Beach Reads for Teens
From GRPLpedia
These five short stories give some great examples of what makes a vacation from hell. Each vacation involves the supernatural, which creates these horrible vacations. Some of the stories include vampires, spells being cast, and people dying. Not your typical summer read!
Teen Fiction paperback Vacations
The Summer I Got a Life by Mark Fink
Andy can’t wait for school to be done, because his family is going on vacation to Hawaii. The family plans change when his dad is promoted and has to go out of town for some meetings and his mom goes along. Instead of heading to Hawaii, Andy and his brother are sent to rural Wisconsin, which is quite a shock to the two boys from San Francisco. Andy meets a girl and his life will never be the same.
Teen Fiction Fink
The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford
After finishing his senior year of high school and before going off to college, Christopher decides to get a summer job. He finds one cleaning in a morgue, which appeals to his interest in spying. Christopher is brought into a world of blackmail and murder. Not your usual squeaky-clean teen sleuthing story.
Teen Fiction Ford
On the way to visit family friends, Mia’s family gets into a horrible car accident. Mia is able to see everything going on, including what happens to her. She has to make the ultimate decision of should she stay or die.
Teen Fiction Forman
Into the Wild Nerd Yonder by Julie Halpern
During their sophomore year of high school, Jessie’s best friends decide to become punks. Jessie doesn’t want to become punk like her friends or older brother, so now where does she fit in at school? As Jessie finds new friends she learns what she really values, which helps to define who she is.
Teen Fiction Halpern
Micah tells lies, which she freely admits to doing. As she tells her story the reader has to figure out what is a lie and what is truth. Micah states she is telling her story straight about her life and her friend Zach, who was murdered.
Teen Fiction Larbalestier
Flash Burnout by L. K. Madigan
Blake’s family is anything but normal: his mother is a hospital chaplain and his dad is a medical examiner. Blake enjoys taking pictures. When developing one of his pictures during class, a girl is shocked to see a homeless lady in the picture—her mom.
Teen Fiction Madigan
Everytime someone around Janie falls asleep and starts to dream, she gets sucked into their dreams. She can’t get out of them until the person wakes up. Janie needs to figure out what she wants to do in the future—go to college or work for the police department? Suddenly Janie’s dad, who she has never met before, shows up. This is the third book in the series, which also includes Wake and Fade.
Teen Fiction McMann
The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Ronnie Miller’s life changed when her parents divorced. Now the summer before she turns 18, her mom forces Ronnie and her brother to stay with their father at the beach. Ronnie hasn’t talked to her father in three years. This story is filled with family relationships, first loves, and difficult choices to make.
Teen Fiction paperback Sparks or Fiction Sparks
Sam’s life is not perfect like people think, and her world starts to come apart when her mom gets a DUI and enters rehab. Her father, a pastor, is busy with church and doesn’t have time for Sam. As Sam tries to figure out her life, a thirteen-year-old-girl disappears. Sam starts hanging out with the girl’s brother, who might be a suspect in her disappearance.
Teen Fiction Zarr
