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	Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Meg Medina Publisher Candlewick Press Genre(s) Contemporary Bullying Family Diversity One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn’t even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she’s done to piss her off. Word is that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks,... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	How My Summer Went Up in Flames Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Jennifer Salvato Doktorski Publisher Simon Pulse Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Rosie’s always been impulsive. She didn’t intend to set her cheating ex-boyfriend’s car on fire. And she never thought her attempts to make amends could be considered stalking. So when she’s served with a temporary restraining order on the first day of summer vacation, she’s heartbroken—and... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.0 5.0 (1)
	Fifteenth Summer Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Michelle Dalton Publisher Simon Pulse Genre(s) Realistic Fiction Contemporary Romance Love blossoms by the lake in this sweet summer romance, in the tradition of Seventeeth Summer and Sixteenth Summer.Chelsea isn’t looking forward to her summer at the lake. It’s the first time her family has been there since her grandmother died, and she can’t break out of her... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.0 0.0 (0)
	The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 3 Author(s) Julie Kagawa Publisher Harlequin TEEN Genre(s) Science Fantasy Vampires Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a vampire prince who wants her dead yet may become... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.7 (5) 4.3 (3)
	The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave #1) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Rick Yancey Publisher Putnam Juvenile Genre(s) Aliens Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction The Passage meets Ender's Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 (2) 5.0 (1)
	Our Song Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Jordanna Fraiberg Publisher Razorbill Genre(s) Contemporary Romance Olive Bell has spent her entire life in the beautiful suburb of Vista Valley, with a picture-perfect home, a loving family, and a seemingly perfect boyfriend. But after a near-fatal car accident, she’s haunted by a broken heart and a melody that she cannot place. Then... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.7 0.0 (0)
	The Boyfriend App Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Katie Sise Publisher Balzer + Bray Genre(s) Contemporary Romance Realistic Fiction Humor In The Boyfriend App by Katie Sise, super-smart, somewhat geeky Audrey McCarthy can’t wait to get out of high school. Her father’s death and the transformation of her one-time BFF, Blake Dawkins, into her worst nightmare have her longing for the new start college will bring.... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 4.5 (2)
	Fat Angie Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) E.E. Charlton-Trujillo Publisher Candlewick Press Genre(s) Contemporary Her sister was captured in Iraq, she’s the resident laughingstock at school, and her therapist tells her to count instead of eat. Can a daring new girl in her life really change anything? Angie is broken — by her can’t-be-bothered mother, by her high-school tormenters, and... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	The End Games Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) T. Michael Martin Publisher Balzer + Bray Genre(s) Post-Apocalyptic It happened on Halloween. The world ended. And a dangerous Game brought it back to life. Seventeen-year-old Michael and his five-year-old brother, Patrick, have been battling monsters in The Game for weeks. In the rural mountains of West Virginia, armed with only their rifle... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.0 3.0 (1)
	Moonglass Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Jessi Kirby Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Realistic Fiction When Anna was little, she and her mother used to search for sea glass, but since they looked at night, they called it moonglass. Now, ten years after her mother's mysterious death, her father is working as head lifeguard on the same beach where... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 4.3 (2)
	Sweet Peril (The Sweet Trilogy #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 3 Author(s) Wendy Higgins Publisher HarperTeen Genre(s) Paranormal Romance Anna Whitt, daughter of a guardian angel and a demon, promised herself she'd never do the work of her father--polluting souls. She'd been naive to make such a claim. She'd been naive about a lot of things. Haunted by demon... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	Mojo Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Tim Tharp Publisher Knopf Books for Young Readers Genre(s) Fantasy Mystery All Dylan wants is mojo. What is mojo? It's power. The ability to command respect. It's everything Dylan doesn't have. He gets no respect at school, and when he finds the dead body of a classmate, even the police push him around. All the thanks he... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 4.2 (2)
	Belonging (A Temptation Novel #2) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Karen Ann Hopkins Publisher Harlequin TEEN Genre(s) Contemporary Romance I left everything I knew behind. But it was worth it. He was worth it. No one thought an ordinary girl like me would last two minutes living with the Amish, not even me. There are a lot more rules... Read more Read reviews Write review	3.3 0.0 (0)
	Breathless (Elemental #2.5) Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Brigid Kemmerer Publisher Kensington Genre(s) Paranormal Contemporary Too many secrets. Not enough time. Nick Merrick is supposed to be the level-headed one. The peacemaker. Since it's just him and his three hotheaded brothers against the world, that's a survival tactic. But now he's got problems even his... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.0 4.0 (1)
	The Obsidian Mirror Featured Books » Young Adult Fiction 0 Author(s) Catherine Fisher Publisher Dial Genre(s) Science Fiction Fantasy Adventure Time Travel Teen Fiction The obsidian mirror. Its power is great and terrible. Men have been lost in it, the dead brought back to life through it, and the future annihilated by it. Or this is what will happen unless the mirror is destroyed. Three people seek the mirror: the... Read more Read reviews Write review	4.3 3.8 (2)

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