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When I Was the Greatest
Fifteen-year-old Ali is making his way in a tough neighborhood, but everything starts going wrong once he and his best friends, Noodles and Needles, are invited to a big-time, high-stakes party. Adkins brings forth the humor and tension in this poignant coming-of-age story, where the ugliness and brutality of the outside world wars with loyalty, honor, and love between friends and family.- Realistic Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780553395716
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When I Was the Greatest
Ali and brothers Noodles and Needles are neighbors. While those on the street accept Needles (who suffers from Tourette's), the three boys—attending a forbidden party—discover that not everyone is so forgiving.
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When Mr. Dog Bites
A teenage boy with Tourette's overhears a conversation between his mother and his doctor, discovers that he's dying, and makes a list of things to do with his last days.
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781681190181
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When the Emperor Was Divine
A short and understated, but also powerful novel in which members of a Japanese-American family, forced to move from a happy California home to cramped, humiliating detention camps set up by the American government, return home after World War II to find suspicious neighbors, a vandalized house, and a broken family.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2003
- ISBN: 9780375414299
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When the Stars Go Blue
Carmen plays out on and off the field.
- Realistic Fiction
- Gowns, Greasepaint, and Guitars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780312650049
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When We Collided
Vivi and Jonah are both struggling with more than the average high school student, and are instantly drawn to each other. They fall in love, but is their love enough to keep the darkness at bay? -
When We Were Good
Coping with her grandmother's death and ditched by her best friend, Katherine finds herself seeking relief in Toronto's music scene where she meets the self-confident and self-aware Marie.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Teen Fiction 2014
- ISBN: 9781927513118
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When We Wuz Famous
Francisco hopes to escape the hood at boarding school, but it keeps dragging him down.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9780805094527
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Where I Belong
Khadj leaves Somalia for England to live with Abdi's family, in order to work and send money home to her family. But her modeling job for a famous designer leads to danger.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 97808234323323
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Where She Went
Three years after Mia left for New York, Adam is still reeling from her virtual disappearance when an accidental meeting brings them back together.
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Where the Streets had a Name
Hayaat believes soil from her ancestral homeland may save her dying grandmother. But, retrieving it requires a dangerous, illegal crossing of the wall dividing Jerusalem's West Bank.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780545172929
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Where Things Come Back
Witty, sardonic Cullen Witter agonizes over the disappearance of his beloved brother, Gabriel, while everyone else in his stiflingly dull Arkansas town thrills to the apparent return of a long-extinct woodpecker. Kidnapping, bromance, arcane religious texts, and ornithology collide in this ground-breaking coming-of-age tale.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, Michael L. Printz Award 2012
- ISBN: 9781442413337
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Where Things Come Back
Witty, sardonic Cullen Witter agonizes over the disappearance of his beloved brother, Gabriel, while everyone else in his stiflingly dull Arkansas town thrills to the apparent return of a long-extinct woodpecker. Kidnapping, bromance, arcane religious texts, and ornithology collide in this ground-breaking coming-of-age tale.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780442413337
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Where You'll Find Me
Stuck living with her dad and step mom after her mother's suicide attempt, Anna discovers acceptance in the unlikeliest of places. -
Where'd You Go, Bernadette?
Through a series of emails, letters, and FBI files, Bee follows the trail of her missing mother to the ends of the earth in this quirky, laugh-out-loud tale.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2013
- ISBN: 9780316204279
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Whisper to Me
Cassie is trying to explain it all in a letter: about the heartbreak, the betrayal, the secrecy, and especially about the voice she hears in her head telling her to do awful things. Will it be enough to will back the boy she loves?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9781619634565
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The Whistling Season
Rose, who can't cook but doesn't bite arrives in Montana, bringing joy and order to three motherless boys and their father.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9780156031646
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The White Bicycle
A summer spent as a “personal care assistant” in the French countryside turns into a journey of self-realization and independence as 19-year-old Taylor Jane, who has Asperger's Syndrome, tells in her own distinctive voice how she has the skills and heart to live life on her own terms.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Michael L. Printz Award 2013
- ISBN: 9780889954830
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The White Darkness
Fourteen-year-old Symone's exciting vacation to Antarctica turns into a desperate struggle for survival when her uncle's obsessive quest leads them across the frozen wilderness into danger. McCaughrean has won numerous awards for children's literature in her native England. Celebrated for her novels, picture books and folklore adaptations, The White Darkness is her first contemporary young adult novel. Symone's unforgettable voice propels this journey of discovery in a book that is intricately plotted, richly imaged and brings new meaning to the term unreliable narrator, said Printz Award Committee Chair Lynn Rutan. Readers will need to hang onto their snow goggles in this compelling book in which nothing is as it seems at first glance.- Realistic Fiction
- Michael L. Printz Award 2008
- ISBN: 9780060890377
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Why We Broke Up
In this beautiful piece of bookmaking, heartbroken movie obsessive Min Green dumps a box of relationship ephemera on ex-love Ed Slaterton's porch, each item attached to a raging, loving, insecure and regretful letter explaining how each memento contributed to their breakup.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, Michael L. Printz Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780316127257
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The Wicked and the Just
In the late thirteenth century, Cecily practices a haughty style as befits a lady of the manor in occupied Wales where her father has landed them in search of cheap land. Gwinny, the servant is not about to accede to these upstart English who she knows are simply tyrants to the Welsh who used to rule their own lives.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780547688374
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The Wicker King
In this beautiful, weird novel, the creative chaos of the gradually darkening pages reflects the abusive conditions best friends August and Jack live in. When Jack begins to hallucinate, August is determined to protect him. Intense pacing makes this a story readers will devour in one sitting.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781250101549
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Wide Awake
In the not-too-distant future, when a gay Jewish man is elected president of the United States, sixteen-year-old Duncan examines his feelings for his boyfriend, his political and religious beliefs, and tries to determine his rightful place in the world.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780375834660
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Wide Awake
Teens take charge when the first gay, Jewish president's election is called into question.- Realistic Fiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2010
- ISBN: 9780375834677
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Wild Awake
Alone for the summer, teenage Kiri discovers that her older sister had been murdered and throws herself headfirst into finding out the truth.
- Realistic Fiction
- Mental Health: Invisible Wounds
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780062184696
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Wild Bird
Fourteen year old Wren has a rude awakening one night when a policeman, with her parents' permission drags her out of bed. She soon ends up in the middle of the desert at a wilderness camp for troubled youth, where she has to face her inner demons in order to survive.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2018
- ISBN: 9781101940440
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Wildflower
Chelsea rebels against her father's rules.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2012
- ISBN: 9781616510091
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Will
Outraged Will is in his school's musical as punishment for his latest prank. Teachers hope to develop his “leadership potential” but he only wants to save his social status.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9780375862090
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Will & Whit
Will faces her fear of the dark, new friends, love, a hurricane and the death of her parents.- Realistic Fiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2014
- ISBN: 9781419705472
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Will Grayson, Will Grayson
One cold night in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens, both named Will Grayson, are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, they find their lives going in new and unexpected directions. Macleod Andrews and Nick Podehl give brilliant performances in this story of identity, friendship and falling in love. Listeners will be riveted from the opening bars to the final triumphant notes. -
Will Grayson, Will Grayson
One cold night in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens, both named Will Grayson, are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, they find their lives going in new and unexpected directions.
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Winger
Learning the ways of love and life are never easy, especially when you are a 14-year-old high school junior like Ryan Dean. Ryan Dean knows that with his best friend Joey at his side, life is always better until the unthinkable happens.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Rainbow Book List - Teen Fiction 2014
- ISBN: 9781442444928
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The Winter Room
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past. From quiet introspective memoirs to edge-of-the-seat adventures, Paulsen grabs and holds the attention of his readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1997
- ISBN: 9780531084397
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Wintergirls
Lia and Cassie have been friends and competitors over who can be the skinniest. Cassie wins the contest, but now Lia has to find her way without losing her own life.
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Wise Young Fool
Wannabe rock star Ritchie Sudden is spending 90 days in juvie—just enough time to tell his tale of lust, loss, and, of course, rock-and-roll.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780316203791
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Wish You Were Dead
What if your wish came true?- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2011
- ISBN: 9781606840078
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Withering Tights
Move over Brontë the wild English moors have a new star!
- Realistic Fiction
- Gowns, Greasepaint, and Guitars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780061799334
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Without Annette
Josie and her girlfriend Annette escape Annette's alcoholic mother and their small town, but suddenly closeted and excluded from Annette's new circle, the private boarding school in Connecticut is not what Josie thought it would be.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2017
- ISBN: 9780545819954
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Wonder
Augie, who has a facial anomaly, must navigate mainstream school for the first time, making friends, dealing with bullies, and learning just how much he is needed. Podehl and Rudd share perspectives from Augie's teen sister and his friends in interspersed chapters. Steele's strong characterization of Augie evokes his unique physiology as well as his immense heart and spirit.- Realistic Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9781455844203
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Wonder Show
Portia is looking for another new beginning and a place to belong. Does she have a strong enough constitution to do it at the travelling freak show?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2013
- ISBN: 9780547599809
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Wonder When You'll Miss Me
After she is sexually assaulted under the school bleachers, 16-year old Faith runs away from home, accompanied by The Fat Girl, a taunting imaginary former self. At the circus, Faith finds a safe haven and healing environment.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2004
- ISBN: 9780688167813
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Wonders of the Invisible World
Seventeen-year-old Aidan feels like he is sleepwalking through his life until his childhood friend Jarrod returns to his hometown. Jarrod and Aidan are inexorably drawn to each other. Can their connection help Aiden unlock the secrets in his family and find his true self? -
Woods Runner
In 1776, 13-year-old Samuel returns home from hunting in the woods to find the settlement burned and most of the settlers murdered.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9780385738842
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Woodsong
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. From quiet introspective memoirs to edge-of-the-seat adventures, Paulsen grabs and holds the attention of his readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1997
- ISBN: 9780140349054
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Words in Deep Blue
Rachel and Henry were best friends until Rachel moved away. After her brother's death, Rachel's world is in shambles. She returns to their hometown to work in Henry's family bookshop, where Henry faces his own struggles. An exceptional coming-of-age exploration and ode to the power of words.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781101937648
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Words in the Dust
Delwari's narration transports readers into the world of Zulaikha, an Afghani girl with a cleft palate. This thoughtful production includes culturally appropriate music, a narrator with family and personal connections to Afghanistan, and interviews that explore the inspiration for and creation of this story and recording.- Realistic Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780545472821
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Words in the Dust
Delwari's narration transports readers into the world of Zulaikha, an Afghani girl with a cleft palate.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780545261258
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Words on Bathroom Walls
Having struggled from the age of 12 with increasing anxiety as his schizophrenia became full-blown, high-school junior Adam Petrazelli gets a chance to start over at a new school where he hopes the experimental drug trial he has begun will allow him to function as a more “typical” teen.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780399550881
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The World Made Straight
When 17-year-old Travis Shelton discovers a marijuana farm in the Appalachian woods, he begins a confrontation with the subtle evils within his rural world.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2007
- ISBN: 9780312426606
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A Wrinkle In Time
Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared. L'Engle tells stories that uniquely blend scientific principles and the quest for higher meaning.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 1998
- ISBN: 9780374386139