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Patricia McCormick · 272 pages
Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut in the mountains of Nepal. Her family is desperately poor, but her life is full of simple pleasures, like raising her black-and-white speckled goat, and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains of the family’s crops, Lakshmi’s stepfather
Freakboy
Kristin Elizabeth Clark · 437 pages
Brendan Chase is an athlete, a star student, and boyfriend to the perfect girlfriend, Vanessa. She has silky brown hair, soft skin, and gentle curves -- everything that Brendan could ever want. Except that Brendan wants much more. He doesn't just want to be with her; he wants to be like her. At least sometimes he does. Is there a name for people like him? Guys who maybe sometimes want to be girls?
We Come Apart
Sarah Crossan, Brian Conaghan · 336 pages
Because I Am Furniture
Thalia Chaltas
The youngest of three siblings, fourteen-year-old Anke feels both relieved and neglected that her father abuses her brother and sister but ignores her, but when she catches him with one of her friends, she finally becomes angry enough to take action.
Paper Hearts
Meg Wiviott · 352 pages
"Amid the brutality of Auschwitz during the Holocaust, a forbidden gift helps two teenage girls find hope, friendship, and the will to live in this novel in verse that?s based on a true story."--Amazon.com.
Chasing Brooklyn
Lisa Schroeder
Restless souls and empty hearts Brooklyn can't sleep. Her boyfriend, Lucca, died only a year ago, and now her friend Gabe has just died of an overdose. Every time she closes her eyes, Gabe's ghost is there waiting for her. She has no idea what he wants or why it isn't Lucca visiting her dreams. Nico can't stop. He's always running, trying to escape the pain of losing his brother, Lucca. Bu
Hidden
Helen Frost · 147 pages
When fourteen-year-olds Wren and Darra meet at a Michigan summer camp, both are overwhelmed by memories from six years earlier when Darra's father stole a car, unaware that Wren was hiding in the back. Years after Darra Monson's father stole a minivan with Wren Abbott hiding in the back, the girls come face to face at summer camp, and together they try to work through what happened to them and th
Solo
Kwame Alexander, Mary Rand Hess · 461 pages
Seventeen-year-old Blade, who endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past to navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
Unwind
Neal Shusterman · 343 pages
Unwind is a 2007 science fiction novel by young adult literature author Neal Shusterman. It takes place in the United States in the near future. After the Second Civil War or the Heartland War, was fought over abortion, a compromise was reached, allowing parents to sign an order for their children between the ages of 13 and 18 to be unwound—taken to "harvest camps" and having their body parts harv
Wicked Girls
Stephanie Hemphill · 408 pages
A fictionalized account, told in verse, of the Salem witch trials, told from the perspective of three young women living in Salem in 1692--Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam, Jr.
Ghosting
Edith Pattou · 423 pages
Told through multiple points of view in free verse, eight teenagers partying the last weekend before their senior year of high school participate in a seemingly harmless prank that goes tragically awry.
Exposed
Kimberly Marcus
High school senior Liz, a gifted photographer, can no longer see things clearly after her best friend accuses Liz's older brother of raping her while she was sleeping over at Liz's house.
Out of the Dust
Karen Hesse · 235 pages
"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ." A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands. To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. Wh
Girl in Pieces, You'd Be Home Now, How to Make Friends with the Dark
Kathleen Glasgow · 1,296 pages
Go Ask Alice
Anonymous · 185 pages
You Can't Ask Alice Anything Anymore But you can do something. Read her diary. Strong, painfully honest, nakedly candid. The actual story of a desperate girl on drugs and on the run who almost made it. --back cover
Dime
E.R. Frank · 336 pages
Fourteen-year-old Dime, a foster child in Newark, New Jersey, finds love and family as a prostitute, but when her pimp rejects her for a new girl, will Dime have the strength to leave?
Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy
Sonya Sones · 159 pages
A younger sister has a difficult time adjusting to life after her older sister has a mental breakdown.
Crooked Kingdom
Leigh Bardugo · 560 pages
Crooked Kingdom is a fantasy novel written by Leigh Bardugo.The book is set in a world loosely inspired by 20th century Europe.Crooked Kingdom takes place days after the events of the first book, Six of Crows, finishes.The plot is told from the close third-person viewpoints of six different characters, plus a first and last chapter from two minor characters' points of view.
The Realm of Possibility
David Levithan · 210 pages
Here’s what I know about the realm of possibility— it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was once deemed impossible. From the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choir girl putting her arm around the metalhead. As hard as it is for us to see sometimes, we all exist within the realm of possibility. Most of the limits are of o