NYT - Young Adult Paperback | Franklin County Library System

1) If he had been with me

Author

Nowlin, Laura

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#1 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-09-17.

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A love story spanning the history of two teenagers' lives and all the moments when if one little thing had been different, their futures would have been together instead of apart.

2) Girl in pieces

Author

Glasgow, Kathleen

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#2 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-09-17.

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Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts...

3) Better than the movies

Author

Painter, Lynn

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#3 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-09-17.

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Michael, to whom Liz Buxbaum gave her heart long ago, has returned but to get his attention and, perhaps, a prom date she must scheme with her nemesis Wes, her next-door neighbor. Liz Buxbaum's crush Michael never really saw her before he moved away. Now he is back in town, and Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar, and maybe snag him as a prom date. Attractive next-door neighbor Wes Bennet might seem like a prime candidate for romantic...

4) The book thief

Author

Zusak, Markus

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#4 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-09-17.

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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

5) Long way down

Author

Reynolds, Jason

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#5 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-09-17.

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As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

6) The counselors

Author

Goodman, Jessica

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#7 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-09-17.

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After a traumatic school year, camp counselor Goldie Easton is excited to reunite with her two best friends at an elite summer camp, but when a local boy is found dead on the grounds, all three must reveal a dark secret to find the murderer.

7) The way I used to be

Author

Smith, Amber

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#8 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-09-17.

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"After fourteen-year-old Eden is raped by her brother's best friend, she knows she'll never be the way she used to be"--

8) They both die at the end

Author

Silvera, Adam

Series

Death-Cast volume 1

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#9 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-09-17.

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In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.