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Review of Plan A
Plan A by Deb CalettiHigh School Labyrinth Road/Random 416 pp.10/23 9780593485545 $18.99Library ed. 9780593485552 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593485576 $10.99Ivy, sixteen, is pregnant and scared. In conservative Paris, Texas, she knows she can’t disclose her condition—or her desire to have an abortion, which is illegal in Texas after six weeks. The accidental...
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Review of Unexpecting
Unexpecting by Jen BaileyHigh School Wednesday/St. Martin’s 304 pp.8/23 9781250780942 $20.00e-book ed. 9781250780959 $11.99This unconventional teen-pregnancy tale follows sixteen-year-old Ben, who had sex with his friend Maxie “as a scientific test.” He wanted to confirm that he was gay; she was participating in “some kind of TikTok social experiment thing.”...
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Review of The Memory Eater
The Memory Eater by Rebecca MahoneyHigh School Razorbill/Penguin 336 pp.3/23 9780593524602 $18.99e-book ed. 9780593524619 $10.99To the town of Whistler Beach, Maine, the Memory Eater—a creature confined to a cave who consumes people’s unwanted memories—is big business. And that business depends on seventeen-year-old Alana Harlow. Like generations of Harlows before her,...
Review of Four for the Road
Four for the Road by K. J. ReillyHigh School Atheneum 288 pp.8/22 9781665902281 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665902311 $10.99In this at once funny and moving novel, it’s been just over a year since seventeen-year-old Asher’s mom died in a car accident, and “everyone says that I’m not handling it well.” In addition...
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Review of The Secrets We Keep
The Secrets We Keep by Cassie GustafsonHigh School Simon 352 pp.11/22 9781665906944 $19.99e-book ed. 9781665906968 $10.99Fourteen-year-old Emma’s family is torn apart when her best friend, Hannah, accuses Emma’s father of sexual abuse. He is arrested, and Emma’s mother forbids any communication with Hannah. To prevent her family (which also includes...
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Review of The Epic Story of Every Living Thing
The Epic Story of Every Living Thing by Deb Caletti High School Labyrinth Road/Random 416 pp. g9/22 978-0-593-48550-7 $18.99Library ed. 978-0-593-48551-4 $21.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-48553-8 $10.99 Without knowing the identity of the man who was her sperm donor, seventeen-year-old Harper feels that “half of her is...
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Review of Practice Girl
Practice Girl by Estelle LaureHigh School Viking 320 pp. g5/22 978-0-593-35091-1 $18.99Seventeen-year-old Jo is devastated when she overhears the boy she recently slept with refer to her as a “practice girl”: someone to have sex with for experience, but not to date. She’s further humiliated to discover that she...
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Review of The Wolves Are Waiting
The Wolves Are Waiting by Natasha FriendHigh School Little, Brown 384 pp. g3/22 978-0-316-04531-5 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-316-04538-4 $9.99The morning after attending a fair run by (fictional) Faber College’s fraternities, fifteen-year-old Nora wakes up on the golf course without any memory of how she got there. Her best friend, Camille, is...
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Review of Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity
Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity by Angela VelezHigh School Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins 400 pp. g2/22 978-0-06-307178-0 $18.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-307180-3 $12.99Unlike her younger sister, Lulu, Milagro has never cared about college. So she’s not thrilled to learn that she’ll be joining Lulu on their Catholic school’s annual spring break field...
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