Monday, March 19, 2018

You Can Trust Me! Don't Believe a Word I Say!

This week I am sharing teen fiction with unreliable narrators.  Can you trust what they are telling you?  Here are a few of my favorites . . . .

Going Bovine by Libba Bray
Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen year-old who, after being diagnosed with Creutzfeld Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital in an attempt to find a cure.

The Thief by  Megan Whalen Turner
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.

Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn
Sent to counseling for hitting his girlfriend, Caitlin, and ordered to keep a journal, sixteen-year-old Nick recounts his relationship with Caitlin, examines his controlling behavior and anger, and describes living with his abusive father.


More Books --
After by Amy Efaw
Belzhar: A Novel by Meg Wolitzer
Chasing Shadows by Swati Avasthi
Charm & Strange by Stephanie Kuehn
Chime by Franny Billingsley
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
Crazy by Han Nolan
Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge
Identical by Ellen Hopkins
Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley
Reclaimed by Sarah Guillory
Schizo by Nic Sheff
The Sin-Eater's Confession by Ilsa J. Bick
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson


Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through April 6, 2018.

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