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| 1934 |
This Quiet Sky
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Joanne Bischof (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 701 ratings
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| 1934 |
Can't Get There from Here
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Todd Strasser (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 3,127 ratings
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| 1934 |
The Library of Fates
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Aditi Khorana (Goodreads Author)
3.55 avg rating — 2,428 ratings
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| 1934 |
The Black River Chronicles: Level One (Black River Academy, #1)
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David Tallerman (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 470 ratings
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| 1934 |
Beneath the Skin
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Kyla Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,094 ratings
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| 1934 |
Blindsided
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Priscilla Cummings (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 2,390 ratings
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| 1934 |
Reclaiming the Sand (Reclaiming the Sand, #1)
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A. Meredith Walters (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 6,318 ratings
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| 1934 |
Stranger in the House
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3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings
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| 1934 |
Fifteen Bones
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R.J. Morgan (Goodreads Author)
3.53 avg rating — 131 ratings
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| 1934 |
The Battle for Innocence (Montgomery Lake High #4)
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Stacy A. Padula (Goodreads Author)
4.94 avg rating — 34 ratings
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| 1934 |
Shine Little Light: Bittersweet Memories of Miracles & Wonders
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3.55 avg rating — 51 ratings
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| 1934 |
Half a Heart
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Karen McQuestion (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 17,347 ratings
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| 1934 |
Holding Up the Universe
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Jennifer Niven (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 143,510 ratings
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| 1934 |
Counting by 7s
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Holly Goldberg Sloan (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 86,664 ratings
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| 1934 |
The Belles (The Belles, #1)
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Dhonielle Clayton (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 25,169 ratings
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| 1934 |
The Techno Witch (Super Indy, #1)
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4.77 avg rating — 62 ratings
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| 1934 |
Aliens In My Garden
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Jude Gwynaire (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 46 ratings
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| 1934 |
To Be Honest (#lovehim #2)
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S.M. James (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 238 ratings
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| 1934 |
Telling Christina Goodbye
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Lurlene McDaniel (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 4,067 ratings
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| 1934 |
Haters
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Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 1,247 ratings
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| 1934 |
Every Other Weekend
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Abigail Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 6,816 ratings
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| 1934 |
The Loose Ends List
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Carrie Firestone (Goodreads Author)
3.81 avg rating — 3,802 ratings
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| 1934 |
Girls Like Us
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Gail Giles (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 4,983 ratings
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| 1934 |
Slumbering (The Starlight Chronicles #1)
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C.S. Johnson (Goodreads Author)
3.66 avg rating — 346 ratings
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| 1934 |
Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)
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Becca Fitzpatrick (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 294,215 ratings
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| 1934 |
No Justice: One White Police Officer, One Black Family, and How One Bullet Ripped Us Apart
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4.15 avg rating — 93 ratings
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| 1934 |
The Astonishing Colour of After
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Emily X.R. Pan (Goodreads Author)
4.04 avg rating — 33,696 ratings
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| 1934 |
Opposite of Always
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Justin A. Reynolds (Goodreads Author)
3.64 avg rating — 27,608 ratings
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| 1934 |
Lowering Clouds
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3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings
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| 1934 |
Viral
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Alex Van Tol (Goodreads Author)
3.34 avg rating — 149 ratings
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| 1934 |
Atheists Are More Intelligent? Refuting That Old Atheist Myth
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| 1934 |
Benched
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.46 avg rating — 70 ratings
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| 1934 |
Forever Yours (Ridgewater High #6)
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Judy Corry (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,044 ratings
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| 1934 |
Grown
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Tiffany D. Jackson (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 39,652 ratings
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| 1934 |
Hotaka
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| 1934 |
The Unraveling of Luna Forester
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Marisa Noelle (Goodreads Author)
3.72 avg rating — 139 ratings
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| 1934 |
To Kill a Shadow (Mistlands, #1)
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Katherine Quinn (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 8,828 ratings
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| 1934 |
People to Follow
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Olivia Worley (Goodreads Author)
3.54 avg rating — 2,667 ratings
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| 1934 |
Let’s Never Speak of This Again
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3.76 avg rating — 343 ratings
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| 1934 |
The Erectile Dysfunction Master: Blue Heron Health News
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4.33 avg rating — 55 ratings
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| 1934 |
Touchy Feely Sweet Thing (Happy Lucky Everything, #2)
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Kieran Frank (Goodreads Author)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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| 1934 |
Like Spilled Water
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Jennie Liu (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 183 ratings
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| 1934 |
I Am Not Who You See: An Illustrated Novel
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Krishnni Khanna (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings
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| 1934 |
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
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Maika Moulite (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 4,781 ratings
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| 1934 |
More Than Life: A YA Historical Fantasy
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Bethanie Finger (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 60 ratings
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| 2046 |
The Knife That Killed Me
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| 2046 |
The Leaving and Other Stories
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| 2046 |
Loving Danny
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| 2046 |
Gemma
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| 2046 |
Right Side Talking
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| 2046 |
Things I Know About Love
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| 2046 |
Rule of the Bone
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| 2046 |
Aimee
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| 2046 |
Le scénario du film "Entre les murs"
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| 2046 |
Silenced
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Simon Packham (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 60 ratings
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| 2046 |
Hafren: A Fantasy for the Young at Heart
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Craig W. Dressler (Goodreads Author)
3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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| 2046 |
In Honor
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Jessi Kirby (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 8,522 ratings
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| 2046 |
The Queen of Kentucky
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| 2046 |
Alone (Serenity, #1)
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Marissa Farrar (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 1,383 ratings
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Kissing Doorknobs
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| 2046 |
Life Is a Balance: It Isn't Only About You
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Philip Nork (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Boost
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Cutting for Stone
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Abraham Verghese (Goodreads Author)
4.33 avg rating — 422,121 ratings
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The Best of Me
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Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author)
3.99 avg rating — 192,318 ratings
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| 2046 |
Perfect Glass
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Laura Anderson Kurk (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 135 ratings
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Lottie Biggs Is (Not) Desperate (Lottie Biggs, #2)
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| 2046 |
Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
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Daniel Goleman (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 133,623 ratings
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| 2046 |
Chasing Perfect (Fool's Gold, #1)
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Susan Mallery (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 24,039 ratings
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| 2046 |
Saving Zoë
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Alyson Noel (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 7,173 ratings
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| 2046 |
The Breakup Bible
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Melissa Kantor (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 3,059 ratings
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| 2046 |
Fountain Of Secrets (Relic Seekers, #2)
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Anita Clenney (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 1,674 ratings
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| 2046 |
The Orphaned Anything's: Memoir of a Lesser Known
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Raw Blue
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| 2046 |
This Is So Not Happening (He's So/She's So, #3)
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Kieran Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 3,877 ratings
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| 2046 |
The Door of the Thousand Keys (mis-adventures of Alyson Bell #4)
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I Heard a Rumor (How I Survived Middle School, #3)
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| 2046 |
Lolito
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الأخلاق الفاضلة
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| 2046 |
Küçük Aptalın Büyük Dünyası (PuCCa Günlük, #1)
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| 2046 |
Closing Books (Ghost of the Past, #2)
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Trisha Grace (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 311 ratings
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| 2046 |
Annie John
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| 2046 |
Hexed (World of Kate Daniels, #4.5; Otherworld, #9.5; Stormwalker, #2.5; Anna Strong Chronicles, #6.5)
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Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author)
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| 2046 |
Poetry: The river vine
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Vanessa Chattman (Goodreads Author)
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| 2046 |
Leap
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Ava Bloomfield (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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| 2046 |
My Feet Aren't Ugly: A Girl's Guide to Loving Herself from the Inside Out
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Nothing Strikes Back
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When I Was the Greatest
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| 2046 |
This Is What Happy Looks Like (This is What Happy Looks Like, #1)
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Jennifer E. Smith (Goodreads Author)
3.67 avg rating — 51,586 ratings
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| 2046 |
All the Lovely Bad Ones
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Mary Downing Hahn (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 12,434 ratings
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| 2046 |
Just Us
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David Jubermann (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Dead Is Not An Option (Dead Is, #5)
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Marlene Perez (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 3,798 ratings
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The Things a Brother Knows
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Jassy
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Skip Beat!, Vol. 1
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The Truth: Diary of a Gutsy Tween
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Barbara Becker Holstein (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Jason & Kyra
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معجزة القرآن
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Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
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When It Rains (Rains, #1)
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Lisa De Jong (Goodreads Author)
4.21 avg rating — 18,073 ratings
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Crank, Speak, and What Happened to Cass McBride are such good books and also my favorites :]
Speak, Cut, and Thirteen Reasons Why are wonderful books! You can read them again and again without getting tires of them!
... All YA books deal with "real" problems. As a matter of fact, books about siblings, school, dating, divorce, ect. happen a lot more in life then a books about addicts, suicide, and eating disorders. Don't get me wrong, I get what you mean by "real problems", but I think it should be worded differently. \
For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series and books like that since those are impossible to happen in the present.
DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
Great list.I either have already read them or am plaining on too.
I love Speak.
You forgot White Oleander though.
so glad none of those twilight books are on this list. that whole twilight stuff is so overrated and its not what kids today worry about. vampires? werewolves? please give me a break
Mandy wrote: "... All YA books deal with "real" problems. As a matter of fact, books about siblings, school, dating, divorce, ect. happen a lot more in life then a books about addicts, suicide, and eating disord..."Deffinately agree with you
I think that I Heart You, You Haunt Meisn't really dealing with real problems,getting haunted by her dead boyfriend... not really a real life problemI don't mean to offend anyone =)
Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series an..."I agree. I saw the uglies adn was like...What? Why is that on there?!
Guistinna wrote: "DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD."
Are you serious??? I didnt know it was a movie!
Jenn{WeEzEr LuVa!!!!} wrote: "Who in their right mind voted for Percy Jackson? Great book yes, R'eal' problems NO!"I know. That shouldnt be on there. Thats fantasy. Not likely to happen...
Because I Am Furniture & Wintergirls broke my heart i tried super duper hard not to cry but i did anyway cuz it shows u that some of the problems we complain about sometimes are practically nonexistent compared to some of the problems in most of these books....think about it but these are some good books BTW :D
In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were turned into idiots by witches!
Henryetta wrote: "In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were ..."your right!! :)
I don't know what people were thinking...
and gossip girl is on here why? i read the entire series and theyre all totally superficial problemslove speak, 13 reasons why & the outsiders though
Why is "Gossip Girl" on here? :P All superficial problems. Oh, and read "Freaky Green Eyes" by Joyce Carol Oates.. Its absolutely amazing.
After giving "Beastly" some thought, I do see a connection to teens today. There is so much emphsis on good looks, clothes, and popularity amoung teens. This book address that problem. The results is pure fantasy, but perhaps the emphsis on "outward appearance" was the connection that the voters saw. I was too fast to judge. By the way, "Beastly" has been made into a movie that will be released in March 2011. You can bring up the trailer on the internet.
*Prancer!* wrote: "Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "..."
It's on there because the Uglies series may be Scifi, but it still deals with one of the most problem among teens nowadays, the overall worry about physical appearance. This then can be related to how many teens have such horrible self-esteem which leads to big problems.
It's on there because the Uglies series may be Scifi, but it still deals with one of the most problem among teens nowadays, the overall worry about physical appearance. This then can be related to how many teens have such horrible self-esteem which leads to big problems.
Guistinna wrote: "DUDE, I STARTED TO READ THIRTEEN REASONS WHY AND I STARTED TO GET KINDA WEIRDED OUT, SO I STOPPED.SPEAK WAS MADE INTO A MOVIE, IT WAS PRETTY GOOD."
I don't blame you, but I finished it and it was good.
Jessi wrote: "Speak, Cut, and Thirteen Reasons Why are wonderful books! You can read them again and again without getting tires of them!"very true i stil cry in Thirteen Reasons Why
thirten reasons why?? JUST finished the book and it's a really good book but it makes me really think and i luv it.
Go Ask Alice? Have you even READ that book? It is a pile of crock! There is nothing in it that is accurate or discusses real teen problems, including the fact that the entire thing is a *lie*.
Henryetta wrote: "In Beastly, a self-centered boy is turned into a monster by a witch. This is a real problem amoung teens today--NOT! Who are the 21 people who voted for this book? Oh, I know! 21 people who were ..."It's about a real problem symbolically because It's about a boy finding out life isn't about being beautiful on the outside but what's inside is what counts. :) And if you find a person who loves not just for your looks, but your personality, they are the one.
Willow after and speak changed my life completely. i absolutely loved them they are now and forever my favorite books :)
"Return of the Skeleton Man"? Seriously? Am I the only teenager who doesn't have problems with strange old skeleton creatures chasing me and kidnapping my parents?
Meaghan wrote: "My favorites are Speak, Cut, Uglies, and Specials"lol that is a lil odd to be on there....
LOL I love how Uglies is #12 and it's a sci-fi book. And After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*
Charlotte wrote: ".... After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*"I guess it depends on how you define "real"- "real" as in "extremely difficult/serious" or "real" as in "common". Efaw's book definitely falls into the former, not the latter :)
Sarah wrote: "Charlotte wrote: ".... After by Amy Efaw, cuz all teenagers throw their babies in the dumpster. . . Along with others. *slaps-forehead*"I guess it depends on how you define "real"- "real" as in "..."
That's true. :) The sci-fi books on here are pretty funny though. Although then again, they're all dealing with personal problems within the books so I can see why. .
Speak has been made into a movie and it's rated PG-13. I read this whole book within a couple days. It was great except for the creep and the brief rape part.
Nataytay wrote: "For best Teen books about REAL problems I DEFINITELY think that "Speak" should be at the top of the list. Some books shouldn't be on the list though, even as an option, like the "Uglies" series an..."Uglies did deal with the presssure to accept yourself and not give in to society's pressure blindly without questioning it.
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