2014 Top Ten Fiction for Young Adults (Ages 12-18)

Berry, Julie. All the Truth That’s In Me. Penguin/Viking Juvenile, 2013.

Judith is a pariah after her tongue is cut out. But when war threatens her village she must find her voice.

Clark, Kristin Elizabeth. Freakboy. Macmillan/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2013.

What do you do when your outside doesn't match your inside? In this free-verse novel, Brendan, a gender-questioning teen, wrestles with his identity.

Federle, Tim. Better Nate Than Ever. Simon & Schuster/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013.

Broadway enthusiast Nate ventures out on his own from suburban Pittsburgh to the Big Apple for a chance at musical stardom. Hilarity ensues.

McNeal, Tom. Far Far Away. Random House/Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2013.

Jeremy Johnson Johnson's life is full of delicious cakes, funny pranks, and dangerous mistakes. It's almost like he's living in a modern fairy tale.

Rowell, Rainbow. Eleanor & Park. Macmillan/St. Martin’s Griffin, 2013.

Eleanor has bright red hair and a thrift store wardrobe. Park wears “guyliner” and reads comics. They don’t fit in anywhere except with each other.

Sedgwick, Marcus. Midwinterblood. Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press, 2013.

On a remote, mysterious island in Scandinavia, two souls seek each other out again and again through seven stories that span centuries.

Sepetys, Ruta. Out of the Easy. Penguin/Philomel, 2013.

Life can be sleazy in the Big Easy especially for 17-year-old Josie, who's itching to get out of New Orleans and start a better life.

Smith, Andrew. Winger. Illustrated by Sam Bosma. Simon & Schuster/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013.

Fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean navigates the twists and turns of boarding school with the help of his rugby teammates and his best friend, with whom he is helplessly in love.

Sullivan, Tara. Golden Boy. Penguin/Putnam Juvenile, 2013.

Can you put a price on an albino's life? In Tanzania, you can.

Wein, Elizabeth. Rose Under Fire. Disney-Hyperion, 2013.

During World War II, a female transport pilot is captured and sent to a German concentration camp where she bears witness to starvation, corporal punishment, and medical experimentation.

Reference:  "2014 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults." Young Adult Library Services Association. American LibraryAssociation, n.d. Web. 21 July 2014.