10 YA Books to Binge-Read This Thanksgiving Weekend

Whisper If You Need Me by Dina Silver

Ever since 16-year-old Julia Pearl's mother disappeared five years ago, she hasn't been the same. Now, her father and stepmother are sending the strong-willed, vulnerable teen to an overnight camp in the hopes that she will regain some of her lost confidence. Reluctantly thrown into the dramatic and free world of her fellow campers, Julia quickly develops feelings for Jack Dempsey, a charismatic 19-year-old counselor who will save Julia in more ways than she thought possible. It's a timeless story about friendship, family, and young love, so you won't want to miss this first young adult novel from the author of One Pink Line.

Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

What's better for a holiday binge book than the epic conclusion to a beloved series? For the Peculiar Children, time is running out. With Miss Peregrine still in danger and a madman at large, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom have no choice but to plan a courageous rescue mission. With the help of new allies, the Peculiar Children will face unspeakable dangers, and in order to survive, Jacob will finally have to become a hero.

Huskers by Strat Warden

Everyone knows that football and Thanksgiving are the perfect combination. When seven young boys band together and grow as both a team and as individuals through football, they overcome obstacles and help one another to find their inner strength. It's set in 1960s rural Nebraska, and you won't want to miss the friendship and life lessons portrayed through children's love for youth sports.

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

While you were snacking on some holiday goodies, Kady was breaking up with Ezra . . . and watching her planet get invaded. It's 2575, and stuck on different warships with an enemy ship hot on their trail, Kady and Ezra will have to work together when one ship experiences the outbreak of a deadly plague and the other's AI goes rogue. Told through a collection of hacked documents including interviews, medical reports, top-secret military files, and emails, Kady and Ezra are in for a one-of-a-kind adventure.

Never Said by Carol Lynch Williams

Twin sisters Sarah and Annie couldn't be more different. Annie is pretty, social, the star of the family; Sarah is painfully shy and always hiding in the shadow of her sister. So when Annie suddenly gains weight, cuts her hair, and stops doing beauty pageants, Sarah knows something is wrong but is too caught up in her own drama to do much about it. As the sisters begin to confide in one another for the first time in years, the secrets they've never shared will change them forever.

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly

Soon, Jo Montfort will graduate from school and become the wife of some wealthy bachelor . . . but she would much rather become a writer and follow in the footsteps of her journalism hero, Nellie Bly. So when Jo's father is found dead by apparent suicide — and the circumstances don't add up — Jo is determined to uncover the truth behind the tragedy. With the help of a smart, handsome reporter named Eddie, Jo becomes more entangled in the mystery as she realizes that she has everything to lose if time runs out.

The Space Between Heartbeats by Melissa Pearl

Nicole Tepper is popular and pretty and has a picture-perfect boyfriend. But when Nicole wakes up with no memory of the party she attended the night before and finds that she is stuck between life and death — and that her body is slowly dying somewhere in the woods — her choices are limited. The only person who can see her is a classmate named Dale Finnegan whom Nicole has persistently bullied, and when he agrees to help her, the teens must uncover whether or not what happened to Nicole was an accident or a murder attempt if they're going to save her life.

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness

When was the last time you felt painfully unextraordinary? Not everyone can be the superhero who fights off the zombies, the soul-devouring ghosts, or the next big threat to humanity. What if you're normal, like Mikey? What if you just want to ask a girl to prom and graduate before someone tries to blow up the high school again? Just because your life is ordinary doesn't mean you can't find the extraordinary in it, because sometimes, there are bigger problems than this week's threat to the end of the world.

The Corridor by A.N. Willis

With A.N. Willis’s The Corridor, you’ll forget about Black Friday shopping and get sucked into this engrossing read! Linking together First Earth and Second Earth is The Corridor, the only portal that connects parallel versions of each world. Stel Alaster has a secret, she can open a portal to Second Earth on her own and several other parallel universes! As the Corridor starts to fall apart, Stel must risk everything to save her people from the dangers that could destroy First Earth.

NEED by Joelle Charbonneau

At first, when students at Nottawa High School in Wisconsin are sucked into NEED, a social networking site that asks them to complete simple tasks in exchange for small tasks, the consequences seem small. But as the teenagers become more obsessed with getting the things they "need," regardless of the costs, small pranks turn into cruel crimes, and people turn up dead. Don't miss this chilling, ingenious examination of the dangerous side of social media obsession and human nature.