Dry is about Alyssa and Garret, whose lives completely alter after the drought. Alyssa and Garret are siblings who live in California with their parents and uncle. Suddenly, the water supply is gone. Therefore, families turn against each other, striving for water. Her parents are gone, and her brother and her lives are threatened. Can Alyssa fix the problem with the help of her neighbor, Kelton?
Dry by Neal and Jarrod Shusterman takes place in Southern California where a drought, Tap-Out, starts to take action. Alyssa and her brother, Garret, experience the effects of this first-hand with their parents missing, house ransacked, and water contaminated. Together, with the help of their next-door neighbor, Kelton, and a fugitive, Jacqui, they embark on a journey to find the bug-out to live out the drought.
She Drives Me Crazy is a funny and addicting young adult novel by Kelly Quindlen. This book is about two lesbians, one who is extremely popular and named Irene, and one who is on the girl’s basketball team named Scottie. They awkwardly get together at first, trying to bring fans to the girl’s basketball game and their scheme gradually turns into a love story.
This historical fiction book written by Jennifer A. Nielsen is an engrossing and suspenseful novel with crazy plot twists and diverse characters. Chaya (the main character) is a resistance fighter against the Nazis. She teams up with a girl she despises at first and quickly learns to love her like a sister. They move from ghetto to ghetto, trying to help their people fight.
Perfect on Paper is a romantic and eye-opening fiction novel by Sophie Gonzales. This book is about a girl named Darcy. She created an in-school business of giving anonymous advice to anyone who needed help in their relationship. Darcy was caught retrieving those letters by a really hot guy named Brougham. He hired her to help him get his ex-girlfriend back. Gradually they became friends and soon much more.
Not if I Save You First is a deeply suspenseful and compelling adventure fiction novel by Ally Carter. This book is about 16-year-old Maddie, who moved from Washington D.C to Alaska, where she and her father are the only people for 20 miles in every direction. Maddie’s one and only friend, Logan came to visit her. The two friends embark on a journey to save themselves from a Russian kidnapper and assassin.
Red Queen takes place in a society where the hierarchy is based on your blood-red or silver. Mare Barrow, a red blood, is placed into the kingdom as a servant and observes the court as they are selecting the bride for the young princes. Suddenly, Mare exposes herself, showing lightning powers coming through her, and everyone in the court is heavily confused. The King and Queen quickly betroth her to Maven, the youngest son, and create a fake backstory. No one was suspicious of her blood afterwards, and people proceeded to believe she was a silver.
Emma Woodhouse is a young fifteen-year-old and is the daughter of Mr. Woodhouse. She has a sister named Isabella, who is married to Mr. John Knightley. Mr. Knightley is John’s older brother. Both Emma and Mr. Knightley are friends as well as critics of one another. Emma is a fancy, young, beautiful, rich young lady. While teaching her friend, Harriet, the way to be superior, Emma goes through many love matches to find that hers has been there from the start.
Bethany Church has a secret, one that she must keep hidden from those around her at all costs. She is an angel. Bethany and two other angels, Gabriel and Ivy are sent to earth with one mission: bring good to Venus Cover, a small town with he gradual brimming of evil. The three angels attempt to conceal their otherworldly powers, effervescent glow, and vast wings, but they know that above all, they must steer clear of all possible human entanglements. Bethany didn’t anticipate any possible hiccups, until she meets Xavier Woods, a human like no one she has ever met before.
In a cruel society where the population is separated into two castes — Enchanteds and Outsiders — Astrid and her family are considered the lowest of the low, without citizenship or magic. As the surrogate for Princess Renya, Astrid receives physical punishment if Renya steps out of line. It is truly a miserable existence — but it is one Astrid might be able to escape. Enter the Race of Oblivion, in which the drug Oblivion is used to wipe racers’ memories. It’s not an easy race — Astrid could very well end up dead.
