Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by
Benjamin Alire Saenz
“Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a
brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts
to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never
asked before.” –WorldCat
Can’t Look Away by Donna Cooner
“Sixteen-year-old Torrey Grey's YouTube videos on fashion
and beauty for teenagers were famous, but when her younger sister is killed by
a drunk driver during a filming her world falls apart--cyber bullies are
attacking her, her father moves them to Texas, and she does not know who to
trust at her new school or whether her cousin is really a friend.” –WorldCat
The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
“This is the story of seventeen-year-old Prenna James,
who immigrated to New York when she was twelve. Except Prenna didn’t come from
a different country. She came from a different time—a future where a
mosquito-borne illness has mutated into a pandemic, killing millions and
leaving the world in ruins. Prenna and the others who escaped to the
present day must follow a strict set of rules: never reveal where they’re from,
never interfere with history, and never, ever be intimate with anyone outside
their community. Prenna does as she’s told, believing she can help prevent the
plague that will one day ravage the earth. But everything changes when
Prenna falls for Ethan Jarves.” –Jacket
I’ll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
“Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At
thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the
charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red
lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and
Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in
different and dramatic ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful
boy, as well as someone else—an even more unpredictable new force in her life.
The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the
twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they
could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a chance to remake
their world.” –Amazon
In Paradise by Peter Matthiessen
"From the two-time National Book Award winning author
of The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country, a short, powerful novel about an
American professor of Holocaust Studies who, over the course of a weeklong
spiritual retreat at Auschwitz, is forced to grapple with his own past and a
family secret: the Jewish mother abandoned to her doom by his Gentile father."
–WorldCat
Love Letters To The Dead by Ava Dellaira
“When Laurel starts writing letters to dead people for a
school assignment, she begins to spill about her sister's mysterious death, her
mother's departure from the family, her new friends, and her first love.”
–WorldCat
Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern
"Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a
walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions.
Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated
thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of
someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike
than either ever realized. When Amy decides to hire student aides to help
her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust
into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what
started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither
expected." –WorldCat
Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy
“When sixteen-year-old Alice is diagnosed with leukemia, she
vows to spend her final months righting wrongs. So she convinces her best
friend to help her with a crazy bucket list that's as much about revenge as it
is about hope. But just when Alice's scores are settled, she goes into
remission, and now she must face the consequences of all she's said and done.”
–Amazon
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
”A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A
brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends
-- the Liars -- whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident.
A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.” –Jacket
The Young Elites by Marie Lu
"Adelina Amouteru survived the blood fever, a deadly
illness that killed many, but left others with strange markings and
supernatural powers. Cast out by her family, Adelina joins the secret society
of the Young Elites and discovers her own dangerous abilities.” –WorldCat