Showing 1–21 of 21 books
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The Agony of Bun O'Keefe
Fourteen-year-old Bun O'Keefe leaves home one day after her negligent hoarder mother tells her to get out. She hitchhikes to the nearest city, where she's taken in by a ragtag group of loveable housemates living in “temporary accommodations,” who teach her the real value of the family you make for yourself.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780143198659
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Between the Lines
Aspiring reporter Darrian chronicles a semester writing and performing slam poetry in Mr. Ward's class. Each student in the class weaves their own unique story into their poems, learning to trust each other and the creative process along the way.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2019
- ISBN: 9780399246883
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Broken Things
Five years ago Mia and Brynn were blamed for the ritualistic killing of their best friend. Now, new evidence has come to light that could solve the murder and finally clear their names.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062224132
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Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
A Nigerian teen looks forward to the day when she will leave her village to pursue a university degree, but her life changes drastically when she and her schoolmates are kidnapped by Boko Haram.- Audiobook, Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062696724
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Darius the Great is Not Okay
Darius Kellner is a Persian American who has always felt out of place. He travels to Iran for the first time to visit family he formerly only knew through his computer screen. As he deals with clinical depression and his family, Darius meets Sohrab, a neighbor who turns best friend, and learns how to be himself. -
The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary
Fierce in her perseverance and flawed in nature, Macy's ability to survive in her toxic environment has secured her the label of the disturbed girl at school. She documents her experiences in her self-made dictionary that shows the toxic and tragic events that have shaped who she is today.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781512439762
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Dry
Imagine what would happen if water become scarce. Would you turn into a water zombie, kill all your neighbors for their water, or try to find a savior?- Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2020, Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781481481960
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Foolish Hearts
When Claudia finds herself ensnared in a school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, she must also navigate the elaborate politics of her private girls' school, her budding friendship with prickly Iris, and a charming, tentative romance in addition to family drama in this funny, feel-good contemporary novel.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781627799379
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Frankie
Frankie Vega's half-brother suddenly presents himself, and just as she begins to get to know him, he disappears. Frankie is the only one who seems worried about his whereabouts so she sets out to find him.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781250142993
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Harbor Me
Six kids in a special school are sent to a room to talk to one another weekly. As the year goes on, they all open up their deepest fears, hopes, and dreams.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780399252525
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In Her Skin
Jo Chastain is attempting her biggest con yet- impersonating Vivi Weir, who vanished 9 years ago. Jo is welcomed with open arms into the Lovecraft household, the family of Vivi's best friend Temple, the last person to see Vivi before she disappeared- but the Lovecrafts have secrets of their own.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780374308001
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Learning to Breathe
Indy is sent away from home to live with relatives in the city so that she doesn't fall into the same lifestyle as her mother, but trouble finds Indy. She learns to carve out a future without letting her past and the choices of others dictate who she will be.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781534406018
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A Lite Too Bright
Arthur Louis Pullman the Third, the troubled grandson of a famously reclusive Beat-generation writer, sets out on a cross-country train journey to discover to truth behind the last week of his grandfather's life. Puzzles and poetry lead to self-discovery in this dynamic incarnation of the great American road trip novel.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062662002
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Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe
Aaron is the star of Happy Valley High School until he suffers a concussion after a boating accident, or receives a visit from God, depending on who you believe. God gives him a to-do list and tells him he will need the help of Cliff Hubbard (a.k.a. Neanderthal).- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781484790625
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The Poet X
Xiomara secretly creates poetry to explore her shifting relationship with her Dominican immigrant parents, religion, her body, and chemistry lab partner/crush Aman. -
Pride
In this classic retelling, Zuri Benitez meets the handsome Darius Darcy, the rich boy who moved in across the street in her Bushwick neighborhood. Despite their good looks, Zuri sees the Darcys as a threat to her way of life and her beloved Bushwick.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062564047
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The Stars Beneath Our Feet
Reeling from the shooting death of his older brother, 12-year-old Lolly finds solace in building fantastical, epic cityscapes out of Lego blocks. His Lego building attracts the attention of the kids in his Harlem after-school program and beyond, while the violence of the streets threatens to pull him in another direction.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2018
- ISBN: 9781524701246
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We'll Fly Away
As kids Luke and Toby dreamed of escaping their lives of poverty and abuse in a rusty crop-dusting plane they discovered and spent a summer mending. Now Luke writes hopeless letters to Toby from death row where he awaits a fate from which there is no escape.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062494276
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When Light Left Us
Something infected the Vasquez kids that night in the canyon forming a bond between them, filling the void their father's abandonment left, and leaving their mother an outsider. However, when It suddenly leaves taking the best pieces of them, can they ever become whole and a family again?- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9781681191812
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When My Heart Joins the Thousand
Seventeen-year-old Alvie lives by herself, works a full-time job at the zoo, and is waiting to turn eighteen so she can be legally emancipated. Living with Asperger's, Alvie prefers to spend time with animals until she meets Stanley, with whom she starts to fall in love.- Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2019, Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019
- ISBN: 9780062656476
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Wild Bird
Out-of-control Wren is shipped off to a wilderness survival camp for troubled teens after her parents reach their wits' end with her. Despite her best efforts to remain uncooperative, the stark reality of survival in the desert gradually forces her to face her inner demons.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2019, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2018
- ISBN: 9781101940440