Author: Neal Shusterman
Published: 2010 Brewster, known as "Bruiser" around school, is an outcast and doesn't really interact with kids in school. He is known for looking like he gets into fights all the time and was voted the guy Most Likely to Get the Death Penalty. Then he starts dating Bronte. Bronte doesn't know much about Brewster's life, but they begin spending more and more time together and they develop strong feelings for one another. She questions Brewster about why his back is covered in terrible, thick scars, but he always dodges the question. Tennyson, Bronte's twin brother, is concerned at first that his sister is dating this guy, but slowly the two boys become friends as well. Suddenly, Bronte and Tennyson notice strange things beginning to happen. Tennyson finds that his scraped knuckles are completely healed after shaking hands with Brewster. Bronte twists her ankle and then it magically goes away; then she notices Brewster limping. Why do they suddenly feel like all their problems are solved when they are around him? Why has Brewster always been afraid to get close to anyone? Bruiser is such an interesting and unique book. It definitely will keep you thinking long after you finish reading the book.
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Author: Kwame Alexander with Mary Rand Hess
Published: 2017 Blade Morrison is the son of famous rockstar Rutherford Morrison. Rutherford hasn't been in the music game for awhile since he became a drug addict. Blade hates the way his father acts now. Blade's mother passed away when he was younger, and no one in their family has ever been able to move on with their lives. She was the glue that kept them together. The only good thing in Blade's life is his girlfriend, Chapel. The problem is that Chapel's parents have forbidden her from seeing him because they think Blade's family is a bad influence. They have a secret relationship and sneak around.... until they get caught and the future they imagined together is threatened. After a particularly bad fight with his family, Blade finds out that he actually is not biologically related to his parents. He was adopted when he was a baby. This turns Blade's world upside down, and he has to go around the world to find answers about where he came from. Solo is a novel written in verse about families and how life doesn't always turn out the way you imagined. There are a ton of great music themes throughout the book that readers will enjoy. Author: Rachel Renee Russell
Published: 2016 Max is an 8th grader in middle school. He used to be homeschooled, but this is his first year at public school. This book is his journal where he writes about all of the things that happen to him at school. He gets picked on a lot by a kid named Doug Thurston, but Max calls him Thug Thurston. For no reason at all, Thug stuffs Max into his locker and keeps him locked in there. He's worried he's never going to get out, so he decides to write about his experience in his journal while sitting in his locker. Luckily, he manages to get out of his locker when a cute girl notices his screaming. Shortly after, there is a three-day weekend coming up. Max tries to avoid Thug as best as he can that Friday. He thinks he's in the clear, but then Thug sneaks up on him after school and shoves him in his locker AGAIN and leaves him to stay there over the THREE DAY WEEKEND! Max is freaking out. Not only does he start to panic about being stuck, but he also has to pee! He needs to figure out how to get out of his locker ASAP. What happens later that night is something that you will never guess! This is a hilarious account of an awkward student that will have you laughing out loud! The Misadventures of Max Crumbly is written by the same author who wrote Dork Diaries. Author: Tim Green
Published: 2016 Landon is looking forward to a new start at his new school. He has always been different. He is deaf and has to wear cochlear implants to help him hear. Even with his cochlear implants, he needs to be able to see the person talking to him to understand what they are saying. The way he talks sounds different from other kids his age, and it confuses some people. Because he had to miss school due to his disability, Landon was held back a year, so he is in the same grade as his younger sister Genevieve. He is a big kid, already over 6 feet tall and only growing. This year, he is starting 7th grade, and he decides that because he is so big, he is going to play football. When he joints the team, his coaches don't understand that he has a hearing disability, not a mental disability, so they don't give him the chance to practice with the other kids. He becomes the team's water boy instead. Landon isn't happy with this at all, but he doesn't know how to get them to give him a chance. It takes one boy on the team to give Landon the chance he has been waiting for--the chance to learn how to play football and become a great player. This book is a great book about how we can sometimes judge someone based on what we see instead of taking the time to get to know them. Author: Patricia McCormick
Published: 2006 Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives in Nepal with her her mom, her baby brother, and her step-father. Her family is extremely poor, especially because her step-father gambles away all their money. Some girls in her neighborhood have left home to work in the city as maids to help make money for their families. When a woman offers her a job to work for a wealthy family, Lakshmi agrees. Soon she starts on a journey being taken from person to person, money being exchanged each time for her. She ends up in India in a home called the Happiness House. It is not what she expected. Instead of working as a maid in the city, Lakshmi has been sold into prostitution. The head of the house is named Mumtaz, and she is cruel to the girls who live there. She forces them to work as prostitutes, and if they refuse she starves and beats them. The only time anyone is allowed to leave is when they are too sick to keep working, and then they are alone on the streets with no shelter. Lakshmi faces unspeakable horrors while living at the Happiness House. Each time the men leave her, she tries to think of it as her repaying her debt to Mumtaz so that she can eventually leave and go home, but Mumtaz has no plans to let her leave anytime soon. This is a heartbreaking book written in verse about child prostitution and sex slavery. Author: Rainbow Rowell
Published: 2013 Eleanor is a misfit. She has big, red hair and is bigger than other kids her age. Her clothes never match. She doesn't have a good home life. She recently had to move back in with her mom and her step-dad, Richie, who is awful to her. and abusive to her mom. The kids at school bully her for her looks and because she comes from a poor family. When she shows up on the bus and has nowhere to sit, Park unhappily agrees to let her sit with him. Park is also a misfit. He feels like he doesn't fit in with his family and the kids at school. Soon Eleanor and Park are sitting next to each other on the bus every day, reading comics and listening to music together. They eventually start talking, and they both discover they have feelings for one another, but they are both scared. Park doesn't want others to make fun of him for being with Eleanor, and Eleanor doesn't want to open up to anyone because of the problems in her home life. They both discover that all they really need is each other. One of my favorite books that I have ever read. The way Rainbow Rowell writes is so amazing and beautiful. This love story is one you won't forget! Author: Tahereh Mafi
Published: 2011 Juliette has been locked up for 264 days, completely isolated in a small room. She has not touched another human being in all that time. There is something special about Juliette. She can't touch anyone. When she does, they die. Her parents were scared of her, and because of an incident involving a child, Juliette was viewed as a dangerous monster and had to be locked away. At the beginning of the book, the people who are imprisoning her decide that she is going to have a roommate because she has displayed such good behavior. When the roommate turns out to be a boy, Adam, who she recognizes from her past, she is shocked. Suddenly, she and Adam are being pulled out of isolation, and Juliette is brought to the leader of the military. Warner, the leader, wants to use her as a weapon. When Juliette finds out, she is horrified. She doesn't want to be a monster. And when she finds out who Adam really is, she is suddenly a part of something that she never even dreamed of. Author: Lola StVil
Published: 2016 Shay Summers describes herself as a "pretty-faced fat girl who / Reads. Writes. Thinks. / Too much" She lives with her stepmother ever since her dad died. She is a bit of an outcast at school and is bullied mercilessly by a girl named Kelly for the way she looks. On the bright side, she has two great friends who help her through everything. One day Shay goes online and starts chatting with someone she doesn't know. The two quickly find a connection, and soon they exchange phone numbers and start texting every day. They talk about their family and friends and the issues they are having in their lives. The only problem is that after awhile this mystery person wants to meet, but Shay is convinced that he will want to run in the other direction once he sees what she looks like. Soon she finds out that this mystery man is actually the most popular boy in school, and Shay is scared. Could this ever work out or was it not meant to be? Girls Like Me is a beautiful novel told in verse. Shay is a lovable character who is dealing with lots of issues readers may be able to connect with. Author: Karen M. McManus
Published: 2017 Five people are placed in detention. There's Bronwyn (the Brain), Addy (the Beauty), Nate (the Criminal), Cooper (the Athlete), and Simon (the Outcast). All of these students claim that the cell phones that got them sent to detention in the first place were not theirs--someone put them in their bags and was playing a joke on them to get them in trouble. Their teacher doesn't believe them. Suddenly Simon dies during detention, and the police think it wasn't an accident. They are only looking at Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper as suspects. To complicate matters, Simon was known as the school gossip. He created an app that spread gossip about people at school. It damaged many people's reputations, and Simon was not well-liked by many. The police find that Simon was about to post secrets about the four students that were in detention with him. The police don't believe their claims of innocence, so it is up to the four of them to figure out who murdered Simon and why. An amazing murder mystery book! |
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