Three teenagers, three very different stories. In Gayle Forman’s latest release, I Have Lost My Way, three teenagers navigate the complications of first love, the tragedy of life, and the odd coincidences that bring us all together. With a tragic yet hopeful story about family, loss, and friendship, I Have Lost My Way speaks to […]
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“We had the stars, you and I. And that is only given once.” —André Aciman The last thing Elio expects during his summer in Italy is to fall in love, especially with one of his father’s many students that visit each year. The inspiration for one of 2017’s most beautiful and impactful love stories, Call Me […]
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First there were four, and now there are three. Three teenagers, Emma, Henri, and Alex, are all stranded on a deserted island that has no clean source of water, no substantial source of food, and, as the three have concluded, no plausible way to get rescued from the tropical dungeon. With their pasts still haunting […]
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Flora’s memories reside on her own skin and on the surface of post-it notes rather than in her own mind. In The One Memory of Flora Banks, Emily Barr weaves together a story about the significance of memory, the healing touch of love, and the danger of one’s own mind. Told with intrigue, romance, and heartbreaking […]
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The Dead Inside by Cyndy Etler details the true story of a girl who’s striving to escape the confines of her abusive home and Straight, Inc., a company that secretly manipulates children and teens into submission. In this heartbreaking and raw story about the dismal aspects of adolescence and the difficulty of surpassing the past, Etler […]
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Julia is anything but your typical teenage girl. She is rebellious, edgy, and, on top of it all, she is also deaf. In Whitney Gardner’s You’re Welcome, Universe, Julia’s struggle to find her place in the world is on full display. With plenty of humor, honesty, and insight into the life of a deaf teen, […]
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Who knew a single text could change a person’s entire life? Carver sure didn’t. In Jeff Zentner’s latest release, Goodbye Days, the effects of grief and the burden of guilt are explored. Told with plenty of humor, a cast of loveable and honest main characters, and narration that will break your heart, Goodbye Days is […]
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There are numerous authors who are innovating the world of Young Adult Literature. They are challenging often hushed topics within the YA world head on with such gusto, it’s inspiring. They’re addressing mental health and other topics that seem to get glazed over, and they’re addressing them with realness. Whilst some of these authors, […]
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Audiences fell in love with Fox Mulder on the classic television series The X-Files, but he is back and better than ever before; only now, readers get to be introduced to him as a teenager. The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos, released on January 3rd, is a YA novel that any lover of the supernatural is […]
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