Get your holiday reading started with the best young adult novels of 2015.

1)We All Looked Up

“We All Looked Up” by Tommy Wallach was published in March. The plot revolves around four high school students. Peter the athlete, Eliza the outcast, Andy the slacker and Anita the overachiever. Do these labels matter when future is hurtling through space with the potential to wipe out life on Earth? As these four seniors—along with the rest of the planet—wait to see what damage an asteroid will cause, they must abandon all thoughts of the future and decide how they’re going to spend what remains of the present.

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2) The Heir

“The Heir,” the fourth book of the selection series by Kiera Cass was published in May. “The Heir”  takes place 20 years after America Singer entered the Selection and won Prince Maxon’s heart. Now the time has come for Princess Eadlyn to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn , doesn’t expect her Selection to be anything like her parents. However as the competition begins, she may discover that finding her own happily ever after isn’t as impossible as she thought it would be.

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3) The Honest Truth

Tales of teens dealing with cancer seems to never get old. “The Honest Truth” by Dan Gemeinhart is about the 12-year-old Mark from Washington state who runs away—with his camera, notebook and beloved dog, Beau—he’s got a plan and a reason. Mark has been battling cancer for years. It has once again returned, so Mark decides this is his last chance to make the climb. He leaves his parents and best friend, Jessie, for the adventure of a lifetime. 

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 4) Jekyll’s Mirror

In “Jekyll’s Mirror,” the new novel by William Hussey, a young teenager named Sam is a tortured soul yet his darkest hour is yet to come when he’s invited to take part in ‘Project Hyde.’ The new social networking site where users can enjoy total anonymity is thrilling at first, until Sam notices that the other users are becoming obsessed with the program, addicted to the cruelty they are inflicting online. Sam watches with a growing sense of horror as his classmates turn into something unrecognisable. For the truth behind Project Hyde is this: it doesn’t simply change who you are, it changes what you are. One click away from Evil’s new domain. Are you ready to face the truth?

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