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| This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca BarrowStarring: Dia, Jules, and Hanna, three former best friends who decide to get their band back together after the Sun City talent search offers a prize they can't resist.
What happens: A lot has changed since the last time they played together: Dia had a baby, Jules got out of a bad relationship, and Hanna got sober. Can they still make music like they used to?
Read it for: loud music, relatable characters, and rekindled friendships. |
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After the fire
by Will Hill
What it's about: When a fire destroys everything she knew of life inside a strict cult, a teenager struggles to reconcile the absolute beliefs of her cult leader with the realities of the world she is introduced to in a government-sanctioned facility.
The true story: This book is based on the Branch Davidian sect near Waco, Texas.
Is it for you? The book doesn't mask the intense physical and emotional traumas the characters suffer, but try it if you're looking for an "astonishing saga of suffering and joy, guilt, evil, redemption and truth." (Kirkus)
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That night
by Amy Giles
What it's about: After the shooting in their Queens neighborhood that killed their brothers, Lucas and Jess are struggling to cope with the after-effects on themselves, their families, and the community when they become friends at an after-school job.
Read it for: A sensitive story about the ways we deal with grief and as "a testimony to the power of human resilience." (VOYA)
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This is Kind of an Epic Love Story
by Kheryn Callender
Starring: Nate Bird, who swears off dating after his father dies (leaving his mom heartbroken) and his romance with best friend Florence fails.
What happens: Nate's childhood friend Ollie moves back to town, and their rekindled connection challenges Nate's anti-relationship resolve.
Why you might like it: This will-they-or-won't-they romance offers authentically awkward situations and a diverse, well-rounded group of characters.
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The echo room
by Parker Peevyhouse
What it's about: Two teen strangers wake up on the floor of an unfamiliar cold, dark room and must work together to escape only to discover that they were not locked in, but that someone or something was being locked out.
Is it for you? Yes, if you love suspense and don't mind not knowing everything right away.
Reviewers say: This is "superlative suspense literature. It offers an ever twisting spiral of intrigue, suspense, and moral discovery..." (Kirkus)
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When elephants fly
by Nancy Richardson Fischer
What it's about: Resolving to live as carefully as possible in the hope of avoiding the schizophrenia that has dangerously impacted her family, a high school senior risks everything to save the life of a three-week-old elephant calf.
Why you might like it: The book deals with both mental health and animal welfare in a sensitive way.
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Skyward
by Brandon Sanderson
Starring: Spensa, a girl from a world under constant alien attack who dreams of becoming a war-time pilot to determine the fate of humanity's future.
Series alert: Skyward starts Brandon Sanderson's new trilogy.
Why you might like it: Like the best science fiction, the story talk about big questions, including artificial intelligence and free will.
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Analee, in real life
by Janelle Milanes
What it's about: Anxious, awkward Analee Echevarria only feels confident playing her favorite online game, but with a potential real-world romance and her father's remarriage looming, she begins to rediscover herself.
Why you might like it: If you've ever felt like your online persona is superior to you in real life, or if you wonder if your crush will ever like you back, you'll relate to Analee.
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Dear Evan Hansen : the novel
by Val Emmich
What it's about: A tale inspired by the hit Broadway show follows the experiences of an outcast-turned-social media sensation who perpetuates a lie and bonds with his late best friend's grieving family.
Why you might like it: "authentic first-person narration about family dynamics, the importance of kindness, and the horrors of not fitting in at high school." (Publishers Weekly)
Other ways to meet Evan: Check out the book, audio book, or the cast recording of the Broadway show.
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