Tropical Travel Through Books (Teens)

Updated February 3, 2026
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When life gives you mangos
Getten, Kereen
Paper Book
Named to Oprah Magazine's Best Caribbean Books for Your 2021 reading list, imagination and adventure run wild in the most talked about middle grade debut of the year!     A small village on a Jamaican island.  A girl who doesn't remember the...
It waits in the forest
Dass, Sarah
Paper Book
The very first thriller from Rick Riordan Presents! Drawing from the darkest corners of Caribbean mythology, acclaimed author Sarah Dass crafts a chilling tale of magic, murder, and how far we'll go to protect what's ours-perfect for fans of Angeline Boulley and Tiffany D. Jackson.
Well, that was unexpected
Sutanto, Jesse Q.
Ebook
"A delightful, hilarious, captivating love letter to Indonesia, and coming of age in a large meddlesome family, and the thrill of finding your person where you least expect it!"--Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis ...
Picture-perfect boyfriend
Dean, Becky
Ebook
Two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies in this funny beach romance from the author of Love & Other Great Expectations! Aspiring nature photographer Kenzie Reed just can't get her straitlaced family of optometrists to take her art seriously. She's resigned to...
Hurricane child
Callender, Kacen
Ebook
Lambda Literary Award Winner: "Lush descriptions bring the Caribbean environment to vivid life . . . An excellent and nuanced coming-of-age tale." -- School Library Journal A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year and Winner of the Stonewall Book...
Hurricane summer
Bromfield, Asha
Audiobook
Nation
Pratchett, Terry.
Audiobook
The sea has taken everything. Thirteen-year-old Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle, Daphne--a girl from the other side of the globe--is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed...

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