The next Genre Reading Group meeting will be Tuesday, August
27th at 6:30pm and the topic will be nonfiction/biography about
people facing adversity.
We met last night to talk about young adult fiction. Here’s the list!
Looking for Alaska by John Green
The award-winning,
genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 international bestselling author
of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars
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Winner of the Michael
L. Printz Award
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A Los Angeles Times
Book Prize Finalist
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A New York
Times Bestseller
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A USA
Today Bestseller
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NPR’s Top Ten
Best-Ever Teen Novels
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TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All
Time
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A PBS Great American
Read Selection
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Millions of copies
sold!
First drink. First
prank. First friend. First love.
Last words.
Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called “The Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.
Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.
Last words.
Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called “The Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.
Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
The first book in the
#1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling Lunar
Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer! See where the futuristic YA fairytale saga
all began, with the tale of a teenage cyborg who must fight for Earth's
survival against villains from outer space.
"An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars." ―Entertainment Weekly
"Prince Charming among the cyborgs." ―The Wall Street Journal
"An interesting mash up of fairy tales and science fiction . . . a cross between Cinderella, Terminator, and Star Wars." ―Entertainment Weekly
"Prince Charming among the cyborgs." ―The Wall Street Journal
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets
of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless
lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate
hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's
a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and
blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with
the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an
intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and
freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order
to protect her world's future.
With high-stakes action and a smart,
resourceful heroine, Cinder is a Cinderella retelling that is
at once classic and strikingly original.
Don't miss these other
books from #1 New York Times- and USA Today-Bestselling
author Marissa Meyer:
The Lunar Chronicles:
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
Stars Above
Fairest
Cinder
Scarlet
Cress
Winter
Stars Above
Fairest
A Tragic Kind of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom
In the vein of It's Kind of a Funny Story and All the Bright Places, comes a
captivating, immersive exploration of life with mental illness.
For sixteen-year-old
Mel Hannigan, bipolar disorder makes life unpredictable. Her latest struggle is
balancing her growing feelings in a new relationship with her instinct to keep everyone
at arm's length. And when a former friend confronts Mel with the truth about
the way their relationship ended, deeply buried secrets threaten to come out
and upend her shaky equilibrium.
As the walls of Mel's compartmentalized world crumble, she fears the worst--that her friends will abandon her if they learn the truth about what she's been hiding. Can Mel bring herself to risk everything to find out?
In A Tragic Kind of Wonderful, Eric Lindstrom, author of the critically acclaimed Not If I See You First, examines the fear that keeps us from exposing our true selves, and the courage it takes to be loved for who we really are.
As the walls of Mel's compartmentalized world crumble, she fears the worst--that her friends will abandon her if they learn the truth about what she's been hiding. Can Mel bring herself to risk everything to find out?
In A Tragic Kind of Wonderful, Eric Lindstrom, author of the critically acclaimed Not If I See You First, examines the fear that keeps us from exposing our true selves, and the courage it takes to be loved for who we really are.
Cheshire Crossing: Dorothy, Alice, Wendy by Andy Weir and
Sarah Andersen
In a
one-of-a-kind graphic novel collaboration between the #1 New York Times bestselling
author of The Martian and the beloved illustrator
behind Sarah’s Scribbles, Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy team up to
save the multiverse, from Wonderland to Neverland and Oz.
Originating as fan fiction from the brilliant imagination of Andy Weir, now brought to vivid life by Sarah Andersen, Cheshire Crossing is a funny, breakneck, boundlessly inventive journey through classic worlds as you’ve never seen them before.
Years after their respective returns from Wonderland, Neverland, and Oz, the trio meet here, at Cheshire Crossing—a boarding school where girls like them learn how to cope with their supernatural experiences and harness their magical world-crossing powers.
But Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy—now teenagers, who’ve had their fill of meddling authority figures—aren’t content to sit still in a classroom. Soon they’re dashing from one universe to the next, leaving havoc in their wake—and, inadvertently, bringing the Wicked Witch and Hook together in a deadly supervillain love match.
To stop them, the girls will have to draw on all of their powers . . . and marshal a team of unlikely allies from across the magical multiverse.
Originating as fan fiction from the brilliant imagination of Andy Weir, now brought to vivid life by Sarah Andersen, Cheshire Crossing is a funny, breakneck, boundlessly inventive journey through classic worlds as you’ve never seen them before.
Years after their respective returns from Wonderland, Neverland, and Oz, the trio meet here, at Cheshire Crossing—a boarding school where girls like them learn how to cope with their supernatural experiences and harness their magical world-crossing powers.
But Alice, Wendy, and Dorothy—now teenagers, who’ve had their fill of meddling authority figures—aren’t content to sit still in a classroom. Soon they’re dashing from one universe to the next, leaving havoc in their wake—and, inadvertently, bringing the Wicked Witch and Hook together in a deadly supervillain love match.
To stop them, the girls will have to draw on all of their powers . . . and marshal a team of unlikely allies from across the magical multiverse.
The Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
Starred reviews
from Publishers Weekly and Booklist* YALSA
Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers * ALA Best Fiction for Young
Adults List * 2017 Rainbow List
A sharply honest and moving debut perfect for
fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Ask the Passengers.
Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock.
Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and
others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between starting a new
school and having a congressman father running for reelection in über-conservative
Orange County, the pressure—media and otherwise—is building up in Riley's life.
On the advice of a therapist, Riley starts an
anonymous blog to vent those pent-up feelings and tell the truth of what it's
really like to be a gender fluid teenager. But just as Riley's starting to
settle in at school—even developing feelings for a mysterious outcast—the blog
goes viral, and an unnamed commenter discovers Riley's real identity,
threatening exposure. And Riley must make a choice: walk away from what the blog
has created—a lifeline, new friends, a cause to believe in—or stand up, come
out, and risk everything.
From debut author Jeff
Garvin comes a powerful and uplifting portrait of a modern teen struggling with
high school, relationships, and what it means to be human.
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
The instant
#1 New York Times bestseller--now a major motion picture
starring Amandla Stenberg as Maddy and Nick Robinson as Olly.
Risk everything . . . for love.
What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . . . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken.
My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.
But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.
Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.
Everything, Everything will make you laugh, cry, and feel everything in between. It's an innovative, inspiring, and heartbreakingly romantic debut novel that unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, illustrations, and more.
Risk everything . . . for love.
What if you couldn’t touch anything in the outside world? Never breathe in the fresh air, feel the sun warm your face . . . or kiss the boy next door? In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken.
My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.
But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.
Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.
Everything, Everything will make you laugh, cry, and feel everything in between. It's an innovative, inspiring, and heartbreakingly romantic debut novel that unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, illustrations, and more.
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