"That's how we manage to survive loss. Because love, it never dies, it never goes away, it never fades, so long as you hang on to it. Love can make you immortal."
~ from Gayle Forman's If I Stay |
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| While We Run by Karen HealeyScience Fiction. After exposing a shady government program to turn third-world refugees into slave labor on a starship, activists Abdi and Tegan are now prisoners of that same government. Tortured by their sadistic captors and forced to promote the starship program, they manage to hang on until they're rescued -- but will their relationship survive their ordeal? And, more urgently, can they still take down their enemies before it's too late? Set in a chilling future version of Australia and blending "diverse, well-realized characters with thought-provoking dilemmas" (Kirkus Reviews), this sequel to When We Wake is passionate, brutal, and utterly gripping. |
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| Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCourFiction. During her last summer before starting college, aspiring movie production designer Emi scores a killer internship in Los Angeles. While scouting for props at a famous actor's estate sale, Emi and her friend Charlotte discover an unsent letter from the actor and decide to deliver it themselves. Their efforts lead them to Ava, a talented young actress with a murky past. As Emi's attraction to Ava grows, she starts to look beyond her glamorous surroundings and realize that there's more to true happiness than a Hollywood ending. With its L.A. atmosphere and swoon-worthy romance, Everything Leads to You is the perfect pick for fans of Francesca Lia Block.
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| Say What You Will by Cammie McGovernRealistic Fiction. Amy is brilliant, driven, and -- due to cerebral palsy -- she uses a computer to talk and a walker to get around. Her classmate Matthew struggles with school work as well as with severe anxiety in the form of obsessive compulsive disorder. When Matthew becomes one of Amy's peer aides during their senior year of high school, it's the beginning of a complex relationship that challenges them to push their own limits, take some big chances, and risk making big mistakes. Similar to Corey Ann Haydu's OCD Love Story but with even more turbulence, Say What You Will is a dramatic and refreshingly honest love story. |
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| We Are the Goldens by Dana ReinhardtFiction. Nell Golden expected that once she started going to the same high school as her adored older sister, Layla, they'd grow even closer together. Instead, Layla becomes suddenly distant. When Nell learns the troubling reason for Layla's suspicious behavior, she's faced with the choice to either keep Layla's secret or reveal it -- and she knows that both choices could be seen as betrayal. Written in the form of a confession from Nell to Layla, We Are the Goldens is a poignant coming-of-age story as well as an intimate look at the damaged but fiercely loving relationship between two sisters.
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| Sinner by Maggie StiefvaterParanormal Romance. In this follow-up to the bestselling Wolves of Mercy Falls series, readers find out what happens to werewolf Cole and human Isabel after they leave Mercy Falls and wind up in Los Angeles. Cole, who claims to have kicked his drug addiction, is in town to revive both his music career and his rocky relationship with Isabel. But bitter, conflicted Isabel knows that neither of them can escape the past so easily. Those who are interested in the history of this "spectacularly messy, emotionally oh-so-human romance" (Kirkus Reviews) should start with Shiver, the 1st book in the series. |
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If you're excited about the premiere of If I Stay, the movie based on Gayle Forman's novel about a teen girl in a coma, check out these other books about altered consciousness and the afterlife.
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| Waves by Sharon DogarFiction. Hal Ditton and his family have always spent blissful summers at their Brackinton beach house. This year's trip, however, will only intensify the pain the whole family has suffered since Hal's older sister Charley's late-night surfing accident last summer. She's been comatose ever since, but when the Dittons go to Brackinton without Charley, Hal is overwhelmed by thoughts that seem to belong to her. Is it possible that Charley is sending Hal her thoughts? This suspenseful book should especially appeal to readers who like Jodi Picoult's stories about families in crisis, or the supernatural narration of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. |
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| The Everafter by Amy HuntleyFantasy/Mystery. From the very first line ("I'm dead"), The Everafter pulls you into the afterlife of 17-year-old Madison, who can't remember exactly who she is or how she died. All she knows is that her spirit lives on, floating in a boundless void, surrounded by objects that she lost when she was alive. Touching each object allows Madison to re-experience a moment of her life, bringing her memories back and presenting her with a unique opportunity: to investigate her own death. If you enjoy carefully constructed mysteries filled with friendship, romance, and heartbreak, don't miss this inventive supernatural debut.
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| More Than This by Patrick NessScience Fiction. When 16-year-old Seth walks into the churning waves of the ocean, he never expects to wake up -- especially not in a desolate, uninhabited version of his family's old neighborhood in England. Could he be in hell, or is something stranger going on? Grieving for the forbidden love he shared with his best friend and nursing his guilt over a tragic childhood mishap, Seth tries to puzzle out what's really happening…and if he's really alone. "Stark and uncompromising" (Booklist), More Than This will appeal to older fans of gritty dystopian survival stories as well as to thoughtful readers who like to chew on mind-bending ideas. |
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| Everlost by Neal ShustermanFantasy. Nick and Allie were both in a fatal car crash, but neither of them made it all the way to "the light." Instead, they've landed in Everlost, an in-between land where kids, buildings, and beloved objects go after they've ceased to exist in the living world. There are a lot of rules for surviving in Everlost (keep moving or you'll sink through the ground; avoid the beastly, talon-fingered McGill at all costs) and eventually Allie and Nick encounter the fellow lost soul who seems to be making those rules. Entranced by her, Nick might want to stay in Everlost, but Allie is determined to get home -- even if it means taking over the bodies of the living. Intrigued? Continue reading with Everwild and Everfound, the 2nd and 3rd books in the Skinjacker trilogy. |
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| Elsewhere by Gabrielle ZevinFiction. Liz Hall is nearly 16 when she is hit by a taxicab while riding her bike to the mall. The next thing she knows, she's on a boat headed to Elsewhere, the place where people go when they die. After learning that everyone in Elsewhere ages backward and, upon reaching infancy, returns to Earth, Liz is distraught and angry about everything she missed by dying so young. Using Elsewhere's special observation deck, Liz becomes preoccupied with watching the lives of her family and friends -- so preoccupied that she might just miss her own chance at finding peace, love, and fulfillment. |
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