In the Wild Light
By: Jeff Zentner
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his P…
Want to Read $ 8.99"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
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1. Here We Are Now
By: Jasmine Warga
3.49
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Despite sending him letters ever since she was thirteen, Taliah Abdallat never thought she'd ever r… read more
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- romance
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"... he thought Sufjan Stevens was overrated, which was basically a declaration of war, as far as I was concerned"-Jasmine Warga, Here We Are Now
"There's nothing more humiliating than feeling sorry for yourself while watching other people feel sorry for you too."-Jasmine Warga, Here We Are Now
"I think the problem is that sometimes when we love someone, we see a certain version of them. and we get attached to that version. Convince ourselves that that's the only version, true version."-Jasmine Warga, Here We Are Now
"I believe strongly that we all have multiple versions of ourselves. And the true test of love is learning to accept all of those versions, even when it's messy. Actually, especially when it's messy."-Jasmine Warga, Here We Are Now
2. 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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3. All My Rage
By: Sabaa Tahir
4.50
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more
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- romance
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage
4. The Frozen River
By: Ariel Lawhon
4.43
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-cen… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
5. In the Wild Light
By: Jeff Zentner
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his P… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserv…"-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
6. I Must Betray You
By: Ruta Sepetys
4.41
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu … read more
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- romance
- teen
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"A revolution eats its heroes."-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You
"I envied him, the courage to be himself. In public."-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You
"Fertility under state control? That's an abuse of human rights!' Bunu would wail."-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You
"I hadn’t yet absorbed one of life’s universal truths: Things that seem straightforward? Often aren’t."-Ruta Sepetys, I Must Betray You
7. All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
By: Beth Moore
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal bestseller! An incredibly thoughtful,… read more
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- audiobook
"Once you've broken to pieces, the luxury of imagining yourself unbreakable evaporates."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
8. The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)
By: Mindy McGinnis
3.67
Format: 372 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to Amontillado, Ohio, where your last name is worth more than money, and secrets can be kep… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"...If I can't feel the good things anymore, then doing a few bad ones shouldn't hurt a bit. And they are long overdue."-Mindy McGinnis, The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)
"I’ve borne it all with patience, the years of small cuts that heal over, my heart a pulpy mass of scars. But it was still beating, at least I could say that, right up until she took Goldie from me. N…"-Mindy McGinnis, The Initial Insult (The Initial Insult, #1)
9. Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
By: Dan Gemeinhart
4.54
Format: 282 pages, Hardcover
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dan Gemeinhart comes a standalone companion to the critic… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
"But it's not the sandwich that matter Coyote. It's someone bringing you the sandwich."-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
"I'm gonna go ahead a fast-forward the story a bit here. Because, basically some boring stuff happened and then some very exciting stuff happened, and I think it's best to just skip the crust and go s…"-Dan Gemeinhart, Coyote Lost and Found (Coyote Sunrise #2)
10. 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
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
11. The Labors of Hercules Beal
By: Gary D. Schmidt
4.53
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal
12. Rez Ball
By: Byron Graves
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more
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- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
13. Three Things I Know Are True
By: Betty Culley
4.08
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
This moving debut novel in verse about a teenage girl dealing with the aftermath of an accident tha… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
14. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
By: Dashka Slater
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more
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- teen
- audiobook
15. The Hollow Inside
By: Brooke Lauren Davis
4.10
Format: 375 pages, Hardcover
Sadie meets The Glass Castle in a smart, gripping, and twisty YA debut about a girl seeking to reve… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
16. We Can Be Heroes
By: Kyrie McCauley
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes
17. Fadeaway
By: E.B. Vickers
3.88
Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition
When a high school basketball star goes missing, a town’s secrets are exposed in this edge-of-your … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
18. What Beauty There Is
By: Cory Anderson
3.81
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Winter. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones. Jack Morton has nothing left. Except… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
19. The Right Side of Reckless
By: Whitney D. Grandison
3.63
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
He’s never met a rule he didn’t break… She’s followed the rules her whole life… When they meet, one… read more
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- romance
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
20. Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
By: Jared Reck
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The future is anything but certain in this alternately funny and heartbreaking contemporary story a… read more
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
" HAMBURGARE Hand-patted, local grass-fed beef, homemade buns ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- POMMES FRITES Fresh-cut fries ---- ---- ---- MUNKAR ---- ---- ---- ---- "-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
"Goat cheese poutine. Fresh-cut fries. Thick, rich beef gravy. Some other secret goodies splashed in. And creamy, tangy goat cheese. Jösses, the stuff was life-changing."-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
"We stuck with the traditional Äpple Munk and the favorite munkhål, but we also added a seasonal one I'd been working on in Mrs. Bixler's room during this dramatic lull in school-apple leftovers. I'd …"-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
"I wonder if maybe Farfar's heaven would be steering his own kart, inside the game, his gray ponytail slowly flapping in the lessened gravity of Rainbow Road, cackling as a smiling puff-cloud fishes h…"-Jared Reck, Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
21. Eat Your Heart Out
By: Kelly deVos
3.70
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next f… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
