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60 Great YA Novels That Can Be Enjoyed by Adults

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27 Girls in 7 Days
27 Girls in 7 Days
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Sherman Alexie)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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Sherman Alexie
Across Five Aprils
Across Five Aprils
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American Born Chinese (Gene Luen Yang)
American Born Chinese
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Gene Luen Yang
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation
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Bad Idea a Novel With Coyotes
Bad Idea a Novel With Coyotes
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The Berlin Boxing Club
The Berlin Boxing Club
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The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
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Markus Zusak
Boy Meets Boy (David Levithan)
Boy Meets Boy
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David Levithan
Bread and Roses, Too
Bread and Roses, Too
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Brian Jacques' Books
Brian Jacques' Books
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Chains
Chains
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Clockwork Angel (Cassandra Clare)
Clockwork Angel
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Cassandra Clare
Code Name Verity (Elizabeth Wein)
Code Name Verity
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Elizabeth Wein
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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Mark Haddon
Dodger (Terry Pratchett)
Dodger
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Terry Pratchett
Eon/Eona Duo
Eon/Eona Duo
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The Evolution of Capurnia Tate
The Evolution of Capurnia Tate
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
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Ray Bradbury
Fallen Angels
Fallen Angels
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Fever 1793 (Laurie Halse Anderson)
Fever 1793
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Laurie Halse Anderson
Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
Flowers for Algernon
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Daniel Keyes
Flygirl
Flygirl
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The Fault in Our Stars (John Green)
The Fault in Our Stars
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John Green
The Girl Who Owned a City
The Girl Who Owned a City
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The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
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Lois Lowry
The Goose Girl (Shannon Hale)
The Goose Girl
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Shannon Hale
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
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Gary Paulsen
His Dark Materials Trilogy
His Dark Materials Trilogy
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The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
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Sandra Cisneros
The Hunger Games Trilogy
The Hunger Games Trilogy
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I Had Seen Castles
I Had Seen Castles
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It's Kind of a Funny Story (Ned Vizzini)
It's Kind of a Funny Story
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Ned Vizzini
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars
Jepp, Who Defied the Stars
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
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William Golding
Love That Dog
Love That Dog
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Lunch-Box Dream
Lunch-Box Dream
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Mick Harte Was Here
Mick Harte Was Here
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My Brother Sam Is Dead (James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier)
My Brother Sam Is Dead
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James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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