2012-2013 Reading List Young Adults in grades 7-12th have until October 2013 to read from the list. They will vote for their favorites during Teen Read Week 2013.
| Level 1: Grades 7th - 9th | |
| Title: | Author: |
| Americus | MK Reed & J. Hill |
| Anya's Ghost (graphic) | Vera Brosgol |
| Around the World: Three Amazing Stories (graphic) | Matt Phelan |
| Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick | Joe Schreiber |
| The Berlin Boxing Club | Rob Shareno |
| Close to Famous | Joan Bauer |
| Enclave | Ann Aguirre |
| Flesh and Blood So Cheap | Albert Marrin |
| Flip | Martyn Bedford |
| Gandhi: A Manga Biography (graphic) | Kazuki Ebine |
| The Girl of Fire and Thorns | Rae Carson |
| I'll Be There | Holly Goldberg Sloan |
| Okay for Now | Gary Schmidt |
| The Pledge | Kimberly Derting |
| reMIND Vol. 1 (graphic) | Jason Brubaker |
| Ten Miles Past Normal | Frances O'Roark Dowell |
| The Running Dream | Wendelin Van Draanen |
| This Dark Endeavor | Kenneth Oppel |
| Wandering Son Vol. 1 (graphic) | Shimura Takako |
| What Happened to Goodbye | Sarah Dessen |
| Level 2: Grades 10th - 12th | |
| Title: | Author: |
| All These Things I've Done | Gabrielle Zevin |
| Anna Dressed in Blood | Kendare Blake |
| Ashes | Ilsa Bick |
| Between Shades of Gray | Ruta Sepetys |
| Bitter End | Jennifer Brown |
| Blood Red Road (fantasy) | Moira Young |
| But I love Him | Amanda Grace |
| Daughter of Smoke and Bone (fantasy) | Laini Taylor |
| Divergent (fantasy) | Veronica Roth |
| How to Save a Life | Sara Zarr |
| Infinite Kung Fu (graphic) | Kagan McLeod |
| Level Up (graphic) | Gene Luen yang |
| Lola and the Boy Next Door | Stephanie Perkins |
| Marzi (graphic) | Marzena Sowa |
| The Name of the Star | Maureen Johnson |
| The Queen of Water | Laura Resau |
| Recovery Road | Blake Nelson |
| Warped (fantasy) | Maurissa Guibord |
| Where Things Come Back | John Corey Whaley |
| Zahra's Paradise (graphic) | Amir and Khalil |
You may contact the Arkansas Teen Book Award Steering committee at arteenbookaward@gmail.com or visit our wiki @ http://arkansasteenaward.wikispaces.com .
