Freshman Year and Other Unnatural Disasters
Title | Freshman Year and Other Unnatural Disasters PDF eBook |
Author | Meredith Zeitlin |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0142424218 |
Smart, occasionally insecure, and ambitious 14-year-old Kelsey Finkelstein of Brooklyn embarks on her freshman year of high school in Manhattan with the intention of "rebranding" herself, but unfortunately everything she tries to do is a total disaster.
Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters
Title | Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters PDF eBook |
Author | Meredith Zeitlin |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 282 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781322808352 |
Sophomore Year Is Greek to Me
Title | Sophomore Year Is Greek to Me PDF eBook |
Author | Meredith Zeitlin |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 338 |
Release | 2016-04 |
Genre | Families |
ISBN | 0147517931 |
High school sophomore Zona Lowell is reluctantly moving to Athens with her father, where she'll be forced to meet her mother's large estranged family.
A New Species of Trouble
Title | A New Species of Trouble PDF eBook |
Author | Kai Erikson |
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | 268 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780393313192 |
In the twentieth century, disasters caused by human beings have become more and more common. Unlike earthquakes and other natural catastrophes, this 'new species of trouble' afflicts person and groups in particularly disruptive ways.
Unnatural Disasters
Title | Unnatural Disasters PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Hirsch |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Total Pages | 352 |
Release | 2019-01-22 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 132853068X |
From a bestselling author, an edgy, voice-driven novel set in a not-so-distant-future world about teens trying to survive when attacks by an unknown terrorist organization throw the entire planet into chaos. Just right for fans of Tommy Wallach's We All Looked Up. Will the Class of 2049 be the last class ever? Lucy Weaver has her future all figured out. Make an appearance at prom, ditch graduation, and then head out on an epic road trip with her boyfriend, Luke. But when everyone’s phones start to ring halfway through the dance, Lucy knows something terrible has happened—something big. Decades of climate change have left the world teetering on the brink—entire cities drowned, violent extremism on the rise, millions of refugees with nowhere to turn. Is this the night it finally slips over the edge? The unforgettable journey of one teen finding her way in a world the adults have destroyed, Unnatural Disasters is an ultimately hopeful story about survival, family, identity, love, and moving on.
The Moth Girl
Title | The Moth Girl PDF eBook |
Author | Heather Kamins |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 2022-03-08 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0593109368 |
Flying doesn’t always mean freedom. Anna is a regular teenaged girl. She runs track with her best friend, gets good grades, and sometimes drinks beer at parties. But one day at track practice, Anna falls unconscious . . . but instead of falling down, she falls up, defying gravity in the disturbing first symptom of a mysterious disease. This begins a series of trips to the hospital that soon become Anna’s norm. She’s diagnosed with lepidopsy: a rare illness that causes symptoms reminiscent of moths: floating, attraction to light, a craving for sugar, and for an unlucky few, more dangerous physical manifestations. Anna’s world is turned upside down, and as she learns to cope with her illness, she finds herself drifting further and further away from her former life. Her friends don’t seem to understand, running track is out of the question, and the other kids at the disease clinic she attends once a week are a cruel reminder that things will never be the same. From debut author Heather Kamins comes a beautiful and evocative story about one girl’s journey of choosing who she wants to be--in a life she never planned for.
This Impossible Light
Title | This Impossible Light PDF eBook |
Author | Lily Myers |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 354 |
Release | 2017-06-06 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0399173722 |
From the YouTube slam poetry star of "Shrinking Women" (more than 5 million views!) comes a novel in verse about body image, eating disorders, self-worth, mothers and daughters, and the psychological scars we inherit from our parents. Fifteen-year-old Ivy's world is in flux. Her dad has moved out, her mother is withdrawn, her brother is off at college, and her best friend, Anna, has grown distant. Worst of all, Ivy's body won’t stop expanding. She's getting taller and curvier, with no end in sight. Even her beloved math class offers no clear solution to the imbalanced equation that has become Ivy’s life. Everything feels off-kilter until a skipped meal leads to a boost in confidence and reminds Ivy that her life is her own. If Ivy can just limit what she eats—the way her mother seems to—she can stop herself from growing, focus on the upcoming math competition, and reclaim control of her life. But when her disordered eating leads to missed opportunities and a devastating health scare, Ivy realizes that she must weigh her mother's issues against her own, and discover what it means to be a part of—and apart from—her family. This Impossible Light explores the powerful reality that identity and self-worth must be taught before they are learned. Perfect for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson and Ellen Hopkins. Praise for This Impossible Light: ★ "In an exceptional novel in verse, slam poet Myers debuts with a powerful commentary on maternal inheritance and eating disorders....striking use of the flexibility of free verse...absorbing and evocative." —Publishers Weekly, starred review "Every YA library needs this book." —VOYA "Written in evocative verse, with notes of wonder and despair, the cadence flows across and down the pages with grace. Lifted beyond the confines of the problem novel with its lyricism and resonance." —Kirkus Reviews "This verse novel’s form perfectly mirrors its content as readers move from poem to poem, from thought to thought, following Ivy through the false logic that triggers and sustains her disordered eating—and into the beginning of the much more difficult steps of grief and recovery." —Horn Book "The undeniable teen appeal makes it a first purchase for any YA collection." —School Library Journal "More than a touching debut, this is a surefire coping companion, too." —Booklist