Young Adult
We all looked up
Tommy Wallach
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Wallach Tommy
Young Adult
The lives of four high school seniors intersect weeks before a meteor is set to pass through Earth's orbit, with a 66.6% chance of striking and destroying all life on the planet.
I'll give you the sun
Jandy Nelson
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Nelson Jandy
Young Adult, LGBTQ+
"A story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by artists Jude and her twin brother Noah"--
This achingly beautiful novel follows twin siblings as they experience loss and love. -Brian
Shooter
Walter Dean Myers
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Myers, Walter Dean
Young Adult
Written in the form of interviews, reports, and journal entries, the story of three troubled teenagers ends in a tragic school shooting.
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This is where it ends
Marieke Nijkamp
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Nijkamp Marieke
Young Adult
Minutes after the principal of Opportunity High School in Alabama finishes her speech welcoming the student body to a new semester, they discover that the auditorium doors will not open and someone starts shooting as four teens, each with a personal reason to fear the shooter, tell the tale from separate perspectives.
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Hate list
Jennifer Brown
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Brown, Jennifer
Young Adult
Sixteen-year-old Valerie, whose boyfriend Nick committed a school shooting at the end of their junior year, struggles to cope with integrating herself back into high school life, unsure herself whether she was a hero or a villain.
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Forgive me, Leonard Peacock
Matthew Quick
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Quick Matthew
Young Adult
A day in the life of a suicidal teen boy saying good-bye to the four people who matter most to him.
Available also as an e-audiobook through OverDrive/Libby. See https://icpl.overdrive.com/media/1354991 -Melody
Emergency contact
Mary H. K. Choi
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Choi Mary
Young Adult
"After a chance encounter, Penny and Sam become each other's emergency contacts and find themselves falling in love digitally, without the humiliating weirdness of having to see each other"--
Absolutely charming book! I haven't been this invested in a fictional couple for quite a while. Also, I'm still not over how gorgeous the cover is. -Brian
Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Saenz Benjamin
LGBTQ+, Young Adult
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
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Wandering son
Takako Shimura
MANGA Shimura Wandering
Graphic Novels, LGBTQ+, Young Adult
V. 1: "The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy "-- back cover.
This is a beautiful and touching series about friends supporting one another through thick and thin. -Casey
Fangirl
Rainbow Rowell
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Rowell Rainbow
Young Adult
Cath struggles to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words, and worrying about her fragile father.
Added by Casey
This compelling and well-written YA novel explores what would happen if everyone knew the world was ending. -Brian