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Book Information Author: Cynthia So Genre: YA Published:Little Tiger, January 2025 About the Book From the author of If You Still Recognise Me comes a delicious story of two people brought together by a shared love of food as they figure out themselves and each other....
Book Information Author: Gabrielle Zevin Genre: YA Published: Vintage Publishing, June 2023 About the Book This is the story of Sam and Sadie. It’s not a romance, but it is about love. When Sam catches sight of Sadie at a crowded train station one winter morning he is...
Book Information Author: Holly Jackson Genre: Mystery, YA Published: Electric Monkey, May 2019 About the Book The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But having...
Book Information Author: Dustin Thao Genre: YA, Contemporary Published: Wednesday Books, December 2021 About the Book Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out – move out of her small town with her boyfriend, Sam; attend college in the city; and...
Book Information Author: Kelly Quindlen Genre: YA Romance Published: Macmillan, 2021 About the Book After losing to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game since their breakup, Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst person possible: her head...
Book Information Author: Alice Oseman Genre: YA, LGBTQ+ Published: Hodder, February 2019 About the Book Boy meets Boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. My Review Heartstopper is a graphic novel by Alice Oseman. Fittingly, I absolutely love this book! It is a...
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