We Are Okay by Nina LaCour

Hardcover, 234 pages Release Date: February 14, 2017 Published by: Dutton Books for Young Readers Read from: March 27-30, 2017  Stand-alone Source: Library For fans of: Marginalized Voices, Contemporary, LGBTQIA+, Mental Illness, YA      You go through life thinking there’s so much you need…     Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your…

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…

As I Descended by Robin Talley

ARC,  370 pages Release Date: September 6, 2016 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: August 24- August 31, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TxLA For fans of: Retellings, Creepy, LGBTQIA, Diversity, Fantasy, Ghosts, Disability, Stand-alones, YA      Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school’s ultimate power couple—even if no one knows it but them.     Only one thing stands between them…

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

Audio, 8 hours 30 minutes Release Date: April 5, 2016 Published by: Random House Stand-alone Source: Library (Overdrive) For fans of: Contemporary, Romance, LOL,  Realistic Fiction, Diversity, YA      What if the person you need the most is someone you’ve never met?” Funny and romantic, this tug-at-your-heartstrings contemporary YA debut is perfect for readers…

More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

Hardcover, 293 pages Release Date: June 2, 2015 Published by: Soho Teen Stand-alone Source: Own (Giveaway win) For fans of: Sci-fi, Romance, LGBTQIA, LOL, Diversity FTW      The Leteo Institute’s revolutionary memory-relief procedure seems too good to be true to Aaron Soto — miracle cure-alls don’t tend to pop up in the Bronx projects….

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