It can get a little boring staying at home for long periods, so what better way to pass the time than with a good book! Students have all been attending online lessons for the past few months, so it also gives us a bit of a break from a screen.
Here are my top reading recommendations for teens. You can either inquire at your favorite local bookstore about ordering them, download on Kindle, or have them shipped to Beijing via The Book Depository.
Wayward Son
by Rainbow Rowell
This is the highly anticipated sequel of No.1 bestseller Carry On in which protagonist Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain, won the war, and even fell in love. Now comes the good part, the happily ever after, right? Except that in Wayward Son, Snow finds himself in a vintage convertible sailing through the American West, dealing with dragons, vampires, and skunk-headed things with shotguns. And they get lost. They get so lost that they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place.
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
This book truly is one for the spy-at-heart. Follow Harvard professor Robert Langdon on a journey through France as he unravels the murder of the elderly curator of the Louvre. As he works his way through the bizarre riddles, he discovers a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo Da Vinci. Unless he can piece together and solve the puzzle in time, a historical truth will be lost forever.
The Fault In Our Stars
by John Green
In this heart-wrenching story, Hazel Grace has been terminally ill her entire life, even despite the tumor-shrinking miracle that has bought her a few extra years. But when Augustus Waters shows up one day at Cancer Kid Support group, her story is about to take a major plot twist.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
Charlie isn’t the biggest geek in high school. But he’s by no means popular, not by a long shot. Being a wallflower, shy, and intelligent beyond his years, Charlie is often caught between trying to live his life and running away from it as he navigates through the labyrinth that is high school. Standing on the fringes of life, Charlie has a unique perspective of the world around him, but there comes a time where he has to get off the sidelines and see what life is like on the dance floor.
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, or wiser that gave you sound advice, who understood you when you were young. For Mitch Albom, it was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor more than 20 years ago. Like many others, he lost track of his mentor over the years, but he got the chance to visit him one last time. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying of ALS, Mitch visited Morrie in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final ‘class’: lessons in how to live.
KEEP READING: Volunteer at the Upcoming Roundabout Book Fair
Photos: Tierney, Jim. Wayward Son. Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books, 2019., The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown, Doubleday, 2003., Corral, Rodrigo. The Fault in Our Stars, John Green, Dutton Books, 2012., The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, 1999., Tuesdays with Morris, Mitch Albom, Doubleday, 1997.
This article appeared in the beijingkids 2020 August issue
