My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix (Format used for this read: Audiobook) The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act…different. She’s moody. She’s irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she’s nearby.…
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then,…
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz This Printz Honor Book is a “tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) that distills lyrical truths about family and friendship. Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking…
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza (Format used for this read: Audiobook) Not every story is black and white. Riley and Jen have been best friends since they were children, and they thought their bond was unbreakable. It never mattered to them that Riley is Black and Jen is white.…
It’s Not All Downhill From Here by Terry McMillan (Format used for this read: Print–Hardback) My last day of isolation from COVID and I finished this book this morning. I’ve been shut away in my bedroom since I tested positive Tuesday evening. I *finally* get to come out and be amongst my household tomorrow (even…