Contemporary Fiction-OBR Teen Books and Boba Book Club July 2024

YA novels are made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers*
 

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1. Breathe and count back from ten

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Author:
Sylvester, Natalia
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Cary Regional - Young Adult has 2
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Fuquay-Varina Community - Young Adult
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North Regional - Young Adult
YA SYLVESTE
Description:
"Ver̤nica has had many surgeries to manage her disability. The best form of rehabilitation is swimming, so she spends hours in the pool, but not just to strengthen her body. Her Florida town is home to Mermaid Cove, a kitschy underwater attraction where professional mermaids perform in giant tanks . . . and Ver̤nica wants to audition. But her conservative Peruvian parents would never go for it. And they definitely would never let her be with Alex,...

2. Long way down: the graphic novel

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Author:
Reynolds, Jason
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Cary Regional - Young Adult Graphic Novels
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult Graphic Novels
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North Regional - Young Adult Graphic Novels has 2
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Description:
As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

3. Parachutes

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Author:
Yang, Kelly
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A wealthy Chinese teen is sent to America on her own to attend private school. Claire is a rich 11th grader in Shanghai; Dani is a scholarship student at a private school in Southern California who helps her mother clean houses. When Claire is parachuted into America to finish high school and Dani's mother needs the income from a boarder, they become unlikely housemates.