NBS recommends teen heartbreakers
WE WERE LIARS By E. Lockhart
P539
A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends — the Liars — whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth.
ATLANTIA By Ally Condie
P545
For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamed of the sand and sky Above—of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all Rio’s hopes for the future are shattered when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected choice, stranding Rio Below. Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother’s death, her own destiny, and the corrupted system constructed to govern the Divide between land and sea.
WONDER By R. J. Palacio
P359
August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school-until now. He’s about to enter fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you’ve ever been the new kid, then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie’s just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, despite appearances?
BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING By Robyn Schneider
P349
Varsity tennis captain, Ezra Faulkner, was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before—before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe.
ELEANOR AND PARK: A NOVEL AND FANGIRL BOXED SET By Rainbow Rowell
P799
Two bestselling titles by Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park and
Fangirl, are now in a boxed set!
A THOUSAND PIECES OF YOU By Claudia Gray
P435
Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes — and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite’s father is murdered, and the killer — her parent’s assistant Paul — escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him. Marguerite races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is far more sinister than she expected.