Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

e-ARC, 416 pages Release Date: March 7, 2017 Published by: Crown Books for Young Readers Read from: February 22- 26, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Netgalley (I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, DEAR, Marginazlized Voices, Sparkly Covers, Tear-Jerkers,…

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

e-ARC, 464 pages Release Date: February 28, 2017 Published by: Balzer + Bray Read from: February 12- 16, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  For fans of: Realistic Fiction,  Contemporary, DEAR, Debut Author, Own Voices, YA    …

Wires and Nerve, Vol. 1 by Marissa Meyer

Hardcover, 240 pages Release Date: Jnuary 31, 2017 Published by: Feiwel & Friends Read from: February 6-8, 2017  Wires and Nerve, #1 Source: Purchased For fans of: Action, Adventure, Bombshell Endings, Companion, DEAR, Diversity Ethnicity, Favorites, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Graphic Novels, Own, YA       In her first graphic novel, #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller Marissa Meyer follows…

My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier

Hardcover, 309 pages Release Date: November 15, 2016 Published by: Soho Teen Read from: December 16-20, 2016  Stand-alone Source: Edelweiss/ Library For fans of: Contemporary, Dark & Stabby, Thriller, Diversity, Realistic Fiction, Romance, YA      What if the most terrifying person you know is your ten-year-old sister?     Seventeen-year-old Aussie Che Taylor loves his younger sister, Rosa. But he’s…

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

ARC, 344 pages Release Date: November 1, 2016 Published by: Delacorte Press Read from: November 18-November 28, 2016 Stand-alone Source: BEA 2016 For fans of: Diversity in Literature, Romance, Tear-Jerkers, Contemporary, Sparkly Covers, DEAR, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction,       Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never…

Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig

ARC,  324 pages Release Date: October 4, 2016 Published by: Feiwel & Friends Read from: October 22, 2016- Stand-alone Source: BEA For fans of: Thrillers, Romance, Own Voices, Humor, Stand-alones, Bombshell Endings      Flynn’s girlfriend has disappeared. How can he uncover her secrets without revealing his own?     Flynn’s girlfriend, January, is missing. The cops are asking questions he…

Everyone We’ve Been by Sarah Everett

ARC,  391 pages Release Date: October 4, 2016 Published by: Knopf Books for Young Readers Read from: October 11, 2016-October 21, 2016 Stand-alone Source: BEA For fans of: Mysteries, Contemps, Romance, YA, Chick-lit, Debut Authors, Diverse Reads      Addison Sullivan has been in an accident. In its aftermath, she has memory lapses and starts talking to a boy that…

Into White by Randi Pink

ARC,  271 pages Release Date: September 13, 2016 Published by: Feiwel and Friends Read from: September 16-September 19, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Contemporary, Magical Realism, Religion, YA Sixteen-year-old Latoya Williams, who is black, attends a mostly white high school in the Bible Belt. In a moment of desperation, she prays for the power to change her race…

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