Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds

E-Audio, 03:58:41 Narrated by:  Heather Alicia Simms, Chris Chalk, Bahni Turpin, Kevin R. Free, JD Jackson, Guy Lockard, January LaVoy, Jason Reynolds, Adenrele Ojo, David Sadzin  Release Date:  October 8, 2019 Published by: Atheneum Read from: November 22-24, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Library  TW:  For fans of: Contemporary, YA, Realistic Fiction, Tough Stuff      From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes…

Unpregnant by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan

E-Audio, 08:03:21 Narrated by:  Kyla Garcia Release Date:  September 10, 2019 Published by: HarperTeen Read from: November 14-18, 2019 Unpregnant, #1 Source: Library  TW: Abortion For fans of: Contemporary, YA, Realistic Fiction, Tough Stuff      Seventeen-year-old Veronica Clarke never thought she would wish she’d failed a test until she finds herself holding a thick piece of plastic in her…

The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu

e-ARC, 352 pages            Release Date: July 2, 2019 Published by: Simon Pulse Read from: June 27-July 3, 2019 Stand-alone Source: Publisher & Edelweiss (I received a copy of this book from the Publisher & Edelweiss in exchange for a just and honest review. This did nothing to influence my review.)  TW: Toxic friendship, self-harm, abuse,…

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…

Always Forever Maybe by Anica Mrose Rissi

e-ARC, 256 pages Release Date: June 5, 2018 Published by:  HarperCollins/ HarperTeen Read from: June 9-12, 2018 Stand-alone Source: Publishers TW: Physical and Emotional Abuse For fans of:  Romance, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction,       When Betts meets Aiden at the candy store where she works, their connection is like a sugar rush to the heart. Betts already…

Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios

ARC, 354 pages Release Date: June 13, 2017 Published by: Henry Holt & Co. Read from: June 11-17, 2017 Stand-alone Source: TxLA 2017 For fans of: Romance, Realistic Fiction, Contemporary, Dark, New Adult, Sparkly Covers, DEAR      Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt…

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