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Once and for all : a novel
by Sarah Dessen
Gaining considerable experience while working for her cynical mother's successful wedding-planner business throughout her high school years, Louna holds her own wary beliefs about love before charming playboy Ambrose joins the company and dares her to date while he attempts a long-term relationship with one woman. Simultaneous eBook.
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One of us is lying
by Karen M. McManus
When one of five students in detention is found dead, his high-profile classmates—including a brainy intellectual, a popular beauty, a drug dealer on probation and an all-star athlete—are investigated and revealed to be the subjects of the victim's latest gossip postings. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Girls' last tour. 1
by Tsukumizu
Follows the adventures of Chito and Yuuri, two girls who have survived the apocalypse and travel the ruins of the world they once knew in search of other survivors
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The lines we cross
by Randa Abdel-Fattah
A story about the power of choosing tolerance by the award-winning author of Does My Head Look Big in This? finds basketball enthusiast Michael attending anti-immigration rallies with his parents until a friendship with a Muslim refugee newcomer from Afghanistan compels him to question his family's politics. Simultaneous eBook.
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| When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonRomance. What's a modern feminist to do when she accidentally falls for the guy her parents have chosen as her future husband? That's the question facing high school grad Dimple Shah when she meets Rishi Patel at a con for app developers. They get off to a rocky start, and the sparks nearly fizzle out before they begin to fly. Though they're both smart, geeky, first-generation Indian Americans, forward-thinking Dimple is openly ambitious while the more traditional Rishi hides his true interests, leading to an odd-couple relationship that's as authentic and hysterically funny as you'd expect. Already generating buzz, this debut is a can't-miss read for romance fans. |
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Focus on: Fans and Fandom
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| Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna BreslawFiction. Though she's salty and awkward in real life (she only has two friends and one longtime crush), Scarlett's a big deal in the online fandom for the paranormal TV drama Lycanthrope High -- which makes it all the more upsetting when the show is cancelled. Deprived of new canon material, Scarlett begins writing a different kind Lycanthrope High fanfic, basing the characters on people in her real life. Despite her prickly attitude and self-centered behavior, Scarlett is a relatable mess, and readers will root for her as she faces the collision of real life and fandom. |
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Gena/Finn
by Hannah Moskowitz
"Told through emails, text messages, journal entries, and blog posts, two fans of a popular TV show become friends online, but soon realize the bond between them is more than fan fiction in this story of friendship and love through social media in the digital age"
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| Kill the Boy Band by Goldy MoldavskyFiction. Created on reality TV and molded into superstars, British boy band The Ruperts are the object of obsession for millions of fangirls. Among the most obsessive are the narrator and her friends, who love the band SO MUCH that they kidnap one of the Ruperts and tie him up their hotel room, kicking off a spiral of paranoia, recrimination, and murder. If you're hoping for a balanced take on boy-band fandom, you may want to pick up Zan Romanoff's Grace and the Fever instead; but if you want a "bitingly satirical" (Publishers Weekly) take on celebrity worship, this pitch-black comedy is for you. |
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| Fangirl by Rainbow RowellFiction. It's Cath's first year of college, and without the support of her twin sister Wren, Cath is socially adrift. She's much better at writing (especially fanfiction about Simon Snow, a Harry Potter-esque book character) than she is at talking to people, so she's surprised to find herself becoming friends with her brash roommate Reagan…and maybe more than friends with Reagan's charming ex-boyfriend, Levi. Members of real-life fandom will appreciate the subtle in-jokes, but anyone can enjoy the smart, snarky dialogue, intense family drama, and endearing romance in this coming of age story. (And if you want to get super-meta, you can follow Simon Snow's adventures in Carry On, also by Rainbow Rowell.) |
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The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You
by Lily Anderson
A first novel inspired by Much Ado About Nothing finds pop culture fangirl Trixie aspiring to defeat Ben, her rival at school, who she is forced to spend time with when their best friends start dating. Simultaneous eBook.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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San Mateo Public Library 55 West 3rd Avenue San Mateo, California 94402 (650) 522-7802www.smplibrary.org |
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