Ruby’s mother is dead and all that she has left is her aunt, her best friend, her beloved boyfriend, and her good for nothing dad who’s a movie star. She has to move to her dad’s house in California, but she would rather not. She hates her father because he left her mom and...
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Tags: 5 out of 5 stars, death, Drama, family, Fiction, for girls, friends, moving, Realistic, Sonya Sones
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A beautifully written treasure of life truths and truths that appear only after much suffering and soul-searching ,this is simply the first great novel from Sue Monk Kid. The Secret Life of Bees is the story of a teenager, Lily Owens, also known as Lily Williams, who must come to terms with the truth...
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Tags: 5 out of 5 stars, death, disappointment, family, Fiction, forgiveness, friends, guilt, perspective, Realistic, relationships, Sue Monk Kidd
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Kristina is the perfect daughter, good grades, always does what she’s told until she meets the monster. When she is forced to visit her dad for three weeks in the summer, she is introduced to meth through a boy named Adam. She discovers that the way she feels on Crank is great, and decides...
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Tags: choices, desperation, drugs, Ellen Hopkins, Fiction, Poetry, Realistic, Series
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In Legacy, it’s Reed Brennan’s second year at Easton Academy. After almost transferring back to her old school, Reed decides to stay. Easton brought almost nothing she had hoped for, and was the complete opposite of what she had imagined. She came with hopes of new friends, an amazing education, and basically a new...
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Tags: 5 out of 5 stars, death, Drama, Fiction, Kate Brian, Mystery, Realistic, Series
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High school is supposed to be the best years of your life…Especially when it comes down to being in the wealthy, gorgeous, popular crowd. What else is there to ask for? When you’re perfect, you got everything. Not a problem in the world. right? In Life in the Fat Lane, by Cherie Bennett, Lara...
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Tags: boyfriend, Cherie Bennett, Drama, emotions, Fiction, high school, losing weight, perspective, Realistic
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Frances is a sixteen year old girl who spends most of her time trying to hide herself from the rest of her world no matter where she is. She attends a boarding school where she has no friends, and at home she only has her dad and her mother. There is also her brother,...
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Tags: death, drugs, emotions, family, Fiction, high school, Mystery, Nancy Werlin
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“Three lives, three different paths to the same direction: Aspen Springs a psychiatric hospital for those who have attempted the ultimate act, suicide. These three at one point decided enough was enough, and tried to end their life. They acted on impulse, swallowed the bottle, cut a little deeper, and put the gun to...
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Tags: 5 out of 5 stars, drugs, Ellen Hopkins, family, Fiction, love, mental illness, suicide
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In The Truth About Forever, Macy McQueen is basically stuck in a life she doesn’t want. After her father died, her and her mom’s lives completely changed. They do almost the same things everyday, and nothing in their lives change much at all. With her father dead, and her sister living on her own,...
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Tags: boyfriend, death, Fiction, freedom, friends, individualism, Realistic, Romance, Sarah Dessen
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Ashley Hannigan is a normal kid with normal kid expectations. She has a normal kid grades, normal kid detentions, a normal kid boyfriend, and a normal kid family. Ashley doesn’t care about the prom, until one day the cops come to Ashley’s math class and find out that Miss Crane stole the prom money....
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Tags: family, Fiction, friends, high school, Laurie Halse Anderson, popularity, Realistic
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