They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera is a story about Mateo and Rufus, as they spend their last day alive together. In this story, the death-cast, which is an organization that contacts people about their last day on earth, contacts Rufus and Markus about their death. An app contacts you and says, "Today is the day. You have less than 24 hours to live."
The Way I Used To Be is a realistic fiction teen novel that follows the young woman, Eden, through her trauma-riddled high school years. Eden used to enjoy band and book club, but after she is raped by her brother’s best friend, she buries the trauma and the girl she used to be. Later in high school, she occupies her time by drinking and partying with strangers, it’s the only thing that helps her forget.
Love & Lattes is a realistic fiction young adult romance novel that follows Anna through her prestigious summer internship with Arrowmile, Inc. She’s been working so hard for a spot in the internship, but when she accidentally falls for the CEO’s son, Lloyd, she watches her career flash before her eyes. Between the rigorous work of the internship and sneaking around with Lloyd, Anna barely has time to make professional connections and friends.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to the Hunger Games series and follows a young Coriolanus Snow before he is the President of the Capital. The book takes place during the 10th Hunger Games. Snow, as well as many other students at his school, are mentors to the tributes in the games. Coriolanus ends up mentoring the girl from district 12 named Lucy Grey Baird. As the Hunger Games nears, some nasty truths about the Capital are found out by Coriolanus.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is about a senior in high school named Pip. The story follows Pip as she tries to solve a murder that happened five years ago as her senior capstone project. Everyone in Pip's town is sure that Sal Singh was the one to kill his girlfriend Andie. No one in fact could actually prove that Sal had because he was found dead in the woods only a few days after. As Pip gets closer to solving the crime, mysterious death threats start to pop up in Pip's life.
Happy Place is a sweet romance about love, friendship and the beauty of growing up. It is about Harriet and Wyn, a perfect couple who got engaged very young and had a strong love for each other- until they secretly broke up six months ago. But ,they haven’t told their best friends yet. Every year, their friend group has a tradition of spending a week together at a cottage in Maine.
Everything We Never Said is a realistic fiction young adult novel that follows Ella and Sawyer through the grief of losing Hayley, Ella’s best friend and Sawyer’s girlfriend. Ella blames herself for what happened on that tragic night, and she feels like a shell of who she used to be. Meanwhile, Sawyer knows something Ella doesn’t, but he can't tell her, it would ruin everything.
Say a Little Prayer is a realistic fiction young adult novel that follows young woman, Riley, through a difficult time in her life. She and her sister recently left the town’s church due to homophobia and her sister’s abortion, leaving the sisters feeling isolated and judged. Riley then slaps a girl at school and is disciplined with a week of church camp. At camp, Riley challenges herself to commit all seven deadly sins, instead of embracing the seven heavenly virtues.
People We Meet on Vacation is a heartwarming and emotional friends-to-lovers romance that is about two best friends, Poppy and Alex, who have known each other for 12 years. Poppy and Alex are complete opposites: Poppy is adventurous and wild, while Alex is introverted and likes a routine. Despite their differences, they’ve been inseparable because they have a tradition: every summer, they take a vacation together. The story goes back and forth between past and present times.
The Last Letter is a deeply emotional romance that has themes of love, loss, grief and healing. The story is about Ella, a single mother of twins, and Beckett, a soldier and best friend of Ella’s brother, Ryan. The book starts with a tragedy. Ryan is deployed overseas and asks Beckett to look out for his sister and her children if anything happens. When Ryan is killed, Beckett fulfills his promise and travels to Colorado to find Ella, but he doesn’t reveal his true identity.
