It’s Teen Read Week and the theme is Get Away At Your Library so we’re celebrating books of EVERY genre imaginable that whisked us away from everyday life. Read on for 13 books that do an exceptional job of freeing you from reality: whether it’s to a fantasy world, the past, or simply into someone else’s shoes!
Sydney’s always felt invisible, but after her brother lands in jail because of a drunk-driving accident, she starts to question her place in the family and the world.
Rio’s lived her whole life in the underwater city of Atlantia until one decision changes everything and she uncovers long-hidden truths about her mother’s death, her destiny, and the complex system that governs the divide between land and sea.
Ever since Hayley’s father returned from Iraq, she’s been on the move with him as he tries to escape the demons that torture him. Now, they’re back in the town she grew up in, but does she really have a chance at a normal life?
Half New York love story, half Parisian romance, the story of Isla and Josh is one that confronts the reality that happily-ever-afters aren’t always forever.
Jump on a road trip with Michelle and Leah, who have absolutely nothing in common except the man they’re journeying to see – the biological father who abandoned them when they were little.
Travel back in time to the Great Depression with the tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant.
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