#16 Things I Thought Were True by Janet Gurtler

Standalone. Sourcebooks Fire (March 2014) NetGalley Heart attacks happen to other people 
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When Morgan's mom gets sick, it's hard not to panic. Without her mother, she would have no one—until she finds out the dad who walked out on her as a baby isn't as far away as…

13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

Little Blue Envelope #1. Harper Teen (Dec. 2010) Library Would you follow the directions?
Would you travel around the world?           
Would you open the envelopes one by one?                                                                         
Inside little blue envelope 1 are $1,000 and instruct…

Chasing Jupiter by Rachel Coker

Title: Chasing Jupiter
Author: Rachel Coker
Stand Alone
Format: Hardcover
Publisher- Zondervan
Published- December 26th, 2012
Pages- 216
Source- Zondervan

"Scarlett Blaine's life in 1960s Georgia isn't always easy, especially given her parents' financial struggles and the fights sur…

Dr. Sam is Under Your Bed by Prudence Wright Holmes

Title: Dr. Sam is Under Your Bed
Author: Prudence Wright Holmes
Stand Alone
Format- ebook
Publisher- Self- Published
Published- October 11th, 2012
Pages- 274
Source- Author

On July 4, 1954, Marilyn Sheppard, wife of prominent Cleveland osteopath Dr. Sam Sheppard, is bludgeoned to death. Prudence Ho…

Five Flavors of Dumb by Antony John

Piper doesn't speak up, she blends in but one day the band Dumb who just won the Battle of the Bands are playing outside school on the steps so she has to stop. It doesn't mean she's listening because she can't. She's deaf. She can hear the vibrations and with some equipment sh…

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl's mother died four years ago, she just finalized her divorce, and is going on a journey that will she will always remember because from that point on everything in her life changes. From that point on she can move on.

This is my second memoir not counting Born to Run which I count as ju…

Banished by Sophie Littlefield

Hailey Tarbell lives in Gypsum, Missouri. Her house being close to Trashtown where the Morries live. There people who are dirt poor and  look it too. They keep close together. And she feels drawn to them but doesn't know why...

Hailey lives with her Grandmother, Chub (a four year old she adopt…

The Rules of Inheritance by Claire Bidwell Smith

Released: February 2nd 2012
I take out my camera and set it up to capture the profundity of the moment. In the grainy black-and-white, I am leaning back against the wall, one knee pulled to my chest, a cigarette between my fingers. My head is turned to one side and my hair is short around my ears a…

The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff

First of all this is a Horror book so you might want to be wary of it. It is not spooky it's Horror. I had to stop midway through because stupid me started it as soon as I woke up. It can kick you down in the middle of the morning. I needed to get out of my head for a little while because it&#…

Dying to Know You by Aidan Chambers

Release Date: April 1st 2012 "So why don't you tell Fiorella about it?" "I don't want to tell her till she knows me better." "How long have you been seeing each other?" "Three months." "Not long." "Long enough" "Long enough for what…

Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Jason Blake is autistic. He doesn't really express his feelings in the right way. He's supposed to act a certain way so everyone else doesn't look at him weird. He sometimes flaps his arms and when he is really angry starts almost like ripping his hair out. He's working on his temp…

Sweethearts by Sara Zarr

Jennifer Harris now Jenna Vaughn and Cameron Quick used to be best friends as children. They were the outcasts. Jenna used to be bullied for her lisp and because he was chubby. She would cry a lot which inevitably gave the bullies more fuel to their fire calling her Cry Baby. She like Cameron had …