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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.
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 Annabel Pitcher
Published Nov 2013
Read ReviewsZoe has an unconventional pen pal-Mr. Stuart Harris, a Texas Death Row inmate and convicted murderer. But then again, Zoe has an unconventional story to tell. A story about how she fell for two boys, betrayed one of them, and killed the other.
by Amy McNamara
Published Nov 2013
Read ReviewsA resonant debut novel about retreating from the world after losing everything - and the connections that force you to rejoin it.
by Rebecca Stead
Published Aug 2013
Read ReviewsLiar & Spy is an inspired, often-funny story about destiny, goofy brilliance, and courage. Like Stead's Newbery Medal-winning When You Reach Me, it will keep readers guessing until the end
by Jack Gantos
Published May 2013
Read ReviewsA sly, sharp-edged narrative about a small western Pennsylvania town and a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.
by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Published Jan 2013
Read ReviewsA story of breaking down and growing up, for young adults.
by Rebecca Stead
Published Dec 2010
Read ReviewsWinner of the 2010 Newbery Medal. Miranda is an ordinary sixth grader, until she starts receiving mysterious messages from somebody who knows all about her, including things that have not even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent a tragic death. Until the final note makes her think shes too late....
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+).
by Hilary McKay
Published Sep 2003
Read ReviewsUnforgettable characters come alive in often deeply humorous and always absorbing events to make a book to be treasured for a long, long time. Reading age approx 10 yrs+.
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