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Popular New Fiction for Teens
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It's all your fault by Paul RudnickA straitlaced girl embarks on a first wild weekend of her life only to succumb to drunken recklessness and wind up in jail with a tattoo and a nose piercing, incidents she blames on her infamous, troublemaking cousin. By the author of Gorgeous.
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The smell of other people's houses by Bonnie-Sue HitchcockIntertwined stories of love, tragedy, wild luck and salvation on Alaska's wild frontier in the 1970s follows the experiences of four very different teens whose lives become entangled and who try to save each other, sometimes succeeding when they least expect it.
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The bitter side of sweet by Tara SullivanFrantically working to escape punishment by their overseers, Ivory Coast child slaves Amadou and Seydou befriend a slave newcomer whose constant attempts to escape compel the brothers to plan their own flight. By the award-winning author of Golden Boy.
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Goodbye stranger by Rebecca SteadThree best friends—a haunted accident survivor, a girl who faces a difficult choice to please the boy she likes and a girl who claims she can see through everyone's games—find their resolve to avoid fighting tested during their seventh-grade year. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me.
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I am Princess X by Cherie PriestYears after writing stories about a superheroine character she created with a best friend who died in a tragic car accident, 16-year-old Libby is shocked to see stickers, patches and graffiti images of the superheroine appearing all over town.
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This is where it ends
by Marieke Nijkamp
Minutes after the principal of Opportunity High School in Alabama finishes her speech welcoming the student body to a new semester, they discover that the auditorium doors will not open and someone starts shooting as four teens, each with a personal reason to fear the shooter, tell the tale from separate perspectives
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Code of honor by Alan GratzWhen his brother is wrongly labeled a terrorist, 17-year-old Iranian-American Kamran Smith joins a ragtag team of underground intelligence professionals to prove his brother's innocence and prevent a large-scale terrorist attack.
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Until Friday night : a Field party novel
by Abbi Glines
In the small town of Lawton, Alabama, star high school quarterback West Ashby meets new girl Maggie Carlton, both battling feelings of grief and sorrow
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This way home by Wes MooreStanding up to a malevolent street gang that wants to force his team to wear their colors in a tournament, talented basketball player Elijah struggles to stay strong and choose between revenge and forgiveness in order to save his neighborhood.
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Young man with camera by Emil SherA provocative depiction of bullying in a visual format follows the experiences of a talented young photographer who captures the assault of a homeless woman by violent bullies who have also been tormenting him.
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Taking Flight
by Sheena Maria Wilkinson
After his mother overdoses, Declan is forced to move in with his aunt and cousin "Princess" Vicky and finds a connection to the horses at a showjumping ring
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Awake
by Natasha Preston
"A car accident causes Scarlett to start remembering pieces of an unfamiliar past. When a new guy moves into town, Scarlett feels an instant spark. But Noah knows the truth of Scarlett's past, and he's determined to shield her from it...because Scarlett grew up in a cult called Eternal Light, controlled by her biological parents. And they want her back"
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Daughter of deep silence by Carrie RyanA teen is hunted by a dangerous and wealthy family when she refuses to help cover up the truth after surviving an attack on a luxury yacht that killed her friend and family. By the best-selling author of the Forest of Hands and Teeth trilogy.
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Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. SchmidtTwelve-year-old Jack narrates the story of foster teen Joseph, who after serving time in a juvenile facility has been placed with a family on a rural Maine farm and who resolves to track down the daughter he has never met.
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Need by Joelle CharbonneauWhen the teens at Wisconsin's Nottawa High School are increasingly drawn into a social networking site that promises to grant their every need, the community spirals into anarchy as the site compels them to commit increasingly malicious pranks.
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The last good day of the year
by Jessica Warman
Ten years after Samantha and her next door neighbor Remy watched as a man broke into Sam's home and lifted her younger sister, Turtle, from her sleeping bag, Sam's shattered family returns to her childhood home in an effort to heal, and the more they re-examine the events of that fateful night, the more questions they have about what really happened to Turtle.
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Losers take all : a novel by David KlassForced to join a sports team with his ragtag band of anti-athletic friends, Jack starts a rebel soccer team that is secretly dedicated to avoiding victory and undermining his school's jock culture, with unexpected results.
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The good girls by Sara ShepardA sequel to The Perfectionists finds Mackenzie, Ava, Caitlin, Julie and Parker wondering if they are being framed when another person they fantasize about killing dies.
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Paperweight by Meg HastonEnduring months in a treatment center for a life-threatening eating disorder, 17-year-old Stevie is haunted by guilt for the accident that caused her brother's death and secretly plans to commit suicide.
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Another day by David LevithanIn this enthralling companion to his best-seller Every Day, David Levithan tells Rhiannon's side of the story as she seeks to discover the truth about love and how it can change you.
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Wolf by wolf by Ryan GraudinIn a tale set in an alternate-history mid-20th century where the Axis powers have won World War II, Yael, a death camp escapee, aspires to win a high-profile motorcycle race so that she can assassinate Hitler. By the author of The Walled City.
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Infinite in between by Carolyn MacklerMaking a pact to reunite at graduation after meeting during freshman orientation, five teens struggle with family dynamics, heartbreak and shifting senses of identity while changing in unanticipated ways.
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Girl online : the first novel by Zoella
by Zoe Sugg
Under the alias Girl Online, Penny blogs about her life including her panic attacks, and when things get worse, her family take her to New York where Penny falls for a boy who has a secret that might ruin her online cover and her closest friendship
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I crawl through it by A. S. KingFour teens shattered by high pressure, loss, grief and trauma cope by lying, dissociating and imagining themselves far away before finding the courage to confront their problems head-on. By the award-winning author of Please Ignore Vera Dietz.
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Dumplin' by Julie MurphyQuestioning her plus-sized body for the first time when an athletic boy appears to return her affections, Willowdean enters her city's beauty pageant and uses her sassy styles and talents to compete against thinner contestants.
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Never always sometimes by Adi AlsaidResolving to avoid high school clichés, best friends Dave and Julia maintain strict rules about behaviors to avoid while Dave secretly hides his crush on Julia, a situation that is complicated by Julia's impetuous decision to break every rule.
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What We Saw by Aaron HartzlerA tale inspired by true events critically depicts the consequences of silence as a form of complicity in the aftermath of a party during which a girl had been raped and other partygoers covered up the crime.
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Life unaware by Cole GibsenA wealthy, popular Ivy League-bound girl who hides an anxiety disorder learns the consequences of her social media bullying after a high-profile retaliation prompts her to team up with an outcast to regain her social standing.
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The game of Love and Death by Martha BrockenbroughGrowing up a few blocks away from each other in 1920s Seattle, African-American teen Flora and white boy Henry forge a deep bond over their shared love of jazz music, unaware that their taboo relationship is being manipulated by eternal adversaries, Love and Death.
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Emmy & Oliver by Robin BenwayRebelling against her parents' constant worrying, Emmy reunites with a former best friend, Oliver, who was kidnapped by his noncustodial father a decade earlier, a situation that has shaped both of their perspectives.
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Gone too far
by Natalie D. Richards
When high school senior Piper Woods finds a notebook with mutilated photographs and a list of student sins, she is sure the book is too gruesome to be true, but when a student from the list dies, and although everyone thinks it is a suicide, she suspectssomething much worse, and her fears are confirmed when she receives an anonymous text daring her to make things right
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