Winger by Andrew Smith Published: May 14th 2013 by Simon & Schuster Source: ARC from publisher Synopsis (Goodreads): Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with… Continue reading Hilarious and Heartbreaking: Winger by Andrew Smith
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Love in All the Wrong Places: Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt Published: Published January 15th 2013 by St Martin’s Press Source: local library Synopsis: Anna remembers a time before boys, when she was little and everything made sense. When she and her mom were a family, just the two of them against the world. But now her mom is gone most… Continue reading Love in All the Wrong Places: Uses for Boys by Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Not for Me: How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr Published: October 18th 2011 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Source: local library (teen book club selection) Synopsis: Jill MacSweeney just wishes everything could go back to normal. But ever since her dad died, she’s been isolating herself from her boyfriend, her best friends—everyone who wants… Continue reading Not for Me: How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Regency Romance: A Rogue by Any Other Name and Every Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah Maclean
A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean Published: February 28th 2012 by Avon Books Source: local library Synopsis: A decade ago, the Marquess of Bourne was cast from society with nothing but his title. Now a partner in London’s most exclusive gaming hell, the cold, ruthless Bourne will do whatever it takes to regain… Continue reading Regency Romance: A Rogue by Any Other Name and Every Good Earl Deserves a Lover by Sarah Maclean
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman Published: September 25th 2012 by Candlewick Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was lured from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left… Continue reading October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard by Lesléa Newman
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