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Westerly High School Library: RI Teen Book Award

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2024 Teen Book Award Winners!

All My Rage

National Book Award WINNER Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature WINNER An INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! An INSTANT INDIE BESTSELLER! "All My Rage is a love story, a tragedy and an infectious teenage fever dream about what home means when you feel you don't fit in." -- New York Times Book Review 

I Must Betray You

A #1 New York Times and National Bestseller!   A gut-wrenching, startling historical thriller about communist Romania and the citizen spy network that devastated a nation, from the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray. 

Better Than the Movies

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, this "sweet and funny" (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks) teen rom-com follows a hopelessly romantic teen girl and her cute yet obnoxious neighbor as they scheme to get her noticed by her untouchable crush.

2025 Nominees

Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything

The Blood Years

Chaos Theory

6 Times We Almost Kissed (and One Time We Did)

Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game (Graphic Novel Memoir)

2023 RI Teen Book Award Winners and Honor Books!

2023 RI Teen Book Award CO-WINNER--Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton

Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark.

2023 RI Teen Book Award CO-WINNER--Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Unforgettable romantic comedy about two rival overachievers whose relationship completely transforms over the course of twenty-four hours.

2023 RI Teen Book Award HONOR Book--Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community and bring truth to light.

2023 RI Teen Book Award HONOR Book--Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Heart-pounding suspense and relevant social commentary comes in a high-octane thriller about two high school students and their struggles against an anonymous bully.