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  • Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek

    Dear Evan Hansen by Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    An original musical that explores the poignant desire for human connection in the tumultuous life of one young man. Evan is shy, lonely, and bullied for it―teeming with the irrepressible emotions all too familiar with anyone who's ever been a teenager...
  • November Blues by Sharon M. Draper

    November Blues by Sharon M. Draper

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When November Nelson loses her boyfriend, Josh, to a pledge stunt gone horribly wrong, she thinks her life can't possibly get any worse. But Josh left something behind that will change November's life forever, and now she's faced with the biggest decision she could ever imagine. How in the world will she tell her mom? And how will Josh's parents take the news? She's never needed a friend more...
  • The Bully by Paul Langan

    The Bully by Paul Langan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Welcome to Bluford High. This widely acclaimed teen series set in an urban high school features engaging, accessible writing and appealing, contemporary storylines. A new life. An new school. A new bully. That's what Darrell Mercer faces when he and his mother move from Philadelphia to California. After spending months living in fear, Darrell is faced with a big decision...
  • Bronxwood by Coe Booth

    Bronxwood by Coe Booth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The acclaimed author of TYRELL and KENDRA returns to PUSH to continue Tyrell's astonishing story. Tyrell's father is just out of jail, and Tyrell doesn't know how to deal with that. It's bad enough that his brother Troy is in foster care and that his mother is no help whatsoever. Now there's another thing up in his face, just when he's trying to settle down...
  • অপেক্ষা by Humayun Ahmed

    অপেক্ষা by Humayun Ahmed

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    মানুষের জীবন কি চক্রের মত? চক্রের কোন শুরু নেই, শেষ নেই। মানব জীবনও কি তাই? রহস্যময় চক্রের ভেতর এই জীবন ঘুরপাক খেতে থাকে? শুরু নেই, শেষ নেই। চক্র ঘুরছে।এই চক্রের ভেতরে ঘুরপাক খেতে খেতে অপেক্ষা করে কেউ কেউ। কিংবা সকলেই কিসের...
  • Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Saving Wishes by G.J. Walker-Smith

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For Charli Blake, being seventeen is a tough gig.She's been branded a troublemaker, her reputation is in tatters and she's stuck in Pipers Cove, a speck of a town on the coast of Tasmania. Thankfully, it's temporary. Her lifelong dream of travelling the world is just months away from becoming reality...
  • My Lame Life: Queen of the Misfits by Jen Mann

    My Lame Life: Queen of the Misfits by Jen Mann

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Jen Mann has written a hilarious and heartwarming story for fans of Meg Cabot and Rainbow Rowell. My name is Plum Parrish, I'm fourteen, and I'm pretty sure I'm invisible. Not like super power invisible, more like loser invisible. There's a big difference...
  • 3 stepbrothers by Animallover55

    3 stepbrothers by Animallover55

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tori lived with her dad and little sister. She never expected to have a stepmother, much less a stepbrother. But whats worse is not only one stepbrother, not two either. No three stepbrothers. But it gets worse, the three boys just happen to be the three triplet sport stars of the school. The same three boys that have gone out with nearly all those girls that wear short short skirts...
  • What They Don't Know by Nicole Maggi

    What They Don't Know by Nicole Maggi

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Three secrets. One decision. A friendship that will change everything.Mellie has always been the reliable friend, the good student, the doting daughter. But when an unspeakable act leads her to withdraw from everyone she loves, she is faced with a life-altering choice―a choice she must face alone.Lise stands up―and speaks out―for what she believes in...
  • Completely Normal by Biffy James

    Completely Normal by Biffy James

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love has rules. So does grief. And Stella Wilde’s about to break them all.Stella Wilde is secretly in love with the hottest guy in school, Isaac Calder. He seems to love her back, but there’s a problem – he already has a girlfriend, the gorgeous Grace Reyes. When Isaac is killed in a car accident, the entire school is turned upside down with grief...
  • On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety by Michael Kroft

    On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety by Michael Kroft

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Once an amusing extrovert with a reputation as a prankster, Mr. Rosen is entering his retirement years as a stoic thirty-year converted introvert who has no interest in people, despises change, and is more than content to have his wife navigate his life...
  • The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

    The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals...
  • Caitlin's Lucky Charm by Lisa Schroeder

    Caitlin's Lucky Charm by Lisa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four best friends, one lucky bracelet, and an utterly charming new middle-grade series!Caitlin would stay at summer camp forever if she could. Her new best friends in the world, Hannah, Mia, and Libby are there...
  • The Year of Chasing Dreams by Lurlene McDaniel

    The Year of Chasing Dreams by Lurlene McDaniel

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Readers will swoon over this story of love despite impossible odds."--Romantic TimesFrom the author of Don't Die, My Love comes this young adult novel that intertwines a family saga with a grand love story. This novel stands alone or can be read as the companion to The Year of Luminous Love and Wishes and Dreams. For fans of Sarah Dessen's The Moon and More and Ann Brashares's Forever in Blue...
  • Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall

    Your Corner Dark by Desmond Hall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    American Street meets Long Way Down in this searing and gritty debut novel that takes an unflinching look at the harsh realities of gang life in Jamaica and how far a teen is willing to go for family.Things can change in a second:The second Frankie Green gets that scholarship letter, he has his ticket out of Jamaica.The second his longtime crush, Leah, asks him on a date, he’s in trouble...
  • Carter's Unfocused, One-Track Mind by Brent Crawford

    Carter's Unfocused, One-Track Mind by Brent Crawford

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After an eventful freshman year and disastrous summer, fifteen-year-old Will Carter returns to Merrian High none the wiser. His sophomore year will present a host of new problems: the return of Scary Terry from juvie, the pregnant presence of Amber Lee, friends-with-benefits negotiations with Abby, prom night expectations, and the ever-constant harassment from his boys...
  • The Gossip File by Anna Staniszewski

    The Gossip File by Anna Staniszewski

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Gossip File:-Chandra lets little kids pee in the pool.-Melody stole $ from the cafe register.-Ava isn’t who she says she is…Ava is cool. Ava is confident. Ava is really Rachel Lee who is lying her butt off.Rachel is visiting her dad at a resort in sunny Florida and is ready for two weeks of relaxing poolside, trips to Disney World and NOT scrubbing toilets...
  • Freeze Frame by Heidi Ayarbe

    Freeze Frame by Heidi Ayarbe

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No matter how many times Kyle rewrites the scene, he can't get it right. He tries it in the style of Hitchcock, Tarantino, Eastwood, all of his favorite directors—but regardless of the style, he can't remember what happened that day in the shed. The day Jason died...
  • The Mission by Jason Myers

    The Mission by Jason Myers

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wake up and do something! Kaden Norris's life is shattered when his older brother -- his best friend and hero -- is killed in Iraq. All Kaden has left of Kenny is a letter, urging him to break away from his sheltered life and to go to San Francisco to visit his cousin, James. Kaden is blown away, as James introduces him to a life filled with drugs, sex, and apathy...
  • Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley

    Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fans of Jandy Nelson and Marieke Nijkamp will love this deeply moving novel in verse about the aftermath of a gun accident. Life changes forever for Liv when her older brother, Jonah, accidentally shoots himself with his best friend Clay’s father’s gun...
  • Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart

    Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Relatable, heartbreaking, and real, this is a story of resilience--the perfect novel for readers of powerful contemporary fiction like Girl in Pieces and Every Last Word.Before, I was a million things. Now I'm only one. The Burned Girl.Ava Lee has lost everything there is to lose: Her parents. Her best friend. Her home. Even her face...
  • Crazy by Han Nolan

    Crazy by Han Nolan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Fifteen-year-old Jason has fallen upon bad times—his mother has died and his father has succumbed to mental illness. As he tries to hold his crazy father and their crumbling home together, Jason relies on a host of imaginary friends for guidance as he stumbles along trying not to draw attention to his father’s deteriorating condition...
  • The Dirt Diary by Anna Staniszewski

    The Dirt Diary by Anna Staniszewski

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    WANTED: Maid for the most popular kids in 8th grade. Cleaning up after the in-crowd gets Rachel all the best dirt. Rachel can't believe she has to give up her Saturdays to scrubbing other people's toilets. So. Gross. But she kinda, sorta stole $287.22 from her college fund that she's got to pay back ASAP or her mom will ground her for life...
  • Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...A Love Story by Jason Reynolds

    Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...A Love Story by Jason Reynolds

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jason Reynolds tackles it—you know…it—from the guy’s perspective in this stream of consciousness story of a teen boy about to experience a huge first.Twenty-four months ago: Neon gets chased by a dog all around the parking lot of a church. Not his finest moment. And definitely one he would have loved to forget if it weren’t for the dog’s owner: Aria...
  • Surviving High School by M. Doty

    Surviving High School by M. Doty

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What's the secret to surviving your freshman year of high school? Emily Kessler thinks she has it all figured out. She eats, sleeps and trains for competitive swimming. All she has to do is keep her grades high and swim times short -- short enough to live up to her sister Sara's. But walking the crowded maze of unfamiliar high school hallways is like diving headfirst into shark-infested waters...
  • Don't Forget Me by Victoria Stevens

    Don't Forget Me by Victoria Stevens

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Hazel Clarke is no stranger to heartbreaks, and being sent to live with a father she’s never met is the latest in a string of them. Even the beauty of eastern Australia isn’t enough to take her mind off her mother and the life she had to leave behind in England...
  • Access Denied: And Other Eighth Grade Error Messages by Denise Vega

    Access Denied: And Other Eighth Grade Error Messages by Denise Vega

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Computer whiz Erin Swift is ready to start eighth grade. The Year of Humiliating Events (aka, seventh grade) is behind her and she's ready to rule the school. But eight grade comes with its own set of problems for Erin to navigate, including her first boyfriend, her first break-up, and the fact that her mom has been treating her more like an eight year old than an eighth grader...
  • 16 & Pregnant by LaLa Thomas

    16 & Pregnant by LaLa Thomas

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The bond between two best friends is put to the test when one of them gets pregnant in this contemporary teen novel inspired by MTV’s iconic reality show.Erykah was looking forward to junior year at East Prep High. She has a cute boyfriend, gets good grades, and has the best bestie. Money is tight, though that’s nothing new in her world. But everything changes when she gets pregnant...
  • Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor

    Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Critically acclaimed author Melissa Kantor masterfully captures the joy of friendship, the agony of loss, and the unique experience of being a teenager in this poignant new novel about a girl grappling with her best friend's life-threatening illness.Zoe and her best friend, Olivia, have always had big plans for the future, none of which included Olivia getting sick...
  • I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler

    I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    “For the first time in my life, I didn’t feel envy…” Tess is the exact opposite of her beautiful, athletic sister. And that’s okay. Kristina is the sporty one, Tess is the smart one, and they each have their place. Until Kristina is diagnosed with cancer. Suddenly Tess is the center of the popular crowd, everyone eager for updates. There are senior boys flirting with her...
  • Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen

    Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Twelve-year-old Ambrose is a glass-half-full kind of guy. A self-described “friendless nerd,” he moves from place to place every couple of years with his overprotective mother, Irene. When some bullies at his new school almost kill him by slipping a peanut into his sandwich — even though they know he has a deathly allergy — Ambrose is philosophical...
  • The President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson White

    The President's Daughter by Ellen Emerson White

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sixteen-year old Meghan Powers thought that boys and grades were the most important issues of the day, until her mother dropped the bombshell-she was going to run for President of the United States. And she was going to win. Bad enough that her mother spent so much time away from home as a state senator. Now she was going to be the most important woman in America...
  • Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Jumpstart the World by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Elle is a loner. She doesn’t need people. Which is a good thing, because she’s on her own: she had to move into her own apartment so her mother’s boyfriend won’t have to deal with her. Then she meets Frank, the guy who lives next door. He’s older and has a girlfriend, but Elle can’t stop thinking about him. Frank isn’t like anyone Elle has ever met. He listens to her. He’s gentle...
  • Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern

    Just Breathe by Cammie McGovern

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the critically acclaimed author of Say What You Will and A Step Toward Falling comes a deeply emotional new novel, perfect for fans of Five Feet Apart and The Fault in Our Stars . David Scheinman is the popular president of his senior class, battling cystic fibrosis. Jamie Turner is a quiet sophomore, struggling with depression...
  • Living with Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles

    Living with Jackie Chan by Jo Knowles

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After fathering a baby, a teenager moves in with his karate-loving uncle and tries to come to terms with his guilt — and find a way to forgive. This isn’t how Josh expected to spend senior year. He thought he’d be hanging out with his best friends, Dave and Caleb, driving around, partying, just like always...
  • Carter's Big Break by Brent Crawford

    Carter's Big Break by Brent Crawford

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After surviving freshman year (just barely), Carter is craving his summer break. Unfortunately, when he and his girlfriend, Abby, part ways, it looks as though summer just might break him. Things start to look up when he's unexpectedly cast in an independent film opposite the world's biggest tween sensation, Hilary Idaho. With Hollywood knocking on his door, Carter gets a taste of the good life...
  • We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis

    We Could Be Something by Will Kostakis

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part Coming-Out Story.Part falling-in-love story.Part falling-apart story.Harvey's dads are splitting up. It's been on the cards for a while, but it's still sudden. Woken-by-his-father-to-catch-a-red-eye sudden. Now he's restarting His Life In A New City, Living Above A Cafe With The Extended Greek Family He Barely Knows.Sotiris is a rising star...
  • Seventeen and In-Between by Barthe DeClements

    Seventeen and In-Between by Barthe DeClements

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Another story about Barthe DeClements's bestselling heroine, Elsie Edwards...
  • Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies by Erin Dionne

    Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies by Erin Dionne

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Thirteen-year-old Celeste Harris is no string bean, but comfy sweatpants and a daily chocolate cookie suit her just fine. Her under-the-radar lifestyle could have continued too, if her aunt hadn?t entered her in the HuskyPeach Modeling Challenge...
  • How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart

    How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When thirteen-year-old David Greenberg's best friend makes the start of middle school even worse than he feared it could be, David becomes friends with Sophie, who shares his love of television shows and posts one of their skits on YouTube, making them wildly popular--online, at least...
  • Carter Finally Gets It: A Novel by Brent Crawford, Nick Podehl

    Carter Finally Gets It: A Novel by Brent Crawford, Nick Podehl

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Meet Will Carter, but feel free to call him Carter. (Yes, he knows it's a lazy nickname, but he didn't have much say in the matter.) Here are five things you should know about him:1. He has a stuttering problem, particularly around boobs and belly buttons.2. He battles Attention Deficit Disorder every minute of every day...unless he gets distracted.3...
  • My Life in Black and White by Natasha Friend

    My Life in Black and White by Natasha Friend

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What if you lost the thing that made you who you are? Lexi has always been stunning. Her butter-colored hair and perfect features have helped her attract friends, a boyfriend, and the attention of a modeling scout. But everything changes the night Lexi's face goes through a windshield...
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  • The Reminders by Val Emmich

    The Reminders by Val Emmich

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Grief-stricken over his partner’s death, Gavin sets fire to every physical reminder in the couple's home. A neighbor captures the ordeal on video, turning this unsung TV actor into a household name. Now, Gavin is fleeing the hysteria of Los Angeles for New Jersey, hoping to find peace with the family of an old friend. Instead, he finds Joan...
  • The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan

    The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    IN MY FAMILY, when anyone rides the wave of their emotions, we say they're chucking a birkett. When the emotion drives out all common sense, we say they're chucking a big one. The telltale signs are: flaming cheeks, shortness of breath, bulging eyes, and a prolonged illogical outburst...
  • Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake

    Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Just let it go.”That’s what everyone keeps telling Hadley St. Clair after she learns that her father cheated on her mother. But Hadley doesn’t want to let it go. She wants to be angry and she wants everyone in her life—her dad most of all—to leave her alone.Sam Bennett and his family have had their share of drama too...
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    drama  family  friendship  grief  high-school  humor  realistic  teens
  • 7 Clues to Winning You by Kristin Walker

    7 Clues to Winning You by Kristin Walker

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a humiliating picture of Blythe goes viral, she's instantly the target of ridicule at her new school. To salvage her reputation, Blythe teams up with Luke to win the Senior Scramble scavenger hunt. But Luke is an unlikely ally and potentially can't be trusted. Perhaps it's his Shakespearean witticisms that reel Blythe in despite her better judgment . .
  • Forever Changed by Tiffany King

    Forever Changed by Tiffany King

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kassandra Cole has it all—a stable home with great parents, popularity and all the friends she could ever need. She is used to a lifestyle where everything comes easy to her, from good grades to being captain of the cheerleading squad.Her entire world is shaken to the core when a fatal accident takes her father, causing Kassandra to re-examine the course her life was on...
  • Amazing Grace by Megan Shull

    Amazing Grace by Megan Shull

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Grace Ace Kincaid has it all. She's a teen sports sensation. Her face and body are on the cover of every magazine. She's front and center on the red carpet. She has the world at her feet, as long as she toes the line. But then she says three little words. Three words that take her out of the spotlight to Medicine Hat, Alaska. Population 272.Grace has the chance to start all over again...
  • Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Coriell

    Goodbye, Rebel Blue by Shelley Coriell

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Rebecca Blue is a rebel with an attitude whose life is changed by a chance encounter with a soon-to-be dead girl. Rebel (as she’s known) decides to complete the dead girl’s bucket list to prove that choice, not chance, controls her fate. In doing so, she unexpectedly opens her mind and heart to a world she once dismissed—a world of friendships, family, and faith...
  • Who I Kissed by Janet Gurtler

    Who I Kissed by Janet Gurtler

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Janet Gurtler's latest contemporary YA novel is by turns gripping, heart-wrenching, and joyous as one teen girl has to find the courage to carry on after a devastating tragedy. She never thought a kiss could kill... As the new girl in town, Samantha just wants to fit in. Being invited to a party by her fellow swim team members is her big chance...especially since Zee will be there...
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