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
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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Cary Regional - Young Adult has 2
YA SYLVESTE
Fuquay-Varina Community - Young Adult
YA SYLVESTE
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. Fangirl

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Author:
Rowell, Rainbow
Series:
Fangirl (Manga) volume 3.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
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Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
Feeling cast off when her best friend outgrows their shared love for a favorite celebrity, Cath, a dedicated fan-fiction writer, struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words and worrying about her fragile father.

3. The summer of bitter and sweet

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Author:
Ferguson, Jenny, 1985-
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult
YA FERGUSON
Green Road Community - Young Adult
YA FERGUSON
Middlecreek Community - Young Adult
YA FERGUSON
Description:
"Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend--whose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfort--and her former best friend King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. But when she gets a letter from her biological father--a man she hoped would stay behind bars for the rest of his life--Lou immediately...

4. The unexpected everything

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Author:
Matson, Morgan
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Leesville Community - Young Adult
YA MATSON
Northeast Regional - Young Adult
YA MATSON
Description:
When a scandal surrounding her father upsets all her carefully laid plans for her future, Andie must learn to accept a new relationship with her father and to embrace a little chaos in her life. "Seventeen year old Andie always has a plan, but when her father suffers a political scandal, her summer med school program is taken away from her, and a new guy comes into the picture, she finds a lot of unexpected things can happen when you're busy making...