Our teen book spotlight this week is on books that feature book titles that share the same title as songs!!! That’s right--these books have the same titles as songs you may or may not know but they will have you humming and possibly getting a song stuck in your head as you read these amazing titles!! Some of these titles even have their own musical themes woven throughout, some even with their own playlist, and we have an amazing offering of realistic, fantasy, and even science fiction so there is something for everyone. These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #yamusicalstories as well as on Libby and Hoopla. Check back next week for a new teen book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!!
Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson--Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank Porter, Emily gives them a try.
Across the Universe by Beth Revis--Chosen to complete a 300-year journey to a planet far beyond the Earth's solar system, Amy and her family are cryogenically frozen so that they will be able to survive the trip. During the course of their exodus Amy nearly loses her life when her pod is opened early. She soon meets another teen aboard the ship named Elder, called such due to his future position as the leader of the planet they are traveling to. Together, Amy and Elder attempt to discover who is opening pods on the ship early, but their investigation takes them to places they couldn't have imagined as they uncover generations of lies underscoring the ship's on-board society.
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell--Simon Snow can't even enjoy his last year at the Watford School of Magicks because his girlfriend broke up with him, his mentor keeps avoiding him, his nemesis is missing, and monsters are running amok on the school grounds. Simon knows he better start focusing, because an epic battle is coming for him, the Chosen One, and it will change everything for Simon and those around him.
You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson--Liz Lightly has tried to stay out of the spotlight in high school, focusing on her plan to leave small-town Indiana to attend an elite private school on a music scholarship and become a doctor. When financial aid falls through, Liz's only shot is to compete for a scholarship offered to the prom queen. But to win, Liz will have to face her fears of being black, poor, and gay in a town of affluent whites.
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo--Lucky, a Korean-American K-pop superstar, is on the verge of breaking through in America. After a big show, and on the eve of her American trip, Lucky is laying in bed and desperately craving a hamburger. Still a bit groggy from her sleeping medication, she stumbles incognito out of the hotel where she gets lost. She's rescued by part-time paparazzo Jack—also Korean American—who sees Lucky in her pajamas and slippers and thinks she's both cute and kind of familiar. Together they go in search of a hamburger and they share their existential crises and personal fears and dreams--and over the course of that day, they fall in love.
The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo--When Clara Shin takes a practical joke too far, she's sentenced to working in her dad's food truck, the KoBra, all summer with her uptight classmate, Rose Carver. As the summer progresses and she starts dating a boy named Hamlet and becoming invested in her father's business, Clara starts to examine her relationships and if she can let go of the old, irresponsible Clara.