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by Rainbow Rowell
Published Jun 2020
Read ReviewsSet over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits - smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love - and just how hard it pulled you under.
by Shaun Hutchinson
Published May 2017
Read ReviewsFrom the "author to watch" (Kirkus Reviews) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes a brand-new novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving.
by Anna McPartlin
Published Aug 2016
Read ReviewsHere is a truth that can't be escaped: for Mia "Rabbit" Hayes, life is coming to an end ...
by Akhil Sharma
Published Feb 2015
Read ReviewsHeart-wrenching and darkly funny, Family Life is a universal story of a boy torn between duty and his own survival.
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Published Mar 2010
Read ReviewsIn her most emotionally wrenching, lyrically written book since the multiple-award-winning Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson explores a girl's descent into the powerful vortex of anorexia, and her painful path toward recovery.
by Hannah Tinti
Published Aug 2009
Read ReviewsRichly imagined, gothically spooky, and replete with the ingenious storytelling ability of a born novelist, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting new talents.
by Elizabeth Hartley Winthrop
Published Jul 2009
Read ReviewsA spellbinding novel about a troubled young girl and a family in crisis, and a gripping, astonishing portrait of recovery and self-determination.
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 Brian Strause
Published May 2006
Read ReviewsBy turns humorous and heartbreaking, personal and sweeping, familiar and extraordinary, Brian Strause's first novel takes readers on an unforgettable emotional journey into America's heartland.
by Haruki Murakami
Published Jan 2006
Read ReviewsA tour de force of metaphysical reality, powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy who runs away from home to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy, and an aging simpleton.
by John Searles
Published Jun 2005
Read ReviewsBeautifully written and charged with a sublime wit, the novel brings to vibrant life a cast of characters that no reader will forget.
by Louis Sachar
Published May 2000
Read ReviewsStanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishmentand redemption. Ages 10+
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