After Ever After
Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome after effects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 63
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: cancer, middle schools, schools [X], best friends, friendship, new jersey, school stories, family life, brothers [X], family [X], families
What They Always Tell Us
Sixteen-year-old Alex feels so disconnected from his friends that he starts his junior year at a Tuscaloosa, Alabama, high school by attempting suicide, but soon, a friend of his older brother draws him into cross-country running and a new understanding of himself.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: social isolation, brothers [X], self-actualization (psychology), high schools, schools [X], tuscaloosa (ala.), family [X], loneliness, self-realization, homosexuality, family life, school stories, families
Screaming Quietly
"Ian Taylor lives a secret life. At school, he's a varsity football player, dating one of the hottest cheerleaders on campus.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: autism, brothers [X], teenagers, football players, autistic children, families, high schools, schools [X], school stories, family [X]