7 YA Books To Read If You Live in New York City (Or Wish You Did)
Doesnât everyone have that dream of sitting on a bench in Central Park, the leaves falling, and youâre clutching a hot chocolate while making your way through a giant novel? We canât buy you a ticket but we can give you an insiderâs view of The Big Apple with these books set in NYC!
1. The Appearance of Annie Van Sinderen by Katherine Howe
Tag along with NYU-student Wes as he films a seance in the East Village and then proceeds to run into the strange, beautiful girl he met thereâŠand perhaps unearth her dark secret.Â
2. Into the Dangerous World by Julie Chibbaro
After Rorâs father torches the commune her family lives on, they end up in a Manhattan homeless residence where she falls in with a graffiti crew which forces her to wonderâŠwhat kind of artist does she want to be?
3. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Get swept away in the cross-continenta love story of Isla and Josh in the glittering streets of Manhattan and the moonlit rooftops of Paris.
4. Survive the Night by Danielle Vega
Ok weâll be real with you, you might NOT want to visit NYC after you devour this book: itâs about a girl who goes to an all-night, underground rave at which bodies start showing up in the subwayâŠ
5. Like No Other by Una LaMarche
Cross the East River into Brooklyn with the love story of two neighbors whoâve never crossed paths, until one day â they do. But the forbidden nature of their relationship forces them to consider how far they can goâŠand how much theyâre willing to give up.
6. Skyscraping by Cordelia Jensen
A heart-wrenching novel in verse about Mira, whose world splinters when she discovers her father with his male lover, and she has to make sense of the fractures in her familyâs fabric.
7. Where She Went by Gayle Forman
The emotional follow-up to If I Stay continues the story of Adam and Mia, whose paths collide in New York City several years after Miaâs decision to stayâŠbut not with him.
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