Reed, Amy Lynn
Summary: Billy Sloat and Lydia Lemon don't have much in common, unless you count growing up on the same (wrong) side of the tracks, the lack of a mother, and a persistent loneliness that has inspired creative coping mechanisms. When their high schools are consolidated, Lydia's cynicism is met with Billy's sincere optimism, and both begin to question their own outlook on life. As the two grow closer and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC REEMcCauley, Kyrie
Summary: In Auburn, Pennsylvania, a farming community overrun with crows, high school senior Leighton struggles to keep herself and her sisters safe from their abusive father even as she starts a relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2020
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Summary: "After surviving a suicide attempt, Addison returns to school where her life intersects with four other students, each of whom are also struggling with their own personal struggles"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Shadow Mountain Publishing 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WRIBrown, Jennifer
Summary: Sixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2009
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC BROSantiago, Elizabeth
Summary: Told with interstitial historical chapters, fourteen-year-old Taína (Ty) must draw from the strength of her Taíno ancestors to bring her family and community hope and healing after a devastating incident.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SANPatterson, James
Summary: Expelled over The Photo that was posted to his Twitter account, Will Foster, seventeen, is determined to find out who took the picture and why he and three other students were targeted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC PATBliss, Bryan
Summary: "Toby and Luke are best friends, bound by a goal of leaving their hometown for Luke's wrestling scholarship, but a series of events during their senior year will test their resolve"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLIColeman, Stephanie
Summary: "Tessa has lived a trouble-free life as the only child of two loving parents--she is well-liked, gets straight As, is on the competitive swim team, and is active in her church youth group. It's a pretty perfect life! That is, until she comes home from swim practice one day to find that her parents are divorcing. Along with that, her BFF has moved to Florida, and Tessa gets stuck in Intro to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Focus on the Family 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COLMackler, Carolyn.
Summary: Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2003
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC MACBulla, Michael Gray
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Gael, a trans boy, learns to let his walls down while finding community, discovering his sexuality, falling in love, and navigating difficult family situations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BULIloh, Candice
Summary: Raised in a free-spirited home by two loving parents who encourage Cerulean to be their full self, they've got big dreams of moving cross-country to live off the grid with their friends after graduation. When a fight with a teacher spirals out of control, Cerulean impulsively drops out to avoid the punishment they fear is coming. Why wait for graduation to leave an oppressive capitalist system...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ILOKeplinger, Kody.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper starts sleeping with Wesley Rush, a notorious womanizer who disgusts her, in order to distract her from her personal problems, and to her surprise, the two of them find they have a lot in common and are able to help each other find more productive ways to deal with their difficulties.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEPKemmerer, Brigid
Summary: Once-popular Rob and overachiever Maegan, both dealing with serious family issues, quickly form a bond that is threatened when Rob confides plans to repair damage his father caused.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2019
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Summary: High school senior Nic, seventeen, tries to salvage her tattered reputation by helping her Ivy League-obsessed classmates with college admission essays and finds herself in the process.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2018
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Summary: "Seventeen-year-old Chamomile struggles to bring together her two universes of school, filled with the hype of senior year and future plans, and home, where her father is living with a terminal illness, until she meets a fellow student and hospital volunteer who helps her understand both worlds as one"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GONSheinmel, Alyssa B
Summary: Told in multiple voices, when popular Mike Parker's girlfriend informs North Bay Academy's principal that he has been hitting her, students react differently, revealing their own insecurities and problems.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SHECrossan, Sarah.
Summary: Despite problems at home, sixteen-year-old conjoined twins Tippi and Grace are loving going to school for the first time and making real friends when they learn that a cardiac problem will force them to have separation surgery, which they have never before considered.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC CROKehoe, Stasia Ward.
Summary: At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her trumpet into the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution she is not ready to let him go.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2014
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC KEHPitcock, Tiffany
Summary: Told from both viewpoints, after Jenny and Chance, a bookworm and a popular heartthrob, pretend friendship to save a doomed assignment, they are shocked to find a real friendship--and more--developing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2017