A mysterious package arrives on Clay Jensen’s front porch. Within it he finds cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker. Hannah was Clay’s classmate, co-worker and crush. That is until she committed suicide two weeks ago. Clay finds a cassette player and listens in anguish as Hannah’s voice tells him that there are thirteen reasons why [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Realistic Fiction'
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
January 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction, Young Adult
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going bovine by Libba Bray
December 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Fantasy, Realistic Fiction
Cameron Smith is a minimalist. That is to say, he is cruising through high school and life doing a little as possible. When Cameron experiences some strange events, and his bizarre behavior sends him to the principal. His parents seek the help of several doctors. One of which diagnoses Cameron with Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease, more popularly known as mad [...]
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
November 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction
Junior (Arnold Spirit) lives on the Spokane Indian Reservation in Washington. Junior was born with “water on the brain” or too much cerebral spinal fluid inside his skull. This has made him different and because of this difference, Junior is regularly picked on by others on the reservation. But Junior is really smart and when [...]
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dreamland by Sarah Dessen
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction
When Caitlin’s older sister, Cass, takes off with her boyfriend instead of heading to her freshman year at Yale, her family is devasted. It’s Caitlin’s chance to finally shine outside her successful sister’s shadow. Then she meets Rogerson Biscoe. She’s drawn to this bad boy and he fills a void that she is missing from [...]
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Swindle by Gordon Korman
March 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Action/Adventure, Realistic Fiction
The condemned Old Rockford House will be smashed to smithereens tomorrow morning to make way for the Cedarville Museum, instead of the Skate and Roller Park that the kids of Cedarville proposed to the town council. Griffin “The Man with The Plan” Bing invites his group to spend the night in the Old Rockford House [...]
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California Blue by David Klass
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction
John Rodgers loves to run. On one of his runs through the redwood forest of his small California town, John notices a beautiful blue butterfly. Later in Biology class, John discovers that the butterfly is an endangered species. The butterfly’s habitat is threatened by the local logging industry. This pits environmentalists against the locals, and [...]
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Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilber Murdock
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction
DJ lives and works on her family’s dairy farm. She has spent the summer running the farm while her dad recovered from an operation. A football coach friend of her father’s loaned the family the services of Brian Nelson, the cute quarterback from Hawley High. Brian helps DJ with work around the farm and she, [...]
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction
Julianna has had a “crush” on Bryce ever since she saw him when she was seven and they were in second grade. But Bryce, being a typical second-grade boy, would have nothing to do with Julianna. Bryce and Juilianna are now in eighth grade. Bryce’s grandfather has moved in with the family and he has [...]
Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction
Luther Farrell has dreams. Dreams of winning first place in the Science Fair (by besting his rival and love interest, Shayla), of attending Harvard, and of getting out of Flint, Michigan. But if the Sarge has her way, Luther will be shaving and bathing elderly men at the Happy Neighbor Group Homes in Flint forever. [...]
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The Possibilities of Sainthood by Donna Freitas
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Realistic Fiction
Antonia Lucia Labella wants to be a saint, a living official saint! She also wants to receive her first kiss. Antonia knows all about saints and frequently writes the Vatican suggesting new patron saints and “humbly” nominates herself to take on the job. She constantly prays to saints to intercede on her behalf to make [...]
