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Alex, Approximately
When Bailey moves to California to live with her dad, she looks forward tracking down the boy she's developed an online friendship with in a classic movie forum. But her search for “Alex” gets sidetracked by annoying surfer-boy and coworker Porter. “You've Got Mail” gets a modern and refreshing makeover.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781481478779
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Allegedly
The jury said she did it...the media said she did it....only nine years old and convicted of killing a baby girl, Mary didn't say anything. Six years later, a pregnant Mary finally wants speak up and clear her name, so that her own baby is not taken away. -
American Street
Fabiola Toussaint, an American-born citizen raised in Haiti, tries to immigrate back to the United States from Haiti with her mother to live with her Aunt Jo and three cousins in Detroit. When her mother is detained at the airport, Fabiola must learn how to adapt to American living.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062473042
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Bad Romance
Grace, a musical theater-loving junior, is not like her friends. She lives under constant scrutiny from her mother and her stepfather, the Giant. When her crush Gavin starts to take an interest in her, Grace finally feels like she has a protector—until their relationship spirals out of control.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781627797726
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Bang
Sebastian and Aneesa create a YouTube pizza making show. For the first time, Sebastian feels like he is in a judge free zone. Because Aneesa is new in town, she doesn't know his secret...the terrible, horrific secret that he accidentally shot and killed his infant sister when he was four years old. -
Beast
Insecure about his unusually large and hairy appearance, 15-year-old Dylan feels like a freak until he meets brave and beautiful Jamie, who accepts and loves him as he is. But when he realizes she is transgender, can he return the favor? -
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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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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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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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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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. -
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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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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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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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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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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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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Flying Lessons & Other Stories
Ten popular YA authors offer their own spin on growing up in this engaging and diverse collection. Middle-school and high-school students will appreciate the humor and authenticity of each story and will relish the introductions to the featured authors.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781101934593
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
Henry Montague, the son of a British nobleman, embarks on a European tour with his best friend (and secret crush) Percy and his sister Felicity. Along the way, they encounter adventure and conflict that leads them to a very different destiny than the one awaiting their return to England.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062382801
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Goodbye Days
Carver's three best friends are killed in a car accident soon after he sends the driver a text message, and grief and guilt take their toll. When the grandmother of one of his deceased friends asks for a “goodbye day,” Carver agrees, hoping for closure.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780553524062
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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. -
How to Disappear
Vicky, suffering from social anxiety but wanting connection, creates an online persona. As Vicurious, her photoshopped adventures gain a following, and she finally feels “seen.” Recognizing that many of her followers share her feelings of invisibility, Vicky takes steps to help eradicate that sense of #alone in others.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062291752
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How to Make a Wish
Grace is a 17-year-old pianist who has spent most of her life taking care of her mother, Maggie. Eva is an accomplished dancer who moves to Grace's seaside town after her mother passes away. As romance ensues, the two learn to confront grief, embrace happiness, and make decisions for themselves.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780544815193
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Julia is an outcast in her close-knit Mexican American family, where she dreams of going away to college. When her older sister suddenly dies, Julia begins to piece together her sister's secret life. As she grieves, Julia embarks on a mission to discover herself, unearthing her family's past in the process.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781524700485
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
High-school senior Sal has a lot on his plate as he deals with his dying grandmother, tries to control his growing anger with the prejudice of others, and ponders his relationship with his adopted father in this rich novel about friendship and what it takes to become a man.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780544586505
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It's Not Like It's a Secret
Moving from Wisconsin to California, Japanese American Sana finds support with a diverse group of friends. Secrets her parents keep make her less likely to open up about her own, but she learns to come to terms with her identity. Racism and lesbian romance are explored with nuance.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062473417
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Letters to the Lost
Juliet and Declan begin writing letters, and later emails, anonymously after one exchange at the gravesite of Juliet's mom. Soon they share personal struggles, but still as strangers. When they realize their worst moments may be connected, the friendship could be over.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781681190082
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
Dita attends the makeshift school at Block 31 in Auschwitz. Though the Nazis know about the school, they don't know about the eight books Dita has been tasked with hiding from them at any cost. The novel is based on the true story of Holocaust survivor Dita Kraus.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781627796187
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Little & Lion
After being sent away to boarding school when her brother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Suzette has returned home to LA for the summer. The siblings' typically close relationship becomes strained when he secretly stops taking his medication and they both fall for the same girl.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780316349000
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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. -
Moxie
Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with her small-town Texas high school that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes and hallway harassment. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules. Viv's mom was a punk rock Riot Grrrl in the '90s, so now Viv takes a page from her mother's past and creates a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. She's just blowing off steam, but other girls respond. Pretty soon Viv is forging friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, and she realizes that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution. -
The Names They Gave Us
Bible camp was always Lucy's plan for the summer. But when her mom asks her to serve instead as a counselor at a camp for youth who have experienced trauma, Lucy's plan is thrown off course as she learns to adjust to new possibilities—both exciting and terrifying.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781619639584
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Neighborhood Girls
Everyone in Chicago knows Wendy Boychuck. Her father is a former corrupt police officer, now in prison. Unable to escape her family name, Wendy befriends some of the toughest, nastiest girls in school. But as they begin to show their true colors, Wendy finds her own strength.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062571854
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Odd & True
In 1909 Oregon, complex characters and beautiful world-building combine as sisters Odette and Trudchen tell their stories. Od's version has magic and monsters, but Tru begins to believe the supernatural does not exist. When Od reappears after a two-year absence, her sister must decide for herself what is true.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781419723100
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Overturned
When Nikki's casino boss father's conviction is overturned, he is released from death row. After her father is killed shortly after returning home, Nikki takes on card sharks, bikers, and alleged mobsters to avenge her father's death and imprisonment. -
Piecing Me Together
Jade believes she must get out of her neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother says she has to take every opportunity. She has. She accepted a scholarship to a mostly-white private school and even Saturday morning test prep opportunities. But some opportunities feel more demeaning than helpful. Like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for “at-risk” girls. Except really, it's for black girls. From “bad” neighborhoods. But Jade doesn't need support. And just because her mentor is black doesn't mean she understands Jade. And maybe there are some things Jade could show these successful women about the real world and finding ways to make a real difference. Friendships, race, privilege, identity—this compelling and thoughtful story explores the issues young women face. -
Radio Silence
To the outside world, Frances is a shy, boring nerd who hopes to attend Cambridge University. In reality, she is a quirky bisexual artist who loves listening to and drawing fan art for Universe City, a mysterious podcast whose agender narrator goes by the name of Radio Silence.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062335715
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Ramona Blue
Ramona thinks she knows exactly who she is, who she loves, and what her future holds, until her senior year of high school challenges her expectations and she learns that life, love, and identity are more fluid than she thought.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062418357
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Refugee
Three countries in strife...three different periods in time...three families seeking one universal goal: FREEDOM. Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud offer realistic, fictionalized accounts of attempts to find refuge from 1930's Nazi Germany, Castro's 1994 Cuba, and war torn Syria in 2015. -
Saint Death
In Juarez, the childhood friend Arturo hasn't seen for a year comes begging for help to transport his girlfriend and infant across the Mexican border into North America. The game of calavera Arturo plays to win freedom for his friends draws him into the merciless vortex of cartels and drug-trafficking.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781626725492
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Saints and Misfits
There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They're in your face so much, you can't see them, like how you can't see your nose. 2. Misfits, people who don't belong. Like me—the way I don't fit into Dad's brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama's-Boy-Muhammad. Also, there's Jeremy and me. Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy sound good together, we don't go together. Same planet, different worlds. But sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right? 3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O'Connor's stories. Like the monster at my mosque. People think he's holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask. Except me. -
The Shadow Cipher
In an alternate present-day New York City, twins Tess and Theo Beidermann and their friend Jamie Cruz race to save their home from destruction. Can they solve the Old York Cipher, a mystery left behind by the Morningstar twins, geniuses whose city design was unrivaled in its technology and advancements?- Realistic Fiction, Mystery
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780062306937
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Slider
David Miller enjoys the world of competitive eating as an amateur only, until a blunder with his mother's credit card forces him to enter his first competition. As he trains, he must also manage his complicated relationships with family and friends. Deft humor underscores David's efforts to fix his mistakes.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780763690700
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Soldier Boy
Based on a true story, this novel takes place during the Ugandan civil War, when Ricky Anywar is abducted and forced to fight in the Lord's Resistance Army. Ricky and the other children endure unimaginable atrocities as they are trained to kill. It takes all of Ricky's willpower to survive and escape.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780374305635
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Sparrow
Sparrow has a secret: her closest friends are birds. When she feels anxious, she goes to the roof and flies. One day, this practice lands her in the hospital, facing questions from the adults in her life. Slowly, she recovers, finds her voice, and makes new friends along the way.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781338032581
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Speed of Life
Sofia and her dad try to move forward in the wake of her mother's death last year. After the “Dear Kate” columnist visits her school, Sofia turns to her for advice. But then her dad drops a bombshell—he and Kate are dating. Sofia's world just got way more complicated.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781492654490
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The Takedown
In a near-future Brooklyn, high-school senior Kyla Cheng has it all: she's popular, captain of the debate team, and on track to be valedictorian. When a sex video of Kyla and her English teacher goes viral, Kyla is determined to prove that the girl in the video isn't her.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9781484757420
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Turtles All the Way Down
High-school junior Aza, who struggles with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, reconnects with childhood friend Davis after his billionaire father disappears, on the run from the police. But can Aza and her friends help Davis cope with being parentless when she's having trouble managing her own downward-spiraling thoughts?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780525555360
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An Uninterrupted View of the Sky
In 1999 Bolivia, Francisco's father is arrested on false drug charges. When Francisco and his younger sister, Pilar, are forced to move into a men's prison with their father, Francisco must decide whether to break up his family and take his sister to live with their grandparents or stay together in the dangerous prison.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
- ISBN: 9780399169007