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21) Exposed
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
High school senior Liz, a gifted photographer, can no longer see things clearly after her best friend accuses Liz's older brother of a terrible crime.
22) Cracked up to be
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Parker Fadley has quit the cheerleading squad, broken up with her boyfriend, and is in danger of not graduating with her class, but she refuses to discuss what has precipitated this sudden change in her attitude and behavior.
23) Scar Island
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jonathan Grisby has been sent to the Slabhenge Reformatory School for Troubled Boys, a former lunatic asylum which is currently run by a sadist who enjoys punishing the boys and setting them against each other; but when a lightning strike kills all the adults the boys find themselves suddenly free--and trapped on Scar Island which seems to be sinking into the ocean.
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Caggie's life of privilege in Manhattan appears near-perfect but blaming herself for her younger sister's death and being acclaimed for saving a classmate from suicide cause her to withdraw from friends and family until Astor arrives at school, hiding a past at least as dark as her own.
25) Into the Sublime
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Four girls from a defunct thrill-seeking group descend into a dangerous underground cave system in search of a subterranean lake that local legends claim has the power to change things for those who can confront their deepest fears.
Author
Publisher
Point
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Mathilda (Tilly), fourteen, and Ruth Anne (Roo), sixteen, are sisters and best friends in Connecticut, but when Roo crashes her car while texting she is confined to a hospital bed with "locked-in syndrome," aware of her surroundings, but apparently comatose--and Tilly must find a way to communicate with her sister, while dealing with her own sense of guilt.
Author
Series
Farah rocks volume 3
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Feeling guilty over the house fire she might have started, Farah Hajjar channels her energy into starting a creative writing club at the Magnet Academy where she is a new sixth-grader. Includes writing prompts and glossaries.
29) Controlled burn
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Maia's parents say she's lucky she noticed something as early as she did. Lucky to have smelled the smoke, lucky to have pulled her sister, Amelia, out of their burning house. But is it really "lucky" when Amelia's stuck in the hospital, covered in burns? And is it "lucky" when Maia knows it was her candle, left unattended, that started the fire in the first place?...As she begins to figure out how to face her guilt and paralyzing...
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Lena Wise is always looking forward to tomorrow, especially at the start of her senior year. She's ready to pack in as much friend time as possible, to finish college applications and to maybe let her childhood best friend Sebastian know how she really feels about him. For Lena, the upcoming year is going to be epic--one of opportunities and chances. Until one choice, one moment, destroys everything. Now Lena isn't looking forward to tomorrow. Not...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"For the past few years, twelve-year-old Jonas and his friends have competed to see how many bags of candy they can grab from unsuspecting trick-or-treaters. No one's supposed to get hurt, just lose their treats. So Jonas is taken by surprise when one of his smaller targets fights back against his snatching attempt. He's even more surprised when he starts to receive anonymous notes from someone who knows what happened that night. Jonas already has...
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Since her sister's tragic death, seventeen-year-old Callie Ryan has basically given up. Her grades have plummeted, she's quit her swim team, and she barely recognizes the people her parents once were. When she returns to her aunt's run-down coastal Victorian one year after Chloe's death, Callie resigns herself to a summer of guilt and home renovations. She doesn't expect to be charmed by the tiny coastal town or by Tucker Morgan, a local boy brimming...
34) Crown of thunder
Author
Series
Beasts made of night volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary--including using the most deadly magic--to track him down"--
Taj is headed west, but the consequences of leaving Kos behind confront him at every turn. Innocent civilians flee to refugee camps as Karima's dark magic continues to descend on the city. Taj must return, but first he needs a plan. With Arzu's help, Taj and Aliya make it to the village of her ancestors, home of the...
35) The rat queen
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"For Annie's tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It's called the nuodeema burna, or eater of sins. Every time Annie misbehaves, she has to write down her transgression and stick the paper into a hidey-hole in the floor of their house. But Annie's inheritance has a dark side: with each paper fed to the burna, she feels less guilty about the mean things she says and does. As a plague...
Author
Publisher
Crown Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Looks at a teen's life after the death of his best friend and how he navigates through the guilt and pain by celebrating their lives--and ultimately learning to forgive himself"--
Carver Briggs never thought a simple text would cause a fatal crash, killing his three best friends, Mars, Eli, and Blake. But now Carver can't stop blaming himself for the accident and even worse, a powerful judge is pressuring the district attorney to open up a criminal...
37) Remarkables
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
One minute they're there: laughing and having fun at the house next door. The next minute, the teens are gone. Like magic. Marin can't believe her eyes. Who are they? Can anyone else see them? What makes them so happy? Marin is lonely in this new town of hers and eager to figure out more. Then she meets Charley, who reveals that he knows about them, too. He calls them the "Remarkables." Charley warns her to stay away from the Remarkables-and him....
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Ellory's once inseparable group of friends are torn apart by secrets and deception, but when a shocking incident changes their lives forever, Ellory finds that even in the present the past is everywhere.
Then: They were four-Bex, Jenni, Ellory, Ret. (Venus. Earth. Moon. Sun.) Electric, headstrong young women; Ellory's whole solar system. Now: Ellory is alone, her once inseparable group of friends torn apart by secrets, deception, and a shocking...
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When the strange new girl at her high school takes her to a place underneath the subways of New York, where people like them can go and find a home, Harriet Adu, who is riddled with guilt over her brother's death, gets a second chance at being a better person"--
Author
Series
Jane Anonymous volume 2
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When no one believes her story of abduction and escape, Terra turns to an online community of trauma victims for advice and solace, befriending a girl whose story parallels Terra's and who might be able to help Terra uncover the truth she seeks.
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