Tag: Young Adult Fiction

Upside Down in a Laura Ingalls Town by Leslie Tall Manning

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Goodreads|Amazon|Author Website Release date: February 2, 2016 Genre: YA, Historical Fiction Blurb:  It has been a long and difficult year for the Decker family, especially for sixteen-year-old Brooke. Her grades have plummeted. She deliberately breaks curfew. She makes out with boys she hardly knows.  And now her father has totally lost it. When Tim Decker … Continue reading Upside Down in a Laura Ingalls Town by Leslie Tall Manning

Now I Know It’s Not My Fault by Laurie Levine

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Goodreads|Amazon Release date: January 15, 2017 Publisher: CreateSpace Genre: YA Blurb:  "Alex is the articulate, first-person narrator of the tale; readers experience her obsession and emotional deconstruction from the inside...[Levine's] deep understanding of “grooming” behavior...helps her to create a character that jumps off the page." -Kirkus Alexandra Geller is a bright, underachieving fourteen-year-old coming of … Continue reading Now I Know It’s Not My Fault by Laurie Levine

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

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Goodreads|Amazon|Author Website Release date: January 31, 2017 Publisher: Flatiron Books Genre: YA, Fantasy  Blurb:  Welcome, welcome to Caraval―Stephanie Garber’s sweeping tale of two sisters who escape their ruthless father when they enter the dangerous intrigue of a legendary game. Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with … Continue reading Caraval by Stephanie Garber

The Nerdy and The Dirty by B. T. Gottfred

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Goodreads|Amazon|Author Website Release date: November 15, 2016 Publisher: Henry Holt Genre: YA/Contemporary Romance  Blurb:  Pen Lupo is sick and tired of hiding who she is. On the outside, Pen is popular, quiet, and deferential to her boyfriend. On the inside, however, Pen is honest, opinionated--and not quite sure that she's like other girls. Do they have … Continue reading The Nerdy and The Dirty by B. T. Gottfred

We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen

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Goodreads|Amazon Release date: November 1, 2016 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Genre: Young Adult Goodreads blurb:  Growing up across the street from each other, Scott and Cath have been best friends their entire lives. Cath would help Scott with his English homework, he would make her mix tapes (it's the 80's after all), and any fight they … Continue reading We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen

New World Rising by Jennifer Wilson

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Amazon/Goodreads/Author Website Release date: August 4, 2016 Publisher: Oftomes Genre: Dystopian, YA, Science Fiction  Goodreads blurb:  Since witnessing her parents' murders at the age of eleven, Phoenix's only purpose in life has been to uphold her mother's dying words- to be strong and survive. But surviving outside of The Walls- outside of The Sanctuary- is more … Continue reading New World Rising by Jennifer Wilson

You Before Anyone Else by Julie Cross & Mark Perini

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Goodreads Amazon Release date: August 2, 2016 Publisher: Sourcebooks Genre: Contemporary YA/NA Goodreads blurb: Model Finley needs someone to help her shed her "good girl" persona, so she'll try Eddie on for size. New York City model Finley is fed up with hearing the same feedback at castings: she needs to take some serious action to wipe the "good … Continue reading You Before Anyone Else by Julie Cross & Mark Perini