This article is a discussion of authors and controversial novels that should be on the top of library media specialists' reading list if they work with high-school-age teens. "Controversial" is not a dirty word, it is an enticement! The goal of library media specialists is to get teens who may be burned out with reading due to incentive programs they were forced to participate in when they were younger, back into the library media center so they can discover that there are graphic novels, series, fantasy, realistic fiction, and other forms of leisure reading that can appeal to them.