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These immersive works of historical fiction surface events often omitted by textbooks, blend history and other genres, and urge readers to reconsider the past and look to the future.

From alternate histories to dystopian futures, these teen genre selections offer up magic, mermaids, mechsuits, and more.

Readers will cheer for these YA books about boxing, basketball, field hockey, and more.

Finding books that are age-appropriate but still compelling enough to hook the interest of older tweens and young teens can be tricky. Here are some of our recent favorites. 

With controlled vocabularies and short page counts, hi-lo (­high-interest, low-readability) books present engaging, age-­appropriate options for students reading below their grade level. This roundup of new and forthcoming series highlights a wide range of titles for collections serving elementary, middle, and high school ­audiences.

With evocative memoirs, complex love stories, and socially-conscious supervillains, these graphic books offer new windows into our world.

These titles avoid classic romance tropes and tackle topics of race, feminism, and being true to yourself, all with humor and heart.

These thrilling teen novels will keep readers up on hot summer nights.

From summer camp to improv troupes to rom coms, these YA reads keep things light as the days get longer.