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100 Sideways Miles
Finn Easton is trying to find his own story, but between epileptic blank-outs and his doomed first love, he has a hard time seeing his path. Heyborne's angsty, discontented teen guy narration perfectly expresses Finn's frustration with the universe.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781442444966
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Afterworlds
With a contract in hand for her YA novel, eighteen-year-old Darcy Patel arrives in New York City. Over the course of a year, Darcy finishes her book, faces critique, and falls in love in love with the enigmatic Imogene. Woven into Darcy's personal story is her novel, Afterworlds, a suspenseful thriller about a teen who slips into the “Afterworld” to survive a terrorist attack. -
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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Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
Wry observations and self-deprecating British humor pepper diary entries written by 14-year-old Georgia Nicolson.
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Bad
Dallas is sent to the Girls' Rehabilitation Center after holding up a convenience store at gunpoint.
- Realistic Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780374404758
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The Battle of Jericho
A high school junior and his cousin suffer the ramifications of joining what seems to be a "reputable" school club. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9780689842320
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Before I Die
Tessa enlists her best friend's help in accomplishing her bucket list when she learns she only has months to live.
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Bike Thief
An actionpacked look at the underworld of stolen bicycles.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2015
- ISBN: 9781459805705
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Bingo's Run: A Novel
The ultimate hustler, Bingo uses his brains and charm to run drugs in a Kenyan slum, but after witnessing a murder he finds himself an art dealer, an adoptee, and someone caught in a dangerous moral dilemma.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2015
- ISBN: 9781400068838
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The Book of David
Through journal entries, a small-town high school quarterback recounts his experiences of falling for the new kid and the fear of being outed by his best friend.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2015
- ISBN: 9781442489851
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Boot Camp
Garrett, sent to Harmony Lake, has hopes of a risky escape plot after being beaten and humiliated.
- Realistic Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781442433588
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Breakfast Served Anytime
Spending the summer before her senior year at a camp for gifted students, Gloria struggles with the recent death of her beloved grandmother as she strives to make new friends.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780763667917
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Caged Warrior
McCutcheon is trying to escape his life as an underground MMA fighter, but his father and a local gang won't let him go that easily.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2015
- ISBN: 9781423171249
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Can't Look Away
Popularity and fashion are the most important things to Torrey until a terrible accident makes her rethink everything.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2015
- ISBN: 9780545427654
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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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Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World
Stephen Shulevitz has three months to go before his high school graduation, when he's faced with the end of the world–realizing he's in love with very straight and very homophobic best friend. With only a few months left to go in his small town, Stephen tries to figure out who he is and who he wants to be.- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2015
- ISBN: 9781444743975
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Criminal
Nikki's reaction to an unthinkable crime and how her perceptions of the life she had change after her arrest.
- Realistic Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781442421639
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Darkness Before Dawn
Recovering from the recent suicide of her ex-boyfriend, senior class president Keisha Montgomery finds herself attracted to a dangerous, older man. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9780689830808
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Define Normal
After being assigned as a peer counselor to pierced, black lipstick-wearing Jasmine, the last thing Antonia expects is to find a friend. Lakin's natural voicing and great pacing uplift this relevant and timeless novel.- Realistic Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781478931041
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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. -
Far from You
Sophie lives with chronic pain from a car accident that also left her hooked on Oxy. Sophie is clean now—but she's reeling from the loss of her love Mina, who died in a mysterious shooting that the police think was a botched drug deal. Will Sophie be able to solve the murder, or will she be the next victim?- Realistic Fiction
- Rainbow Book List - Young Adult Fiction 2015
- ISBN: 9781423184621
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Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders
Gabe wages war when vending machine money promised to the marching band is diverted to the cheerleading squad. Funny, fast, and angst-filled narration by Podehl takes listeners on a wild ride as Gabe retells his story.- Realistic Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781480533233
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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
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Five, Six, Seven, Nate!
Nate is back and headed to Broadway with a part in E.T.: the Musical, but drama follows as Nate has to navigate power-hungry stars, rigorous rehearsals, and a strange secret admirer. Charged with an energy and bravado, Federle infuses Nate and the supporting characters with so much life that listeners can't helped but being charmed by this coming of age story. -
Forged by Fire
Teenage Gerald, who has spent years protecting his fragile half-sister from their abusive father, faces the prospect of one final confrontation before the problem can be solved. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9780689806995
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Gabi, A Girl in Pieces
During Gabi's senior year of high school, she navigates her family's ideas about “good girls” and “bad girls” while figuring out who she wants to be. -
Girls Like Us
After graduating from their high school's special education program, Quincy and Biddy learn to trust each other as they navigate an often dangerous world. -
The Gospel of Winter
As Aidan's family disintegrates, he turns to Father Greg for love and comfort, an act that transforms into something dark and unexpected.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781442484894
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H.O.R.S.E. A Game of Basketball and Imagination
Two boasting kids try to outdo each other during a pick-up game with increasingly imaginative and absurd plays. Outstanding sound effects -- from hoop swishes to horse whinnies -- take this production to great heights. Graham's and Myers' playful banter over a funky beat make this a slam dunk production.- Realistic Fiction
- Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production 2015
- ISBN: 9781430117469
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How it Went Down
When Tariq, a black teenager, is gunned down by a white man, everybody has a different perspective on how it went down. -
How It Went Down
- Realistic Fiction
- CSK Book Awards - Author - Honor 2015
- ISBN: 9781250068231
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How to Build a Girl
Fourteen-year-old Johanna Morrigan reinvents herself as music critic Dolly Wilde, gleefully eviscerating bands for a nationally-known music magazine while attempting to navigate the complications love, sex, and family.- Realistic Fiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Fiction 2015
- ISBN: 9780062335975
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I Love, I Hate, I Miss My Sister
Sisters Sohane and Djelila are as different as night and day, but both believe in a woman's right to live as she chooses.- Realistic Fiction
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Fiction 2015
- ISBN: 9780385743761
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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. -
I'm Just Me
As the only minority students at their school, Mia and Nasreen band together against racism and bullying.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2015
- ISBN: 9781622507214
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
Hayley and her veteran father have just returned to his hometown, but life at a new school and the ever increasing severity of her father's PTSD make Hayley's life unpredictable and uncontrollable. Daniels' brief, tortured flashbacks are haunting and memorable, while Whelan completely disappears into Hayley's sarcasm and vulnerability.- Realistic Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781480553606
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The Impossible Knife of Memory
Hayley and her veteran father have just returned to his hometown, but life at a new school and the ever increasing severity of her father's PTSD make Hayley's life unpredictable and uncontrollable.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9780670012091
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Ink and Ashes
On the anniversary of her father's death, Claire Takata finds a letter from her father to her stepfather. In the process of trying to learn more about her past, she discovers her father was a member of the Yakuza.- Realistic Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Crime
- APALA Literature Award - Young Adult - Honor 2015
- ISBN: 9781620142110
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Juvie
Sadie's a good girl, but after a bad decision she's sent to juvenile detention for a crime she didn't commit.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2015
- ISBN: 9780763655099
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Juvie 3
Three boys in jail change their luck when Mr. Healy selects them to serve their sentences in his halfway house, until he loses his memory.
- Realistic Fiction
- Lock Up: Teens Behind Bars
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781423101628
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Kiss of Broken Glass
Kenna doesn't think she has a problem, but when she is caught cutting at school she lands herself in a psych ward.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2015
- ISBN: 9780062306562
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Like No Other
The story of a Hasidic girl, Devorah, who has a chance meeting in a hospital elevator and develops and unlikely and secret friendship with a young black teen named Jaxon.- Realistic Fiction
- Sydney Taylor Book Award Teen - Honor 2015
- ISBN: 9781595146748
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Looking For Alibrandi
Set in the 1990's in Australia, Josie deals with first love, family issues, loss of a loved one, and school life.
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Lost Girl Found
Her village in war-torn Sudan destroyed, Poni walks to a refugee camp, where she must make difficult choices to survive.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015
- ISBN: 9781554984169
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The Lure
The initiation beating was bad enough, but things get much worse when Blaise agrees to lure rival gang members- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2015
- ISBN: 9780062206886
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
After a fall and loss of memory, Naomi must figure out how to live her new life.
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Monster
While waiting for his trial, Steve Harmon recounts the events that lead to his arrest.
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November Blues
A teenaged boy's death in a hazing accident has lasting effects on his pregnant girlfriend and his guilt-ridden cousin. For decades, Sharon M. Draper has imbued her characters with deeply human complexity and born witness to the universality of their experiences, sparking powerful conversations and building empathy among teen readers.- Realistic Fiction
- Margaret A. Edwards Award 2015
- ISBN: 9781416906988