The Liars of Mariposa Island
By: Jennifer Mathieu
3.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Moxie comes a stunning novel told in three voices about the lies families tell t…
Want to Read $ 11.99"She allowed anger and resentment to fester inside her and never scab over."-Jennifer Mathieu, The Liars of Mariposa Island
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1. The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
By: Robert Cormier
3.49
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
Jerry Renault ponders the question on the poster in his locker: Do I dare disturb the universe? Ref… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"They murdered him."-Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
"They don't actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it's their thing too."-Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
"He closed the locker quickly so no one would see the damage. For some reason, he felt ashamed."-Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
"Don't miss the bus, boy. You're missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus."-Robert Cormier, The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1)
2. Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls
By: Lynn Weingarten
3.53
Format: 39 pages, Kindle Edition
They say Delia burned herself to death in her stepfather's shed. They say it was suicide. But June … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
3. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
By: E. Lockhart
4.20
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
Frankie Landau-Banks, at age 16: No longer the kind of girl to take "no" for an answer and possibly… read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles, #1)
By: Amanda Hocking
4.22
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Bryn Aven is an outcast among the Kanin, the most powerful of the troll tribes. Set apart by her he… read more
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- romance
- fiction
- young adult
5. Extraordinary Means
By: Robyn Schneider
4.28
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
When he's sent to Latham House, a boarding school for sick teens, Lane thinks his life may as well … read more
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6. Fatal Throne
By: Candace Fleming
3.96
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Fatal Throne, a book about Henry VIII and his six wives, coordinated by Candace Fleming. Fleming an… read more
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- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"The enemy perhaps may challenge my sex for that I am a woman - so may I likewise challenge them, for they are but men."-Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne
"But we glared into each other's eyes like men who have ruined each other already, and who only wait to make the full disaster known"-Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne
"I am my head and my heart, all that I know, all that I love, everything I hope for. I am the blue waters of the Rhine, sparkling in the sun."-Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne
"Oh, how I prefer the honest violence of men, who will bash in another man's skull and be done, to the thousand shallow cuts of women's malice."-Candace Fleming, Fatal Throne
7. That Weekend
By: Kara Thomas
3.78
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Three best friends, a lake house, a secret trip - what could go wrong? It was supposed to be the… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"How am I supposed to accept that the worst thing to ever happen to me has no meaning?"-Kara Thomas, That Weekend
"I wish you'd killed me, I tried to say with my eyes. Then maybe someone would finally stop you."-Kara Thomas, That Weekend
"Maybe, like me, it's even more than the absence. The silence, maybe - the waiting for the phone call that never comes."-Kara Thomas, That Weekend
"Recently, she dyed her short blond bob a sassy red, a decision my mother and I discussed at length back when my friends weren't missing and we consumed other peoples' tragedies for entertainment."-Kara Thomas, That Weekend
8. If These Wings Could Fly
By: Kyrie McCauley
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley's stunnin… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Maybe fear is the toll women pay to exist in this world at all."-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly
"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a men's …"-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly
"This is what I know of pride . I know that it keeps the secrets of cruel men. I know that it holds us in the shadows, because we are too proud to admit we need help. I know that pride values a man's …"-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly
"But some things should fall apart. They should burn themselves out, like a candle that's run its wick to the bottom. It's dangerous to wish for such a thing, though, because some flames are too selfi…"-Kyrie McCauley, If These Wings Could Fly
9. The Good Luck Sister (Wildstone, #1.5)
By: Jill Shalvis
3.82
Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition
After a difficult few years, Tilly Adams is ready for life to start going right. Though she has a c… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
"Nothing wrong with holding on to good memories," he said quietly. "I've held on to mine."-Jill Shalvis, The Good Luck Sister (Wildstone, #1.5)
"I didn't think I was capable of love back then, and I wasn't. Not until you. I loved you."-Jill Shalvis, The Good Luck Sister (Wildstone, #1.5)
"Tilly: How are you doing? Quinn: I'm thirty months pregnant, how do you think I'm doing? I'm peeing every two seconds and eating the house."-Jill Shalvis, The Good Luck Sister (Wildstone, #1.5)
"He cupped her face in his big, callused hands and dropped his forehead to hers. "It's all about the we," he murmured. "Don't ever think otherwise."-Jill Shalvis, The Good Luck Sister (Wildstone, #1.5)
10. The Witches Are Coming
By: Lindy West
4.12
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
In this wickedly funny cultural critique, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir and Hulu se… read more
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- audiobook
"the soft violence of willful ignorance"-Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming
"It costs you nothing to err on the side of "care"."-Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming
"[about a character in movie Little Nicky] A hilarious, hilarious sex criminal."-Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming
"Common Sense" without growth, curiosity, or perspective eventually becomes conservatism and bitterness."-Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming
11. Suggested Reading
By: Dave Connis
4.01
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
In this standalone, a bookworm finds a way to fight back when her school bans dozens of classic and… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Friends who hurt deeply but connected in the same way I had."-Dave Connis, Suggested Reading
"What we do, before and after we read, is our choice. And that choice is freedom."-Dave Connis, Suggested Reading
"You stand up because you believe, not because you want to win. I don't want you add more hate to this world. We have enough."-Dave Connis, Suggested Reading
"If you don't realize the importance and responsibility of the freedoms we've been given, then you won't realize what freedom actually is."-Dave Connis, Suggested Reading
12. Loathe at First Sight
By: Suzanne Park
3.14
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Melody Joo is thrilled to land her dream job as a video game producer, but her new position comes w… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
"You don’t give up. And your life is what you made of it."-Suzanne Park, Loathe at First Sight
13. The Last One to Fall
By: Gabriella Lepore
3.73
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Six friends. Five suspects. One murder. Savana Caruso and Jesse Melo have known each other since t… read more
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- audiobook
- young adult
- contemporary
14. A Heart in a Body in the World
By: Deb Caletti
4.28
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run? So that’s what Annabe… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"Books make you feel things hard."-Deb Caletti, A Heart in a Body in the World
"People plus people plus anger is how things can change."-Deb Caletti, A Heart in a Body in the World
"It's the people who know you and love you that save you."-Deb Caletti, A Heart in a Body in the World
"She can't truly outrun her future, but you can't tell her body that."-Deb Caletti, A Heart in a Body in the World
15. When the Ground Is Hard
By: Malla Nunn
4.15
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning and heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school, two girls of different c… read more
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- historical
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
"Jane is stuck in the space between things."-Malla Nunn, When the Ground Is Hard
"Books are better than gossip, though Delia doesn't think so."-Malla Nunn, When the Ground Is Hard
"A dark wind lifts dirt into the air. The land absorbs the sobs of the women and the flinty silence of the gravediggers. The long fields and tall hills swallow us all."-Malla Nunn, When the Ground Is Hard
"Where would Jane be without that inheritance from her long-lost uncle? If she was in Swaziland, I'll tell you where she'd be: living in a grass hut with nothing to eat but porridge. A blind and cripp…"-Malla Nunn, When the Ground Is Hard
16. The Long Way Back
By: Nicole Baart
3.72
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
When an Instagram-famous teenager mysteriously disappears, her mother grapples with the revelation … read more
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- audiobook
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
17. Not So Pure and Simple
By: Lamar Giles
4.05
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she’s f… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I'd told the truth. That shouldn't be wrong, but the truth could be a weapon depending on who used it."-Lamar Giles, Not So Pure and Simple
18. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
By: Kim Fu
3.22
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
A group of young girls descend on Camp Forevermore, a sleepaway camp in the Pacific Northwest, wher… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Siobhan wanted to be more like the heroines of the books she liked, about girl detectives and girl adventurers: tomboyish, scrappy, and resourceful, able to outsmart adults and survive without them, …"-Kim Fu, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
"The adults looked transfixed by Andee. When Andee finally swam a little closer, Siobhan could see why: the determined set of her mouth, the ferocity in her eyes. How much she wanted to finish. She wo…"-Kim Fu, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
"Even on that first, clear afternoon, the dark earth between the gravel paths and the deep green of towering pine, fir, and spruce trees contained the memory of recent snow and rain. The ocean at the …"-Kim Fu, The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
19. Lie to Me
By: Natasha Preston
3.97
Format: 368 pages, ebook
At nineteen, Savannah Dean escaped her family, leaving behind a note and the people who caused her … read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
20. Four Eids and a Funeral
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
3.71
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
21. The Liars of Mariposa Island
By: Jennifer Mathieu
3.37
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Moxie comes a stunning novel told in three voices about the lies families tell t… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- historical
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"She allowed anger and resentment to fester inside her and never scab over."-Jennifer Mathieu, The Liars of Mariposa Island
