What We Wish For
"Fifteen-year-old Layla Freeman likes to pretend her life is fine.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenage girls, homelessness, families, drug addiction, coming of age, family life, realistic fiction [X], bildungsroman fiction, bildungsromans
Ariel Crashes A Train
Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms, until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and find acceptance and support for her true self.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: obsessive-compulsive disorder, identity (philosophical concept), friendship, sexual minorities, mental illness, identity, lgbtqia+ fiction, novel in verse, realistic fiction [X], novels in verse, queer fiction
Daniel, Deconstructed
"Photographer and film buff Daniel Sanchez learned a long time ago that the only way to get by in an allistic world is to mask his autism and follow the script.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teenagers, autism, dating (social customs), secrecy, sexual minorities, self-acceptance, dating, secrets, lgbtqia+ people, realistic fiction [X], diverse abilities fiction, romance fiction, queer fiction
Freshman Year
Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: college students, stress (psychology), friendship, graphic novel, realistic fiction [X], slice-of-life comics, graphic novels
The Last Love Song
"After high school graduation, Mia Peters faces a summer full of painful goodbyes.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: high school graduates, women composers, young women, sexual minorities, mothers, letters, summer, lgbtqia+ fiction, romance stories, coming of age, realistic fiction [X], queer fiction, romance fiction, bildungsromans
Our Shouts Echo
Sixteen-year-old Niarah's perspective on life changes when she joins a hiking/camping club and befriends Mac Torres and his wanderlust-driven friends, but as summer draws to a close and her new friends leave, existential dread challenges her new outlook.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, families, summer, camping, african americans, family life, blacks and african americans fiction, mental illness fiction, mental health fiction, realistic fiction [X]