Abby is beginning high school. It’s an exciting time, but also a terrifying one that signals a shift in her academic and social life. Abby struggles with the transition, and she’s afraid to talk to her family about it. The one person she feels she really can talk to about absolutely everything is Luke. Abby [...]

Tags: coming of age, family problems, internet safety, secrets, sex
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After a terrifying audition, Sara wins a scholarship to the Jersey Ballet for a year. Though it’s not the most prestigious of the ballet schools, it’s certainly a step up for a dancer from a tiny school in Vermont. Sara moves away from her family and friends to live with one of the school’s teachers, [...]

Tags: dance, eating disorders, high schools, self-perception, sex
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Frustrated with the rivalry between her high school’s soccer and football teams, Lissa organizes the athletes’ girlfriends together in a sex strike. The strike, though, becomes more than a means to an end, as both the guys and girls learn about themselves and their relationships. As with her previous novel, The Duff, Kody Keplinger brings [...]

Tags: dating, feminism, high schools, retelling, sex
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Melody and Harmony are twins. Separated at birth, Melody was brought up to be a pro Surogette while Harmony was raised to be a churchy wife at 13 with babies of her own soon after. In their society, only teens can get pregnant because of a virus spreading around that prevents older women from having [...]

Tags: dystopian, identity, satire, sex, social classes, teenage pregnancy
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One family. Four summers. A whole lotta heartbreak. Warning: Do not read Invincible Summer while wearing eye makeup. If you choose to read this book in public, do so at your own risk. There has been a lot of talk about Invincible Summer’s cover. This book looks like a beach book full of romance from [...]

Tags: beach, brothers and sisters, deafness, divorce, family problems, grief, philosophy, sex, summer
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