Research Guides: Children's Literature: Young Adult Literature

About Young Adult Literature

Young Adult (YA) books are targeted towards people aged 13-17.

The Dwight Marvin Library has a collection of Young Adult books, located on the first floor of the library. Below is a list of recent additions to the library's YA book collection.

New Young Adult Books in the HVCC Library

Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson; Ekua Holmes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PS3623.A87335 B58 2024

ISBN: 9780593461709

Publication Date: 2024-02-13

Coretta Scott King award honor book
Brownstone by Samuel Teer; Mar Julia (Illustrator)
Call Number: Gr. Novel PZ7.7.T44 Br 2024

ISBN: 9780358394754

Publication Date: 2024-06-11

Michael L. Printz award winner
Canto Contigo by Jonny Garza Villa
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.1.G3783 Can 2024

ISBN: 9781250875754

Publication Date: 2024-04-09

Stonewall award winner
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.1.W4418 Co 2024

ISBN: 9781682636121

Publication Date: 2024-09-03

Michael L. Printz award honor book
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.1.R5 Ev 2024

ISBN: 9780593461419

Publication Date: 2024-08-27

Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature
Light Enough to Float by Lauren Seal
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.5.S39 Li 2024

ISBN: 9780593700143

Publication Date: 2024-10-08

Schneider Family Book award honor book
Night Owls by A. R. Vishny
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.1.V584 Ni 2024

ISBN: 9780063327306

Publication Date: 2024-09-17

Sydney Taylor award winner
Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PS3601.D3658 N68 2024

ISBN: 9781547614004

Publication Date: 2024-04-30

William C. Morris award winner
Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992 : Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire by Paula Yoo
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. F869.L89 Y66 2024

ISBN: 9781324030904

Publication Date: 2024

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction award winner
Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and a Town that Looked Away by Candy J. Cooper
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.1.C66 Sha 2024

ISBN: 9781662620133

Publication Date: 2024-04-02

2025 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction finalist
Shut up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta
Call Number: Young Adult Lit. PZ7.1.I98549 Sh 2024

ISBN: 9780063287860

Publication Date: 2024-01-09

Pura Belpré award winner and William C. Morris award finalist
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now ... by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: Young Adult Lit PZ7.R33593 Tw 2024

ISBN: 9781665961271

Publication Date: 2024-10-08

Coretta Scott King award winner

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