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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 Ursula Dubosarsky
Published Apr 2015
Read ReviewsWhen their teacher goes missing during an outing, eleven girls grapple with the aftermath in this haunting, exquisitely told psychological mystery.
by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Published Sep 2014
Read ReviewsIn an extraordinary debut novel, an escaped fugitive upends everything two siblings think they know about their family, their past, and themselves.
by Patrick Ness, Siobhan Dowd
Published Mar 2013
Read ReviewsAn unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Published Jan 2013
Read ReviewsA story of breaking down and growing up, for young adults.
by Candy Gourlay
Published Feb 2012
Read ReviewsIn a novel packed with quirkiness and humor, Gourlay explores a touching sibling relationship and the clash of two very different cultures.
by David Almond
Published Sep 2011
Read ReviewsA captivating novel for teens from Printz Award-winner David Almond.
by Kate DiCamillo
Published Mar 2011
Read ReviewsWinner of BookBrowse's 2009 Children's Book Award. When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a ...
by Hilary McKay
Published Jan 2006
Read ReviewsThis hilarious and heartwarming novel reminds us that nothing is stronger than the bonds of family (ages approx 9+).
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