45 Pounds
By: K.A. Barson
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Hardcover
Here are the numbers of Ann Galardi's life: She is 16. And a size 17. Her perfect mother is a size …
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1. Phantom Limbs
By: Paula Garner
3.93
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
How do you move on from an irreplaceable loss? In a poignant debut, a sixteen-year-old boy must lea… read more
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"It started the way so many good things do: with bacon."-Paula Garner, Phantom Limbs
"All I wanted was for things to be like they used to be. Except for all the parts that couldn't be. Which I guess, was almost all of them."-Paula Garner, Phantom Limbs
2. Goodbye, Perfect
By: Sara Barnard
3.80
Format: 319 pages, Paperback
When I was wild, you were steady . . . Now you are wild - what am I? Eden McKinley knows she can't… read more
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3. 45 Pounds
By: K.A. Barson
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Hardcover
Here are the numbers of Ann Galardi's life: She is 16. And a size 17. Her perfect mother is a size … read more
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- romance
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- young adult
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- contemporary
- chick lit
4. I Was Here
By: Gayle Forman
3.50
Format: 92 pages, Hardcover
Cody and Meg were inseparable. Two peas in a pod. Until . . . they weren't anymore. When her best f… read more
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5. Since You've Been Gone
By: Morgan Matson
4.07
Format: 449 pages, Hardcover
It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before wh… read more
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- romance
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"In a well-ordered universe..."-Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone
"In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors."-Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone
"And real friends never have to tell you that they're your friends."-Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone
"Maybe she didn’t do something big. Maybe she just told someone something."-Morgan Matson, Since You've Been Gone
6. The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
By: Julie Klassen
3.29
Format: None pages,
Pampered Margaret Macy flees London in disguise to escape pressure to marry a dishonorable man. Wit… read more
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7. Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal
By: Chris Colfer
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Hardcover
Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal follows the story of outcast high school senior Ca… read more
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8. The List
By: Siobhan Vivian
3.71
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
An intense look at the rules of high school attraction - and the price that's paid for them. It hap… read more
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9. Paperweight
By: Meg Haston
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Stevie is trapped. In her life. And now in an eating-disorder treatment center o… read more
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10. Everywhere Blue
By: Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A brother's disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the… read more
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11. Dress Coded
By: Carrie Firestone
4.17
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
In this debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, perfect for fans of Moxie , an eighth grade… read more
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"What if, instead of seeing us as covered or uncovered body parts, you saw us as people and you learned our names?"-Carrie Firestone, Dress Coded
12. Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
By: Kelly Yang
4.42
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
Mia Tang thinks she’s going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners… read more
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"The pain broke my heart into a thousand pieces."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
"the worry that if he didn’t take every single thing, a part of him would be lost forever."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
"But you can't give up on people. It's one of the three keys of friendship. You gotta listen, you gotta care, and most importantly, you gotta keep trying."-Kelly Yang, Three Keys (Front Desk, #2)
13. Finding Junie Kim
By: Ellen Oh
4.25
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A story of family, hope, and survival, inspired by the author's mother’s real-life experiences duri… read more
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14. The Perfect Escape
By: Suzanne Park
3.36
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Nate Jae-Woo Kim wants to be rich. When one of his classmates offers Nate a ridiculous amount of mo… read more
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15. The Firefly Summer
By: Morgan Matson
4.38
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The Penderwicks meets The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street in a story about a young girl who gets to k… read more
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16. Icarus
By: K. Ancrum
4.08
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this… read more
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17. One to Watch
By: Kate Stayman-London
3.88
Format: 417 pages, Paperback
Bea Schumacher is a devastatingly stylish plus-size fashion blogger who has amazing friends, a devo… read more
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"Listen, was I born gay, or did Julia Stiles in '10 Things I Hate About You' make me gay? It's literally impossible to know."-Kate Stayman-London, One to Watch
"You don't have a boyfriend?" "And spend my fifteen seconds of free time every week handling some man's emotions because he's not capable of dealing with them himself? Um, no."-Kate Stayman-London, One to Watch
"Ruby: Oh, that's interesting! Do you even call men "plus-size," is that a thing? Cat: Technically, you do, but it's not a phrase you hear a lot – society doesn't really feel the need to divide men ac…"-Kate Stayman-London, One to Watch
"Bea felt a pang in her gut: Yes, she wanted to scream, I want this more than you could possibly imagine. But the idea of saying that out loud [...] felt terrifying. Like giving voice to this secret p…"-Kate Stayman-London, One to Watch
18. What About Will
By: Ellen Hopkins
4.13
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkin's comes a new heartbreakingly tender middle … read more
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19. The Boy Next Story (Bookish Boyfriends, #2)
By: Tiffany Schmidt
4.14
Format: 429 pages, Paperback
The second book in a series where your favorite literary characters come to life, inspired by the t… read more
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"My middle name’s not Clementine."-Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story (Bookish Boyfriends, #2)
"We’re not giving her a makeover. She doesn’t need one."-Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story (Bookish Boyfriends, #2)
"Normally she was all over me like dog hair on black pants"-Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story (Bookish Boyfriends, #2)
"He paused to kiss me and I think he meant it as a dash or an ellipsis or some other temporary punctuation, but I pressed up on my toes and made it an exclamation point."-Tiffany Schmidt, The Boy Next Story (Bookish Boyfriends, #2)
20. Gather
By: Kenneth M. Cadow
4.43
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more
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21. Nothing Burns as Bright as You
By: Ashley Woodfolk
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Five starred reviews! From New York Times bestselling author Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Br… read more
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"You flew through books, reading more in a week than some people did in a year."-Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You
"I get it, she says. And I go from feeling invisible to feeling like I fill the whole room, the whole building, the whole sky."-Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You
"Parents think they control us with their authority. But really the only reason we listen is because we're desperate for them to love us. And we're terrified that if we do too many bad things, they'll…"-Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You
"A Lie: You’re not my girlfriend The truth: we both know exactly who we are to each other If you want to get technical.. if you counted up the hours i spent thinking of you and the days we spent in yo…"-Ashley Woodfolk, Nothing Burns as Bright as You
