Things That Grow
By: Meredith Goldstein
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
After her grandmother dies, a girl travels to different gardens to scatter her ashes, learning abou…
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1. Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
By: Daniel T. Willingham
4.04
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Kids are naturally curious, but when it comes to school it seems like their minds are turned off. W… read more
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2. If You Knew My Sister
By: Michelle Adams
3.69
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
If You Knew My Sistertells the story of Irini, who was given away by her parents at the age of thre… read more
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3. The Game of Love and Death
By: Martha Brockenbrough
3.55
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Antony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now... Henry and Flora. For ce… read more
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4. Housebroke
By: Jaci Burton
3.50
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A millionaire and a woman who thinks he's a house flipper are stuck living together with a menageri… read more
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- romance
- chick lit
- fiction
- contemporary
5. The Infinity Particle
By: Wendy Xu
4.03
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this gorgeous graphic novel by Wendy Xu, co-creator of the award-winning Mooncakes, a young inve… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
6. Dark and Shallow Lies
By: Ginny Myers Sain
3.95
Format: 421 pages, Hardcover
A teen girl disappears from her small town deep in the bayou, where magic festers beneath the surfa… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"There's magic in you, Grey"-Ginny Myers Sain, Dark and Shallow Lies
"Seems like, every time I'm with Zale, I come away just a little bit healed."-Ginny Myers Sain, Dark and Shallow Lies
"Because even when the secrets we hide in our pockets aren't our own, the weight of them can still be enough to drown us"-Ginny Myers Sain, Dark and Shallow Lies
"And I know for sure then that what I told Evie was true. Hart isn't in love with me. Not like Evie meant. Need isn't love. Loneliness isn't love. And pain isn't love. Even if it's shared."-Ginny Myers Sain, Dark and Shallow Lies
7. Meet Me at Midnight
By: Jessica Pennington
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
They have a love-hate relationship with summer. Sidney and Asher should have clicked. Two star s… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
8. What I Carry
By: Jennifer Longo
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Library Binding
For readers of Robin Benway's Far From the Tree, a powerful and heartwarming look at a teen girl ab… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"The entire fucking point of being born is that someone is supposed to take care of you."-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry
"Not being perfect is for people who have families; you can screw up and they still keep you."-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry
"Memory is a fascinating thing. Months and years can pass, uneventful and lost, but then certain tiny moments, pieces of conversation or feelings within the thousands of blank days stay sharp, clear l…"-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry
"It's not like I'm dead inside. It's that I'm allergic to manufactured, insincere emotion. A lifetime of people saying one thing but doing the opposite has inoculated me, and now I understand how to s…"-Jennifer Longo, What I Carry
9. We Are Inevitable
By: Gayle Forman
3.43
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
'I got this whole-body feeling... it was like a message from future me to present me, telling me th… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"I continue reading, remembering why I used to love books. Because they show us, in so many words, and so many worlds, that we are not alone."-Gayle Forman, We Are Inevitable
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I read the opening lines of the book, and it’s like my own pages are coming unstuck. For so long, all I’ve felt is fear, and all this time, it was gr…"-Gayle Forman, We Are Inevitable
10. Waking Romeo
By: Kathryn Barker
3.87
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Kathryn Barker's Waking Romeo is a spectacularly genre-bending retelling of Romeo & Juliet asking t… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
"If it wasn't some Epic Love Story, then it was just a tragedy."-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo
"I wonder what exactly happened in that additional chapter between us."-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo
"Once you've truly seen a person ... well, unlike with time, there really is no going back."-Kathryn Barker, Waking Romeo
11. Kittentits
By: Holly Wilson
3.19
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A feral, heart-busting, absurdist debut about Molly, a rambunctious and bawdy ten-year-old searchin… read more
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- coming of age
- fiction
- contemporary
12. Jane in Love
By: Rachel Givney
3.66
Format: 434 pages, Paperback
If Jane Austen had the choice between the heart and the pen, what do you think she would do? At … read more
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- romance
- chick lit
- fiction
- contemporary
"They had conjured so many devices to save time and to make life easier, yet everyone walked around faster and looking more anguished."-Rachel Givney, Jane in Love
"I saw the sun once and it was beautiful. But it’s gone now and that’s sad, but some people go their whole lives never seeing such a thing. I’m going to thank the universe for showing me that and do t…"-Rachel Givney, Jane in Love
13. The Summer of Broken Things
By: Margaret Peterson Haddix
3.52
Format: 393 pages, Hardcover
Fourteen-year-old Avery Armisted is athletic, rich, and pretty. Sixteen-year-old Kayla Butts is kno… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
14. The Matchbreaker Summer
By: Annie Rains
3.37
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A pitch-perfect summer camp rom-com about two teens with nothing in common who come together to hel… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Your Heart My Sky
By: Margarita Engle
3.78
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A story of love in a time of hunger inspired by her own family’s struggles during a dark period in … read more
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- romance
- teen
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
16. French Kissing in New York
By: Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau
3.50
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A charming, high-energy romance in the city that never sleeps about a girl who can't wait to be a p… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
17. The Storyteller
By: Kathryn Williams
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This story follows a teenage girl’s quest to uncover the truth behind her secretive great aunt Anna… read more
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- romance
- teen
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
18. Roll Call (Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club, #1)
By: Molly Knox Ostertag
4.36
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Molly Knox Ostertag and critically acclaimed illustrator Xan… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
19. Days of Wonder
By: Caroline Leavitt
3.74
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story abo… read more
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- coming of age
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
20. Postcards from Summer
By: Cynthia Platt
3.96
Format: 575 pages, Kindle Edition
The Notebook meets Love & Gelato in this heart-wrenching novel about a teen girl who travels to her… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
21. The Tiger at Midnight (The Tiger at Midnight Trilogy, #1)
By: Swati Teerdhala
3.72
Format: 487 pages, Hardcover
A broken bond. A dying land. A cat-and-mouse game that can only end in bloodshed. Esha is a lege… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
22. One True Loves (Happily Ever Afters, #2)
By: Elise Bryant
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Lenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a ma… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
23. 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
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"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)
24. An Echo in the City
By: K.X. Song
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Two star-crossed teenagers fall in love during the Hong Kong protests in this searing contemporary … read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
25. The Misdirection of Fault Lines
By: Anna Gracia
3.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants goes to the US Open in an emotionally honest and openhearted nove… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
26. Lola at Last
By: J.C. Peterson
3.75
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This Pride and Prejudice–inspired tale—a companion to JC Peterson’s Being Mary Bennet—spins a moder… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
27. Belittled Women
By: Amanda Sellet
3.16
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
Sharp and subversive, this delightfully messy YA rom-com offers a sly wink to the classic Little Wo… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
28. Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise
By: Laura Silverman
3.55
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When everyone else goes to bed, the ones who stay up feel like they’re the only people in the world… read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"I don't want to live my life behind a mask with no one to share who I am with."-Laura Silverman, Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise
"...the choices we make--the choices that matter--aren't just the big, sweeping ones. Sometimes a meaningful choice is a simple choice, as simple as five words."-Laura Silverman, Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise
29. This Is How I Roll
By: Debbi Michiko Florence
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Let the good times roll with this rom-com about sushi rolls, secret crushes, and chasing your dream… read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
30. Things That Grow
By: Meredith Goldstein
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
After her grandmother dies, a girl travels to different gardens to scatter her ashes, learning abou… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- chick lit
- family
31. Not Bad People
By: Brandy Scott
3.66
Format: 566 pages, Paperback
A clever, compelling debut novel with a unique premise of what happens when three best friends enga… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
