Monster
By: Walter Dean Myers
3.73
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The …
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1. The Crossover
By: Kwame Alexander
4.24
Format: 245 pages, ebook
"With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all t… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Basketball Rule #5 When you stop playing your game you've already lost."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"He's no longer listening to music, but his tears are loud enough to dance to."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Basketball Rule #4 If you miss enough of life's free throws you will pay in the end."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
"Silence doesn't mean we have run out of things to say, only that we are trying not to say them."-Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
2. 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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- teen
- school
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- 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)
3. Telesa: The Covenant Keeper (Telesa, #1)
By: Lani Wendt Young
4.14
Format: 423 pages, Paperback
When Leila moves to her new home, all she wants is a family, a place to belong. Instead she discove… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"You don't love someone because they're a dream of perfection. You love them because of the way they meet their challenges, how they struggle to overcome. You love them because together, you bring out…"-Lani Wendt Young, Telesa: The Covenant Keeper (Telesa, #1)
"Excuse me? You're the one who was out to mislead me with your alluring bimbo slinkiness! What if I had believed your act last night? What if I had fallen deeply and madly in love with you? You would …"-Lani Wendt Young, Telesa: The Covenant Keeper (Telesa, #1)
4. The Poet X
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Pero, tú no eres fácil."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"Just because your father's present, doesn't mean he isn't absent."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"It's about any of the words that bring us together and how we can form a home in them."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"I close my eyes and let myself find in music what I've always searched for: a way away."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
5. The Skin I'm In
By: Sharon G. Flake
4.35
Format: None pages, Paperback
Miss Saunders, whose skin is blotched with a rare skin condition, serves as a mirror to Maleeka Mad… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
6. A Step from Heaven
By: An Na
4.00
Format: 202 pages,
When Young Ju is four years old, she learns that her family is leaving their small fishing village … read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
7. Dear Martin
By: Nic Stone
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter De… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
8. Long Way Down
By: Jason Reynolds
4.25
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RU… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"How do you tell water ain't nothing funny about drowing?"-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"Best to become invisible in times like these. Everybody knows that."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"just because they were dead. People always love people more when they’re dead."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"Pretended like yellow tape was some kind of neighborhood flag that don't nobody wave but always be flapping in the wind."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
9. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
By: Sherman Alexie , Ellen Forney
3.70
Format: 186 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
10. Story of a Girl
By: Sara Zarr
4.15
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her older brother's best friend--Deanna Lambert's … read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
11. American Born Chinese
By: Gene Luen Yang
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
All Jin Wang wants is to fit in. When his family moves to a new neighborhood, he suddenly finds tha… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- school
12. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
By: Sara Pascoe
4.30
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more
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- fiction
- teen
- young adult
"What’s “ague?"-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
13. All American Boys
By: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely
4.02
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rashad is absent again today. That's the sidewalk graffiti that started it all... Well, no, actuall… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
14. You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen
By: Carole Boston Weatherford , None
3.76
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford's innovative history in verse celebrates the story o… read more
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15. The Outsiders
By: S.E. Hinton
4.13
Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Pon… read more
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- school
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"We saw the same sunset."-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
"Nothing sparkly can stay."-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
"Things are rough all over."-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
"Okay greasers, you've had it."-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
16. Monster
By: Walter Dean Myers
3.73
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The … read more
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- teen
- school
- realistic fiction
- crime
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- african american
- audiobook
17. Marcelo in the Real World
By: Francisco X. Stork
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like impairment no doctor has… read more
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18. Make Lemonade (Make Lemonade, #1)
By: Virginia Euwer Wolff
3.62
Format: 280 pages,
An award-winning novel about growing up and making choices Virginia Euwer Wolff's groundbreaking no… read more
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19. Monster: A Graphic Novel
By: Walter Dean Myers , Guy A. Sims , Dawud Anyabwile
3.73
Format: 216 pages, Hardcover
A stunning black-and-white graphic novel adaptation of Walter Dean Myers's Michael L. Printz Award … read more
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20. From Manchester to the Arctic
By: Sheena Billett
4.31
Format: 261 pages, ebook
In the challenging but rapidly changing 1970s, Connie Sanders, a broken-hearted nurse, flees to the… read more
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- fiction
- teen
- young adult
- contemporary
"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
21. Speak
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.05
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The first ten lies they tell you in high school. "Speak up for yourself—we want to know what you… read more
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- teen
- school
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
"I have never heard a more eloquent silence."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
"To keep up appearances, I stomp my room and slam the door."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
"Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance."-Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak
