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by Margaret Atwood
Published Sep 2020
Read ReviewsIn this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades.
by M.T. Anderson
Published Apr 2019
Read ReviewsNational Book Award winner M. T. Anderson returns to future Earth in a sharply wrought satire of art and truth in the midst of colonization.
by Wendy Mills
Published Aug 2017
Read ReviewsWinner of the 2016 BookBrowse Award for Best Young Adult Novel
Interweaving stories from past and present, All We Have Left brings one of the most important days in our recent history to life, showing that love and hope will always triumph.
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean
by David Almond
Published Feb 2015
Read ReviewsFrom master storyteller David Almond comes a gripping, exquisitely written novel about a hidden-away child who emerges into a broken world.
by Melvin Burgess
Published Feb 2014
Read ReviewsLive the ultimate high. Pay the ultimate price. The shocking return to YA by the author of Smack.
by Daniel Handler, Maira Kalman
Published Dec 2013
Read ReviewsMin Green and Ed Slaterton are breaking up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up.
by David Levithan
Published Sep 2013
Read ReviewsIn his New York Times bestselling novel, David Levithan introduces readers to what Entertainment Weekly calls a "wise, wildly unique" love story about A, a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different life.
by S. D. Crockett
Published Sep 2013
Read ReviewsAfter the extremely hard winter of 2009, S. D. Crockett asked herself, "What if winter never ended?" and from that thought, her debut novel, After the Snow, was born.
by Hillary Jordan
Published Sep 2012
Read ReviewsWhen She Woke is a fable about a stigmatized woman struggling to navigate an America of a not-too-distant future, who embarks on a path of self-discovery that forces her to question the values she once held true and the righteousness of a country that politicizes faith.
by Deborah Ellis
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsNo Safe Place is a novel of high adventure and heart-stopping suspense by a writer at the height of her powers.
by David Almond
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsA captivating novel for teens from Printz Award-winner David Almond.
by Siobhan Dowd
Published Apr 2011
Read ReviewsMemories of mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blond locks she feels transformed. Shes not Holly anymore, shes Solace: the girl with the slinkster walk and the supersharp talk.
by Alina Bronsky
Published Mar 2010
Read ReviewsAn engrossing and thoroughly contemporary novel on what it means to be young, alive, and conscious in these first decades of the new century.
by Kristin Cashore
Published Sep 2009
Read ReviewsKatsa has been able to kill a man with her bare hands since she was eight - shes a Graceling, one of the rare people in her land born with an extreme skill. And now she is forced to work as the kings thug. But she never expects to fall in love with beautiful Prince Po...
by Jenny Downham
Published May 2009
Read ReviewsThe story of Tessa, a young teenage girl who has only months to live ... a brilliantly crafted novel, heartbreaking yet life-affirming.
by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Published May 2008
Read ReviewsA meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should Miranda's family prepare for the future?
by Markus Zusak
Published Sep 2007
Read ReviewsA story about, among other things: A girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul. Winner of the 2007 BookBrowse Ruby Award.
by Faïza Guène
Published Jul 2006
Read ReviewsDoria, 15, is growing up in the rough Paris immigrant public housing projects. She sets her dreams against the grim daily struggle of her life: "It's like a film script. . . . trouble is, our scriptwriter's got no talent. And he's never heard of happily ever after."
by Richard Lewis
Published Aug 2004
Read ReviewsAgainst the backdrop of September 11, 2001, The Flame Tree is a fierce novel of friendship, faith, and forgiveness set in Indonesia. Suitable for teens and adults.
by Amanda Davis
Published Mar 2004
Read ReviewsEscaping to a travelling circus, a young woman slowly heals the psychological scars from a brutal assualt and attempted suicide.
by Niccolò Ammaniti
Published Feb 2004
Read ReviewsIn this immensely powerful, lyrical and skillfully narrated novel, set in southern Italy, nine year-old Michele discovers a secret so momentous, so terrible, that he darent tell anyone about it. Read an exclusive excerpt at BookBrowse today.
by Yi Munyol
Published Feb 2001
Read ReviewsThis riveting allegory starts as a simple power play within a children's classroom, but turns into a chilling tale about the lust for power and desperate need for acceptance that reside within us all.
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