A struggling rock band on the verge of breaking up is touring in the American Southwest when they are noticed by a damaged Iraq War veteran. This crossing of paths changes all their lives.
Friendship
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Author:McCammon, Robert R.Summary: - Author:Perez, Celia C.Summary:
Roller Girl meets School of Rock in this middle grade novel about identity, friendship, and riot-grrrl power by librarian and debut author Celia C. Perez. There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school-you can't...
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Author:Kinch, MichaelSummary:Under siege in the harsh African desert. Their only choice: rise up against ruthless renegades... or die. After weeks of suffering from exhaustion and starvation, Jaym and D’Shay, conscripted NorthAm Blenders, have helped dozens of...
- Author:Hauck, RachelSummary:
Executive assistant Lexa is eager for a much-deserved promotion, but her boss is determined to keep her underemployed. Literature Professor Jett is dealing with a broken heart, as well as a nagging suspicion his literary idol, Gordon...
- Author:Manley, RachelSummary:
The recipient of a prestigious Gunter Fellowship, Jessica leaves behind Jamaica, the only country she’s ever known, for Cambridge, Massachusetts, near the end of the twentieth century. In her fellowship year, she is to write a memoir...
- Author:Eliopulos, AndrewSummary:
A magic-infused YA novel about friendship, first love, and feeling out of place that will bewitch fans of Rainbow Rowell and Maggie Stiefvater. Living in a small town where magic is frowned upon, Sam needs his friends James and Delia--...
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Author:Smyth, CiaraSummary:Seventeen-year-old cynic Saoirse Clarke isn't looking for a relationship. But when she meets mischievous Ruby, that rule goes right out the window. Because Ruby has a loophole in mind: a summer of all the best cliché movie montage...
- Author:Sylvester, BasilSummary:
The literary scavenger hunt of a lifetime, starring an endlessly endearing non-binary tween. Zed Watson loves a few things: their name (which they chose themself!), their big rambunctious family, and—oh yeah—monsters. When Zed...
- Author:Eggers, DaveSummary:
From the award-winning author of The Every comes an endearing story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes-to see everything...
- Author:Dugoni, RobertSummary:
Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born with red pupils, he was called “Devil Boy” or Sam “Hell” by his classmates; “God’s will” is what his mother called his ocular albinism. Her words were of little comfort, but Sam...
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Author:Thornton, RebeccaSummary:In 1996, Josephine Grey and Freya Seymour are best friends and on the brink of great success. Both are students at the elite private school Greenwood Hall and Josephine, the daughter of the advisor to the Prime Minister, is heading for...
- Author:Wooding, ChrisSummary:
Empires rise, civilisations fall and one culture comes to subsume another. It's the way of the world... sometimes ways of life are improved, sometimes they are not. But the progression of change is huge and - usually - unstoppable...
- Author:Power, SamanthaSummary:
Pulitzer-Prize winner Samantha Power is widely known as the moral voice of her generation. A relentless advocate for promoting human rights, she has been heralded by President Barack Obama as one of America's "foremost...
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Author:Hury, HadleySummary:Laurel Beach is one of the last old-fashioned villages in the West Florida panhandle, one that has, so far, escaped commercial over-development. It presents both a haven and opportunity, and, this summer, it plays host to a varied cast....
- Author:Stowell, LouieSummary:
Kit Spencer can't stand reading. She'd rather be outside playing and getting muddy than stuck inside with a book. But when her best friends, Josh and Alita, drag her to the local library, Kit makes an incredible discovery: she...
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Author:Chan, GillianSummary:This novel centers on the unlikely friendship between two boys, Jacob Mueller and Mike McCallum. Jacob seems to be from a different world. After mystifying experts and doctors, who finally decide that he is an elective mute, Jacob ends...
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Author:Munday, EvanSummary:Thirteen-year-old October Schwartz is new in town, short on friends, and the child of a clinically depressed science teacher. Naturally, she spends most of her time in the Sticksville Cemetery, which just happens to border her backyard...
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Author:Blakemore, Megan FrazerSummary:Mori and her friends Julia, Benji, and Theo have never seen life beyond the walls of their perfect society, Old Harmonie. That changes when their new friend Ilana is threatened by the rules that are supposed to keep them all safe. They...
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Author:Wells, PamelaSummary:Four high school friends have an unexpected summer of crushes--and heartbreak.
- Author:Gidwitz, AdamSummary:
A globe-trotting new middle grade fantasy-adventure series about mythical creatures and their cultures of origin, from the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Inquisitor's TaleThe Inquisitor's Tale.
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