Before Takeoff
By: Adi Alsaid
2.87
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
The Sun Is Also a Star meets Jumanji when two teens meet and fall in love during a layover-gone-wro…
Want to Read $ 8.99"Shit gets scary when you look at the big picture. But if you zoom in to individual people, I think you’re more likely to feel better about the world."-Adi Alsaid, Before Takeoff
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1. The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
By: Louis Sachar
3.84
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, com… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I once had a teacher who told me I'd be twice as smart if I was half as smart as I thought I was. I'm still trying to figure that one out."-Louis Sachar, The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
"I hope I remember everything," said Toni. "You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll mak…"-Louis Sachar, The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
2. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen
By: Isaac Blum
4.01
Format: 218 pages, Hardcover
The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
3. Two Truths and a Lie
By: April Henry
3.36
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
A group of teens are trapped in an old motel with a murderer in this chilling YA mystery by New Yor… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"I'm not just ignoring you, I'm waiting to see if you'll put in the effort to talk to me."-April Henry, Two Truths and a Lie
4. Chaos Theory
By: Nic Stone
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
5. Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
By: Marie Lu
3.70
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
This smoldering enemies-to-lovers novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu puts a s… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
- audiobook
"I really thought I had more time with you, he whispered, more to himself than anyone else. All I ever wanted was to be like you." "Be like you, Winter."-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
"Sydney’s words from his training week echoed in his mind. It’s a lonely job, but you won’t realize just how lonely it is until you start. He could already feel it. And somehow, it was familiar."-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
"Under dark eyes rimmed with long black lashes, a mysterious grace in his movements, an expression that could somehow switch between shy and mischievous in the space of a second. But it was more than …"-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
"Then his leg dropped again and he stepped smoothly back into a walk. There was sadness etched into the lines of his body tonight, something she occasionally recognized from his performances. It gave …"-Marie Lu, Stars and Smoke (Stars and Smoke, #1)
6. Man o' War
By: Cory McCarthy
4.39
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An achingly honest and frequently hilarious coming-of-age novel about an Arab American trans swimme… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Not all trans people started out feeling like a different gender trapped in their skin. Some find themself a little at a time, a door inside that unlocks and reveals new doors, and new doors after th…"-Cory McCarthy, Man o' War
7. A Door in the Dark (Waxways, #1)
By: Scott Reintgen
3.85
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
One of Us is Lying meets A Deadly Education in this fantasy thriller that follows six teenage wizar… read more
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- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
8. Rebel Spy
By: Veronica Rossi
4.02
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
Rebellious Frannie Tasker knows little about the war between England and its thirteen colonies in 1… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
"quick as a sneeze"-Veronica Rossi, Rebel Spy
"Women were held to modesty as men were held to honor."-Veronica Rossi, Rebel Spy
"Emmeline Coates was more given to hoping than dreaming"-Veronica Rossi, Rebel Spy
"War is hypocrisy. We are fighting to restore peace, after all."-Veronica Rossi, Rebel Spy
9. The Edge of Summer
By: Erica George
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Fans of Sarah Dessen and Morgan Matson will be swept away by this big-hearted novel about one girl … read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
10. Love & Other Great Expectations
By: Becky Dean
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An American girl embarks on a competitive scavenger hunt in England—and along the way, meets up wit… read more
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- romance
- travel
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Want to be a knight, Al?"-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations
"Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees?"-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations
"Maybe I just wanted to spend time with a pretty, crazy American."-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations
"Books are like adventures. They take you to new places and let you be new people. The best ones teach you about life or inspire you."-Becky Dean, Love & Other Great Expectations
11. Salt and Sugar
By: Rebecca Carvalho
3.71
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud. Trust … read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"She takes off as fast as Jessie and James getting kicked into the horizon at the end of every Pokémon episode."-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar
"The ruby guava melts into the cheesy corn cake looking like a flower sprouting in the sun-kissed earth. This is the best compromise between our families' bakeries. It's perfect ."-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar
"Bell pepper and onion skewers dripping with garlic hot sauce and a little lime. Chicken and steak skewers wrapped in bacon. And a side of farofa so we could dip the skewers and feel the crunch of kas…"-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar
"Empadões sit behind the glass, the round, perfectly golden brown pot pies loaded with shredded chicken and green olives. People usually know what they want when they walk into our bakery. Five loaves…"-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar
12. Love in English
By: Maria E. Andreu
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen-year-old Ana has just moved to New Jersey from Argentina for her Junior year of high school… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"My family is not running a marathon. We're running a relay. My parents have gotten me this far. Everything I do is to get us further. I carry their hopes along with my own."-Maria E. Andreu, Love in English
"I lack precisely the thing to explain what I lack. The words. For every word I get out, there's a whole iceberg of thoughts and hopes and feelings that stay unspoken. But how do I speak them?"-Maria E. Andreu, Love in English
13. Hollow Fires
By: Samira Ahmed
4.28
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires
14. Thin Air
By: Kellie M. Parker
3.50
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. A flight to Paris full of tee… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. 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
- 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
16. Much Ado About a Latte (Maple Falls, #2)
By: Kathleen Fuller
3.78
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A coffee war is brewing in Maple Falls, where Anita and Tanner are serving up plenty of steam to ke… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
17. Four for the Road
By: K.J. Reilly
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World in this dark young adult comedy … read more
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- travel
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
18. How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying)
By: Cristina Fernandez
3.59
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
With humor and heart, a story proving that you don’t need a superpower to be the hero and a romanti… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"She’d almost done therapy once before. But it was pretty clear after some research that she just had some post-traumatic stress and generalized anxiety, so it seemed easier to just skip the whole thi…"-Cristina Fernandez, How to Date a Superhero (And Not Die Trying)
19. Before Takeoff
By: Adi Alsaid
2.87
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
The Sun Is Also a Star meets Jumanji when two teens meet and fall in love during a layover-gone-wro… read more
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- romance
- magical realism
- travel
- young adult
- young adult fantasy
- fiction
- contemporary
- science fiction
- fantasy
- audiobook
"Shit gets scary when you look at the big picture. But if you zoom in to individual people, I think you’re more likely to feel better about the world."-Adi Alsaid, Before Takeoff
20. Tasting Light: Ten Science Fiction Stories to Rewire Your Perceptions
By: A.R. Capetta
4.10
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a mind-bending MITeen anthology, ten top YA authors use emerging technologies to explore startl… read more
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- science fiction
- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
21. Sunrise Nights
By: Jeff Zentner
4.06
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Love seems to die around me."-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights
