NYT - Young Adult | Des Moines Public Library

1) Me and Earl and the dying girl: a novel

Author

Andrews, Jesse

Notes

#3 on the Young Adult list for 2015-08-23. It has been on the list for 14 week(s).

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Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.

2) The book thief

Author

Zusak, Markus

Notes

#4 on the Young Adult list for 2015-08-23. It has been on the list for 129 week(s).

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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.

3) Eleanor & Park

Author

Rowell, Rainbow

Notes

#9 on the Young Adult list for 2015-08-23. It has been on the list for 60 week(s).

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In 1986, two teenage misfits fall in love.