Others: Negative The son of a Pentecostal preacher faces his personal demons as he and his two outcast friends try to make it through their senior year of high school in rural Forrestville, Tennessee without letting the small-town culture destroy their creative spirits and sense of self.
Genres: young adult
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Robin Roe
2017 · 310 pages · 8 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positive"Adam, a high school senior, rescues Julian, a freshman, from an abusive situation"--
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Simone Elkeles
2011 · 1 review
Others: NeutralWhen he returns to Illinois and the gang culture on the south side of Fairfield after six years in Colorado, high school senior Luis Fuentes, who dreams of becoming an astronaut, falls for a girl and enters a dark world after learning some disturbing news about his family.
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Maureen Johnson
2004 · 377 pages · 1 review
Others: PositiveThe friendship of three high school girls and their relationships with their friends and families are tested when two of them fall in love with each other.
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A.S. King
2010 · 326 pages · 2 reviews
Others: NegativeWhen her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name.
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Simone Elkeles
2010 · 1 review
Others: PositiveLiving on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus with his older brother Alex, a college student and ex-gang member, high school senior Carlos is not ready to give up his wild ways until he meets a shy classmate named Kiara and becomes unwillingly involved in a drug ring.
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Victoria Schwab
2011 · 337 pages · 2 reviews
Others: Mostly negativeThe Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. There are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi's need to know about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.
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Not a fanI actually DNFed this book once I hit the halfway point and the reason for that is because something had just been revealed to me that I felt had no build-up whatsoever and it was a thing that you should have seen it coming. I didn't care about any of the characters and once we got to the halfway point I realized I don't care what the outcomes are, I don't know where this book is going, I don't want to know, and so I DNFed it.
