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. The art of being normal

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Author:
Williamson, Lisa, 1980-
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3.7 stars
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Oberlin Regional - Young Adult has 2
YA WILLIAMS
Description:
David Piper, always an outsider, forms an unlikely friendship with Leo Denton who, from the first day at his new school wants only to be invisible, but when David's deepest secret gets out, that he wants to be a girl, things get very messy for both of them.

2. How to live without you

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Author:
Everett, Sarah
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Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA EVERETT
Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult
YA EVERETT
Green Road Community - Young Adult
YA EVERETT
Description:
"When her sister, Rose, disappeared, seventeen-year-old Emmy lost a part of herself. Everyone else seems convinced she ran away and will reappear when she's ready, but Emmy isn't so sure. That doesn't make sense for the Rose she knew: effervescent, caring, and strong-willed. So, Emmy returns to their Ohio hometown for a summer, determined to uncover clues that can lead her back to Rose once and for all. But what Emmy finds is a string of secrets and...

3. Monday's not coming

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Author:
Jackson, Tiffany D.
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4.4 stars
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Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable--more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn't turn up for the first day of school, Claudia's worried. As Claudia digs deeper into her friend's disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she's gone? "Monday Charles is missing,...

4. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda

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Author:
Albertalli, Becky
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4.5 stars
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Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed.

5. We were liars

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Author:
Lockhart, E.
Series:
We were liars volume 1.
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
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Description:
A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends -- the Liars -- whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during...