Juvenile & Young Adult / Social Situations / Emotions & Feelings

The Long Wait for Tomorrow

by Joaquin Dorfman

Freaky Friday for the 21st century . .

Joaquin Dorfman is back with another smart novel that pushes the envelope of literary fiction, examining identity, high school roles, and even the high-blown concept of...

Peter and the Whimper-Whineys

by Sherrill S. Cannon

Synopsis: "In a house in the forest all covered with vines, Lived a very small rabbit who did nothing but whine." ---- Thus begins the rhymed story of Peter and the Whimper-Whineys. Peter's mother warns him...

Disappearing Desmond

by Anna Alter

Desmond likes to disappear, blend into the background, and hide in the cleverest of places. But when a new student named Gloria arrives at his school, Desmond finds himself noticed for the first time. Can Gloria...

Shug

by Jenny Han

Annemarie Wilcox, or Shug as her family calls her, is beginning to think there's nothing worse than being twelve. She's too tall, too freckled, and way too flat-chested. Shug is sure that there's not one good...

My Life as a Cartoonist

by Janet Tashjian & Jake Tashjian

There’s a new kid in Derek Fallon’s class. His name is Umberto and he uses a wheelchair. Derek’s family is still fostering Frank the monkey, and Derek thinks it would be great to train Frank to assist...

Going Bovine

by Libba Bray

Can Cameron find what he’s looking for?

All 16-year-old Cameron wants is to get through high school—and life in general—with a minimum of effort. It’s not a lot to ask. But that’s before he’s given...

Dear Cassie

by Lisa Burstein

What if the last place you should fall in love is the first place that you do?

You’d think getting sent to Turning Pines Wilderness Camp for a month-long rehabilitation “retreat” and being forced to re-live...

Truths I Learned from Sam

by Kristin Butcher

Despite initial misgivings, it's the best summer of 17-year-old Dani's life. Staying in a small community while her mother honeymoons in Europe, Dani finds her days filled with riding, reading, rodeo, and romance....

Katie's New Recipe

by Coco Simon

Katie’s long-lost father is finally reaching out—but is she ready for the reunion?

For as long as Katie can remember, it’s just been her and her mom. But that’s about to change. First her mom gets a boyfriend....

Tear Catchers

by Andy Juscik

Synopsis: Do you know what you need when you cry? A jar to catch your tears; because inside that jar are magical creatures that come alive to catch your tears and help you solve the problems that created those...

The Reinvention of Bessica Lefter

by Kristen Tracy

After an unfortunate incident at the hair salon, Bessica is not allowed to see her best friend, Sylvie. That means she's going to start middle school a-l-o-n-e. Bessica feels like such a loser. She wants friends....

The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand

by Gregory Galloway

Adam Strand isn’t depressed. He’s just bored. Disaffected. So he kills himself—39 times. No matter the method, Adam can’t seem to stay dead; he awakes after each suicide alive and physically unharmed,...

All Just Glass

by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

Sarah Vida has given up everything for love. From a legendary family of vampire-hunting witches, Sarah was raised to never trust a vampire, to never let her guard down, and to avoid all tricky attachments of...

The Candy Smash

by Jacqueline Davies

Poignant and funny, the fourth book in the best-selling Lemonade War series explores the distinctive power of poetry and love--fourth grade style.

Anh's Anger

by Gail Silver & Philippe Ames

Children experience anger on a regular basis, but lack the coping skills to guide them through these difficult moments. In Anh's Anger, five-year-old Anh becomes enraged when his grandfather interrupts playtime...

Digital Disaster!

by Rachel Wise

When the newspaper staff goes digital, they learn the hard way that backup files are anything but optional.

Cherry Valley Middle School has all-new computers, which means the school newspaper can produce its...

Love Is the Higher Law

by David Levithan

First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . .

The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger...

You Are Not Here

by Samantha Schutz

A startling novel about love and grief from the author of the acclaimed memoir I Don't Want to Be Crazy. Annaleah and Brian shared something special - Annaleah is sure of it. When they were together, they didn't...

True Colours

by Lucy Lemay Cellucci

Fifteen-year-old Zoe prefers the company of animals. A self-professed advocate for their rights, Zoe is not above taking matters into her own hands. But the stakes are raised when she finds herself at the centre...

Summer Dragons

by Holly Haggarty

Elizabeth finds a perfectly egg-shaped stone in the local graveyard. Its brilliantly white, warm, and pulsing with energy and it feels like theres something inside. Encouraged by her eccentric great-aunt, Beth...