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Speak
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Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 625,805 ratings
score: 880,
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If I Wake
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Nikki Moyes (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 753 ratings
score: 698,
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A List of Cages
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Robin Roe (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 27,242 ratings
score: 598,
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6 people voted
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Wintergirls
by
Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 125,257 ratings
score: 587,
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6 people voted
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Go Ask Alice
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Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous")
3.74 avg rating — 290,023 ratings
score: 391,
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4 people voted
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Hold Still
by
Nina LaCour (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27,957 ratings
score: 297,
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The Dead I Know
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3.81 avg rating — 1,482 ratings
score: 296,
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Before I Fall
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Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 345,066 ratings
score: 292,
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3 people voted
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Just Listen
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 250,142 ratings
score: 285,
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3 people voted
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Impulse (Impulse, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 82,120 ratings
score: 281,
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Epic Fail
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Raw Blue
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3.71 avg rating — 3,793 ratings
score: 198,
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Love Letters to the Dead
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Ava Dellaira (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 91,885 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Words in Deep Blue
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Cath Crowley (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 40,745 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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I Was Here
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Gayle Forman (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 68,225 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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Locked Up
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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Cutter Boy
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 108 ratings
score: 196,
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2 people voted
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I Am David
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3.96 avg rating — 12,499 ratings
score: 192,
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Push
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Sapphire (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 58,537 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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Breathing Underwater (Breathing Underwater, #1)
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Alex Flinn (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 8,958 ratings
score: 191,
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2 people voted
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This Song Will Save Your Life
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Leila Sales (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 27,072 ratings
score: 190,
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The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
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3.96 avg rating — 16,771 ratings
score: 190,
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The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
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Amber Smith (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 217,363 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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Faking Normal (Faking Normal, #1)
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Courtney C. Stevens (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 8,725 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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If You Could Be Mine
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3.71 avg rating — 10,325 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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All the Bright Places
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Jennifer Niven (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 620,383 ratings
score: 185,
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2 people voted
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Asking For It
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score: 184,
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Cut
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3.76 avg rating — 59,997 ratings
score: 181,
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2 people voted
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Crank (Crank, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.16 avg rating — 154,107 ratings
score: 179,
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2 people voted
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After
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Amy Efaw (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 19,977 ratings
score: 179,
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2 people voted
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Glass (Crank, #2)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 74,086 ratings
score: 170,
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2 people voted
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Fifteen Days Without a Head
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Dave Cousins (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,321 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Mays Landing
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J.C. Mercer (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 34 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Teenage Degenerate
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S.C. Sterling (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 596 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Beneath the Skin
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Kyla Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,091 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Hostile Living
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Jason Medici (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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TW: Flatline
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K. Kingsman (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Starvation
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Molly Fennig (Goodreads Author)
4.35 avg rating — 149 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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All the Rage
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Courtney Summers (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 15,317 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Hooked (Hooked, #1)
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Liz Fichera (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 2,960 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Hate List
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66,465 ratings
score: 99,
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Before You Break
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Kyla Stone (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 246 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Dead to Me
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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A Horse Called El Dorado
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3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Sleeping Dogs
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3.80 avg rating — 687 ratings
score: 97,
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May Day Mine
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Verity Croker (Goodreads Author)
3.52 avg rating — 27 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Lessons from a Dead Girl
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Jo Knowles (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 7,402 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Dead to Me
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Cristy Watson (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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Choices (Waiting for Forever, #1)
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Jamie Mayfield (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 64 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Jasper Jones
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Craig Silvey (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 42,772 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Some Boys
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Patty Blount (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 9,152 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
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3.70 avg rating — 33,255 ratings
score: 95,
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84 Ribbons: A Dancer's Journey (Ballet Trilogy, #1)
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Paddy Eger (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 103 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Everything is Changed
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3.60 avg rating — 213 ratings
score: 95,
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Project X
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3.54 avg rating — 1,102 ratings
score: 94,
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Gem Stone
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Dale Mayer (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Girl in Pieces
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Kathleen Glasgow (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 257,624 ratings
score: 94,
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Feeling Sorry for Celia (Ashbury/Brookfield, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 10,741 ratings
score: 94,
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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Jay Asher (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 1,018,067 ratings
score: 94,
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Suburban Aliens
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3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 93,
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Promising Azra
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Helen Thurloe (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 201 ratings
score: 93,
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The Summer I Wasn't Me
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Jessica Verdi (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 4,349 ratings
score: 93,
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Twelve
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Nick McDonell (Goodreads Author)
3.18 avg rating — 4,424 ratings
score: 92,
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Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock
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Matthew Quick (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 48,463 ratings
score: 92,
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Paperweight
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Meg Haston (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 17,511 ratings
score: 92,
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Aftermath
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Kelley Armstrong (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 3,699 ratings
score: 92,
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Hollywood Ending
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Kathy Charles (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 571 ratings
score: 91,
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The Sea of Tranquility
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Katja Millay (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 88,323 ratings
score: 91,
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Moon at Nine
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3.88 avg rating — 1,197 ratings
score: 91,
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My Best Friend, Maybe
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Caela Carter (Goodreads Author)
3.43 avg rating — 1,324 ratings
score: 91,
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Lingering Echoes (Lingering Echoes, #1)
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Erica Kiefer (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 693 ratings
score: 90,
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Battle Dress
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Amy Efaw (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 1,257 ratings
score: 90,
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On the Jellicoe Road
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Melina Marchetta (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 51,592 ratings
score: 89,
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Believe (True Believers, #3)
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Erin McCarthy (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 3,021 ratings
score: 89,
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Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?
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3.78 avg rating — 1,051 ratings
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Benny and Omar
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3.61 avg rating — 892 ratings
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Chinese Handcuffs
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3.96 avg rating — 1,727 ratings
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One of Us Is Lying (One of Us Is Lying, #1)
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.91 avg rating — 1,031,673 ratings
score: 88,
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Irresistible
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3.29 avg rating — 372 ratings
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender
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Leslye Walton (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 43,073 ratings
score: 87,
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One of Us Is Next (One of Us Is Lying, #2)
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.90 avg rating — 278,879 ratings
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The Tragedy Paper
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Elizabeth LaBan (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 8,861 ratings
score: 86,
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Tricks (Tricks, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.27 avg rating — 41,159 ratings
score: 86,
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Habibi
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3.65 avg rating — 2,971 ratings
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Two Can Keep a Secret
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 168,864 ratings
score: 86,
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Tall and Proud
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4.18 avg rating — 141 ratings
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Suicide Notes
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3.80 avg rating — 53,759 ratings
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| 86 |
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Just Listen
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.05 avg rating — 250,142 ratings
score: 85,
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The Cousins
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Karen M. McManus (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 139,120 ratings
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The Truth About Forever
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Sarah Dessen (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 225,946 ratings
score: 84,
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We Were Liars (We Were Liars, #1)
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E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,350,076 ratings
score: 84,
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The Burn Journals
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3.84 avg rating — 8,123 ratings
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Burned (Burned, #1)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 70,543 ratings
score: 82,
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The Truth About Alice
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Jennifer Mathieu (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 15,438 ratings
score: 81,
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Fallout (Crank, #3)
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Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 39,490 ratings
score: 79,
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Trafficked
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Kim Purcell (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 2,409 ratings
score: 78,
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