Audio-books - Can't Miss Audio-books

• Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

• Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez

• Dear Martin by Nic Stone

• Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

Audio-books - LGBT+ Characters

• Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

• The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle

• Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

• They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

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Book Review - The Leaving

📖Recommend for Grades 8 and up📖

The Leaving

by Tara Altebrando

After the first full day of Kindergarten, six children never came home. Now, eleven years later, five return with no memory of where they have been or the sixth child Max. Scarlet returns home, where her mother thinks aliens had abducted her. She seems to remember Lucas, who also seems to remember her. Lucas also returns to a life turned upside down. Then there is Max’s sister Avery. She can’t figure out why her brother hasn’t returned with the others and thinks they are hiding something.

Scarlet, Lucas, and Avery narrate this story with Scarlet and Lucas not exactly being reliable ones. However, wondering if they are lying or not is all part of the story. This book does have its flaws, but it is still a page-turner. Readers will be itching to figure out why the six had been taken, where they were, why they returned, where Max is, and why they don’t remember him. 

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*Please note that UPL does not currently own a physical copy of this book but you can request it from another library

E-books - LGBT+ Characters

• What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

• The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle

• The Other Boy by M. G. Hennessey (Tween Friendly)

• Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

• Odd One Out by Nic Stone

E-books - MORE Historical Fiction

• The War Outside by Monica Hesse

• Butterfly Yellow by Thanhhà Lai

• The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee

• Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

• Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

E-books - European Setting

• The Wonder of Us by Kim Culbertson

• Just One Day by Gayle Forman

• 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

• Also available on Hoopla

• Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

• Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

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Book Review - Four Days of You and Me

📖Recommend for Grades 9 and up📖

Four Days of You and Me

by Miranda Kenneally

Every May 7th is field trip day for the students of Coffee County High School. During the freshman trip, Lulu and Alex go from enemies to more than friends. Now on every trip after, their relationship faces something significant, all leading up to their big trip senior year.

This story is told mainly on four days, different days, in four different years.  There are, however, some chapters that lead up to trip day. It is a sweet YA romance containing realistic teen characters dealing with fairly realistic teen problems. The main character Lulu, can be a tad annoying at times, as can her love interest Alex. Still, their story is an entertaining one of ups and downs.

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E-books - Tackling Racial Conflict

• Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

• All American Boys by Jason Reynolds & Brendan Kiely

• Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

• Dear Martin by Nic Stone

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

• Stamped--Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi