Children & Young Adults Fiction - Social Issues

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Judy Moody, Mood Martian

Megan McDonald

It's Backwards Day, so Judy Moody double-dares herself to become Queen of the Good Mood for one whole week. Can she do it?Will the real Judy Moody please stand up? In honor of Backwards Day, Judy Moody decides to turn that frown upsid...

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Published: Apr 2018

Winter Longing

Tricia Mills

When Winter's boyfriend is killed in a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness, she's robbed of the future she'd only just allowed herself to believe might be hers. Winter and Spencer had been destined for one another. And after his dea...

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Published: Aug 2010

The Beautiful Lost (Point Paperbacks)...

Luanne Rice

Here are three things to know about Maia:1. Ever since her mother left, Maia's struggled with depression -- which once got so bad, she had to go to an institution for a while. She doesn't want to go back.2. Maia's sure that if she fin...

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Published: Dec 2018

Last Night I Sang to the Monster

Benjamin Alire Saenz

Last Night I Sang to the Monster was chosen as one of the Top Ten YA Books of Fiction in 2010.Zach is eighteen, bright, and articulate. He's also an alcoholic, in rehab instead of high school, but he doesn't remember how he got there....

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Published: Jan 2012

Marcelo In The Real World

Francisco X. Stork

The paperback edition of one of the most acclaimed novels of the year -- a love story & legal drama that received five starred reviews and multiple honors. Marcelo Sandoval hears music no one else can hear--part of the autism-like imp...

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Published: Feb 2011

The Program

Suzanne Young

In this "gripping tale for lovers of dystopian romance" (Kirkus Reviews), true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program.Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. Wit...

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Published: Mar 2014

The Treatment (Program)

Suzanne Young

Can Sloane and James survive the lies and secrets surrounding them, or will The Program claim them in the end? Find out in this sequel to The Program, which Publishers Weekly called "chilling and suspenseful."How do you stop...

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Published: Mar 2015

Jinx

Meg Cabot

The only thing Jean Honeychurch hates more than her boring name (not Jean Marie, or Jeanette, just . . . Jean) is her all-too-appropriate nickname, Jinx. Misfor-tune seems to follow her everywhere she goes—which is why she's thrill...

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Published: May 2009

Messenger

Lois Lowry

For the past six years, Matty has lived in Village and flourished under the guidance of Seer, a blind man, known for his special sight. Village was a place that welcomed newcomers, but something sinister has seeped into Village and th...

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Published: Jan 2009

Chicken Boy

Frances O'Roark Dowell

Meet Tobin McCauley. He's got a near-certifiable grandmother, a pack of juvenile-delinquent siblings, and a dad who's not going to win father of the year any time soon. To top it off, Tobin's only friend truly believes that the study ...

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Published: Jan 2007

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snoggi...

Louise Rennison

There are six things very wrong with my life: 1. I have one of those under-the-skin spots that will never come to a head but lurk in a red way for the next two years. 2. It is on my nose 3. I have a three-year-old sister who may ha...

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Published: Apr 2001

How I Live Now

Meg Rosoff

"Every war has turning points and every person too."Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away...

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Published: Apr 2006

The Clique #10: P.S. I Loathe You (Cl...

Lisi Harrison

Massie Block: When the Pretty Committee deems its boy-fast null and void, boy fever sweeps through BOCD. What better way to backhandspring into new crush Dempsey's heart-and make old crush Derrington jealous-than cheer for him on the ...

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Published: Feb 2009

The Clique

Lisi Harrison

The social minefields most privileged middle-school girls drive the over-the-top drama in this addictive new book, set in suburban New York City's Westchester County. Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and Whitestrip smile,...

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Published: May 2004

Freckle Juice

Judy Blume

Andrew wants freckles more than anything else, so Sharon offers to sell him her secret freckle recipe. When Andrew turns green from the recipe, and blue from his own freckle-making brew, it's doubtful he'll ever wish for freckles agai...

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Published: Jul 1978

The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too!

Mo Willems

A Smidgeon of Pigeon by Mo Willems How does it feel to be a Pigeon? Well, the bus driver is trying to get him to act happy, but as we all know, this is one bird that is not going to be told what to do! Throughout this hilarious board ...

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Published: Apr 2005

Sun-kissed (Au Pairs)

Melissa de La Cruz

Sometimes when the sun shines, it scorches.Third time's the charm as Mara, Eliza, and Jacqui head back to the Hamptons. This summer the au pairs are doing it right: in style, in step, and 'in' everywhere. Mara has the VIP hookup at al...

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Published: May 2007

Dial L for Loser (Clique Series #6)

Lisi Harrison

The social minefields most privileged middle-school girls drive the over-the-top drama in this addictive new book, set in suburban New York City's Westchester County. Massie Block: With her glossy brunette bob and Whitestrip smile, Ma...

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Published: Aug 2006

Wherever Nina Lies

Lynn Weingarten

Nina was beautiful, wild, and adored by her younger sister, Ellie. But one day, Nina disappeared. 2 years later, everyone has given up hope that Nina will return, but Ellie knows her sister is out there. If only Ellie had a clue wher...

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Published: Feb 2010

Bling Addiction: Fast Girls, Hot Boys...

Kylie Adams

The second novel in the Fast Girls, Hot Boys series set in Miami is a saga of ex-boyfriend betrayal, hip-hop dreaming, exclusive warehouse parties, dancing for cash, and exposed secrets. Five friends live out their senior year in a wo...

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Published: Aug 2006

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to Y...

Peter Cameron

This is the story of one summer in the life of James Sveck, aged eighteen. James is a sophisticated, vulnerable young man with a deep appreciation for the world, and no idea how to live in it. His parents are suspect, his sister is pr...

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Published: Apr 2009

The Nightmare Garden: The Iron Codex ...

Caitlin Kittredge

Everything Aoife thought she knew about the world was a lie. There is no Necrovirus. And Aoife isn't going to succomb to madness because of a latent strain—she will lose her faculties because she is allergic to iron. Aoife isn't hum...

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Published: Feb 2013

Saving Francesca

Melina Marchetta

MOST OF MY friends now go to Pius Senior College, but my mother wouldn't allow it because she says the girls there leave with limited options and she didn't bring me up to have limitations placed upon me. If you know my mother, you'll...

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Published: May 2006

Stop, Train, Stop! a Thomas the Tank ...

Wilbert Vere Awdry

Illustrated in full color. When Thomas the Tank Engine decides to bypass his usual stops and speed directly to the end of the line, havoc ensues. Thomas is in such a hurry that the passengers can't get on or off, and everything gets b...

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Published: Jan 1998

The Berenstain Bears Get the Gimmies ...

Stan Berenstain

Brother and Sister Bear want everything in sight, and they throw tantrums when they don't get what they want. Wisely Mama and Papa deal with this childhood malady by teaching the cubs about the family budget and the importance of appr...

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Published: Oct 1988

Desire Lines

Jack Gantos

When sixteen-year-old Walker gets caught up in a witch-hunt against homosexuals, he is left to stand by and watch as a tragedy unfolds.

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Published: Jan 1997

Last Summer (Summer Boys)

Hailey Abbott

IIt's the last summer at Pebble Beach before everyone goes off to college. George and Beth are no longer together, but will they make up before Beth heads off to (oh, the irony) GEORGEtown? Kelsi has a new college boy around for the s...

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Published: May 2007

The Carrie Diaries

Candace Bushnell

The Carrie Diaries is the coming-of-age story of one of the most iconic characters of our generation. Before Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was a small-town girl who knew she wanted more. She's ready for real life to start, but fi...

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Published: May 2011

Sisters in Sanity

Gayle Forman

Have you ever had the out-of-control dream? The one where you know you're not crazy, but no one around you—not your parents, not your teachers, not even the authorities—will listen to you? For sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill, th...

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Published: May 2009

Almost Famous, A Talent novel (Talent...

Zoey Dean

Almost Famous is the next offering in the ueat, überchic Talent series from bestselling phenomenon Zoey Dean, about friendship, betrayal, and the L.A. elite. Mackenzie Little-Armstrong's life is almost perfect. She has discovered an ...

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Published: Nov 2008
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