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Teen Scene November 2018 “Risk your heart it makes things happen. You see if I am right.” ― Jenny Downham, Unbecoming
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If you're looking for a book with complex, wide-ranging family drama, try one of the books below.
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The whole thing together
by Ann Brashares
What it's about: They're the same age, they sleep in the same bedroom, and they have the same three half-sisters, but Ray and Sasha have never met. Ray's mom used to be married to Sasha's dad, and every summer the families take turns at the beach house -- until this summer, when they finally collide.
Why you might like it: Shifting points of view and compelling relationships drive this complex drama packed with revelations, romance, tragedy, and tension.
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Suffer love
by Ashley Herring Blake
Romance. Falling in love at first sight with a girl he later discovers to be the daughter of the man who destroyed his loved ones, Sam struggles to choose between his heart and the truth about the scandal linking their families. A first novel.
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Unbecoming
by Jenny Downham
What it's about: Seventeen-year-old Katie doesn't meet her grandmother, Mary, until the day she moves in with Katie and her controlling mom, Caroline. As Katie helps Mary hold on to her fading memories, she uncovers long-held secrets about Mary and Caroline...and realizes some truths about herself.
Who it's for: anyone looking for a sophisticated read about the intertwining conflicts, choices, and consequences faced by three generations of women.
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Kendra
by Coe Booth
Fiction. High schooler Kendra longs to live with her mother who, unprepared for motherhood at age fourteen, left Kendra in the care of her grandmother.
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You bring the distant near
by Mitali Perkins
What it is: an intimate glimpse into the lives of the Das women, spanning the 1960s into the 2000s.
Featuring: aspiring actress Tara and her activist sister Sonia, uprooted by their Bengali mother to grow up in 1970s New York; their daughters Anna and Chantal, both navigating the connections and divisions between cultures; and Ranee, the matriarch who clings to tradition.
Who it's for: Culturally distinct and utterly relatable, this family saga holds appeal for all kinds of readers.
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Going over
by Beth Kephart
Romance. In the early 1980s, Ada and Stefan are young, would-be lovers living on opposite sides of the Berlin Wall: Ada lives in West Berlin among rebels, punkers and immigrants; Stefan lives in East Berlin with his grandmother— and their only chance for a life together lies in a high-risk escape.
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Wicked like a wildfire
by Lana Popovi
Welcome to: Montenegro, home of twin Iris and Malina. Like every girl in their family, both sisters have a "gleam" -- a unique magical ability -- though their mother forbids them from using these gifts. After their mother is attacked, however, Iris and Malina must dig into their family's cursed history to discover the source of their power.
Series alert: This lush, detail-rich fantasy is followed by a sequel, Fierce Like a Firestorm.
For fans of: Anna-Marie McLemore and Laini Taylor.
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Daughter of smoke & bone
by Laini Taylor
Fantasy. Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known, in a unique fantasy by an award-winning author about forbidden love, an epic battle and hope for a world remade.
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Saturday Matinée for Teens
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Every day
A sixteen-year-old girl falls in love with a traveling soul who inhabits a different person every day. Rated PG-13.
Saturday, November 10 @12:30-2:00 in the Teen Center
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Black Panther
When T'Challa rises to the throne as the King of Wakanda, he faces challenges to his nation and turns to his powers as the Black Panther to save the kingdom. Rated PG-13.
Saturday, November 17 @12:30-2:45 in the Teen Center
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