So it seems only fair that I share with you some of the books that have caught my attention.
Allegedly by Tiffany Jackson
Did Mary really kill a baby?
Everyone seems to think so and this book keeps you wondering all the way through. It's one of those harrowing reads that makes you keep turning page after page dying to know the outcome.
I couldn't put it down and the ending will not be something you'll be expecting.
Countless by Karen Gregory
Hedda is pregnant. Hedda is also anorexic. Torn between the two Hedda has to decide.
Two difficult subjects dealt in completely realistic ways. It's painful but hopeful at the same time.
"Step on a crack, break your mother's back,
Touch another person's skin, and Dad's gone for good . . ."
Caddie has always played games in her head to cope with her surroundings—but it's never been this bad before. Soon, despite the heat, she's covering every inch of her skin and wearing evening gloves to school.
OCD in all it's awkward and quirky glory.
Everything All At Once by Katrina Leno
When Lottie's Aunt leaves her a series of letters and instructions she finds her quiet life upended in a way she never thought possible.
A magical book about the power of stories and life and love and the sacrifices we sometimes make.
Vicky Decker’s social anxiety has helped her to master the art of hiding in plain sight. But when her only friend moves away, Vicky’s isolation becomes unbearable. So she decides to invent a social life by Photoshopping herself into other people’s photos and posting them on Instagram.
Wonderful and sad and heart-breaking, I pretty much cried through most of the way through this book.
Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index by Julie Israel
65 days after the death of her older sister Juniper Lemon discovers a letter addressed to “You” that her sister wrote the day she died. Knowing nothing of this You, Juniper becomes determined to find out who it is and deliver the letter to them.
But what Juniper doesn’t expect is that in searching for You she will unearth other notes and secrets.
Mallory hasn't left the house in 67 days and instead attends classes via the webcam in her home. Hiding out in her house feels much safer than going out into the real world - but that's all about to change when she's surprisingly nominated for homecoming queen.
What's an agoraphobic to do when she can no longer hide from the outside world?
Some boys by Patty Blount
Grace cried rape... and no one believed her. Instead everyone, including her own family, turns against her making her life hell. Only Ian seems to want to know what really happened but can Grace ever trust anyone again, especially a boy who is best friends with the boy who raped her.
A brutal and honest look at rape and the culture of victim blaming.
What would you do if you were 17 but your only memories where from when you were 10? What would you do if one day you kiss a boy and that one memory holds on? Wouldn't you travel the ends of the Earth looking for that boy in the hope that he's the key to restoring all your memories and making you normal again?
Seventeen-year-old Flora Banks does just that and along the way discovers much more about herself and those closest to her.
I totally loved this book.
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