Poet r y N ov el s M em or abl e

For sixteen-year-old
I f you l i k ed...
Sahara, "life and
death and everything
Qu ot es f r om
in between" depends
on the color of a little
stick. She waits three
long minutes, praying
to Jesus, Mary, and all
the saints that the
stick will turn blue,
meaning she isn't
pregnant. Instead,
the stick turns pink " not ice how f ickle f eelings can be
and Sahara's life is
changed in a heart
now I 'm bet t er , now I 'm wor se
beat. With heartfelt nowher e is it wr it t en how t o deal wit h
honesty and a touch of sardonic humor, Linda t his"
Oatman High's novel in free verse takes readers
inside the mind of a young woman struggling to
survive an alien world that she calls Planet
"To get something, you must give something away.

To hold something, you must give something away.

A collection of fifty
poems about love: To love something, you must give something away."
Shared and Thenyouprobablylikenovelswith:
unrequited. Lasting
a moment and - LGBTQ them es and
lasting a lifetime.
"Youthink youknowyour possibilities. char acter s
Love for a pet, a
sport, music. And
Then other peoplecomeintoyour life - Stor ies about love and
r elationships
love for a boyfriend
or girlfriend, family,
and suddenly therearesomany more." - Paced-paced and
our world. This char acter -dr iven plots
collection explores - M ultiple per spectives
the intensity, pain,
and beauty that love
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brings - from first crush to love's bloom, from a
more suggestions? Come with a
breakup catastrophe to starting over. Love is an
experience that makes us think: No one has felt like
pass to visit the media center, or
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this. Ever. It can make us look at someone and feel
dizzy in his or her eyes.
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One cold night, in a most
unlikely corner of Chicago,
two teens? both named Will
Grayson? are about to cross
paths. As their worlds collide
and intertwine, the Will
Graysons find their lives
going in new and unexpected
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the epic production of
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...an d w i t h a Up an d Com i n g
f an t asy t w i st Aristotle is an angry teen
with a brother in prison.
NOT everyone HAS TO Dante is a know-it-all who
BE THE chosen ONE. has an unusual way of
What if you?re not an looking at the world. When
indie kid, fighting the two meet at the
swimming pool, they seem
zombies or whatever
to have nothing in common.
this new thing is with the
But as the loners start
blue lights and the spending time together,
death? What if you?re like they discover that they
Mikey? Who just wants share a special
to graduate before friendship? the kind that
someone blows up the changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is
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learn the most important truths about
Sometimes you just have to discover how
even an ordinary life can be extraordinary.

Jude and her twin brother,

Simon Snow is the worst
Chosen One who?s ever been
I n si gh t f r om Au t h or s
chosen. If you received a letter from
Noah, are incredibly close. At
your older self, what do you
thirteen, isolated Noah That?s what his roommate, Baz,
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draws constantly and is says. And Baz might be evil and
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while daredevil Jude Half the time, Simon can?t even
as Michael Cunningham, Amy
cliff-dives and wears red-red make his wand work, and the
Bloom, David Levithan, and
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on fire. His mentor ?s avoiding Armistead Maupin make
for both of them. But three
him, his girlfriend broke up imaginative journeys into
years later, Jude and Noah
with him, and there?s a their pasts, telling their
are barely speaking.
magic-eating monster running younger selves what they
Something has happened to
around wearing Simon?s face. Baz would be having a field day would have liked to know then about their lives as
wreck the twins in different
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Transgender people.
Watford School of Magicks, and Simon?s infuriating nemesis
Through stories, in pictures, with bracing honesty,
broken, beautiful boy, as well as someone else? an didn?t even bother to show up.
even more unpredictable new force in her life. The
Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, and a mystery. It has
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these are words of love and understanding, reasons to
hold on for the better future ahead. They will tell you
early years are Noah?s story to tell. The later years are just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a things about your favorite authors that you never
Jude?s. Rainbow Rowell story ? but far, far more monsters.
knew before. And they will tell you about yourself.