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Category Archives: contemporary
In Her Skin by Kim Savage
What It’s About: Sixteen-year-old con artist Jo Chastain is about to take on the biggest scam of her life: impersonating a missing girl. Life on the streets of Boston these past few years hasn’t been easy, and Jo is hoping … Continue reading
The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo
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Yentl’s Best of 2017!
Posted in Best of 2017, Break up, coming of age, contemporary, family, Friendship, geek, humor, lite romance, loss, love, nerdy, recovery, Summer
Tagged Ashley Poston, Best of 2017, Geekerella, If There's No Tomorrow, Jennifer Armentrout, Julie Israel, Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index, Morgan Matson, Smith Public Library, The Unexpected Everything, Wylie TX
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Anna’s Best of 2017!
The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis About- Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it. When her older sister, Anna, was murdered three years ago and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged … Continue reading
Posted in #metoo, Anna, Best of 2017, contemporary, family, female protagonist, female writers, Friendship, graphic novel, humor, rape culture
Tagged A Mango Shaped Space, Bad Machinery, Best of 2017, John Allison, Mindy McGinnis, Smith Public Library, The Case of the Unwelcome Visitor, The Female of the Species, Wendy Mass, Wylie TX, YA Lit
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Audrey’s Best of 2017
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas This is THE YA title of 2017. If you read one YA in 2017, this should be it. THUG is the story of 16yo Starr Carter who moves between two … Continue reading
Posted in #metoo, American History, Audrey, Best of 2017, Black History Matters, Black Lives Matter, character driven, civil rights, college, coming of age, contemporary, culturally driven, Diversity, female writers, Feminism, graphic novel, History, Immigration, Korean American, magic realism, multicultural, police brutality, realistic fiction, science fiction, time travel, urban fantasy
Tagged American Street, Angie Thomas, Best of 2017, Damian Duffy, Ibi Zoboi, Jennifer Mathieu, Kindred, Moxie, Nicola Yoon, Octavia Butler, Riot Grrrl, The Hate U Give, The Sun is Also a Star, THUG, YALit
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Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Viv is fed up with the sexual misconduct and harassment at her high school in Texas. Inspired by her mom’s Riot Grrrrl days, she starts an anonymous zine to combat the injustices being experienced, which in … Continue reading
Posted in Audrey, coming of age, contemporary, female writers, Feminism, rape culture
Tagged Jennifer Mathieu, Moxie, Smith Public Library, Wylie TX
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Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green About: It all begins with a fugitive billionaire and the promise of a cash reward. Turtles All the Way Down is about lifelong friendship, the intimacy of an unexpected reunion, Star Wars … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary, mental illness, realistic fiction
Tagged john green, Smith Public Library, Turtles All the Way Down, Wylie TX
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I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo Desi is the student-body president, a straight A student, on the soccer team, and is planning to go to Stanford and become a surgeon. She, also, believes that you can … Continue reading
The Unlikelies by Carrie Firestone
The Unlikelies by Carrie Firestone WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Rising high school senior Sadie is bracing herself for a long, lonely, and boring summer. Her best friend has left for college, she just broke up with her boyfriend, and she’s working … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary, lite romance, realistic fiction
Tagged Carrie Firestone, Smith Public Library, The Unlikelies, Wylie TX
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I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
I Believe In a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo About: A disaster in romance, high school senior Desi Lee decides to tackle her flirting failures by watching Korean television dramas, where the hapless heroine always seems to end up … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary, dating, Diversity, Korean American, love, Yentl, young adult
Tagged I Believe in a Thing Called Love, K Drama, Korean American, Maurene Goo
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