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1) If he had been with me

Author

Nowlin, Laura

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#1 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-11-12.

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A love story spanning the history of two teenagers' lives and all the moments when if one little thing had been different, their futures would have been together instead of apart.

2) Girl in pieces

Author

Glasgow, Kathleen

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#3 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-11-12.

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As she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte "Charlie" Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.

3) Better than the movies

Author

Painter, Lynn

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#6 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-11-12.

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Liz Buxbaum's crush Michael never really saw her before he moved away. Now he is back in town, and Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar, and maybe snag him as a prom date. Attractive next-door neighbor Wes Bennet might seem like a prime candidate for romantic comedy fantasies, but he has only been a pain in Liz's butt since they were kids. Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz's in. -- adapted from jacket Michael,...

4) The way I used to be

Author

Smith, Amber

Series

Way I used to be volume 1

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#7 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-11-12.

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Eden was always good at being good. Band geek, book nerd. Starting high school didn't change that. But the night her brother's best friend rapes her, Eden's whole world capsizes. What was once simple is now complex. What Eden once loved -- who she loved -- she now hates. What she believed was the truth, now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she's never felt so alone in her life. She knows she's supposed to tell someone what happened but she can't....

5) The book thief

Author

Zusak, Markus

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#9 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-11-12.

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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.

6) Long way down

Author

Reynolds, Jason

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#10 on the Young Adult Paperback list for 2023-11-12.

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As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.