Con-GRAD-ulations!

May is the time for graduation!  This week, we're sharing teen stories of graduates and graduations.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

The Fortunes of Indigo Skye by Deb Caletti

Indigo is looking forward to becoming a full-time waitress after high school graduation, but her life is turned upside down by a large check given to her by a customer who appreciates that she cares enough to scold him about smoking.

Top Ten by Katie Cotugno

Ryan and Gabby are the unlikeliest of best friends. Now, on the night of high school graduation, everything is suddenly changing--in their lives, and in their relationship. As they try to figure out what they mean to each other and where to go from here, they make a top ten list counting down the top ten moments of their friendship.

Every Moment After by Joseph Moldover

After high school graduation, best friends Matt and Cole strive to put behind them the school shooting they survived in first grade and really begin to live.

More Books --

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

The Foreseeable Future by Emily Adrian

Inexcusable by Chris Lynch

The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Kill All Happies by Rachel Cohn

Killer House Party by Lily Anderson

Paper Towns by John Green

A Scatter of Light by Melinda Lo

Shift by Jennifer Bradbury

Watch Over Me by Nina LaCour

Romances for Teens

Even though Valentine's Day has passed, it's still a great time to read a romance.  Here are a few of my favorite teen romances . . . .

Top Ten by Katie Cotugno
Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of best friends. But somehow their relationship just worksAs they try to figure out what they mean to each other and where to go from here, they make a top ten list counting down the top ten moments of their friendship.

That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
In a near-future Toronto where the British Empire never fell, Helena, August, and Margaret are caught off-guard by the discovery of a love so intense they are willing to change the course of the monarchy to keep it.

Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories by Stephanie Perkins
Maybe it's the long, lazy days, or maybe it's the heat making everyone a little bit crazy. Whatever the reason, summer is the perfect time for love to bloom. Featuring stories by Leigh Bardugo, Cassandra Clare, Tim Federle, Stephanie Perkins, Veronica Roth, Jon Skovron, Jennifer E. Smith and more.

Night Music by Jenn Marie Thorne
Ruby and Oscar are caught up in a romance despite very different backgrounds and her having given up on music, while he is the protégé of her father, a renowned composer.


More Teen Romances --
Extraordinary Means by Robyn Schneider
Fan Art by Sarah Tregay
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love by Sarvenaz Tash
Hot Dog Girl by Jennifer Dugan
If I'm Being Honest by Emily Wibberley
The Impossibility of Us by Katy Upperman
The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle
Love Scene, Take Two by Alex Evansley
Meant to Be by Julie Halpern
P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard
Rebel Seoul by Axie Oh
The Romantics by Leah Konen
Something Like Gravity by Amber Smith
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Unlovely by Celeste Conway
We Contain Multitudes by Sarah Henstra
The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore

Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through March 6, 2020.

Top Ten by Katie Cortugno

Ryan and Gabby have been best friends since freshman year.  No one really gets their friendship.  They are complete opposites.  Ryan is the popular hockey player which Gabby has crippling social anxiety.  Yet somehow their friendship works. 

Now it is graduation and they are looking back at the top ten moments of their relationship -- both the good moments and the bad . . . .



This book shares the top ten moments that make up Ryan and Gabby's relationship told from both their points of view.  It jumps through time as it shares those moments.  This would be a great book for fans of Jennifer E. Smith or Morgan Matson.