Children & Young Adults Fiction - Social Issues

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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

Crank

Ellen Hopkins

Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, she meets a boy who introduces her to crank. At first she finds it freeing, but soon Kris...

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Published: Aug 2008

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

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

Watch Me

Lauren Barnholdt

She thinks she has nothing to hide? Ally has everything under control. She's about to move into a house full of strangers and have her life broadcast to the world, but as long as she still has her long-distance boyfriend, Corey, nothi...

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2011

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

R. J. Palacio - The Wonder Collection...

R. J. Palacio

WonderAugust (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—until now. He's about to enter fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid, then you know how h...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Feb 2017

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

Everlost

Neal Shusterman

Nick and Allie don't survive the car accident…but their souls don't exactly get where they're supposed to go either. Instead, they're caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the livin...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jan 2009

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

After Tupac & D Foster

Jacqueline Woodson

When D Foster walks into Neeka and her best friend's lives, their world opens up. D doesn't have a "real" mom constantly telling her what to do, and the girls envy her independence. But D wants nothing more than to feel conn...

Unabridged MP3-CD
Published: Jul 2009

The Pigman

Paul Zindel

John Conlan and Lorraine Jensen have to tell about something that just happened to them, about an experience too overwhelming to keep private.The two high-school sophomores come from constricting, unhappy homes, and although life seem...

Unabridged CD
Published: Mar 2009

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
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