You're welcome, universe
by Whitney Gardner
Language: English
New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2017. ©2017
297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0399551417 ; 9780399551413
Summary: When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural. Her supposed best friend snitches, the principal expels her, and her two mothers set Julia up with a one-way ticket to a "mainstream" school in the suburbs, where she's treated like an outcast as the only deaf student. The last thing she has left is her art, and not even Banksy himself could convince her to give that up. Out in the 'burbs, Julia paints anywhere she can, eager to claim some turf of her own. But Julia soon learns that she might not be the only vandal in town. Someone is adding to her tags, making them better, showing off—and showing Julia up in the process. She expected her art might get painted over by cops. But she never imagined getting dragged into a full-blown graffiti war.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Youre-Welcome-Universe-Whitney-Gardner/dp/0399551417/
The upside of unrequited
by Becky Albertalli
Language: English
[S.l.] : Balzer + Bray, 2017.
352 p. : cm.
ISBN: 0062348701 ; 9780062348708
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful. Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly's totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie's new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. If Molly can win him over, she'll get her first kiss and she'll get her twin back. There's only one problem: Molly's coworker, Reid. He's a chubby Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there's absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Upside-Unrequited-Becky-Albertalli/dp/0062348701/
The secret of a heart note
by Stacey Lee
Language: English
New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016].
376 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0062428322 ; 9780062428325
Summary: An aroma expert embarks on what she fears will be a life of solitude and dreams of a normal high school existence before an accident leads to an unexpected forbidden romance.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Heart-Note-Stacey-Lee/dp/0062428322/
