Suggested Reads for
12th Grade
Bitter Akwaeke Emezi T EMEZ,A
The Epic Crush of Genie F.C. Yee T YEE,F
Bitter is thrilled to have been chosen to attend Eucalyptus, a special school where she can focus on her painting surrounded by other creative teens. But outside this haven, the streets are filled with protests against the deep injustices that grip the city of Lucille
Sixteen-year-old Genie's focus on getting into a top-tier college is destroyed when an enigmatic transfer student, Quentin, helps her transform into a demon-fighter.
Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his once-inseparable sister who'd grown tragically distant.
Icebreaker A. L. Graziadei T GRAZ,A
Legendborn Tracy Deonn T DEON,T
My Good Man Eric Gansworth T GANS,E
The Honeys Ryan La Sala T LASA,R
Mickey James III is following in his father's (and grandfather's) skates by playing hockey at Hartland University. Jaysen Caulfield, is also on the team and seems to bitterly resent him--and Mickey actually finds Jaysen very attractive and does not know how to deal with that.
Bree witnesses a magical attack, a young mage who calls himself a 'Merlin' attempts-- and fails-- to wipe Bree's memory of everything she saw. His failure unlocks Bree's own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died
When a mysterious assault lands the brother of his mother's late boyfriend in the hospital, Brian, a twenty-something Indigenous reporter, must pick up the threads of a life he's abandoned, returning to the Tuscarora reservation to discover the truth.
She Is a Haunting Trang Thanh Tran T TRAN,T
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet Jen Ferguson T FERG,J
Where you see yourself Claire Forrest T FORR,C
Seventeen-year-old bisexual Jade Nguyen is spending the summer in Vietnam at the French colonial house her estranged father is fixing up as a vacation rental, but unbeknownst to her family, the house and its ghosts have other plans.
Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with...her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago...But when she gets a letter from her biological father, she soon realizes that she can't ignore her father forever
Effie Galanos' goals for her senior year include her navigating her way through her high school that is not really wheelchair-friendly, getting into the perfect college, and getting her crush Wilder to accompany her to the prom-but by spring she is beginning to see herself entirely differently.