Lucky Few
by Kathryn Ormsbee
Language: English
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016.
400 p. ; cm.
ISBN: 148145529X ; 9781481455299
Summary: The life of homeschooler Stevie Hart gets all shook up when she meets Max, a strange boy who survived a freak near-fatal accident and is now obsessed with death. He enlists her and her best friend, Sanger, to help him complete his absurd “23 Ways to Fake My Death Without Dying” checklist. What starts off as fun begins spiraling downward when Stevie’s diabetes sabotages her fumbling romance with Max, Sanger announces she’s moving out of state, and then death—real death—cuts a little too close to home.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Few-Kathryn-Ormsbee/dp/148145529X
The moonlight dreamers
by Siobhan Curham
Language: English
London : Walker Books, 2016.
345 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9781406365825 ; 1406365823
Summary: An inspirational, heart-warming book about four girls trying to find their place in the world. Siobhan Curham celebrates very different but like-minded friends in this captivating novel. Amber craves excitement and adventure. Instead, she's being bullied at school for having two dads, and life at home isn't much better. Inspired by Oscar Wilde, Amber realizes that among the millions of people in London, there must be others who feel the same as she does; other dreamers - moonlight dreamers. After chance encounters with Maali, Sky and Rose, Amber soon recruits the three girls to the Moonlight Dreamers. It's high time they started pursuing their dreams, and how better than with the support of friends?
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1406365823/
Replica
by Lauren Oliver
Language: English
New York, NY Harper, 2017. ©2016.
236, 6 pages, 284, 10 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary: Lyra's story begins in the Haven Institute, a building tucked away on a private island off the coast of Florida that from a distance looks serene. But up close the locked doors, military guards and bio-hazard suits tell a different story. Haven is a clandestine research facility where thousands of replicas, or human models, are born, raised and observed. When a surprise attack is launched, two of its young experimental subjects, Lyra, or 24, and the boy known only as 72, manage to escape. Gemma has been in and out of hospitals for as long as she can remember. A lonely teen, her life is circumscribed by home, school and her best friend, April. But after she is nearly abducted by a stranger claiming to know her, Gemma starts to investigate her family's past and discovers her father's mysterious connection to the secretive Haven research facility. Hungry for answers, she travels to Florida, only to stumble upon two replicas and a completely new set of questions. While the stories of Lyra and Gemma mirror each other, each contains revelations critically important to the other story. A flip book, each story can be read separately or in alternating chapters.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062394169/
Children of Eden
by Michael Beeney
Language: English
Underwood : InHouse Publishing. 2016.
p. : cm.
ISBN: 9781925497052 ; 1925497054
Summary: Children of Eden by Michael Beeney takes us into the world of Harry Lester from London. Harry, like many others, took part in visiting unregulated infertility clinics when he was a medical student. Harry easily donated his genetic material to allow couples who were infertile to seek help. Twenty years after his donation period, Harry has given in to his wanderlust and is a doctor on a cruise ship. This allows him to work, but also travel as much as his heart desires. Harry's lifestyle is luxurious, carefree and fun. Twenty-year-old Jason Brown was born to a mother who desperately wanted him. He was the product of one of those unregulated infertility clinics, his father only ever known as a donor to him. That is until he becomes obsessed with finding out who his father is, and the drive to find this knowledge leads him on a journey around the world.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1857764307/
Les effets du hasard
by Marie Leymarie
Language: French
Paris : Syros, DL 2016.
1 vol. (204 p.) ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9782748520941 ; 2748520947
Summary: Maïa a été choisie sur catalogue par ses parents. Et si elle ne répondait pas à leurs attentes ?...
Maïa a les yeux noisette, les cheveux châtains, un petit nez légèrement retroussé et un QI de 117. Elle correspond en tout point aux critères choisis par ses parents sur catalogue, quinze ans plus tôt. Un soir, elle est abordée par Anthony, un garçon aux yeux verts. Maïa accepte de prendre un verre avec lui, bien qu'il lui semble beaucoup trop intelligent pour elle. Et dans sa tête tourne en boucle l'avertissement de sa prof de biologie : " Si vous tombez amoureux, ne vous affolez pas... ça fait partie des maladies bénignes de l'adolescence. Quelques comprimés de Deluvio 300, et c'est réglé."
Available: https://www.amazon.fr/effets-du-hasard-Marie-Leymarie/dp/2748520947
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/
Swing sideways
by Nanci Turner Steveson
Language: English
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] ©2016.
278 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780062374547 ; 0062374540
Summary: Annie has a "summer of freedom" in the country. She makes a friend, and tries to fix what's broken between her mother and grandmother.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Swing-Sideways-Nanci-Turner-Steveson/dp/0062374540/
Devil and the bluebird
by Jennifer Mason-Black
Language: English
New York : Amulet Books, 2016.
ISBN: 9781419720000 ; 1419720007
Summary: Armed with her mother's guitar, a knapsack of cherished mementos, and a pair of magical boots, Blue journeys west in search of her sister Cass, but when the devil she met at the town's crossroads changes the terms of their deal, Blue must reevaluate her understanding of good and evil.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Devil-Bluebird-Jennifer-Mason-Black/dp/1419720007
Saving Montgomery Sole
by Mariko Tamaki
Language: English
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2016.
240 p. ; cm.
ISBN: 9781626722712 ; 1626722714
Summary: An outcast teen girl explores the mysteries of friendship, family, faith, and phenomena, including the greatest mystery of all--herself.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/Saving-Montgomery-Sole-Mariko-Tamaki/dp/1626722714
After the woods
by Kim Savage
Language: English
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
296 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780374300555 ; 0374300550
Summary: On the eve of the year anniversary of the Shiverton Abduction, two former best friends grapple with the consequences of that event.
Available: http://www.amazon.com/After-Woods-Kim-Savage/dp/0374300550
Spirit level
by Sarah N. Harvey
Language: English
Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2016.
233 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 9781459808164 ; 1459808169
Summary: An only child, Harriet (also known as Harry), has also never had a dad. Born to a “single mother by choice,” she was donor-conceived because her mother always wanted a child but did not want a relationship. This Harriet has always known. Never having been even slightly curious to find out if she had any donor siblings or even to try to contact her donor father, Harriet, now in high school, comes across a magazine article one day about a guy who sired 500 kids through sperm donation. It suddenly occurs to Harriet that she could be one of his kids. Having known about the Donor Sibling Registry, a service that matches donors, offspring, and siblings, since “before she could read” (because her mother purchased a lifetime membership when Harriet was young), Harriet decides to finally take a look to see if she has any half-siblings. She registers her information on the DSR and when she begins to receive emails from some of her half-siblings, she is excited to meet them, especially fifteen-year-old Lucy who also lives in Seattle and who, being the child of two moms, has also always known she was donor-conceived. One other half-sibling ends up in the picture though and that is eighteen-year-old Meredith who has come all the way to Seattle from Missoula, Montana in search of her sperm donor father. She has a hunch he is still in the city in which he donated sperm and she is hell-bent on finding him and she wants Lucy and Harriet to experience the quest with her. But Lucy and Harriet are not ready to find (or meet) their sperm donor father, instead content with having just met each other. Tensions begin to build between Harriet and Meredith, especially when Meredith’s best friend Alex, who has left Montana to accompany Meredith on her journey, starts to like Harriet and the two develop a relationship outside of the one each has with Meredith. When Meredith, despite being Harriet’s “sister” catches wind of Harriet's budding relationship with her best friend Alex, she takes out her jealousy on Harriet physically, landing Harriet severely hurt. It turns out that Meredith is deeply troubled, mostly because of the fact that, unlike Harriet and Lucy who have always known, she did not find out that she was donor-conceived until she was twelve years old. Feeling betrayed and lied to by her parents, she is profoundly hurt and acutely angry and now feels betrayed again by her half-sister Harriet. Is it better to have always known, like Harriet and Lucy have? Is it not painful to find out later in life that you are donor-conceived and that the father you always thought was your father was not your father at all? These are just some of the issues explored in this novel. There is no sex, violence, or foul language used in the book and it is recommended for ages twelve and up.
Subject headings:
- Children of sperm donors -- Juvenile fiction
- Seattle (Wash.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction
Available: http://www.orcabook.com/Spirit-Level-P1091.aspx
