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Laughter can improve your mood, so pick up one of these giggle-inducing novels today. These titles are classified as Teen High School (TH) and can be found in the Teen section of the library unless otherwise noted.
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Being Mary Bennet
by J. C. Peterson
Determined to reinvent herself, 17-year-old Marnie Barnes, with the help of her bubbly roommate, opens herself up to new experiences, new friends, a very cute boy, and a rescue pup, finally learning to embrace who she really is.
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One True Loves
by Elise Bryant
While on a post-graduation Mediterranean cruise with her family, Lenore Bennett meets a hopeless romantic with a 10-year plan who helps her find something she's been looking for - love, in this companion novel to Happily Ever Afters.
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Gut Check
by Eric Kester
When star quarterback Brett suffers a terrible concussion, his brother Wyatt must decide if keeping his brother's secret is worth the risk to their relationship and their town's economic future.
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It Only Happens in the Movies
by Holly Bourne
Turning cynical about love in the face of her parents’ acrimonious divorce, her own shifting relationships, and the fictional portrayals of love in movies, Audrey bonds with a flirtatious co-worker, Harry, who encourages her to take a chance in the real world.
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Girls Save the World in this One
by Ash Parsons
Looking forward to the panels, photo ops, and celebrity appearances at the ZombieCon fan convention, June and her girl-power friends discover that real zombies have taken over the event, prompting a daring plan to save the world.
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This Will be Funny Someday
by Katie Henry
Sixteen-year-old Izzy has stumbled across her dream of doing stand-up comedy, but hiding it from family and friends is causing her many untruths to quickly unravel.
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Once Upon a Quinceañera
by Monica Gomez-Hira
Accepting a humiliating unpaid internship working as a party princess in a ball gown, romance-minded Carmen embarks on a summer that is shaped by blistering Miami heat, an unexpected attraction, and a spoiled cousin’s quinceañera.
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Charming as a Verb
by Ben Philippe
Hiding less-than-honest business practices behind his charming smile and Ivy League ambition, a popular Haitian-American star debater is blackmailed by an intense classmate who wants to improve her image at school.
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I'll Be the One
by Lyla Lee
A nuanced celebration of body positivity follows the experiences of a plus-sized teen girl who shatters expectations on a televised competition to become the next big K-pop star.
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My Lady Jane
by Cynthia Hand
A fantastical, comedic romance adventure inspired by the true story of Lady Jane Grey follows the experiences of a 16-year-old noblewoman who, on the eve of her marriage to a stranger, is swept up in a conspiracy to usurp the throne from her cousin.
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Layoverland
by Gabby Noone
Awakening on a flight to purgatory after hurting her beloved younger sister, Bea is charged with saving thousands of souls to secure her place in heaven before discovering that one of her first assignments involves helping the boy who caused her fatal accident.
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The Remarkable Inventions of Walter Mortinson
by Quinn Sosna-Spear
Running away in the family hearse when a famed inventor offers him an apprenticeship, Walter and his moody next-door neighbor journey through a strange landscape of fish-people, giantess miners, and hypnotized honeybees on an adventure of family revelations and new prospects.
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How You Ruined My Life
by Jeff Strand
Rod's life is going well until his rich prankster cousin, Blake, moves in for three months. Blake ruins everything by moving into Rod's room and moving in on his girlfriend.
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Zen and the Art of Faking It
by Jordan Sonnenblick
When San Lee moves to a new town and school for the umpteenth time, he is looking for a way to stand out when his knowledge of Zen Buddhism provides the answer and the need to quickly become a convincing Zen master.
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Rebel Belle
by Rachel Hawkins
Seventeen-year-old Harper Price's charmed life is turned upside down when she discovers she's been given magical powers in order to protect her school nemesis David Stark, who is an Oracle.
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American Panda
by Gloria Chao
Struggling with guilt stemming from her parents' cultural expectations about her future as a proper wife and doctor, a 17-year-old Taiwanese-American college freshman hides the truth about her germ phobia and her crush on a Japanese classmate before reconnecting with her brother, who is estranged from the family for dating the wrong woman.
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Heretics Anonymous
by Katie Henry
When nonbeliever Michael transfers to a Catholic school in eleventh grade, he quickly connects with a secret support group intent on exposing the school's hypocrisies one stunt at a time.
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We Are the Perfect Girl by A. E. KaplanA warmhearted retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac finds two teens, the outgoing Aphra and the beautiful Bethany, working together in an unintentionally escalating deception to win the heart of a mutual crush.
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Again, but Better by Christine RiccioFeeling unfulfilled by a first college year spent entirely studying, a pre-med student signs up for a semester abroad in London, where her pursuits of friendship, romance, and adventure are complicated by fish-out-of-water realities.
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Save the Date
by Morgan Matson
When seventeen-year-old Charlie Grant's four older siblings reunite for a wedding, she is determined they will have a perfect weekend before the family home is sold, but last-minute disasters abound.
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