It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini A humorous account of a New York City teenager's battle with depression and his time spent in a psychiatric hospital. -MLN Catalog Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds There are three rules in the neighborhood: Don't cry ; Don't snitch ; Get revenge. Will takes his [...]
Shelter (Mickey Bolitar #1) by Harlan Coben After tragic events tear Mickey Bolitar away from his parents, he is forced to live with his estranged Uncle Myron and switch high schools, where he finds both friends and enemies, but when his new new girlfriend, Ashley, vanishes, he follows her trail into a seedy underworld that [...]
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Being consummate fans of the Simon Snow series helped Cath and her twin sister, Wren, cope as little girls whose mother left them, but now, as they start college but not as roommates, Cath fears she is unready to live without Wren holding her hand--and without her passion for Snow. -MLN [...]
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang Prince Sebastian hides from his parents his secret life of dressing up as the hottest fashion icon in Paris, the fabulous Lady Crystallia, while his friend Frances the dressmaker strives to keep her friend's secret. -MLN Catalog Better Nate than Ever (Nate #1) by Tim Federle An [...]
Wonder by RJ Palacio Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student. [...]
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house. -MLN Catalog The Jumbies (The [...]
The Greenglass House (Green Glass House #1) by Kate Milford It's wintertime at Greenglass House. The creaky smuggler's inn is always quiet during this season, and twelve-year-old Milo, the innkeepers' adopted son, plans to spend his holidays relaxing. But on the first icy night of vacation, out of nowhere, the guest bell rings. Then rings [...]
El deafo by Cece Bell Going to school and making new friends can be tough. But going to school and making new friends while wearing a bulky hearing aid strapped to your chest? That requires superpowers! In this funny, poignant graphic novel memoir, author/illustrator Cece Bell chronicles her hearing loss at a young age and [...]
Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. -MLN Network Catalog The War the Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley A young disabled girl and her [...]
The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Book #1) by Tui Sutherland Clay has lived his whole life under the mountain. The MudWing dragonet knows war is raging between the dragon tribes in the world outside - a war that he and four other dragonets are destined to end, according to the mysterious prophecy they have [...]
