We Can Be Heroes
By: Kyrie McCauley
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about…
Want to Read $ 6.99"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So, tonight, I wish too, and the wish begins, "If only. . . If only this world loved living girls as much as it loved dead ones."-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes
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1. In the Wild Light
By: Jeff Zentner
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his P… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserv…"-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
2. The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)
By: Mindy McGinnis
3.67
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Amontillado, Ohio, where your last name is worth more than money, and secrets can be kep… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"...If I can't feel the good things anymore, then doing a few bad ones shouldn't hurt a bit. And they are long overdue."-Mindy McGinnis, The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)
"I’ve borne it all with patience, the years of small cuts that heal over, my heart a pulpy mass of scars. But it was still beating, at least I could say that, right up until she took Goldie from me. N…"-Mindy McGinnis, The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)
3. The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)
By: Alexandra Monir
3.83
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
When Leo, an Italian championship swimmer, and Naomi, a science genius from California, are two of … read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
- audiobook
"Remember what you always say: no problem has ever been solved by panicking."-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)
"It's like we're in Hogwarts for space, but instead of teaching us magic, they're preparing us to get kicked off the planet."-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)
"A funny thing happens when you have nothing left to live for. Your existence loses all its sharp edges. There are no more steep drops, no hills to climb. Colors blur and muddle together until your su…"-Alexandra Monir, The Final Six (The Final Six, #1)
4. A Long Stretch of Bad Days
By: Mindy McGinnis
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days
5. Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)
By: Tricia Levenseller
3.96
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
Eighteen-year-old Ziva prefers metal to people. She spends her days tucked away in her forge, safe … read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
- audiobook
"I am more than my fear and weaknesses, but so much of the time, they're all I can think about."-Tricia Levenseller, Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)
"One day, you’re going to fall madly in love. You’ll find someone who will make you want to leave the forge. You won't even see him coming."-Tricia Levenseller, Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith, #1)
6. The Hollow Inside
By: Brooke Lauren Davis
4.10
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
Sadie meets The Glass Castle in a smart, gripping, and twisty YA debut about a girl seeking to reve… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
7. After Dark with Roxie Clark
By: Brooke Lauren Davis
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the author of The Hollow Inside comes a twisty, thought-provoking YA thriller about grief, fam… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
8. We Can Be Heroes
By: Kyrie McCauley
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more
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- magical realism
- ghosts
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- paranormal
- audiobook
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes
9. Fadeaway
By: E.B. Vickers
3.88
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town’s secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
10. What Beauty There Is
By: Cory Anderson
3.81
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winter. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones. Jack Morton has nothing left. Except… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- audiobook
11. Dinged
By: Tommy Greenwald
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A star football player watches his father deteriorate from injuries he suffered playing the very sa… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
12. The Passing Playbook
By: Isaac Fitzsimons
4.13
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother and a Messi-in-training. He… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"As if Spencer's thoughts were sending out a homing beacon, Justice looked over in his direction, making eye contact, and Spencer understood what Gimli saw when he gazed upon Galadriel. But, no. Just …"-Isaac Fitzsimons, The Passing Playbook
13. The Name She Gave Me
By: Betty Culley
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me
14. The Right Side of Reckless
By: Whitney D. Grandison
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
He’s never met a rule he didn’t break… She’s followed the rules her whole life… When they meet, one… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. Those Summer Nights
By: Laura Silverman
3.77
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
After recovering from a life-changing injury, a teen girl must navigate a new summer job, an ex-bes… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
16. Lawless Spaces
By: Corey Ann Haydu
4.12
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
This coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal l… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
17. Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
By: Jared Reck
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The future is anything but certain in this alternately funny and heartbreaking contemporary story a… read more
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- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
" HAMBURGARE Hand-patted, local grass-fed beef, homemade buns ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- POMMES FRITES Fresh-cut fries ---- ---- ---- MUNKAR ---- ---- ---- ---- "-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
"Goat cheese poutine. Fresh-cut fries. Thick, rich beef gravy. Some other secret goodies splashed in. And creamy, tangy goat cheese. Jösses, the stuff was life-changing."-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
"We stuck with the traditional Äpple Munk and the favorite munkhål, but we also added a seasonal one I'd been working on in Mrs. Bixler's room during this dramatic lull in school-apple leftovers. I'd …"-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
"I wonder if maybe Farfar's heaven would be steering his own kart, inside the game, his gray ponytail slowly flapping in the lessened gravity of Rainbow Road, cackling as a smiling puff-cloud fishes h…"-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
18. Eat Your Heart Out
By: Kelly deVos
3.70
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next f… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- paranormal
- fantasy
- audiobook
19. Frozen Beauty
By: Lexa Hillyer
3.38
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Everyone in Devil’s Lake knows the three golden Malloy sisters—but one of them is keeping a secret … read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- audiobook
20. I Will Never Leave You
By: Kara A. Kennedy
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
This emotional debut thriller follows a teen girl being haunted by the ghost of her toxic ex-girlfr… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- paranormal
- contemporary
- fantasy
