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Young Adult Recommendations

 

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1. The field guide to the North American teenager

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Author:
Philippe, Ben
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YA P5516fi
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When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie."

2. I kissed Shara Wheeler: a novel

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McQuiston, Casey
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After seventeen-year-olds Chloe and Shara - Chloe's rival for valedictorian - kiss, Shara vanishes leaving Chloe and two boys, who are also enamored with Shara, to follow the trail of clues she left behind. But during the search, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to Shara and her small Alabama town than she thought. Chloe Green is so close to winning. She's spent the four years since her moms moved her from Southern California to Alabama...

3. The lesbiana's guide to Catholic school

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Reyes, Sonora
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YA R4574Le
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Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.

4. One of us is lying

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Author:
McManus, Karen M.
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Bayview High series volume 1.
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One of us is lying ; bk. 1 "Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High's notorious gossip...

5. Simon vs. the Homo sapiens agenda

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Author:
Albertalli, Becky
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YA A3335si
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Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn't play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone's business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he's been emailing, will be compromised. With some...

6. "The year I stopped trying.": --a novel

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Heaney, Katie
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"Mary is having an existential crisis. She's a good student, she never gets in trouble, and she is searching for the meaning of life. She always thought she'd find it in a perfect score on the SATs. But by junior year, Mary isn't so sure anymore. The first time, it's an accident. She forgets to do a history assignment. She even crosses "history essay" off in her pristine planner. And then: Nothing happens. She doesn't burst into flames, the world...