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YA Novels in English and in Spanish/Novelas para jovenes en inglés y español

Created on May 9, 2022, 3:52 pm

Last Updated January 11, 2024, 1:27 pm

Young Adult novels available in both English and Spanish (including translations and classic titles). Audience: teens, teachers, and parents. Created by Klem-Marí Cajigas, Family Literacy Coordinator, BBTL. Updated January 2024. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Novelas para jovenes adultos (YA por sus siglas en inglés) disponibles en inglés y español (incluyendo traducciones y obras clasicas). Audiencia: jovenes, maestras y maestros, y padres de familia. Creado por Klem-Marí Cajigas, Family Literacy Coordinator, BBTL. Lista actualizada enero 2024.

1) El ingrediente secreto de Emoni Santiago

Author

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Description

"Una de las primeras cosas que le preguntas a alguien es dónde vive. El lugar del que provenimos deja su huella en nosotros, y si sabes leer las señales de un lugar, sabes un poco más de una persona.» Desde que Emoni Santiago se quedó embarazada durante el segundo año de instituto, su vida se ha reducido a tomar decisiones difíciles y hacer lo mejor posible para su hija y para su abuela. Pero el único lugar en el que puede olvidarse...

2) With the fire on high

Author

Acevedo, Elizabeth

Series

Thorndike Press large print young adult

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, eAudiobook

Description

"From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award longlist title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago's life has been about making the tough decisions--doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen,...

3) El verano en que me enamoré

Author

Series

Trilogía verano volume 1

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Belly nunca ha sido la clase de chica a la que le pasan cosas. Año tras año, sus vacaciones transcurren en la casa de la playa pero los chicos apenas se dan cuenta de lo mucho que se fija en ellos. Cada verano, Belly desea que eso cambie. Y, esta vez, lo hará: este será el verano en que Belly se volverá guapa, el verano en que se enamorará… aunque también será el verano en el que todo cambiará. Para bien, y para mal. Este...

4) The summer I turned pretty

Author

Series

Summer novels (Jenny Han) volume 1

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

Description

Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.

5) A todos los chicos de los que me enamoré

Author

Series

To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook, Comic

Description

Lara Jean guarda sus cartas de amor en una caja. No son cartas que le hayan enviado, las ha escrito ella, una por cada chico de los que se ha enamorado. En ellas se muestra tal cual es, porque sabe que nadie las leerá. Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They are not love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she has written. One for every boy she has ever loved, five in all. When she writes,...

6) No hay verano sin ti

Author

Description

"Año tras año, Belly espera con impaciencia la llegada de las vacaciones para reencontrarse con Conrad y Jeremiah en la casa de la playa. Pero este verano no podrá ir. No después de que la madre de los chicos volviera a enfermar y de que Conrad cambiara. Todo lo que el verano significaba se ha esfumado y Belly está deseando que acabe. Hasta que recibe una llamada inesperada que la convence de que aún podría volver a ser como antes. Y...

7) We'll always have summer: a summer novel

Author

Series

Summer novels (Jenny Han) volume 3

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

Description

The summer after her first year of college, Isobel "Belly" Conklin is faced with a choice between Jeremiah and Conrad Fisher, brothers she has always loved, when Jeremiah proposes marriage and Conrad confesses that he still loves her.

8) Siempre nos quedará el verano

Author

Series

Summer I turned pretty (Spanish) volume 3

Formats:

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Belly sólo ha querido a dos chicos en su vida. Y ambos se apellidan Fisher. Tras salir con Jeremiah durante los últimos dos años, está casi segura de que es su alma gemela. En cambio, Conrad no ha superado el error de haberla dejado escapar, así que cuando Belly y Jere deciden dar un paso más en su relación, sabe que no le queda más remedio que hablar ahora o callar para siempre.

9) La ladrona de libros

Author

Series

Bestseller (Debolsillo (Firm))

Formats:

Description

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

10) The book thief

Author

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Talking Book, eAudiobook, Playaway, Kit

Description

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

11) Los juegos del hambre

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

Trilogía los juegos del hambre

Description

In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

Hunger Games (Series) (Spanish)

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

"By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion."-- Provided by publisher.

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

The Hunger Games

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunger games twice makes her a target of the Capitol and President Snow, as well as a hero to the rebels who will succeed only if Katniss is willing to put aside her personal feelings and serve as their pawn.

14) Balada de pájaros cantores y serpientes

Author

Collins, Suzanne

Series

Hunger Games (Series) (Spanish)

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

Es la mañana de la cosecha que dará inicio a los Décimos juegos del hambre. En el Capitolio, Coriolanus Snow, de dieciocho años de edad, se prepara para la oportunidad única de alcanzar la gloria como mentor de los juegos. La casa de los Snow, antes tan influyente, atraviesa tiempos difíciles. por lo que su destino, por lo que su destino depende de que Coriolanus consiga superar a sus compañeros en encanto, ingenio y estrategia como...

15) Crepúsculo

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Series

The Twilight Saga

Formats:

Description

Hay tres cosas de las que estoy completamente segura. Primera, Edward es un vampiro. Segunda, una parte de él se muere por beber mi sangre. Y tercera, estoy total y perdidamente enamorada de él. Número 1 en la lista de bestsellers de The New York Times y de USA Today. Mejor Novela Young Adult de Todos los Tiempos por la revista Time. La Saga Crepúsculo, en la que se incluyen los títulos Crepúsculo, Luna nueva, Eclipse y Amanecer, ha vendido...

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Series

Punto de lectura

Description

Although eighteen-year-old Bella joins the dark but seductive world of the immortals by marrying Edward the vampire, her connection to the powerful werewolf Jacob remains unsevered.

17) Sol de medianoche

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Series

Twilight saga (Spanish)

Description

Cuando Edward Cullen y Bella Swan se conocieron en Crepúsculo, nació una historia de amor icónica. Pero hasta ahora, sus fans solo conocen la historia a través de Bella. Por fin los lectores podrán vivir la versión de Edward en la muy esperada novela Sol de medianoche. La inolvidable historia, contada a través de los ojos de Edward, toma un cariz nuevo y definitivamente oscuro. Conocer a Bella es lo más perturbador e intrigante que...

18) Midnight sun

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Series

Twilight saga volume 5

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, eAudiobook

Description

It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with this highly anticipated companion: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in Twilight, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel,...

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Series

Twilight saga volume 3

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook, Playaway, CD audio book

Description

Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob and her relationship with Edward, both vampires, but when Seattle is ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the well-being of an entire city.

20) The host: a novel

Author

Meyer, Stephenie

Formats:

Book, eBook, Kindle, eAudiobook

Description

The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing...