The staffers of Fiction, Movies and Music and Adult Reference read a lot of books in 2012, and we thought we would share our favorites. Here are our picks for young adult books:

“Across the Universe’’ by Beth Revis
Teenaged Amy, a cryogenically frozen passenger on the spaceship Godspeed, wakes up to discover that someone may have tried to murder her.
Recommended by Susie 

“Every Day’’ by David Levithan
Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend.
Recommended by Ellen

“The Fault in Our Stars’’ by John Green
Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at a support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.
Recommended by Andrea, Ellen and Connie

“I'll Be There: a Novel’’ by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Raised by an unstable father, Sam Border has long been the voice of his silent younger brother, Riddle, but everything changes when Sam meets Emily Bell and is welcomed by her family.
Recommended by Ellen

“Jasper Jones: a Novel’’ by Craig Silvey
In small-town Australia, teens Jasper and Charlie form an unlikely friendship when one asks the other to help him cover up a murder until they can prove who is responsible.
Recommended by Ellen

“The Raven Boys’’ by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Sargent is attracted to one of the Raven Boys from the expensive Aglionby Academy, and
discovers that together their supernatural talents are a dangerous mix.
Recommended by Jo and Ellen

“The Scorpio Races’’ by Maggie Stiefvater
Returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to get their dangerous water horses to the finish line.
Recommended by Andrea

“Shadow and Bone’’ by Leigh Bardugo
A girl is taken from obscurity to become the protégé of the mysterious Darkling, who trains her to join the magical elite in the belief that she is the Sun Summoner, who can destroy the monsters of the Fold.
Recommended by Jo

“The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight’’ by Jennifer E. Smith
Hadley and Oliver fall in love on the flight from New York to London, but after a cinematic kiss they lose track of each other at the airport until fate brings them back together on a very momentous day.
Recommended by Andrea

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