This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith Published: April 2nd 2013 by Poppy/Hachette Source: ARC from publisher Synopsis (Goodreads): If fate sent you an email, would you answer? When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O’Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty… Continue reading The Ultimate Meet-Cute: This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
Tag: young adult contemporary
Make a List: Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt Published:March 26th 2013 by Bloomsbury Source: ARC from publisher Synopsis (Goodreads): When Mallory’s boyfriend, Jeremy, cheats on her with an online girlfriend, Mallory decides the best way to de-Jeremy her life is to de-modernize things too. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in 1962, Mallory swears off… Continue reading Make a List: Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt
The Personal Cost of War: Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer and Peter Legranis
Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer and Peter Legranis Published: February 7th 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Source: local library Synopsis (Goodreads): Ben has always had it pretty easy–with no acting experience, he landed the lead in his high school musical, and he’s dating the prettiest girl in school.… Continue reading The Personal Cost of War: Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am by Harry Mazer and Peter Legranis
A Different Kind of LGBTQ Book: The Sin-Eater’s Confession by Ilsa Bick
The Sin-Eater’s Confession by Ilsa Bick Published: March 1st 2013 by Carolrhoda Books Source: ARC from publisher Synopsis: People in Merit, Wisconsin, always said Jimmy was . . . you know. But people said all sorts of stupid stuff. Nobody really knew anything. Nobody really knew Jimmy. I guess you could say I knew Jimmy as well… Continue reading A Different Kind of LGBTQ Book: The Sin-Eater’s Confession by Ilsa Bick
Delightfully Morbid: The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand by Gregory Galloway
The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand by Gregory Galloway Published: February 21st, 2013 by Dutton Juvenile/Penguin Source: ARC from publisher Synopsis (Goodreads): Adam Strand isn’t depressed. He’s just bored. Disaffected. So he kills himself—39 times. No matter the method, Adam can’t seem to stay dead; he wakes after each suicide alive and physically unharmed, more determined to… Continue reading Delightfully Morbid: The 39 Deaths of Adam Strand by Gregory Galloway
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