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All The Rage
Since Romy Grey accused the sheriff's son of rape, she has been ostracized and bullied by the community. When her former friend goes missing after a party Romy must decide if she's willing to raise her voice against the cultural tides of silence and sham -
The Boy in the Black Suit
To deal with his mother's passing, Matt accepts a job at the local funeral home. Matt meets Lovey at her grandmother's funeral. The two of them share a bond that will help them both to move past their own. respective losses.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9781442459502
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Calvin
As a child, Calvin played with the toy Hobbes. Now Calvin is a schizophrenic teenager, and Hobbes is back—a delusion he can't control. If he can convince Bill Watterson to draw one final Calvin & Hobbes comic strip with a normal teenaged Calvin, will he be cured?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780374380731
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Challenger Deep
As Caden descends into mental illness, his visions of a descent into the deep waters of a trench take over.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780061134111
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Dime
Dime is looking for love and security when she finds Daddy, Brandy, and L.A. She believes she is loved even as she is groomed to work as a prostitute. When a much younger girl joins their “family,” Dime realizes that she has to break the cycle. -
Dumplin'
After deciding to enter Miss Teen Blue Bonnet Beauty Pageant, Willowdean and her friends defy expectations based on beauty and gain a greater sense of confidence and self worth. -
Eden West
Jacob, a member of the Grace, starts questioning his deeply held faith when he meets Lynna, a girl from the World, and Tobias, a new member of the Grace.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780763674182
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Goodbye Stranger
Bridge survived a bad accident, wears cat's ears, and has made a rule with her friends: no fighting. To make seventh grade more complicated, her story intersects with that of both a new friend and a mysterious teenager, who is dealing with a betrayal.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780385743174
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Hold Tight, Don't Let Go: A Novel of Haiti
Devastated by the 2010 Haitian earthquake, 15-year-old Magdalie's world is turned upside down. Despite losing her mother and being separated from her beloved cousin, she finds the strength to survive in a chaotic and dangerous new world.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9781419712043
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Infinite in Between
Five teens meet at freshman orientation and promise to meet up again at graduation.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780061731075
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Kissing in America
Sixteen-year-old Eva Roth confronts the complexities of grief, relationships, and love of all kinds as she begins to forge her own voice and path as a woman and a poet. -
The Last Time We Say Goodbye
After her younger brother, Tyler, commits suicide, Lex struggles with the grief, a family that has fallen apart, the sudden distance between her and her friends, and memories of Tyler that still feel all too real.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780062318473
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Little Peach
In a desperate attempt to find a place and family to call home, Michelle becomes a victim of human trafficking.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 978006266958
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More Happy Than Not
Aaron Soto is a sixteen-year-old Puerto Rican living in the Bronx, happy in his relationships with his girlfriend and childhood friends, despite his father's recent suicide. When Aaron starts to fall for a guy and things go terribly wrong, how far will he go to erase the horrible memories of his past? -
Paper Hearts
Based on a true story, this novel in verse gives voice to a group of young women who banded together to survive and reclaim their personhood in the face of the dehumanizing cruelty of Auschwitz. -
The Porcupine of Truth
Carson is stuck in Billings, Montana, when he meets Aisha. The two head out for an epic road trip that will change both their lives. Their adventure helps them find a community, a history, and a family. -
Show and Prove
In the summer of 1983, Smiles and Nike experience the pains of growing up in the South Bronx.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780375847073
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Closeted high schooler Simon Spier is being blackmailed—either help Martin Addison get together with the girl of his dreams (Simon's good friend) or Simon's sexuality and email romance with mystery classmate “Blue” will be made public. Follow Simon as he comes out, handles his bully, and navigates how to be with “Blue” in real life. -
The Truth Commission
As a nonfiction project, Normandy Pale chronicles the work of the truth commission, through which she and her two best friends ask classmates and faculty about various open secrets, while Norm's famous sister reveals unsettling truths of her own- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780451468772
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When Everything Feels Like the Movies.
There is no such thing as bad press, especially to small town middle-schooler Jude Rothesay. Loosely based on the on the real-life story of Larry Fobes King, this brutal novel explores the life of a glamorous boy who is always in the spotlight.