250105714.jpg)
![Swim Team](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/media/bookimages/covers/83131_hi.jpg)
![Unwind](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1416912045.jpg)
![Beneath a Meth Moon](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0399252509.jpg)
![Heroine](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0062847198.jpg)
![First Part Last, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0689849222.jpg)
![Lockdown](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/3/0374324913.jpg)
![Heartstopper, Vol. 1](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/1338617435.jpg)
![Worst Years of My Life, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/0316101877.jpg)
The Worst Years of My Life
by James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts, and Laura Park
(Commended, 2012)
24 Resources1 Awards
![One of Us Is Lying](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/1524714682.jpg)
![Be Not Far from Me](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0062561626.jpg)
![Love Radio](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1665908157.jpg)
![Everything, Everything](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0553496646.jpg)
![Twilight](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/2/0316160172.jpg)
![Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/0375835318.jpg)
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
(Commended, 2007)
21 Resources3 Awards
![Pumpkinheads](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1626721629.jpg)
![Canyon's Edge, The](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/0316494690.jpg)
![Nubia: Real One](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/8/1401296408.jpg)
![Promise Boys](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/1250866979.jpg)
![Red Queen](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/1/0062310631.jpg)
![Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/0/078519021X.jpg)
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal
by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona
(Commended, 2015)
20 Resources4 Awards
![Ball Don't Lie](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/5/0385732325.jpg)
![I Hunt Killers](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/9/0316125849.jpg)
![If I Was Your Girl](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/7/1250078407.jpg)
![Thieves' Gambit](https://cdn.teachingbooks.net/content/ingram_images_hi/6/0593625366.jpg)