Best of 2024: Our Young Adult favourites of the year

Our librarians have compiled a list of the Young Adult books we've loved in 2024.

In this list you'll find books published in 2024, as well as books "discovered" by our librarians in 2024.

Updated December 29, 2024
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Wellington City Libraries Youth team at Wellington City Libraries
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Karate prom
Starks, Kyle
Paper Book
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Don "TheDragonWilson" Jones is the finest fighter Benjamin Harrison High School has ever produced. But when he enters the ring against Lincoln High's Sam Steadman, it's...
One Piece Omnibus 34 : Includes vols. 100, 101 & 102
Oda, Eiichiro.
Paper Book
Join Monkey D. Luffy and his swashbuckling crew in their search for the ultimate treasure, the One Piece. As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, an enchanted Devil Fruit that gave him...
Dragonfruit
Lucier, Makiia
Paper Book
From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person's greatest sorrow. But as with all things that offer...
The princess and the grilled cheese sandwich
Muniz, Deya
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER! A New York Public Library Best Book of 2023  * Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2023  * YALSA 2024 Great Graphic Novel for Teens  * An ALA Rainbow List Pick * 2024...
Northern lights
Pullman, Philip
Paper Book
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman has created new materials including archival documents, scientific notes, and found letters of Lord Asriel. Includes a ribbon bookmark.

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