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- List: Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
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- Genre: Realistic Fiction
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By the Time You Read This, I'll Be Dead
After a lifetime of being bullied, Daelyn is broken beyond repair. She has tried to kill herself before, and is determined to get it right this time.
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The Chosen One
Kyra is being forced to marry her sixty-year-old uncle who is an elder in their religious group "The Chosen Ones." As Kyra grapples with her emerging independence, she encounters dangerous and life-threatening situations.
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The Compound
Eli's billionaire father built the Compound to protect his family from nuclear devastation. Now, six years have passed and Eli finally begins to question his reality.
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Gamer Girl
What's a girl to do when her only reality is virtual?
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Hot Girl
Kate, a fourteen-year-old Brooklyn girl and former gang member, risks losing her first good foster family when she adopts the risqué ways of her flirtatious new friend, Naleejah. -
I Am J
J, who feels like a boy mistakenly born as a girl, runs away from his best friend who has rejected him and the parents he thinks do not understand him when he finally decides that it is time to be who he really is.
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Identical
Sixteen-year-old identical twin daughters of a district court judge and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives, Kaeleigh and Raeanne Gardella desperately struggle with secrets that have already torn them and their family apart.
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Kendra
Looking for love in all the wrong places.
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Living Dead Girl
Kidnapped five years ago while on a school field trip, fifteen-year-old “Alice” has grown too old to hold the interest of her abductor. When Ray orders her to find him a new little girl, Alice sees her chance for freedom. Kate Reinder's portrayal is distu -
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Meet Greg: an aspiring wallflower and parttime moviemaker. Meet Earl: Greg's best friend who will round kick you in the head if you mention his height. Meet Rachel: the dying girl.
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Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
The Cheerleaders and the Robotics Club team up to get money for their school activities.
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Pink
Sixteen-year-old Ava does not know who she is or where she belongs, but when she tries out a new personality--and sexual orientation--at a different school, her edgy girlfriend, potential boyfriend, and others are hurt by her lack of honesty.
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Rani Patel in Full Effect
Rani joins a new rap group to cope with her turbulent home life.
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Rikers High
Martin is arrested and is absorbed in prison culture while waiting for his court case.
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Schizo
Miles struggles to recognize what's real and what's imagined while searching for his missing brother.
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The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez
Can Sonia stand up to her family without turning her back on her Mexican heritage?
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Shrink to Fit
Leah's "Thinspirations" will make all her dreams come true. Won't they? -
Some Girls Are
Regina used to be a member of the Fearless Five but is now being frozen out by her friends and must find acceptance among the peers she used to terrorize.
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Take Me There
Vowing to go straight after getting out of juvie, Dylan takes a cross-country road trip to see his father who is on death row.
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Trapped
Seven high school students are stranded at their New England high school during a week-long blizzard that shuts down the power and heat, freezes the pipes, and leaves them wondering if they will survive.
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Wintergirls
Lia and Cassie have been friends and competitors over who can be the skinniest. Cassie wins the contest, but now Lia has to find her way without losing her own life.