Category: Children + YA
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Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli: Content Guide
Publication Date: June 2000 Blurb: Leo Borlock follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don’t stand out–under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes–for Leo and for the entire school. After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion…
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Peak by Roland Smith: Content Guide
Publication Date: May 2007 Blurb: After fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello is arrested for scaling a New York City skyscraper, he’s left with two choices: wither away in Juvenile Detention or go live with his long-lost father, who runs a climbing company in Thailand. But Peak quickly learns that his father’s renewed…
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The Cupcake Queen by Heather Hepler: Content Guide
Publication Date: Jan 2009 Blurb: When her mother moves them from the city to a small town to open up a cupcake bakery, Penny’s life isn’t what she expected. Her father has stayed behind, and Mom isn’t talking about what the future holds for their family. And then there’s Charity,…
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It Started With Goodbye by Christina June: Content Guide
Publication Date: May 2017 Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. After being falsely accused of a crime, she’s stuck under stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF’s gone ghost. Tatum fills her newfound free time with community service by day and working at her…
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To Be Honest by Maggie Ann Martin: Content Guide
Publication Date: Aug 2018 Blurb: Savannah is dreading being home alone with her overbearing mother after her sister goes off to college. But if she can just get through senior year, she’ll be able to escape to college, too. What she doesn’t count on is that her mother’s obsession with…
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Swipe by Evan Angler: Content Guide
Publication Date: May 2012 Blurb: Everyone gets the Mark. It gives all the benefits of citizenship. Yet if getting the Mark is such a good thing, then why does it feel so wrong? Set in a future North America that is struggling to recover after famine and global war, “Swipe”…
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Roadside Assistance by Amy Clipston: Content Guide
Publication Date: March 2011 Blurb: Emily Curtis is used to dealing with her problems while under the hood of an old Chevy, but when her mom dies, Emily’s world seems shaken beyond repair. Driven from home by hospital bills they can’t pay, Emily and her dad move in with his…
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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo: Content Guide
Publication Date: Sep 2015 Blurb: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But…
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Dearest Josephine by Caroline George: Content Guide
Publication Date: Feb 2021 Blurb: 2020: Chocolate and Earl Grey tea can’t fix Josie De Clare’s horrible year. She mourned the death of her father and suffered a teen-life crisis, which delayed her university plans. But when her father’s will reveals a family-owned property in Northern England, Josie leaves London…
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Dating & Dragons by Kristy Boyce: Content Guide
Publication Date: Dec 2024 Blurb: Quinn Norton is starting over at a new high school and hopes that joining a D&D game will be the trick to making friends. The plan sounds even better when she’s invited into a group that includes Logan Weber, the cute and charming guy she…
