Hello and happy Sunday. I have to accomplish tasks that I’ve basically been avoiding for weeks. Yes, dear reader, this post is a chore. Today I’ll tell you about five more books that I’ve read and that I think teenagers should read, too. Update: It’s one week later because I really didn’t want to post last week, so here we are. Enjoy.

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

I wish I’d read this book when I was a teenager having to exist in a fat body that society seemed to hate. The novel itself is not as good as the movie adaptation, in my opinion, but I still think it is a starting point for young women who exist in a fatphobic society. I don’t know what else to say about this other than, teenagers need to read a variety of characters, and that includes fat ones.

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

I don’t really remember what that book was *about,* but I remember how it made me feel. For that reason, I think it would be a great read for someone who feels like they don’t understand anything around them, but they also feel deeply misunderstood. I think this book would be a companion to a teenager feeling alone and confused and like life no longer makes sense to them.

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

I read this book when I was in eighth grade, and I probably thought it was the stupidest book ever. I haven’t reread it as an adult, but I probably should. I think there must be at least one copy of this novel in each school library because each school has at least one Stargirl and many Leo Borlocks, and I feel that they all need to know that it’s perfectly okay to be themselves, whether that means going with the flow or going the exact opposite way.

Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery

I finished reading this book yesterday, so you can check my review here.

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

Most of the books that I’ve recommended are realistic because that’s usually what I read. This one has just the right amount of speculative elements on it. I found it in a Dollar Tree and I fell in love with it. Seriously. It’s quiet and I don’t think it’ll ever become a best seller (maybe it was at some point and I didn’t know), but it’s a book that readers young and old will remember for a long while.

So, this was the low-energy, low-effort second installment of the “Must Reads for Teens” series. What title do you think is an absolute *must* and I should totally include in this list?