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What Happened
by Peter Johnson
An account of an accident unfolds slowly, in lyrical prose, from the voice of an unnamed narrator—one of four boys in a car that runs down a pedestrian late one snowy night after a party. The teens face choices which will affect the rest of their lives.
Linda P., YA Librarian
This Is What I Did
by Ann Dee Ellis
Imagine if you had witnessed something horrific. Imagine if it had happened to a friend. And imagine if you hadn’t done anything to help. That’s what it’s like to be Logan and his story is revealed a piece at a time.
Linda P., YA Librarian
Fire from the Rock by Sharon Draper
In 1957, Sylvia Patterson’s life is disrupted when she is chosen to be one of the first black students to attend the previously all white Little Rock Central High School. A fictionalized account of a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.
Linda P., YA Librarian
Love Is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison
In her diary entries, British teenager Georgia Nicholson describes her continuing romantic woes as she is pushed to make a decision about the three boys in her life. #8 in the series.
Linda P., YA LIbrarian
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
Mysterious killings in Seattle and a vampire on the loose force Bella to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob. Meyer’s third book in her popular vampire love saga.
Linda P., YA Librarian
