Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Ten Things I Hate About Me.
Lebanese-Australian Jamilah, known in school as Jamie, hides her heritage from
her classmates and tries to pass by dyeing her hair blonde and wearing blue-tinted
contact lenses, until her conflicted feelings become too much for her to bear.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Catalyst.
Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a preacher's daughter,
finds herself losing control in her senior year as she faces difficult neighbors,
the possibility that she may not be accepted by the college of her choice,
and an unexpected death.
Booth, Coe. Kendra.
Kendra is thrilled her mom, Renee, has completed her Ph.D. program—now
they can finally be a real family. But is Renee excited for their future together,
too?
Bowers, Laura. Beauty Shop for Rent.
Raised by a great-grandmother and a bunch of beauty shop buddies, fourteen-year-old
Abbey resolves to overcome her unhappy childhood and disillusionment with the
mother who deserted her.
Caletti, Deb. Six Rules of Maybe.
Scarlet, an introverted high school junior surrounded by outcasts who find her
a good listener, learns to break old patterns and reach for hope when her pregnant
sister moves home with her new husband, with whom Scarlet feels an instant connection.
Conner, Leslie. Waiting for Normal.
Left to live in an old trailer under the overhead train track with Mommers, Addie
is the child that has to learn to take care of herself. She almost succeeds.
Dessen, Sarah. Along for the Ride.
When Auden decides to spend the summer before college with her father and stepmother
in a small beach town, she finds herself freed to discover a new world of friendship
with other girls, as well as an unexpected romance with Eli, a fellow insomniac,
who joins her in exploring the late night world of the small town.
Egan, Jennifer. A Visit From the Goon Squad.
Working side-by-side for a record label, former punk rocker Bennie Salazar and the passionate Sasha hide illicit secrets from one another while interacting with a motley assortment of equally troubled people from 1970s San Francisco to the post-war future.
Friedman, Aimee. The Year My Sister Got Lucky.
When fourteen-year-old Katie and her older sister, Michaela, move from New York
City to upstate New York, Katie is horrified by the country life-style but is
even more shocked when her sister adapts effortlessly, enjoying their new life,
unlike Katie.
Johnson, Maureen. Girl at Sea.
High-school junior Clio Ford reluctantly gives up her dream job and a potential
first kiss to take a working vacation with her estranged father on a yacht
in Italy.
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks.
Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses
to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to,
Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks.
Lodato, Victor. Mathilda Savitch.
Mathilda investigates her older sister's shattering death and learns perplexing truths when she accesses her sister's computer journals and reads about a secret underworld life.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Off-Season.
High school junior D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured
brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with
her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.
Ostow, Micol. So Punk Rock (and Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother) .
Four suburban New Jersey students from the Leo R. Gittleman Jewish Day School form a rock band that becomes inexplicably popular, creating exhiliration, friction, confrontation, and soul-searching among its members.
Pearson, Mary. The Miles Between.
Seventeen-year-old Destiny keeps a painful childhood secret all to herself until
she and three classmates from her exclusive boarding school take off on an
unauthorized road trip in search of "one fair day.”
Stork, Francisco X. Last Summer of the Death Warriors.
Seventeen-year-old Pancho is bent on avenging the senseless death of his sister, but after he meets D.Q, who is dying of cancer, and Marisol, one of D.Q.'s caregivers, both boys find their lives changed by their interactions.
Zevin, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac.
After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years
and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.