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The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.

Enter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. Theo’s sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Alcohol consumption
Teen pregnancy mentioned

Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen

Sydney has always felt invisible. She’s grown accustomed to her brother, Peyton, being the focus of the family’s attention and, lately, concern. Peyton is handsome and charismatic, but seems bent on self-destruction. Now, after a drunk-driving accident that paralysed a boy, Peyton’s serving some serious jail time, and Sydney is on her own, questioning her place in the family and the world.

Then she meets the Chatham family. Drawn into their warm, chaotic circle, Sydney experiences unquestioning acceptance for the first time… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Sexual assault
Substance addiction mentioned
Recreational drug abuse
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Paralysis mentioned
Car accident recounted
Incarceration of a sibling

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen

Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen

Never underestimate the power of friendship.

When Colie goes to spend the summer at the beach, she doesn’t expect much. But Colie didn’t count on meeting Morgan and Isabel. Through them, she learns what true friendship is all about, and finally starts to realize her potential.

And that just might open the door to her first chance at love…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Fatmisia & body shaming
Slut shaming

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

Since her parents’ bitter divorce, McLean and her dad, a restaurant consultant, have been on the move-four towns in two years. Estranged from her mother and her mother’s new family, McLean has followed her dad in leaving the unhappy past behind. And each new place gives her a chance to try out a new persona: from cheerleader to drama diva. But now, for the first time, McLean discovers a desire to stay in one place and just be herself, whoever that is. Perhaps Dave, the guy next door, can help her find out.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Cheating recounted
Alcohol consumption

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen

Scarlett was always the strong one. Halley was always content to follow in her wake. Then Scarlett’s boyfriend died, and Scarlett learned that she was pregnant. Now Halley has to find the strength to take the lead and help Scarlett get through it. Because true friendship is a promise you keep forever.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a boyfriend
Teen pregnancy

Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

Unlock your heart and the rest will follow.

Ruby is used to taking care of herself. But now that she’s living with her sister, she’s got her own room, she’s going to a good school, and her future looks bright. Plus there’s an adorable boy next door.

Can Ruby learn to open her heart and let him in?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Physical child abuse
Parent in recovery for alcoholism
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Recreational drug use

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

It’s been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents’ divorce—or since the fighting started. Now she has the chance to spend a carefree summer with her dad and his new family in the charming beach town where they live.

A job in a clothes boutique introduces Auden to the world of girls: their talk, their friendship, their crushes. She missed out on all that, too busy being the perfect daughter to her demanding mother. Then she meets Eli, an intriguing loner and a fellow insomniac who becomes her guide to the nocturnal world of the town… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Teacher-student relationship mentioned
Cheating
Alcohol consumption

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

Macy has little to look forward to while her boyfriend is away at Brain Camp. Days will be spent at a boring job in the library, practicing vocabulary drills for the SATs, and spare time with her mother, sharing a silent grief at the traumatic loss of Macy’s father.

But sometimes, unexpected things can happen—things such as the catering job at Wish. Or her sister’s project of renovating the neglected beach house. Things such as meeting Wes, a boy with a taste for Truth-telling and an amazing artistic talent, the kind of boy who could turn any girl’s world upside down.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Grief & loss depiction
Death of a father & husband recounted

Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh and Yuko Ota

Pixels of You by Ananth Hirsh & Yuko Ota and illustrated by J.R. Doyle

In a near future, augmentation and AI changed everything and nothing. Indira is a human girl who has been cybernetically augmented after a tragic accident, and Fawn is one of the first human-presenting AI. They have the same internship at a gallery, but neither thinks much of the other’s photography. But after a huge public blowout, their mentor gives them an ultimatum: work together on a project or leave her gallery forever. Grudgingly, the two begin to collaborate, and what comes out of it is astounding and revealing for both of them.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Pandemic mentioned
Chronic pain
Blood & physical injuries
Death of a parent recounted
Car accident mentioned

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

Ever since she started going out with Rogerson Biscoe, Caitlin seems to have fallen into a semiconscious dreamland where nothing is quite real. Rogerson is different from anyone Caitlin has ever known. He’s magnetic. He’s compelling. He’s dangerous. Being with him makes Caitlin forget about everything else–her missing sister, her withdrawn mother, her lackluster life. But what happens when being with Rogerson becomes a larger problem than being without him?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Rape
Abusive relationship
Intimate partner abuse & violence
Substance addiction
Recreational drug use & abuse
Psychiatric hospitalisation
Physical injuries