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-- Five hundred words or less2020., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Realistic Fic Del Rosario Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In an attempt to salvage her reputation after she cheated on her boyfriend, Nic has offered to write their college admissions essays. As she learns more about her classmates' inner lives while writing their essays, she has to search her own experiences--not just the cheating, but also being abandoned by her mother.
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2017., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Adventure Fic Watson Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After his younger brother's accident--one more event in a long list of awful life events--Caleb Tosh's mom walks out on the family. Sick of it all, Caleb retreats into the virtual-reality game he plays obsessively, The Boneyard. With everything in his real life so awful, Caleb's only happiness comes from that game, and before he knows it, his reality and virtual reality seem to become the same thing in his quest to Ascend and become Worthy.
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c2008., Juvenile, Tundra Books ; Tundra Books of Northern New York Call No: Historical fiction FIC CRAIG Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Traveling to South Africa with her journalist mother, thirteen-year-old Kim finds her life forever changed as she explores the country's diverse and often shocking history, while trying to unlock the secret that has always kept her from knowing her father.
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[2013]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: Dystopian FIC Roth Book 3 Edition: First edition. Genre: Dystopian Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Tris and Tobias enact a daring plan to go outside of the fence, they hope for a simpler life but instead encounter new truths and sacrifices that must be made for the good of all.
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Ã2013., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: DYSTOPIA Edition: 1st pbk. ed., 2016. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Divergent Volume: bk 3Summary Note: "The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered--fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known, Tris is ready"--Provided by publisher.
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c2009., Adolescent, Delacorte Press Call No: Realistic FIC Katcher Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: With his mother working long hours and in pain from a romantic break-up, eighteen-year-old Logan feels alone and unloved until a zany new student arrives at his small-town Missouri high school, keeping a big secret.
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2024., Kokila Call No: FIC HIR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family are trying to make a home in India, now independent of British rule. Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from their hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life in India feels uncertain. Nisha, his twin sister, suggests that Amil begin to tell his story through drawings meant for their mother, who died when they were just babies. Through Amil, readers witness the unwavering spirit of a young boy trying to make sense of a chaotic world, and find hope for himself and a newly reborn nation.
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[2015]., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: ROMANCE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Rhiannon is disappointed that her neglectful boyfriend Justin doesn't remember the one perfect day they shared, until a stranger tells her that the Justin she spent that day with, the one who made her feel like a real person... wasn't Justin at all"--Provided by publisher.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Sourcebooks Fire Call No: Realistic Fic Van Name Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old June feels she is nothing without her best friend, Jess, but everything changes after she is expelled and must attend a Virginia boarding school where her grandmother teaches.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: FIC PAR Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Astrid is the only child in her small Norwegian village. Then her world is turned upside down by two startling arrivals: first a new family, then a mysterious, towering woman who everyone seems to know but Astrid.
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2018., Adolescent, Simon Pulse Call No: Realistic Fic Maness Edition: First Simon Pulse paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In reality, Joss Wyatt is a simple teen girl with a close group of friends and a potential boyfriend, but when she gets bored of reality she goes online and masquerades as one of any number of fake personas she has invented for herself--a model, an art restorer, a southern bell trapped in a loveless marriage. When someone starts sending her messages threatening to unravel her carefully constructed worlds, Joss finds her real life threatened by a stalker.
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2012., Adolescent, Poppy Call No: Romance FIC Flack Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Genre: Romance Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Hannah Ward, nineteen, revels in the competition, intense rehearsals, and dazzling performances that come with being a member of Manhattan Ballet Company's corps de ballet, but after meeting handsome musician Jacob she begins to realize there could be more to her life.
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2021., Adolescent, Tor Teen Call No: FANTASY FIC MOR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Once Portland-famous and now infamous, seventeen-year-old Naema Bradshaw is an Eloko--a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore--who navigates a personal and public reckoning, confronts the limits of her priviledge, and discovers the nature of her Black girl magic.
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2021., Adolescent, Tor Teen Call No: FANTASY FIC MOR Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Once Portland-famous and now infamous, seventeen-year-old Naema Bradshaw is an Eloko--a charismatic person gifted with a melody that people adore--who navigates a personal and public reckoning, confronts the limits of her priviledge, and discovers the nature of her Black girl magic.
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By Craft, Jerry2020., General Call No: 741.5 Cra Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: New York Times bestselling author Jerry Craft returns with a companion book to New Kid, winner of the 2020 Newbery Medal, the Coretta Scott King Author Award, and the Kirkus Prize. This time, it's Jordan's friend Drew who takes center stage in another laugh-out-loud funny, powerful, and important story about being one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school.
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By Craft, Jerry[2020]., Juvenile, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: Fic Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying 'You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.' His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn't afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together. As the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important, will he finally be able to accept himself?"--From the publisher's web site.
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By Craft, Jerry[2020]., Juvenile, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: FIC CRA Edition: First edition. Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying 'You have to work twice as hard to be just as good.' His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isn't afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend like everything is fine, but it's hard not to withdraw, and even their mutual friend Jordan doesn't know how to keep the group together. As the pressures mount, will Drew find a way to bridge the divide so he and his friends can truly accept each other? And most important, will he finally be able to accept himself?"--From the publisher's web site.
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By Craft, Jerry[2020]., Juvenile, Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GN 741.5 Cra Edition: First edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he is't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together.
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By Craft, Jerry[2020]., Juvenile, Quill Tree Books/Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: GN CRA Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: New Kid Volume: 2Summary Note: "Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he is't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."--Provided by publisher.
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2024., Pre-adolescent, First Second Call No: B MAC Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "With a Thai mother and an American father, Kathy lives in two different worlds. She spends most of the year in Bangkok, where she's secretly counting the days till summer vacation. That's when her family travels for twenty-four hours straight to finally arrive in a tiny seaside town in Maine. Kathy loves Maine's idyllic beauty and all the exotic delicacies she can't get back home, like clam chowder and blueberry pie. But no matter how hard she tries, she struggles to fit in. She doesn't look like the other kids in this rural New England town. Kathy just wants to find a place where she truly belongs, but she's not sure if it's in America, Thailand... or anywhere"--
