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TR Readers' Advisory Overview

A series of Reader's Advisory lists prepared by the staff of the Trinity River campus of TCC

Fantasy

The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz book cover

The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz

Cal is an assassin, magically bound to the queen to do her bidding. Shadow is an aspiring assassin, forced into becoming a servant of the court. When war threatens the kingdom, these two deadly teens team up to root out spies and eliminate threats to the crown. 

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs book cover

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Sixteen-year-old Jacob’s journey has brought him to a seemingly abandoned island off the coast of Wales, the site of the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. But as Jacob explores the ruins, he begins to suspect that the children weren’t just peculiar, but potentially dangerous... and still alive!

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen book cover.

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Transformed by the goddess Yemoja into a Mami Wati, an African mermaid charged with collecting the souls of those who die at sea, Simi goes against the gods to save a living boy, Kola, from drowning.

Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan book cover

Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan

When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by the battle school due to his small size, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt. Through stealth and skill, Will winds up protecting the kingdom from danger in his new role.

Alanna : the first adventure by Tamora Pierce book cover

Alanna : the first adventure by Tamora Pierce

Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, a learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.

Science Fiction

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson book cover

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer book cover

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on Cinderella.

Legend by Marie Lu book cover

Legend by Marie Lu

In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, two 15-year-olds, Day, a famous criminal, and June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman book cover.

Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman

Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past.

Across the Universe by Beth Revis book cover.

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Seventeen-year-old Amy joins her parents as frozen cargo aboard the vast spaceship Godspeed and expects to awaken on a new planet 300 years in the future, but 50 years before the ship's scheduled landing, Amy is violently woken from her frozen slumber. Someone tried to kill her and she must find out who.

Slice of Life

The Upside of Falling by Alex Light book cover.

The Upside of Falling by Alex Light

Becca Hart is sick of being teased about her lack of a boyfriend. Brett Wells is sick of being pressured to date when he's focused on his future. Together, they decide to pretend to be the perfect couple. But what happens when their fake romance becomes the most real thing in both their lives?

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher book cover

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart book cover.

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.

The Perks of Being a Wallfower by Stephen Chbosky book cover.

The Perks of Being a Wallfower by Stephen Chbosky

Charlie struggles to cope with complex world of high school as he deals with the confusions of sex and love, the temptations of drugs, and the pain of losing a close friend and a favorite aunt.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green book cover.

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at her cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.