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Young Adult Recommendations

 

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1. Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging: confessions of Georgia Nicolson

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Author:
Rennison, Louise
Series:
Confessions of Georgia Nicolson volume 1.
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5 stars
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Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

2. Anne of Green Gables

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Author:
Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942
Series:
Anne of Green Gables volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Pitkin Young Adult
YA M7876gg1 1989
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"Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations. She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a girl instead of the boy they had sent for. Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne's influence in some way. We see her grow from...

3. Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

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Author:
Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
Series:
Aristotle and Dante volume 1.
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4.3 stars
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YA S12744ar 1
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Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...

4. Delirium

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Author:
Oliver, Lauren, 1982-
Series:
Delirium trilogy volume 1.
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4.4 stars
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YA O484de
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Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, she falls in love.

5. Divergent

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Author:
Roth, Veronica
Series:
Divergent trilogy volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
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In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue -- Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family...

6. The field guide to the North American teenager

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Author:
Philippe, Ben
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4.5 stars
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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."

7. The hate u give

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Author:
Thomas, Angie
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4.3 stars
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YA T4545ha
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After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died. "Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal...

8. Simon vs. the Homo sapiens agenda

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Author:
Albertalli, Becky
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4.6 stars
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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...

9. This will be funny someday

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Author:
Henry, Katie
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Sixteen-year-old Izzy is used to keeping her thoughts to herself--in school, where her boyfriend does the talking for her, and at home, where it's impossible to compete with her older siblings and high-powered parents. When she mistakenly walks into a stand-up comedy club and performs, the experience is surprisingly cathartic. After the show, she meets Mo, an aspiring comic who's everything Izzy's not: bold, confident, comfortable in her skin. Mo...

10. To all the boys I've loved before

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Author:
Han, Jenny
Series:
To all the boys I've loved before volume 1.
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4.8 stars
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YA H2334to 1
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Lara Jean has never openly admitted her crushes. Instead, she wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara...

11. Walk two moons

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Author:
Creech, Sharon
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4.4 stars
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YA C9133wa
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After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.