Category: Children + YA
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Curses And Other Buried Things by Caroline George: Content Guide
Publication Date: Oct 2023 Synopsis: Blood holds all kinds of curses. Seven generations of women in Susana Prather’s family have been lost to the Georgia swamp behind her house. The morning after her eighteenth birthday, she awakens soaked with water, with no memory of sleepwalking. No matter how she tries…
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We Were Beautiful by Heather Hepler: Content Guide
Publication Date: April 2019 Synopsis: It’s been a year since fifteen-year-old Mia Hopkins was in the car crash that killed her older sister and left her terribly scarred. The doctors tell her she was lucky to survive. Her therapist says it will take time to heal. The police reports claim…
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Have a Little Faith in Me by Sonia Hartl: Content Guide
Publication Date: Sep 2019 Synopsis: When CeCe’s born-again ex-boyfriend dumps her after they have sex, she follows him to Jesus camp in order to win him back. Problem: She knows nothing about Jesus. But her best friend Paul does. He accompanies CeCe to camp, and the plan—God’s or CeCe’s—goes immediately…
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Borrow My Heart by Kasie West: Content Guide
Publication Date: June 2023 Synopsis: Wren is used to being called a control freak. She doesn’t care; sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. But when a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes…
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You Can Go Your Own Way by Eric Smith: Content Guide
Publication Date: Nov 2021 Synopsis: Adam Stillwater is in over his head. At least, that’s what his best friend would say. And his mom. And the guy who runs the hardware store down the street. But this pinball arcade is the only piece of his dad that Adam has left,…
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The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss by Amy Noelle Parks: Content Guide
Publication Date: March 2020 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Evie Beckham has never been interested in dating. She’s been fully occupied by her love of mathematics and her frequent battles with anxiety (and besides, she’s always found the idea of kissing to be a little bit icky). But with the help of her…
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Three Things About Emmy Crawford by Allison L. Bitz: Content Guide
Publication Date: Oct 2024 Synopsis: Crohn’s disease, the paparazzi, and heartbreak can’t derail Emmy Crawford, the type-A daughter of a senator, from relentlessly pursuing her dreams in this coming-of-age novel perfect for fans of Lynn Painter and Rachel Lynn Solomon. There are three things high school senior Emmy Crawford will…
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Legend by Marie Lu: Content Guide
Publication Date: Nov 2011 Synopsis: What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s…
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Mortal Queens by Victoria McCombs: Content Guide
Publication Date: Feb 2024 Synopsis: Each year on the center island, one girl is chosen to be the next Mortal Queen of the idolized fae. The mortals praise these lucky girls, but their daughters are never seen again. The fae realm is eternal night, where disputes are settled by chess…
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The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J Maas: Content Guide
Publication Date: March 2014 Synopsis: Celaena Sardothien is her kingdom’s most feared assassin. Though she works for the powerful and ruthless Assassin’s Guild, Celaena yields to no one and trusts only her fellow killer for hire, Sam. When Celaena’s scheming master, Arobynn Hamel, dispatches her on missions that take her…
