The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Sadie is propulsive and harrowing and will keep you riveted until the last page.Ĥ. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie’s journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it’s too late.Ĭourtney Summers has written the breakout book of her career. When West McCray―a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America―overhears Sadie’s story at a local gas station, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister’s killer to justice and hits the road following a few meager clues to find him. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water.īut when Mattie is found dead, Sadie’s entire world crumbles. And an ending you won’t be able to stop talking about. A Serial―like podcast following the clues she’s left behind. When she learns the truth about Kiran’s past, she feels compelled to seek justice-even if it means challenging a powerful and dangerous man.Ī missing girl on a journey of revenge. Sahaara would do anything to protect her mother.
But overstaying her visa and living undocumented brings its own perils for both her and her daughter, Sahaara. Kiran flees her home in Punjab for a fresh start in Canada after a sexual assault leaves her pregnant. In this stunning sophomore novel, acclaimed writer Jasmin Kaur explores trauma, fear, courage, community, and the healing power of love in its many forms.
Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying-and told as a series of interviews, journal entries, and even pages from the book within the book-this gripping story of a fictional scandal will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end.Ģ. And now that Fatima’s next book is out in the world, he’s the one who is paying the price…
Jonah Nicholls had more to hide than any of them. Penny Panzarella was more than the materialist party girl everyone at the Graham School thought she was-and she was willing to share all her secrets with Fatima Ro to prove it. When she and her friends started hanging out with her favorite author, Fatima Ro, she couldn’t believe their luck-especially when Jonah Nicholls started hanging out with them, too.
Soleil Johnston wanted to be a writer herself one day. So when she and her friends went to a book signing to hear the author, Fatima Ro, they concocted a plan to get close to her. Miri Tan loved the book Undertow like it was a living being. In this genre-defying page-turner from Lygia Day Peñaflor, four teens befriend their favorite novelist, only to find their deepest, darkest secrets in the pages of her next book-with devastating consequences. All of This Is True by Lygia Day Peñaflor We just have to know what happens! From multiple POVs to novels told in verse, filled with journal entries, faux newspaper clippings and everything in between, here are some of our fave books told in unique formats!ġ. The way that stories are told is a part of how we learn about the story and its characters, and sometimes even how we remember the book long after we’ve read the final page. Novels told in unique formats are ambitious, intriguing, and usually told in such a way that we can’t help but turn the page… and then the next one… and the next. Do you ever think of the absolute genius of some of your favorite authors and think, how the heck do they do this all the time? Not only keeping track of plot, multiple characters, and time (and don’t even get us started on world building.) But even formatting is a work of art in YA books, and we definitely love a book with a unique way of telling the story!