Tell it to the moon
by Siobhan Curham
Language: English
London : Walker Books, 2017.
327 pages; 20 cm.
ISBN: 9781406366150 ; 1406366153
Summary: To make a dream come true, tell it to the moon! Tell It to the Moon continues the story of Moonlight Dreamers Amber, Maali, Sky and Rose, who are not like everyone else and don't want to be: becoming friends gives them the courage to be themselves. After failing to find her surrogate mother, Amber is left unsure of who she is and what she wants to do; Maali's spiritual faith is tested when her father becomes ill; Sky, previously home-schooled, struggles to adapt to the pressures of the school system; and after having found the courage to come out, Rose begins to pursue her dream of becoming a patissier. Once again the four girls band together to help one another overcome their individual challenges and fulfill their dreams in this fabulous and heart-warming celebration of friendship.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1406366153/
Ashes to Asheville
by Sarah Dooley
Language: English
New York: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2017.
256 pages
ISBN: 9780399165047 ; 0399165045
Summary: A heartrending story of a family torn apart and put back together again, Ashes to Asheville is an important, timely tale.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399165045/
Being Fishkill
by Lehrer Ruth
Language: English
Massachusetts : Candlewick Press,U.S., 2018.
210 x 140mm.
ISBN: 9780763684426 ; 0763684422
Summary: Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be -- until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start. Born in the backseat of a moving car, Carmel Fishkill was unceremoniously pushed into a world that refuses to offer her security, stability, love. At age thirteen, she begins to fight back. Carmel Fishkill becomes Fishkill Carmel, who deflects her tormenters with a strong left hook and conceals her secrets from teachers and social workers. But Fishkill's fierce defenses falter when she meets eccentric optimist Duck-Duck Farina, and soon they, along with Duck-Duck's mother, Molly, form a tentative family, even as Fishkill struggles to understand her place in it. This fragile new beginning is threatened by the reappearance of Fishkill's unstable mother -- and by unfathomable tragedy. Poet Ruth Lehrer's young adult debut is a stunning, revelatory look at what defines and sustains family. And, just as it does for Fishkill, meeting Duck-Duck Farina and her mother will leave readers forever changed.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Being-Fishkill-Ruth-Lehrer/dp/0763684422
The incredible magic of being
by Kathryn Erskine
Language: English
New York : Scholastic Press, 2017. ©2017.
256 p. : cm.
ISBN: 9781338148510 ; 1338148516
Summary: Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that, and he wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he is convinced that soon he will die and travel to the dog star--but now they have moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor, who is in desparate need of healing.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/Incredible-Magic-Being-Kathryn-Erskine/dp/1338148516/
The Day Always Comes
by Richard Osborn
Language: English
Archway 2017.
p. : cm.
ISBN: 9781480843998 ; 1480843997
Summary: Mike Gibbons, who was conceived through artificial insemination, is just four when his single mother is killed in a car accident. After he is sent to live with his grandparents, Mike grows into a popular young high school athlete. Unfortunately, Mike is still angry about his mother's sudden death and not knowing his father's identity. When he enlists in the navy after graduation, he befriends Mary without any idea she is about to change his life forever. One night after Mike tells Mary about his family history, she encourages him to search for his donor father. Even as Mike's internal struggles continue and his release date from the navy quickly approaches, he decides to try to locate his father. But when his research leads him to believe he has finally found the man who gave him life, Mike is left to wonder whether this man is truly his father or whether there is something much darker lurking in the shadows, just waiting to be revealed. In this mystery thriller, a young man searching for his birth father is led down a dark path he never could have imagined.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1480843997/
The Lotterys plus one
by Emma Donoghue
Language: English
London: Macmillan Children's Books, 2017.
ISBN: 0545925843 ; 9780545925846
Summary: Once upon a time, two couples with Jamaican, Native American, Indian, and Scottish ethnic roots won the lottery and bought a big house where all of them, four adults and seven adopted and biological children, could live together in harmony--but change is inevitable, especially when a disagreeable grandfather comes to stay.
Available: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545925819/
Le suivant sur la liste : l'intégrale
by Manon Fargetton
Language: French
Paris : Rageot, DL 2017.
1 vol. (547 p.) ; 210 cm.
ISBN: 9782700253252 ; 2700253256
Summary: Guidés par Nathan, leur ami décédé et réincarné en intelligence artificielle, Izia, Samuel, Morgane et Timothée découvrent qu'ils sont nés dans la même clinique par procréation médicalement assistée. Leurs capacités exceptionnelles sont-elles le fruit de manipulations génétiques ? Lorsqu'ils apprennent que la mort de Nathan n'est pas due au hasard et qu'ils se sentent menacés à leur tour, ils se lancent à la recherche de leur concepteur.
Available: https://www.amazon.fr/suivant-sur-liste-Lint%C3%A9grale/dp/2700253256
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 other f-word
by Natasha Friend
Language: English
[S.l.] : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2017.
ISBN: 0374302340 ; 9780374302344
Summary: Milo and Hollis are half siblings who met once when they were younger and have reconnected as teenagers to search for their sperm donor.
