Children & Young Adults Fiction - Social Issues

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Star Power (Talent)

Zoey Dean

From multi-million-copy-selling Zoey Dean comes the next addition to the Talent series! Mac, Emily, Coco and Becks are so over BAMS— which means their focus has turned to hitting the Big Time. Emily's on the set of her first movie, ...

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Published: Apr 2009

Fever

Lauren DeStefano

BThe INew York Times /Ibestselling sequel to IWither/I reveals a world as captivating—and as treacherous—as the one Rhine left behind./BPRhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but they’re still in danger. Outside, they find...

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Published: Feb 2013

Wither (The Chemical Garden Trilogy)

Lauren DeStefano

By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males born with a lifespan of 25 years, and females a lifespan of 20 years--leaving the world in a state of panic. Geneti...

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Published: Feb 2012

Revenge of the Girl With the Great Pe...

Elizabeth Eulberg

A hilarious novel from Elizabeth Eulberg about taking the wall out of the wallflower so she can bloom.Don't mess with a girl with a great personality.Everybody loves Lexi. She's popular, smart, funny . . . but she's never been one of ...

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Published: Feb 2014

Breathing Underwater

Alexandra Flinn

Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive fa...

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Published: Oct 2002

The Great Gilly Hopkins

Katherine Paterson

Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's disliked them all. She has a county-wide reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable. So when she's sent to live with...

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Published: Jun 1987

Invitation Only (Private, Book 2)

Kate Brian

Reed Brennan's future is looking as bright as the two-karat diamonds in her new housemates' ears. Being accepted to the most prestigious private boarding school in the country wasn't enough for Reed. She had to break every rule to do ...

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Published: Nov 2006

A Swift Pure Cry

Siobhan Dowd

Ireland 1984.After Shell's mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from he...

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Published: Sep 2008

Sea Change

Aimee Friedman

Sixteen-year-old Miranda Merchant is great at science. . .and not so great with boys. After major drama with her boyfriend and (now ex) best friend, she's happy to spend the summer on small, mysterious Selkie Island, helping her moth...

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Published: Jun 2010

Body Check

Robert Hirschfeld

Twelve-year-old Brent Mullen discovers that the new assistant hockey coach is teaching the defensemen on his team illegal moves to help them win at any cost.

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Published: Nov 2003

Fish in a Tree

Lynda Mullaly Hunt

"Fans of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder will appreciate this feel-good story of friendship and unconventional smarts.” —Kirkus ReviewsAlly has been smart enough to fool a lot of smart people. Every time she lands in a new school, she i...

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Published: Mar 2017

Hold Still

Nina LaCour

In the wake of her best friend IngridÕs suicide, Caitlin is left alone, struggling to find hope and answers. When she finds the journal Ingrid left behind for her, she begins a journey of understanding and broadening her horizons tha...

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Published: Oct 2010

Teach Me

R. A. Nelson

Teach Me invites readers inside an experience that fascinates everyone—an affair between a teacher and student—and gives an up-close-and-personal answer to the question: How does this happen? The hardcover edition of Teach Me was ...

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Published: Apr 2007

Holes

Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Cam...

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Published: Aug 2001

They All Fall Down

Roxanne St Claire

If you can't wait for the premiere of Fox TV's hot new series, Scream Queens, you will race through the pages of this pulse-pounding thriller. It's Pretty Little Liars meets Final Destination as this group of high school elites unco...

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Published: Mar 2016

The List

Siobhan Vivian

An intense look at the rules of high school attraction -- and the price that's paid for them.It happens every year before homecoming -- the list is posted all over school. Two girls are picked from each grade. One is named the prettie...

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Published: Jan 2014

Keep in Touch: Letters, Notes, and Mo...

Ann Brashares

Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great; they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Lena decides they s...

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Published: Apr 2005

Girl in the Arena

Lise Haines

As a modern gladiator's daughter, Lyn and her family live by the rules of the Gladiator Sports Association. But those rules can turn against you. When Lyn's seventh father dies in the ring, his opponent, Uber, captures Lyn's dowry bra...

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Published: Aug 2010

The Rainbow Fish (Board Book)

Marcus Pfister

A board book edition of a popular modern classic follows the tale of a beautiful iridescent fish, who suffers a life of loneliness until he decides to share his glittering scales with a catch of new friends.

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Published: Jan 1999

Fat Girl

Marilyn Sachs

Jeff Lyons can't stand Ellen de Luca, the fat girl in his ceramics class. She's huge, clumsy, can't throw a pot to save her life, and stares at Jeff all the time. But he's a 'nice guy' and feels terrible when Ellen overhears his hurtf...

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Published: Apr 2007

Pretty Little Liars: Ali's Pretty Lit...

Sara Shepard

Perfect for fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling series and the hit ABC Family TV show, this Pretty Little Liars prequel novel reveals Ali's secrets from before she was murdered.Rewind a few years to seventh grade: Alison DiLaure...

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Published: Dec 2013

Theodora Twist

Melissa Senate

'I'm going to have to come up with something really good to get you back into the public's good graces. I have no idea what, but trust me. I'll think of something.'Well that's what Theodora pays her agent $100,000 a year for, isn't it...

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Published: Nov 2007

The Unexpected Everything

Morgan Matson

Andie must learn to embrace the beauty in chaos in this New York Times bestselling novel about friendship, finding yourself, and all the joys in life that happen while you’re busy making other plans.Andie has a plan. And she always ...

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Published: Apr 2017

If You Could Be Mine

Sara Farizan

This Forbidden Romance Could Cost Them Their LivesWinner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult One of Rolling Stone's 40 Best YA Novels A 2014 ALA Rainbow List Top 10 Title A Booklist Top 10 First Novels for You...

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Published: Sep 2014

Becoming Chloe

Catherine Ryan Hyde

Meet Jordy. He's on his own in New York City. Nobody to depend on; nobody depending on him. And it's been working fine.Until this girl comes along. She's 18 and blond and pretty–her world should be perfect. But she's seen things no ...

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Published: Nov 2008

Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

Morgan Matson

Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad recently died in a car accident. So Amy embarks on a road trip to escape from it all, d...

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Published: May 2011

Dead to You

Lisa McMann

A powerful psychological thriller with a shocking twist from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy.Ethan was abducted from his front yard when he was just seven years old. Now, at sixteen, he has returned to his fa...

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Published: Dec 2012

Just in Case

Meg Rosoff

David Case never questions his ordinary suburban life -- until one fateful day, a brush with death brings him face to face with his own mortality. Suddenly, everywhere he looks he sees catastrophe, disaster, the ruin of the human race...

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Published: Feb 2008

A Summer Girls Novel (Girls In Love)

Hailey Abbott

Hot days. Hotter nights. The girls are back. JESSICA: Connor and I are in love, and we're both ready to take the next step. So then why is he spending all his time with another girl? LARA: I thought Andrew and I were through, and I m...

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Published: May 2010

Saints and Misfits

S. K. Ali

A William C. Morris Award FinalistAn Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017Saints and Misfits is a "timely and authentic" (School Library Journal, starred review) debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life...

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Published: Jun 2018
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