School Days: High School Edition
Our favorite back to school book picks for High School readers.
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You should see me in a crown2020
Summary: Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed Midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother... more »- place hold (0)
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Most likely2020
Summary: Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha have been friends since kindergarten. In senior year they're facing their biggest fears about growing up and growing apart. They have one another's backs through every new... more »- place hold (0)
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The prom : a novel based on the hit Broadway musical2019
Summary: Emma Nolan wants only one thing before she graduates: to dance with her girlfriend at the senior prom. But in her small town of Edgewater, Indiana, that's like asking for the moon. Alyssa Greene is... more »- place hold (0)
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Suggested reading2019
Summary: When the principal at Lupton Academy posts a "prohibited media" hit list, Clara Evans is horrified. Titles like "Their eyes were watching God" and "The perks of being a wallflower" have been pulled... more »- place hold (0)
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Watch us rise2019
Summary: Jasmine and Chelsea are best friends on a mission--they're sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post their... more »- place hold (0)
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We regret to inform you : an overachiever's guide to college rejection : a novel2018
Summary: Mischa Abramavicius is a walking, talking, top-scoring, perfectly well-rounded college application in human form. When all of her college applications are rejected -- even her safety school -- she is... more »- place hold (0)
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Tradition2018
Summary: Fullbrook Academy is an elite, historic prep school-- where some traditions are profoundly dangerous. Jules Devereux just wants to keep her head down, get into the right college, and leave... more »- place hold (0)
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Leah on the offbeat2018
Summary: With prom and graduation around the corner, senior Leah Burke struggles when her group of friends start fighting.- place hold (0)
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Moxie : a novel2017
Summary: Vivian Carter is fed up with a high school administration that thinks the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment, and gross comments from guys during class.... more »- place hold (0)
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Dear reader2017
Summary: Gilmore Girls with magical realism! Dear Reader is an original, poignant modern-day take on Wuthering Heights, as a high school senior searches for her teacher and meets a boy who may just be... more »- place hold (0)
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Something in between2016
Summary: Jasmine de los Santos has studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. Then her... more »- place hold (0)
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Flying2016
Summary: Mana has always lived a normal life, albeit with an overprotective mother, until the day she comes home to find the house trashed and an alien in the garage. It turns out her mother is an alien... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda2015
Summary: "Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity -- and that of his pen pal -- will be revealed"--- place hold (0)
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We are all made of molecules2015
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Stewart is academically brilliant but socially clueless. Fourteen-year-old Ashley is the undisputed "It" girl in her class, but her grades stink. Their worlds are about to collide... more »- place hold (0)
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The Tragedy Paper2013
Summary: While preparing for the most dreaded assignment at the prestigious Irving School, the Tragedy Paper, Duncan gets wrapped up in the tragic tale of Tim Macbeth, a former student who had a clandestine... more »- place hold (0)
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The spectacular now2008
Summary: In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk or high most of the time, but that could change when starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.- place hold (0)
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New boy2005
Summary: As a new sophomore at an exclusive boarding school in the 1950s, Rob Garrett, a young black man, is witness to the persecution of other students and wonders about the growing civil rights movement back home in Virginia.- place hold (0)
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Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes2003
Summary: The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other contemporary issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.- place hold (0)
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The chocolate war2000
Summary: A high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fund raising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies.- place hold (0)
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