What are the best YA books of spring and summer 2016? Here are the ones that have received starred reviews since April. It’s interesting to see how relatively little overlap there is for individual titles. Only a small handful have received more than one star. Hope you’ll find the list helpful.

Ahdieh, Renee. The Rose and the Dagger. Putnam. 432 p. ISBN: 9780399171628. SLJ 5

Altebrando, Tara. The Leaving. Bloomsbury. 432 p. ISBN: 0781619638037. SLJ 6

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Ashes. Atheneum/Dlouhy. 304 p. ISBN: 9781416961468. Bkl. 7

Arnold, David. Kids of Appetite. Viking. 352 p. ISBN: 9780451470782. PW 6/13

Avery, Lara. The Memory Book. Little, Brown/Poppy. 368 p. ISBN: 9780316283748. PW 5/2. SLJ 6

Bayard, Louis. Lucky Strikes. Holt. 320 p. ISBN: 9781627793902. BKL 4/15

Berry, Julie. The Passion of Dolssa. Viking. 496 p. ISBN: 9780451469922. BKL 4/15

Bliss, Bryan. Meet Me Here. Greenwillow. 272 p. ISBN: 97800622755387. BKL 4/1

Brignull, Irena. The Hawkweed Prophecy. Weinstein. 368 p. ISBN: 9781602863002. PW 6/20

Brooks, Kevin. Naked ’76. Carolrhoda Lab. 424 p. ISBN: 9781512404180. BKL 6/1&15

Brown, Jaye Robin. Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit. HarperTeen. 432p. ISBN: 9780062270986. PW 5/23

Cameron, Sharon. The Forgetting. Scholastic. 416 p. ISBN: 9780545945219. SLJ 6

Charlton-Trujillo, E. E. When We Was Fierce. Candlewick. 400 p. ISBN: 9780763679378. PW 6/6. BKL 6/1&15

Chee, Traci. The Reader. Putnam. 448 p. ISBN: 9780399176777. SLJ 6. PW 6/27

Cordova, Zoraida. Labyrinth Lost. Sourcebooks/Fire. 336 p. ISBN: 9781492620945. SLJ 7

Diederich, Phillippe. Playing for the Devil’s Fire. Cinco Puntos. 232 p. ISBN: 9781941026304. BKL 4/1

Egan, Catherine. Julia Vanishes. Knopf. 384 p. ISBN: 9780553524840. BKL 5/1,
PW 4/11

Garner, Paula. Phantom Limbs. Candlewick. 368 p. ISBN: 9780763682057. SLJ 7

Girard, M-E. Girl Mans Up. Harper Teen. 384 p. ISBN: 9780062404176. SLJ 7

Glasgow, Kathleen. Girl in Pieces. Delacorte. 416 p. ISBN: 9781101934715. BKL 7

Goslee, S. J. Whatever. Roaring Brook. 304 p. ISBN: 9781626723993. BKL 7

Hand, Cynthia, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows. My Lady Jane. HarperTeen. 512 p. ISBN: 9780062391742. PW 4/18 . BKL 5/1

Harrison, Margaret. The Killer in Me. Hyperion. 368 p. ISBN: 9781484727997. PW 5/9

Kennedy, Katie. Learning to Swear in America. Bloomsbury. 352 p. ISBN: 9781619639096. PW 5/2. BCCB 7/8

King, A. S. Still Life with Tornado. Dutton. 304 p. ISBN: 9781101994887. BKL 7

Kirby, Matthew J. A Taste for Monsters. Scholastic. 352 p. ISBN: 9780545817844. PW 6/27

Kokie, E. M. Radical. Candlewick. 448 p. ISBN: 9780763669621. PW 6/27

Kuehn, Stephanie. The Smaller Evil. Dutton. 256 p. ISBN: 9781101994702. SLJ 6

Kurtagich, Dawn. And the Trees Crept In. Little, Brown. 352 p. ISBN: 9780316298704. SLJ 6

Laidlaw, S. J. Fifteen Lanes. Tundra. 304 p. ISBN: 9781101917800. BKL 4/15

Lake, Nick. Whisper to Me. Bloomsbury. 540 p. ISBN: 9781619634565. SLJ 4

Lea, Cynthia. Night Guard. Eerdmans. 82 p. ISBN: 9780802854582. BKL 5/1

Leno, Katriina. The Lost & Found. HarperTeen. 352 p. ISBN: 9780062231208. BKL 6/1&15

Leopoldo, Gout. Genius: the Game. Feiwel & Friends. 288 p. ISBN: 9781250045812. SLJ 4

Mabry, Samantha. A Fierce and Subtle Poison. Algonquin. 279 p. ISBN: 9781616205218. BCCB 6

McGinnis, Mindy. The Female of the Species. HarperCollins/Tegen. 352 p. ISBN: 9780062320896. PW 7/4. SLJ 7

Metzger, Lois. Change Places with Me. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray. 224 p. ISBN: 9780062385536. BKL 4/15

Moore, Lisa. Flannery. House of Anansi/Greenwood. 272 p. ISBN: 9781554980765. SLJ 4

O’Guilin, Peadar. The Call. Scholastic/Fickling. 320 p. ISBN: 9781338045611. PW 6/6

O’Neill, Louise. Asking for It. Quercus. 304 p. ISBN: 9781681445373. SLJ 4

Ormsbee, Kathryn. Lucky Few. S&S. 384 p. ISBN: 9781481455282. BKL 5/15

Panitch, Amanda. Never Missing, Never Found. Random House. 320 p. ISBN: 9780553507645. PW 4/4

Peck, Richard. The Best Man. Dial. 232 p. ISBN: 9780803738393. HB 7/8

Perkins, Stephanie, ed. Summer Days and Summer Nights. Twelve Love Stories. St. Martin’s/Griffin. 400 p. ISBN: 9781250079121. SLJ 4. BKL 5/15

Pung, Alice. Lucy and Linh. Knopf. 352 p. ISBN: 9780399550485. BCCB 7/8

Revis, Beth. A World without You. Razorbill. 384 p. ISBN: 9781595147158. PW 4/25

Rice, James. Alice and the Fly. Quercus. 304 p. ISBN: 9781681445274. BKL 4/1

Schwab, Victoria. This Savage Song. Greenwillow. 464 p. ISBN: 9780062380852. BKL 5/1

Self, Jeffery. Drag Teen. Scholastic/Push. 272 p. ISBN: 9780545829939

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Falling over Sideways. Scholastic. 272 p. ISBN: 9780545863261. BKL 6/1&15

Spotswood, Jessica, ed. A Tyranny of Petticoats. Candlewick. 368 p. ISBN:

Tahir, Sabaa. A Torch Against the Night. Razorbill. 464 p. ISBN: 9781101998878. PW 6/6 BKL 6/1&15

Stewart, Martin. Riverkeep. Viking. 416 p. ISBN: 9781101998298. PW 5/9

Tash, Sarvenaz. The Geeks’ Guide to Unrequited Love. Simon & Schuster. 256 p. ISBN: 9781481456531

Touchell, Dianna. A Small Madness. Groundwood. 192 p. ISBN: 9781554988372. BKL 6/1&15

Umminger, Alison. American Girls. Flatiron. 304 p. ISBN: 9781250075024. BKL 5/15

Whaley, John Cameron. Highly Illogical Behavior. Dial. 256 p. ISBN: 9780525428183. SLJ 4

White, Kiersten. And I Darken. Delacorte. 496 p. ISBN: 9780553522310. BKL 5/1. SLJ 5

Wilder, Robert. Nickel. Leaf Storm. 320 p. ISBN: 9780997020700. BKL 6/1&15

Yancey, Rick. The Last Star. Putnam. 352 p. ISBN: 9780399162435. BKL 6/1&15