At that time, amid the injustice of segregation and prejudice, this was illegal. Virginia by Patricia Hruby Powell-In 1955, in Caroline County, Virginia, two teenagers met and fell in love.
Marcie is tossed back into her old life and the implications that come with it.īull by David Elliott-This darkly comedic retelling of the Greek myth of the Minotaur offers a fresh take on a classic. Just when she seems to be settling in, her mother decides they would be better off back in Boise, Idaho. Marcie quickly falls into the arms of a popular jock at her new school, cheating on her old boyfriend back home (who she never truly broke up with). Although Marcie is initially reluctant to leave her established group of friends – the Leftovers – she comes to view this change as an opportunity to reinvent herself. Love and Leftovers by Sarah Tregay-When Marcie's mother discovers her husband has left her for a male bartender, she takes Marcie to her childhood hometown in New Hampshire.
Check back next week for a new teen book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!! These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #yaverse as well as on Libby and Hoopla. We have titles that are historical, romance, and realistic to just name a few. Our teen book spotlight this week is on YA books that are Novels in Verse! Novels in verse are stories that are uniquely told through a series of poems instead of paragraphs even if you are not the biggest fan of poetry I promise you will enjoy these!! You may not even realize that you are reading poetry as you turn page after page to get to the endings.
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