Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes

e-Audio, 2 hours & 53 minutes Release Date: April 17, 2018 Published by: Little Brown Books for Young Readers / Blackstone Publishing Read from: June 23-29, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Library TW: Police Brutality & Death of a Child For fans of:  Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Grief, Cultural Fiction, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Tear Jerkers      Twelve-year-old Jerome is…

The Museum of Us by Tara Wilson Redd

ARC, 274 pages Release Date: June 26, 2018 Published by:  Random House/ Wendy Lamb Books Read from: June 24-28, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Publisher (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: Self-harm For fans of:  Romance, YA, Mental…

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

e-Audio, 368 pages Release Date: September  5, 2017 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: October 25-28, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  Overdrive For fans of: Romance, Grief, Friendship, YA      On September 5, a little after midnight, Death-Cast calls Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio to give them some bad news: They’re going to die today. Mateo and Rufus are total strangers,…

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

ARC, 208 pages  Release Date: October 17, 2017 Published by: Crown Books for Young Readers Read from: October 15, 2017 Stand-alone Source:  TxLA  For fans of: Contemporary, Family, Diversity, Own Voices, Realistic Fiction, Tear-Jerker, YA      Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race…

Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

Hardcover, 388 pages Release Date: April 4, 2017 Published by: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Read from: April 20-April 28, 2017 Stand-alone Source: Library  For fans of: Contemporary,Romance, DEAR, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones, tear-Jerkers, YA      Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother’s death, she leaves letters at her grave. It’s the only way…

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,…

Towers Falling by Jewell Parker Rhodes

ARC, 227  pages Release Date: July 12, 2016 Published by: Little, Brown BYFR Read from: July 18-21, 2016 Stand-alone Source: TLA 2016 For fans of: Historical Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Children’s, Diverse Reads, #OwnVoices, Contemporary, DEAR,       From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes, a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks.     When her fifth-grade teacher hints…

First & Then by Emma Mills

Hardcover, 267 pages Release Date: October 13, 2015 Published by: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR) Stand-alone Source: Library For fans of: Jane Austen, Football, Romance, Humor, Contemporary, Chick-lit, Realistic Fiction, Stand-alones,       Devon Tennyson wouldn’t change a thing. She’s happy watching Friday night games from the bleachers, silently crushing on best friend Cas, and…

Rome by Jay Crownover

Audio, 9 Parts Release Date: January 2, 2014 Published by: Blackstone Audiobooks Marked Men, #3 Source: Library (Overdrive) For fans of: Contemporary Romance, Tattoos, Military, Hot Literary Guys, Companions, Tear Jerkers, Realistic Fiction, New Adult      Rule’s big brother Rome finally gets his story in the much-awaited third book in bestselling author Jay Crownover’s…

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