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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 Jennifer Longo
Published Jan 2016
Read ReviewsDarkly humorous and heart-wrenchingly beautiful, Jennifer Longo's YA debut about a girl stuck living in a cemetery will change the way you look at life, death, and love.
Dirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly
by Conrad Wesselhoeft
Published Sep 2015
Read ReviewsVideo gamer and daredevil dirt bike rider Arlo Santiago is recruited by the U.S. military at White Sands to pilot drone missions in Pakistan. When the game becomes all too real, how will Arlo reconcile his duty with the violent death that haunts his family?
by Rodman Philbrick
Published Jul 2015
Read ReviewsNewbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
by A. S. King
Published Jun 2015
Read ReviewsIn this masterpiece about freedom, feminism, and destiny, Printz Honor author A.S. King tells the epic story of a girl coping with devastating loss at long last--a girl who has no idea that the future needs her, and that the present needs her even more.
by E Lockhart
Published May 2014
Read ReviewsWe Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.
by Cath Crowley
Published Oct 2011
Read ReviewsTold in alternating voices and filled with music, friendship, and romance, A Little Wanting Song is about the kind of longing that begins as a heavy ache but ultimately makes us feel hopeful and wonderfully alive.
The Possibilities of Sainthood
by Donna Freitas
Published Aug 2010
Read ReviewsAntonia Lucia Labella has two secrets: at fifteen, shes still waiting for her first kiss, and she wants to be a saint. An official one. Unfortunately, the two events Antonias prayed for seem equally unlikely to happen...
by Kevin Henkes
Published Mar 2010
Read ReviewsWhen two boys come to spend the summer at Bird Lake, each is reeling from his own personal tragedy. Both boys arrive scarred and fragile, but as they become friends, the sharp edges of their lives smooth out and, slowly, they are able to start to heal.
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