The Swift Boys & Me
Nola Sutton has always been friends with the Swift boys, Cannaan, Brian, and Kevin, but when their father leaves them without saying good-bye the boys start to change, and her long-time friends begin to pull away from her at a time when she needs them more than ever.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
subjects: best friends [X], brothers, desertion and non-support, dysfunctional families [X], families, family life [X], friendship
Words And Their Meanings
Seventeen-year-old Anna O'Mally is a gifted writer but for the past year, since her beloved uncle Joe died, she has been wrapped in grief that seems impenetrable until a strange email suggests she did not know Joe as well as she thought--and he was not the saint she believed he was.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: grief, family problems, secrecy, best friends [X], friendship, dysfunctional families [X], dating (social customs), authorship, secrets, family life [X]
Wish Girl
Twelve-year-old Peter has never felt at home with his noisy family, but begins to find the strength to live and to be himself when he discovers a special valley in the Texas Hill Country and meets Annie, a girl dying of cancer who knows and accepts him from the start.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: individuality, friendship, cancer, family life [X], texas, best friends [X], dysfunctional families [X], families, family problems
This Raging Light
Seventeen-year-old Lucille is struggling to get through each day, paying bills and looking after her little sister, Wren, while her father is institutionalized after a breakdown and her mother is "on vacation," but nothing else seems to matter when she is with Digby Jones, her best friend's twin brother.
FIC
year:
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: abandoned children, family life [X], sisters, responsibility, friendship, romance fiction, dysfunctional families [X], best friends [X], family problems, juvenile fiction / love & romance, juvenile fiction / family / siblings, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / family / parents, families, electronic books, electronic books
Kissing Max Holden
While both deal with problems at home, one-time best friends Jill and Max, seventeen, kiss, and while Jill knows that was a mistake, she struggles not to kiss him again.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, dysfunctional families [X], neighbors, best friends [X], family problems, romance fiction, family life [X], neighborhood
Little Do We Know
Told from two viewpoints, neighbors and former best friends Hannah and Emory, seventeen, must face what caused their rift after Hannah saves the life of Emory's boyfriend, Luke.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: secrets, family problems, dating (social customs), friendship, best friends [X], secrecy, dysfunctional families [X], family life [X]
We'll Fly Away
"Toby and Luke are best friends, bound by a goal of leaving their hometown for Luke's wrestling scholarship, but a series of events during their senior year will test their resolve"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 38
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
subjects: letters, death row, prisoners, schools, high schools, family problems, friendship, best friends [X], dysfunctional families [X], family life [X], school stories, prisons
Only A Breath Apart
Told in two voices, childhood best friends Jessie and Scarlett reconnect at his grandmother's funeral and start to share their secrets and feelings for each other.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: dysfunctional families [X], family problems, farms, best friends [X], friendship, family life [X]
The Spaces Between Us
Outcasts and best friends Serena Velasco and Melody Grimshaw strive together to survive senior year and break away from their rural factory town.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 14
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: best friends [X], friendship, high schools, dysfunctional families [X], coming of age, schools, family problems, school stories, family life [X], bildungsromans, bildungsromans, domestic fiction, domestic fiction, electronic books
Dear Justyce
Incarcerated teen Quan Banks writes letters to Justyce McCallister, with whom he bonded years before over family issues, about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 87
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 780
subjects: juvenile detention homes, dysfunctional families [X], best friends [X], friendship, african americans, letters, family problems, family life [X], large type books, social problem fiction
You Owe Me One, Universe
Thirteen-year-old Brian and his best friend Ezra navigate the challenges and complexities of middle school, as Brian struggles to cope with his emotions and Ezra attempts to balance his loyalty to his best friend with a newfound friendship.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: friendship, best friends [X], middle schools, schools, mental health, dysfunctional families [X], family problems, school stories, family life [X], school fiction