Showing 51–100 of 353 books
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Calling My Name
In 1990s Houston, an African American teen navigates her middle-school and high-school years. Balancing societal pressures and familial expectations, Taja slowly finds her voice as she begins to explore her spirituality on her own terms rather than through the lens of her religious parents.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062656865
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Calvin
As a child, Calvin played with the toy Hobbes. Now Calvin is a schizophrenic teenager, and Hobbes is back—a delusion he can't control. If he can convince Bill Watterson to draw one final Calvin & Hobbes comic strip with a normal teenaged Calvin, will he be cured?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780374380731
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The Cardturner
Alton's summer job is turning cards at bridge games for his blind great-uncle Trapp. He learns much more than how to play bridge as a result.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9780385736626
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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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Catch & Release
Body parts are among the things one-time pretty girl, Polly, and football star, Odd, lost when they were struck by flesh eating disease. Can a road trip heal them?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780761377559
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A Certain October
After surviving a train accident that killed her friend, Scotty must reevaluate her life and find a way to forgive herself.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780689865053
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Challenger Deep
As Caden descends into mental illness, his visions of a descent into the deep waters of a trench take over.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780061134111
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Character, Driven
Cliff is almost out of high school and he's never had much luck with girls--or anything else. But when Jillian moves to town, he determines to have the girlfriend of his dreams and figure out what to do with his messed-up life.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780765316332
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Chomp
Wahoo lives with a bunch of animals, including his father. When they get contacted to provide animals for the show Expedition Survival they agree- but can they live through it?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780375868429
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City of Saints & Thieves
Tina lives on the streets of Kenya and becomes part of a gang to survive. She desperately wants revenge on the man she believes killed her mother, but much of the family's past is shrouded in mystery. Will Tina find justice?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780399547584
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Close to Famous
Foster has a big secret: she can't read. But with the help of a retired movie star, she overcomes her struggles and wins over hearts with her exceptional baked goods.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780142420171
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The Closest I've Come
It's hard for Marcos to be in his neighborhood, but being at school isn't much better. When a teacher recommends him for a program for struggling students, he begins to realize there may be options outside Maestra. Marcos' coming-of-age transforms him into a different son, classmate, and friend.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062488534
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Coaltown Jesus
It's not every day that you enter your room and discover Jesus waiting for you. Unfortunately, Walker isn't being given free answers from on high, but rather irreverent advice.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780763662288
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Compromised
When Maya's father is jailed and she is put in a group home, she and new "friend" Nicole run away to search of Maya's aunt and face difficult situations.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9780061728495
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Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters
One of the Sullivans deeply offended Almighty, who will cut the entire family out of her will unless that person confesses. So begin the confessions of Norrie, Jane, and Sassy.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9780545107112
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Counting by 7s
Willow has never fit in anywhere, but when her adoptive parents are killed in a car crash, everything changes in the most unexpected way.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780803738553
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Crash and Burn
Crash is far from an ideal hero. Burn, on the other hand, is often considered a psycho. But neither realizes how much their lives depend on each other.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780062112903
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Crazy
You would be a little crazy too if your mother just died and your mentally ill father was not taking it well. Can Jason get by with a little help from his friends, real or not?
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Crossing Ebenezer Creek
In 1864, Mariah and her young brother have been liberated from the plantation where they were enslaved. They join others who are following General Sherman's march through Georgia, including Caleb, who is working with the Union troops. New lives are within reach, but first this group will face devastating heartbreak.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781599903194
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Crossing the Tracks
In Missouri in 1926, fifteen-year-old Iris Baldwin discovers what family truly means when her father hires her out for the summer as a companion to a country doctor's invalid mother.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2011
- ISBN: 9781416997030
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Curveball: the Year I Lost My Grip
After Peter endures a sports ending injury, he discovers that life can curve in new directions, not always the way he anticipates; a new girl and Grandfather's Alzheimer's among them.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780545320696
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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
In hopes of meeting a boy, Lily leaves a set of clues in a bookstore and begins a series of messages, dares and a possible romance with Dash.
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Dead End in Norvelt
Being grounded for the entire summer might be the best thing that could have happened to Jack and his blood-spurting nose.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9781250010230
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Dear Life, You Suck
Cricket's life is wrought with pain and his future looks bleak. Should he become a professional fighter, a drug dealer, or just end it all?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780547904313
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Dear Martin
Justyce McAllister is captain of the Braselton Prep debate team and an honor roll student. But after being profiled by the police and ending up in handcuffs, Justyce turns to the legacy of Dr. King, hoping King's teachings can help him navigate today's world. But when Justyce and his best friend are caught in the cross-hairs of a violent misunderstanding, Justyce is forced to deal with the media fallout that threatens to destroy his future. -
Dear Rachel Maddow
Brynn Haper's life has one steadying force--Rachel Maddow. She watches her daily, and after writing to Rachel for a school project--and actually getting a response--Brynn starts drafting e-mails to Rachel but never sending them. Brynn tells Rachel about breaking up with her first serious girlfriend, about her brother Nick's death, about her passive mother and even worse stepfather, about how she's stuck in remedial courses at school and is considering dropping out. Then Brynn is confronted with a moral dilemma. One student representative will be allowed to have a voice among the administration in the selection of a new school superintendent. Brynn's archnemesis, Adam, and ex-girlfriend, Sarah, believe only Honors students are worthy of the selection committee seat. Brynn feels all students deserve a voice. When she runs for the position, the knives are out. So she begins to ask herself: What Would Rachel Maddow Do? -
Devils Within
After Nate Fuller kills his father in self-defense, he must find a way to redefine what's right and wrong and learn to trust again. But when two followers of The Fort, his father's white supremacist group, arrive in Nate's new town, he knows blood is going to spill—he's just not sure whose.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2018
- ISBN: 9781510714564
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Dime
Dime is looking for love and security when she finds Daddy, Brandy, and L.A. She believes she is loved even as she is groomed to work as a prostitute. When a much younger girl joins their “family,” Dime realizes that she has to break the cycle. -
Disappeared
In Juarez, Mexico, young girls are disappearing. Sara is a journalist for a newspaper writing the stories of these young women, while constantly searching for her friend who disappeared four months ago. But as Sara closes in on the crime ring, others are closing in on Sara and her family.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780545944472
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The Disenchantments
Colby and his friends' band, The Disenchantments, go touring for a week right after graduation. Will they use this time to figure out what's next in their lives?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780525422198
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Don't Turn Around
Computer hackers Peter and Noa stumble across a conspiracy targeting runaway teens.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780062102904
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Drag Teen
A drag competition offers JT the opportunity to break out of his small-town Florida life and live his dream onstage in wig, heels, and false eyelashes. -
Dreamland Social Club
Jane adjusts to her new home on Coney Island and rediscovers memories of her mother, who grew up there, by spending time with fun, quirky friends.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780525423256
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Dress Codes for Small Towns
Seventeen-year-old Billie, daughter of the local preacher, grapples with her sexuality, her feelings for her tight-knit group of friends, and why her faith so often seems to be at odds with the organized religion of the church. Is there room for her gender nonconformity in the small town she loves?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062398512
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Dumplin'
After deciding to enter Miss Teen Blue Bonnet Beauty Pageant, Willowdean and her friends defy expectations based on beauty and gain a greater sense of confidence and self worth. -
Eden West
Jacob, a member of the Grace, starts questioning his deeply held faith when he meets Lynna, a girl from the World, and Tobias, a new member of the Grace.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2016
- ISBN: 9780763674182
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Eliza and Her Monsters
Fellow students don't know that, when she's not at school, reclusive senior Eliza is LadyConstellation, creator of the wildly popular Monstrous Sea. New student Wallace is a huge fan of the webcomic, and hr slowly breaks through her shell. However, trying to keep her two lives separate may cost Eliza everything.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062290137
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The Encyclopedia of Me
Pick a letter and let Tink take you on a journey.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013
- ISBN: 9780545310284
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Endangered
When war breaks out and her mother's bonobo sanctuary is attacked, Sophie escapes into the jungle with the great apes. Their survival depends on her quick thinking and resourcefulness. -
Every Exquisite Thing
Nanette has a nice normal life--friends, high school, soccer. But after she discovers a cult-classic novel, "nice and normal" becomes instantly unappealing. Ditching everyday life for the book's reclusive author and another obsessive teenage fan, Nanette- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2017
- ISBN: 9780316379595
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Every Little Thing in the World
Sydney's parents send her to a wilderness camp after her run-in with the police. The trip gives her a month to consider what to do about her secret pregnancy.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011
- ISBN: 9781416980131
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Everybody Sees the Ants
Lucky faces a bully, meets a girl, and tries to bring his POW/MIA grandfather home from meetings that take place in his dreams as he struggles to find himself.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012
- ISBN: 9780316129282
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Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined
Ingrid's life is turned upside-down when her internationally lauded, brilliant opera-star mother's career suddenly and disastrously ends. Leaving Europe to return to the inherited family home in Canada, both she and her mother struggle to adapt to their changed lifestyle and its accompanying emotional distress.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780425287590
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Everything Leads To You
Emi and her best friend Charlotte are invited to stay at Emi's brother's apartment in LA for the summer after graduation, with one condition: they must do something “epic” while he's gone. When they discover a cryptic letter from a world-famous celebrity, Emi thinks that this mystery might be what they're looking for. -
Exposed
Liz and Kate have been best friends for years, but when Kate accuses Liz's brother of raping her, Liz finds that losing a friend--and remaining loyal to your family-- can be difficult. -
Far From the Tree
After giving up her newborn for adoption, Grace is interested in finding her own biological mother. Along the way she learns she has two biological siblings, Maya and Joaquin. Together, they face their experiences as adopted or fostered teens and find there are different ways to make a family.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062330628
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The Fashion Committee: A Novel of Art, Crime, and Applied Design
When an elite art school hosts a fashion competition, two teens are desperate to win: Charlie Dean has dreamed of designing clothing since she was young. John sees the promised scholarship as an indirect route to fulfilling his passion for metalwork. Welcome to the cutthroat, hilarious, and heartbreaking world of fashion.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780451468789
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Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders
When the school's band program is cut to fund the cheerleader dance team, Gabe, the band's “fat kid,” decides to make a stand.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781402291418