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Alex, Approximately
When Bailey moves to California to live with her dad, she looks forward tracking down the boy she's developed an online friendship with in a classic movie forum. But her search for “Alex” gets sidetracked by annoying surfer-boy and coworker Porter. “You've Got Mail” gets a modern and refreshing makeover.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781481478779
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All Rights Reserved
In a future America where most words and gestures are copyrighted and cost money to use, Speth is confronted with a choice: accept the rules of her society or live in defiance through complete silence. Her decision sets off great upheaval in her world.
- Dystopian
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780373212446
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Allegedly
The jury said she did it...the media said she did it....only nine years old and convicted of killing a baby girl, Mary didn't say anything. Six years later, a pregnant Mary finally wants speak up and clear her name, so that her own baby is not taken away. -
American Street
Fabiola Toussaint, an American-born citizen raised in Haiti, tries to immigrate back to the United States from Haiti with her mother to live with her Aunt Jo and three cousins in Detroit. When her mother is detained at the airport, Fabiola must learn how to adapt to American living.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062473042
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The Arsonist
Molly Mavity and Pepper Al-Yusef, each with troubles of their own, learn their lives are inextricably linked with that of Ava Dreyman, a young East German freedom fighter, when a series of mysterious messages challenges them to solve her decades-old murder.- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780803740716
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Bad Romance
Grace, a musical theater-loving junior, is not like her friends. She lives under constant scrutiny from her mother and her stepfather, the Giant. When her crush Gavin starts to take an interest in her, Grace finally feels like she has a protector—until their relationship spirals out of control.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781627797726
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Bang
Sebastian and Aneesa create a YouTube pizza making show. For the first time, Sebastian feels like he is in a judge free zone. Because Aneesa is new in town, she doesn't know his secret...the terrible, horrific secret that he accidentally shot and killed his infant sister when he was four years old. -
Beast
Insecure about his unusually large and hairy appearance, 15-year-old Dylan feels like a freak until he meets brave and beautiful Jamie, who accepts and loves him as he is. But when he realizes she is transgender, can he return the favor? -
Bull
The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur is given a modern spin in this darkly humorous novel in verse. Minos' thirst for power gets him into trouble with Poseidon. It's Pasiphae, Minos' wife, who pays the price, birthing a son who is half man and half bull.- Fantasy
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780544610606
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Calling My Name
In 1990s Houston, an African American teen navigates her middle-school and high-school years. Balancing societal pressures and familial expectations, Taja slowly finds her voice as she begins to explore her spirituality on her own terms rather than through the lens of her religious parents.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062656865
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City of Saints & Thieves
Tina lives on the streets of Kenya and becomes part of a gang to survive. She desperately wants revenge on the man she believes killed her mother, but much of the family's past is shrouded in mystery. Will Tina find justice?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780399547584
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The Closest I've Come
It's hard for Marcos to be in his neighborhood, but being at school isn't much better. When a teacher recommends him for a program for struggling students, he begins to realize there may be options outside Maestra. Marcos' coming-of-age transforms him into a different son, classmate, and friend.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062488534
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Crossing Ebenezer Creek
In 1864, Mariah and her young brother have been liberated from the plantation where they were enslaved. They join others who are following General Sherman's march through Georgia, including Caleb, who is working with the Union troops. New lives are within reach, but first this group will face devastating heartbreak.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781599903194
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Dear Martin
Justyce McAllister is captain of the Braselton Prep debate team and an honor roll student. But after being profiled by the police and ending up in handcuffs, Justyce turns to the legacy of Dr. King, hoping King's teachings can help him navigate today's world. But when Justyce and his best friend are caught in the cross-hairs of a violent misunderstanding, Justyce is forced to deal with the media fallout that threatens to destroy his future. -
Defy the Stars
Noemi is a 17-year-old soldier defending her planet, Genesis, against Earth. Abel is a robot programmed to fight Genesis for Earth and protect his creator. They are sworn enemies who end up trying to survive together—and, perhaps, to find a way to end the war.- Fantasy
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780316394031
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Devils Within
After Nate Fuller kills his father in self-defense, he must find a way to redefine what's right and wrong and learn to trust again. But when two followers of The Fort, his father's white supremacist group, arrive in Nate's new town, he knows blood is going to spill—he's just not sure whose.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2018
- ISBN: 9781510714564
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The Diabolic
Nemesis is a Diabolic, an engineered human, created to be the deadly guardian for Sidonia, the daughter of an important galactic family. When Nemesis impersonates Sidonia at the court of the emperor, she becomes involved in a deadly game of intrigue and learns about her developing sense of humanity.- Fantasy, Dystopian
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781481472678
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Disappeared
In Juarez, Mexico, young girls are disappearing. Sara is a journalist for a newspaper writing the stories of these young women, while constantly searching for her friend who disappeared four months ago. But as Sara closes in on the crime ring, others are closing in on Sara and her family.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780545944472
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Dress Codes for Small Towns
Seventeen-year-old Billie, daughter of the local preacher, grapples with her sexuality, her feelings for her tight-knit group of friends, and why her faith so often seems to be at odds with the organized religion of the church. Is there room for her gender nonconformity in the small town she loves?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062398512
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Eliza and Her Monsters
Fellow students don't know that, when she's not at school, reclusive senior Eliza is LadyConstellation, creator of the wildly popular Monstrous Sea. New student Wallace is a huge fan of the webcomic, and hr slowly breaks through her shell. However, trying to keep her two lives separate may cost Eliza everything.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062290137
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Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined
Ingrid's life is turned upside-down when her internationally lauded, brilliant opera-star mother's career suddenly and disastrously ends. Leaving Europe to return to the inherited family home in Canada, both she and her mother struggle to adapt to their changed lifestyle and its accompanying emotional distress.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780425287590
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Exo
On an Earth conquered by aliens, Donovan is a 17-year-old exo, a genetically enhanced human whose exocel armor allows him to serve in the Secpac security force. When he's captured by rebels, Donovan wrestles with the ethical dilemma of what it means to be human and what it means to be free.- Science Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780545933438
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A Face Like Glass
In Caverna, an underground world, skilled craftsmen create hallucinogenic cheese, memory-erasing wine, and facial expressions that conceal emotions and motivations. Apprentice cheesemaker Neverfell doesn't know how she came to Caverna, who she can trust, or why she alone must hide her face, but her life depends on finding those answers.- Fantasy
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781419724848
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Far From the Tree
After giving up her newborn for adoption, Grace is interested in finding her own biological mother. Along the way she learns she has two biological siblings, Maya and Joaquin. Together, they face their experiences as adopted or fostered teens and find there are different ways to make a family.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062330628
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The Fashion Committee: A Novel of Art, Crime, and Applied Design
When an elite art school hosts a fashion competition, two teens are desperate to win: Charlie Dean has dreamed of designing clothing since she was young. John sees the promised scholarship as an indirect route to fulfilling his passion for metalwork. Welcome to the cutthroat, hilarious, and heartbreaking world of fashion.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780451468789
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Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Ten popular YA authors offer their own spin on growing up in this engaging and diverse collection. Middle-school and high-school students will appreciate the humor and authenticity of each story and will relish the introductions to the featured authors.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781101934593
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Frogkisser!
Princess Anya's quest to return one of her sister's suitors to his human form and defeat her evil step-step father grows to monumental proportions, eventually involving all sorts of magical creatures and humans across a multitude of kingdoms.- Fantasy
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781338052084
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Henry Montague, the son of a British nobleman, embarks on a European tour with his best friend (and secret crush) Percy and his sister Felicity. Along the way, they encounter adventure and conflict that leads them to a very different destiny than the one awaiting their return to England.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062382801
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Goodbye Days
Carver's three best friends are killed in a car accident soon after he sends the driver a text message, and grief and guilt take their toll. When the grandmother of one of his deceased friends asks for a “goodbye day,” Carver agrees, hoping for closure.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780553524062
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The Hate U Give
Traumatized after witnessing the violent death of a friend, Starr searches for her voice as she moves between her black neighborhood and predominately white private school. This emotional novel, inspired by volatile race relations in America today, explores the importance of family, friendship, identity, and the courage to seek justice. -
How to Disappear
Vicky, suffering from social anxiety but wanting connection, creates an online persona. As Vicurious, her photoshopped adventures gain a following, and she finally feels “seen.” Recognizing that many of her followers share her feelings of invisibility, Vicky takes steps to help eradicate that sense of #alone in others.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062291752
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How to Make a Wish
Grace is a 17-year-old pianist who has spent most of her life taking care of her mother, Maggie. Eva is an accomplished dancer who moves to Grace's seaside town after her mother passes away. As romance ensues, the two learn to confront grief, embrace happiness, and make decisions for themselves.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780544815193
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Julia is an outcast in her close-knit Mexican American family, where she dreams of going away to college. When her older sister suddenly dies, Julia begins to piece together her sister's secret life. As she grieves, Julia embarks on a mission to discover herself, unearthing her family's past in the process.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781524700485
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
High-school senior Sal has a lot on his plate as he deals with his dying grandmother, tries to control his growing anger with the prejudice of others, and ponders his relationship with his adopted father in this rich novel about friendship and what it takes to become a man.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780544586505
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Invictus
Farway has trained to be a time-traveling history recorder, but fails his final exam. Disappointed, he takes a position captaining the Invictus as part of a black market operation stealing artifacts from the past. Soon Far and his crew are in a race to stop time itself from unraveling.- Fantasy
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780316503075
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It's Not Like It's a Secret
Moving from Wisconsin to California, Japanese American Sana finds support with a diverse group of friends. Secrets her parents keep make her less likely to open up about her own, but she learns to come to terms with her identity. Racism and lesbian romance are explored with nuance.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062473417
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Jane, Unlimited
Jane accepts an invitation to a mysterious private mansion and finds a strange home full of art, secrets, spies, a quirky cast of characters, and more questions than answers. A seemingly innocuous choice divides Jane's story into five distinct but parallel narratives, each more bizarre than the last.- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780803741492
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La Belle Sauvage
Malcolm, a boy from an alternative Oxford, gets involved with a group of spies and learns that the nuns at the priory across the street are hiding baby Lyra from a sinister group. When a flood rages, Malcolm must rescue Lyra and keep her safe from her enemies.- Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780375815300
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Landscape with Invisible Hand
In this timely social satire, an alien race called the vuvv has colonized Earth, and most humans are jobless and broke. Adam and girlfriend Chloe capitalize on the aliens' obsession with 1950s nostalgia by creating a retro reality show, but why does the promised bright future feel like selling out?- Fantasy, Dystopian
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780763687892
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The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
Traditional fairy tales are refreshingly twisted, re-created, and wrapped in gorgeous illustrations in this stand-alone collection of six short stories. The world-building will be familiar to Bardugo's fans, and readers new to her Grishaverse have the pleasure of knowing they can take further excursions into this world.- Fantasy, Dystopian
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781250122520
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Letters to the Lost
Juliet and Declan begin writing letters, and later emails, anonymously after one exchange at the gravesite of Juliet's mom. Soon they share personal struggles, but still as strangers. When they realize their worst moments may be connected, the friendship could be over.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781681190082
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
Dita attends the makeshift school at Block 31 in Auschwitz. Though the Nazis know about the school, they don't know about the eight books Dita has been tasked with hiding from them at any cost. The novel is based on the true story of Holocaust survivor Dita Kraus.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781627796187
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Little & Lion
After being sent away to boarding school when her brother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Suzette has returned home to LA for the summer. The siblings' typically close relationship becomes strained when he secretly stops taking his medication and they both fall for the same girl.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780316349000
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Long Way Down
The rules: don't cry, don't snitch...DO get revenge. A sixty second elevator ride is a long way down for Will to decide if he should use the gun shoved into the back of his jeans to avenge his brother's murder. -
The Marrow Thieves
In a futuristic world destroyed by climate change, where most people have lost the ability to dream, Indigenous Peoples of North America are being hunted down and killed for the dream cure found in their bone marrow. 16-year-old Frenchie is part of a group that bands together for survival. -
Midnight at the Electric
Just before Adri leaves Earth to become one of the first human inhabitants of Mars, she finds a journal and a series of letters that spark her curiosity about her past. Told across multiple generations, this artful novel explores the moments that define our lives and connect us.- Fantasy
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062393548
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Moxie
Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with her small-town Texas high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes and hallway harassment. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules. Viv's mom was a punk rock Riot Grrrl in the '90s, so now Viv takes a page from her mother's past and creates a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. She's just blowing off steam, but other girls respond. Pretty soon Viv is forging friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, and she realizes that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution. -
The Murderer's Ape
Despite being a gorilla, Sally Jones is an excellent typist, and she uses her typewriter to tell the adventure of her attempts to exonerate best friend and sailor Henry Koskela, who was wrongfully imprisoned for murder after the two of them were caught in the middle of a smuggling operation.- Mystery, Thriller
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781101931752
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The Names They Gave Us
Bible camp was always Lucy's plan for the summer. But when her mom asks her to serve instead as a counselor at a camp for youth who have experienced trauma, Lucy's plan is thrown off course as she learns to adjust to new possibilities—both exciting and terrifying.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781619639584
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Neighborhood Girls
Everyone in Chicago knows Wendy Boychuck. Her father is a former corrupt police officer, now in prison. Unable to escape her family name, Wendy befriends some of the toughest, nastiest girls in school. But as they begin to show their true colors, Wendy finds her own strength.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062571854