Thursday, May 14, 2015

If You Like...The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky


Quirky characters, tough situations, and the quest to discover the real you. If you liked The Perks of Being a Wallflower, check out one of these other fascinating books! 

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
YA FIC ASHER
When Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

YA FIC GOING
Troy, depressed and weighing nearly 300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless teenager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in his rock band.

FIC HADDON
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and in the process uncovers secret information about his mother.

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler
YA FIC HANDLER
Sixteen-year-old introvert Min writes a letter to popular jock Ed in which she breaks up with him, documenting their relationship and how items in the accompanying box, from bottle caps to a cookbook, foretell the end.

The Gospel of Winter by Brendan Kiely
YA FIC KIELY
Managing the challenges of his fractured family by taking Adderall, sneaking drinks, and confiding in an abusive priest, Aidan finds support from new friends including a crush, a wild girl, and a swim-team captain with his own secrets.

Reality Boy by A.S. King
YA FIC KING
Gerald Faust started feeling angry even before his mother invited a reality TV crew into his five-year-old life. Twelve years later, he's still haunted by his rage-filled youth and his anger issues have resulted in violent outbursts, zero friends, and a dark future. 

Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
YA FIC QUICK
Today is Leonard Peacock's birthday. It is also the day he will kill his former best friend, and then himself, with his grandfather's P-38 pistol. Maybe one day he'll believe that being different is okay, important even. But not today. A teen boy on the edge says good-bye to the four people who matter most to him.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
FIC SALINGER
The Holy Grail of teenage angst!  Holden Caulfield is tired of all the   phonies in his life, so he gets expelled from his prep school and spends a night traveling through New York City in search of thrills, love, and, of course, the real meaning of life.

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider
YA FIC SCHNEIDER
After a car accident shatters his chance at athletic greatness, golden boy Ezra Faulkner finds a new identity with a crew of misfits. But as Ezra dives into his new studies, new friendships, and new love, he learns that some people, like books, are easy to misread.

Winger by Andrew Smith
YA FIC SMITH
Two years younger than his classmates at a prestigious boarding school, fourteen-year-old Ryan Dean West grapples with living in the dorm for troublemakers, falling for his female best friend who thinks of him as just a kid, and playing wing on the Varsity rugby team with some of his frightening new dorm-mates.

The Spectacular Now by Jim Tharp
YA FIC THARP
In the last months of high school, charismatic eighteen-year-old Sutter Keely lives in the present, staying drunk most of the time, but that could change when starts working to boost the self-confidence of a classmate, Aimee.

YA FIC VIZZINI
Ambitious NYC teen Craig Gilner gets a major wake-up call when he enters prep school and discovers he’s not quite as brilliant as he thought he was. As the stress gets to be too much, he falls into a suicidal spiral that lands him in a mental hospital where his new neighbors include a girl who has scarred her own face with scissors, and the self-elected President Armelio. There, Craig is finally able to confront the sources of his anxiety.


Other Authors You Might Like:

Jesse Andrews
John Green
Ellen Hopkins
Madeleine L’Engle
David Levithan
Lauren Myracle
Rainbow Rowell
Jordan Sonnenblick
Alex Sanchez
Rob Thomas

Monday, May 4, 2015

May the Fourth Be With You!


Celebrate Star Wars Day and check out a book or DVD based on the characters and stories from a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.....