Adventure

Be Not Far From Me by Mindy McGinnis

FIC-REALISTIC MCG 

Hero by Perry Moore

FIC MOO

Thom is different, and his dad doesn't like different.  He discovers he has the power to heal and he's asked to join the League of Superheros, whom his dad hates.  So he keeps that secret a secret.  He's also gay, and his dad really doesn't like gays, so there's another secret.  Then his long lost mom returns, but he can't tell his dad.  More secrets.  He and his friends have to save the world, and Thom makes some of the hardest choices of his life.

Adventure, LGBTQ

Read this if you liked:  Zeros, Steelheart, Black Widow, The Twelve Fingered Boy

Black Widow:  Forever Red by Margaret Stohl

FIC STO

Natasha Romanov, called the Black Widow, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D, rescues a young girl from Ivan, the man who once trained her as an assassin--and eight years later she is called upon to protect the teenager Ava has become from a threat from the past--and possibly from S.H.I.E.L.D itself.

Action and Adventure, Superheros

Read this if you liked:  Steelheart, Hero, Zeroes, The Fifth Wave, Leviathan

Proxy by Alex London

FIC LON

Privileged teenager Sid has a proxy, Knox, who receives punishment for Syd's wrong doings, when Syd kills one of his friends in a car crash, it is Knox who is sentenced to death. When the two boys realize they must work together to beat the system they flee looking for answers.

Adventure, Science Fiction, Dystopian, LGBTQ

Read this if you liked:  Coda, Feed, Legend, I Am Number Four, Legend

Rook by Sharon Cameron

FIC CAM

In the Sunken City that was once Paris, all who oppose the new revolution are being put to the blade. Except for those who disappear from their prison cells, a red-tipped rook feather left in their place. Is the mysterious Red Rook a savior of the innocent or a criminal?  Meanwhile, across the sea in the Commonwealth, Sophia Bellamy’s arranged marriage to the wealthy René Hasard is the last chance to save her family from ruin. But when the search for the Red Rook comes straight to her doorstep, Sophia discovers that her fiancé is not all he seems. Which is only fair, because neither is she. -goodreads

Dystopian Fiction, Adventure

Read this if you liked:  Life as We Knew it, After the Red Rain, Ember in the Ashes

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

FIC TAH

Elias is a mask, an elite group of warriors.  He is chosen to fight to the death or become Emperor.  But Elias hates being a warrior and wants to leave the life he has lived, but now he is trapped.  He meets and falls in love with Laia, a slave and part of the resistance, who is spying on this elite group.  They both want to do what is right, and they are not supposed to be in love, but they are drawn to one another.

Fantasy, romance, suspense, action, adventure

Read it if you liked: Hunger Games, Divergent, The Young Elites, Finnikin of the Rock

Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

FIC MAA

In this classic Beauty and the Beast story, Feyre kills a fairy in the woods and as punishment, must go live in the land of Faeries with Tamlin, her captor.  At first it's very difficult, and she does everything she can to escape, but she eventually learns to accept her new life and and even enjoy Tamlin's company.  When an evil fairy threatens to destroy the land and to kill Feyre, Tamlin sends her back to her home in order to keep her safe.  Once home, she realizes she cannot live without him, and goes back to to find a curse has been cast over the land and she must fight to save him and the realm.

Fantasy, suspense, romance, intrigue, action.  Some sexual situations

Read this if you liked The Heir Series, The Red Queen, Ember in the Ashes, Beastly, Games of Thrones 

Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld 

FIC WES

Told from separate viewpoints, a group of teens have superhuman abilities.  They don't have total control, and try to help each other figure out what they can and should do.  They try to work together to respond to a high stake crisis in their town.  

Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

Read it if you liked:  X-Men, Maximum Ride, Steelheart, Hero, Rot & Ruin

The Boys on the Boat by Daniel James Brown

797.12 MON

The story of the University of Washington’s 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. 

Adventure

Read this if you liked:  Unbroken, Seabiscuit, Dead Wake

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

FIC SAN

A futurisic society where Superhuman Epics  take over the world and The Reckoners try to bring them down. At age eight, David saw his father killed by an Epic and now he's getting his revenge.    Fast paced, surprises, suspenseful, and a lot of energy.  

Adventure, Action, Sci Fi

Read this if you liked:  Eye of Minds, Hero, Matrix, Zeros

Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand

940.54 HIL

The incredible story of Louis Zamperelli and his rise from teenage delinquent to the running in the Berlin Olympics.  From there, a bomber pilot in WWII, lost at sea for months, captured by the Japanese and held in a POW camp for years.  A remarkable life and story.

Adventure, Historical Fiction

Read this if you liked:  The Boys in the Boat, American Sniper, Seabiscuit, Lone Survivor, The Martian

Maximum Ride

FIC PAT

After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest member of their group, the "birdkids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take off in pursuit and find themselves struggling to understand their own origins and purpose.

Adventure, Sci Fi

Read this if you liked:  Among the Hidden, Hunger Games, Unwind, The Enemy, Witch and Wizard

The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancy

FIC YAN

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Cassie, a survivor of an alien invasion, must rescue her younger brother with only the help of a boy who may be one of them. 

Dystopian, Sci Fi, Adventure

Read this if you liked:  All Our Yesterdays, Scan, The Knife of Never Letting Go, Game, Across the Universe