Showing 1–36 of 36 books
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And We Stay
Reeling from her boyfriend's dramatic suicide, Emily hides her anguish at a new boarding school, where she finds healing through poetry. Hubbard's gem-like prose beautifully balances Emily's poetry.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015, Michael L. Printz Award 2015
- ISBN: 9780385740579
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013, Michael L. Printz Award 2013, Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Award 2013, Rainbow Book List - Young Adult/ Crossover Fiction 2013, Stonewall Honor Books in Children's and Young Adult Literature 2013
- ISBN: 9781442408920
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Asking For It
It's the beginning of the summer in a small town in Ireland. Emma O'Donovan is eighteen years old, beautiful, happy, confident. One night, there's a party. Everyone is there. All eyes are on Emma. The next morning, she wakes on the front porch of her house. She can't remember what happened, she doesn't know how she got there. She doesn't know why she's in pain. But everyone else does. Photographs taken at the party show, in explicit detail, what happened to Emma that night. But sometimes people don't want to believe what is right in front of them, especially when the truth concerns the town's heroes... -
Bone Gap
Told from alternating viewpoints, Bone Gap perfectly melds elements of fairy tales, myths, gothic romance, and magic realism into the story of Finn, who lives in a town with gaps in the very fabric of time and place.- Fantasy
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016, Michael L. Printz Award 2016
- ISBN: 9780062317605
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The Carnival at Bray
Moving from Chicago to Ireland hasn't been easy. Maggie particularly misses Uncle Kevin, who shares her love of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. When tragedy falls, will Maggie's new life help her to survive?
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Code Name Verity
Oct. 11th, 1943-A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. Its pilot and passenger are best friends. One of the girls has a chance at survival. The other has lost the game before it's barely begun. -
Dig
Five teenagers' disparate lives weave together, unveiling long-buried secrets within a complex shared history. King's surrealistic narrative confronts themes of white privilege and its dark legacies.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, Michael L. Printz Award 2020
- ISBN: 9781101994931
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Dodger
In this wild historical adventure, 17-year-old Dodger rescues a young woman from an attack, is appointed assistant detective to Charlie Dickens, encounters the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, obtains his first tailored suit and learns from his mentor Solomon how to navigate a wide range of social and political circles.- Historical Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013, Michael L. Printz Award 2013
- ISBN: 9780062009494
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Eleanor & Park
The year is 1986 when Eleanor arrives in town to live with her family and abusive step- father. It's been a year since the last time she lived with them, and she doesn't expect life to be any better. Park's life, on the other hand, is going steady. He's got a spot in the popular crowd and he's about to get his driver's license. But when the two meet on the bus, things change drastically. Even though they both know high school romances never last, they're going to try everything they've got to make it work. But in end, will everything they have be enough? -
Grasshopper Jungle
As if living in a world overrun by six-foot-tall hungry and horny mutant praying mantises isn't bad enough, Austin realizes he is in love with both his best friend Robbie and his girlfriend Shann. #donteatthecorn -
The Hate U Give
Traumatized after witnessing the violent death of a friend, Starr searches for her voice as she moves between her black neighborhood and predominately white private school. This emotional novel, inspired by volatile race relations in America today, explores the importance of family, friendship, identity, and the courage to seek justice. -
A Heart in a Body in the World
When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run? So that's what Annabelle does—she runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. She's not ready to think about the why yet, just the how—muscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries, she can't outrun the tragedy from the past year, or the person—The Taker—that haunts her. Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends (her self-appointed publicity team), Annabelle becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Her cross-country run gains media attention and she is cheered on as she crosses state borders, and is even thrown a block party and given gifts. The support would be nice, if Annabelle could escape the guilt and the shame from what happened back home. They say it isn't her fault, but she can't feel the truth of that. Through welcome and unwelcome distractions, she just keeps running, to the destination that awaits her. There, she'll finally face what lies behind her—the miles and love and loss…and what is to come. -
I'll Give You the Sun
Artistic twins Jude and Noah each have only half the story of why they broke apart. Their art becomes a force of its own as they negotiate love, loss, lies and the possibility of reuniting their lives. -
In Darkness
Trapped in darkness on Haiti hundreds of years apart, the lives of gangster Shorty and slave rebellion leader Toussaint l'Ouverture are intertwined as Shorty tries to survive the 2010 earthquake- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013, Michael L. Printz Award 2013
- ISBN: 9781599907437
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Jasper Jones
Spurred by the mysterious death of a schoolmate, Charlie confronts racism and his fears as he learns about family, friendship and love in the oppressive heat of small-town 1960s Australia. Silvey weaves themes of freedom and loyalty with moments of humor in this wrenching novel.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, Michael L. Printz Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780375866661
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The Kingdom of Little Wounds
Impeccably researched and darkly disturbing, this complex literary tale reveals the sordid side of palace life in a 16th century Scandinavian kingdom where the royal family, the Lunedies, is cursed by a mysterious illness, and political machinations cast doubt on who will rule.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Michael L. Printz Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780763666941
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Long Way Down
The rules: don't cry, don't snitch...DO get revenge. A sixty second elevator ride is a long way down for Will to decide if he should use the gun shoved into the back of his jeans to avenge his brother's murder. -
Maggot Moon
In Sally Gardner's explosively original dystopian novel, Standish Treadwell and his grandfather show quiet defiance in the face of the oppressive, merciless Motherland. The cleverly parallel illustrations highlight a story as offbeat and perceptive as Standish and his mismatched eyes.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Michael L. Printz Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780763665531
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Midwinterblood
Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined.
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Navigating Early
Jack Baker, uprooted suddenly after his mother's death, and Early Auden, the strangest of boys, meet at a Maine boarding school. Their friendship culminates in a treacherous quest and unexpected self-discovery. Vanderpool delivers an emotionally powerful novel in an untamed setting as the boys head up river in search of the Great Appalachian Bear. The award, first given in 2000, is named for the late Michael L. Printz, a Topeka, Kan., school librarian known for discovering and promoting quality books for young adults.- Historical Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Michael L. Printz Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780385742092
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Nothing
When a classmate tells them “nothing matters,” his peers reinforce the opposite, sacrificing what matters to them in progressively intense challenges, assembling a pile of meaning. -
Out of Darkness
In 1937 East Texas, Mexican American Naomi and African American Wash begin a bittersweet romance. Perez's beautifully crafted novel is a moving portrayal of both powerful love and a period marked by oppressive, destructive racism.- Historical Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016, Michael L. Printz Award 2016
- ISBN: 9781467742023
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The Passion of Dolssa
In thirteenth-century Provence, Dolssa, branded a heretic after claiming to speak with God, flees her hometown. She's rescued by Botille, a matchmaker who runs a tavern with her sisters. Their lives become inexorably linked when Dolssa's gifts as a healer- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017, Michael L. Printz Award 2017
- ISBN: 9780451469922
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Please Ignore Vera Dietz
When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name. -
The Poet X
Xiomara secretly creates poetry to explore her shifting relationship with her Dominican immigrant parents, religion, her body, and chemistry lab partner/crush Aman. -
Revolver
Sig is alone with his father's body when the lawless man his father had managed to escape appears out of the icy wilderness.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011, Michael L. Printz Award 2011
- ISBN: 9781596435926
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The Scorpio Races
Every November, the beaches of Thisby come alive with the Scorpio Races. The water horses are vicious, the terrain is treacherous, and death is likely, but the reward can be beyond anything you could imagine. Puck Connolly is racing for her family, Sean Kendrick for his passion—but only one can win The Scorpio Races. -
Scythe
Humanity has overcome hunger, disease, war, and even death. Now only Scythes can take life. What will happen to Citra and Rowan when they are chosen to be Scythe apprentices? Follow them as they struggle with their task and morality. -
Ship Breaker
In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
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Stolen
Gemma, 16, writes to the young man who kidnapped her and held her captive in the Australian outback, revealing the complexity of her feelings for both Ty and the land.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011, Michael L. Printz Award 2011
- ISBN: 9780545170932
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Strange the Dreamer
Lazlo Strange is an orphan raised by monks, and he's dedicated his life to learning. His favorite story is of Weep, the lost fairytale city that was literally removed from memory. This is the story of his search for the magical city.- Fantasy, Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018, Michael L. Printz Award 2018
- ISBN: 9780316341684
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The Sun is Also a Star
Natasha and Daniel are polar opposites - Tasha believes in reason, science, and things that can be proven. Daniel is a poet at heart and believes in Fate, the "meant to be," and true love. When circumstances beyond their control force them together, they have exactly one day - one day to stop Tasha's family from being deported, one day for Daniel to realize that doing what's expected of you doesn't mean you should do it. And above all else, one day to fall in love. -
We Are Okay
Marin has isolated herself in icy New York over winter break rather than confronting the devastating memories she ran from in San Francisco. But when her best friend flies cross-country to be with her, Marin discovers that the only way to move beyond grief is to face it head-on.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018, Michael L. Printz Award 2018
- ISBN: 9780525425892
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Where Things Come Back
Witty, sardonic Cullen Witter agonizes over the disappearance of his beloved brother, Gabriel, while everyone else in his stiflingly dull Arkansas town thrills to the apparent return of a long-extinct woodpecker. Kidnapping, bromance, arcane religious texts, and ornithology collide in this ground-breaking coming-of-age tale.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, Michael L. Printz Award 2012
- ISBN: 9781442413337
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The White Bicycle
A summer spent as a “personal care assistant” in the French countryside turns into a journey of self-realization and independence as 19-year-old Taylor Jane, who has Asperger's Syndrome, tells in her own distinctive voice how she has the skills and heart to live life on her own terms.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Michael L. Printz Award 2013
- ISBN: 9780889954830
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Why We Broke Up
In this beautiful piece of bookmaking, heartbroken movie obsessive Min Green dumps a box of relationship ephemera on ex-love Ed Slaterton's porch, each item attached to a raging, loving, insecure and regretful letter explaining how each memento contributed to their breakup.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, Michael L. Printz Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780316127257