Amy Reed

"Three misfit girls come together to avenge the rape of a girl none of them knew and in the process start a movement that transforms the lives of everyone around them"--

The Nowhere Girls

Eighteen-year-old Fern's life spirals out of control after troubled former child star Ivy Avila arrives on Commodore Island, ultimately forcing Fern to take agency over her own existence.

Tell Me My Name

A group of teens in a Seattle-area rehabilitation center form an unlikely friendship as they begin to focus less on their own problems with drugs and alcohol by reaching out to help a new member, who seems to have even deeper issues to resolve.

Clean

Julie Murphy

Ellen Hopkins

Hannah Moskowitz

Tracy Deonn

Nina LaCour

Christine Day

Anna-Marie McLemore

Aisha Saeed

Amber Smith

Sona Charaipotra

Brandy Colbert

Sandhya Menon

Alexandra Duncan

Stephanie Kuehnert

Jenny Torres Sanchez

Jaye Robin Brown

Ilene (I.W.) Gregorio

Maurene Goo

Somaiya Daud

Martha Brockenbrough

“Truthful and empowering.” —Booklist From Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Nina LaCour, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an “outstanding anthology” (School Library Connection) of essays that explore the diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. This collection of twenty-one essays from major YA authors—including award-winning and bestselling writers—touches on a powerful range of topics related to growing up female in today’s America, and the intersection with race, religion, and ethnicity. Sure to inspire hope and solidarity to anyone who reads it, Our Stories, Our Voices belongs on every young woman’s shelf. This anthology features essays from Martha Brockenbrough, Jaye Robin Brown, Sona Charaipotra, Brandy Colbert, Somaiya Daud, Christine Day, Alexandra Duncan, Ilene Wong (I.W.) Gregorio, Maurene Goo. Ellen Hopkins, Stephanie Kuehnert, Nina LaCour, Anna-Marie LcLemore, Sandhya Menon, Hannah Moskowitz, Julie Murphy, Aisha Saeed, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Amber Smith, and Tracy Walker.

21 YA Authors Get Real About Injustice, Empowerment, and Growing Up Female in America

Our Stories, Our Voices

The Astonishing Color of After meets Eleanor & Park in this breathtaking and beautifully surreal story about a friendship between two teens that just might shake the earth around them or at the very least make them face some painful truths about the nature of what drives us apart…and what brings us together. Billy Sloat and Lydia Lemon don’t have much in common, unless you count growing up on the same (wrong) side of the tracks, the lack of a mother, and a persistent loneliness that has inspired creative coping mechanisms. When the lives of these two loners are thrust together, Lydia’s cynicism is met with Billy’s sincere optimism, and both begin to question their own outlook on life. On top of that, weird happenings including an impossible tornado and an all-consuming fog are cropping up around them—maybe even because of them. And as the two grow closer and confront bigger truths about their pasts, they must also deal with such inconveniences as a narcissistic rock star, a war between unicorns and dragons, and eventually, of course, the apocalypse. With a unique mix of raw emotion, humor, and heart, the surreal plotline pulls readers through an epic exploration of how caring for others makes us vulnerable—and how utterly pointless life would be if we didn’t.

The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World

Aprilynne Pike

Amber Benson

Kimberly McCreight

Dan Wells

Maureen Johnson

Francesca Lia Block

Jessica Burkhart

Robison Wells

E. Kristin Anderson

Sarah Fine

Rachel M. Wilson

Kelly Fiore-Stultz

Scott Neumyer

Jennifer L. Armentrout

Tara Kelly

Candace Ganger

Cindy L. Rodriguez

Tom Pollock

Sara Zarr

Megan Kelley Hall

Melissa Marr

Crissa-Jean Chappell

Cynthia Hand

Cyn Balog

Francisco X. Stork

Wendy Toliver

Karen Mahoney

Lauren Oliver

Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, and more recount their own experiences with mental illness in this raw, real, and powerful collection of essays that explores everything from ADD to PTSD. Have you ever felt like you just couldn’t get out of bed? Not the occasional morning, but every day? Do you find yourself listening to a voice in your head that says “you’re not good enough,” “not good looking enough,” “not thin enough,” or “not smart enough”? Have you ever found yourself unable to do homework or pay attention in class unless everything is “just so” on your desk? Everyone has had days like that, but what if you have them every day? You’re not alone. Millions of people are going through similar things. However issues around mental health still tend to be treated as something shrouded in shame or discussed in whispers. It’s easier to have a broken bone—something tangible that can be “fixed”—than to have a mental illness, and easier to have a discussion about sex than it is to have one about mental health. Life Inside My Mind is an anthology of true-life events from writers of this generation, for this generation. These essays tackle everything from neurodiversity to addiction to OCD to PTSD and much more. The goals of this book range from providing home to those who are feeling alone, awareness to those who are witnessing a friend or family member struggle, and to open the floodgates to conversation. Participating writers include E.K. Anderson, J.L. Armentrout, Cyn Balog, Amber Benson, Francesca Lia Block, Jessica Burkhart, Crissa Chappell, Sarah Fine, Kelly Fiore, Candace Ganger, Meghan Kelley Hall, Cynthia Hand, Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson, Tara Kelly, Karen Mahoney, Melissa Marr, Kim McCreight, Hannah Moskowitz, Scott Neumyer, Lauren Oliver, Aprilynne Pike, Tom Pollack, Amy Reed, Cindy Rodriquez, Francisco Stork, Wendy Tolliver, Rob Wells, Dan Wells, Rachel Wilson, and Sara Zarr.

31 Authors Share Their Personal Struggles

Life Inside My Mind

Haunted by serious problems in her recent past, thirteen-year-old Cassie makes a fresh start at a Seattle school but is drawn by dangerous new friends into a world of sex, drugs, and violence, while her parents remain oblivious.

Beautiful

The Fault in Our Stars meets Go Ask Alice in this dramatic romance about a teenage girl who survives a terminal cancer diagnosis, only to get trapped in the deadly spiral of addiction. Fans of Gayle Forman and Sara Zarr will be swept away by this gritty romance, the first in a duology. Evie is living on borrowed time. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer several months ago and told that by now she'd be dead. Evie is grateful for every extra day she gets, but she knows that soon this disease will kill her. Until, miraculously, she may have a second chance to live. All Evie had wanted was her life back, but now that she has it, she feels like there's no place for her in it—at least, not for the girl she is now. Her friends and her parents still see her as Cancer Girl, and her boyfriend's constant, doting attention is suddenly nothing short of suffocating. Then Evie meets Marcus. She knows that he's trouble, but she can't help falling for him. Being near him makes her feel truly, fully alive. It's better than a drug. His kiss makes her feel invincible—but she may be at the beginning of the biggest free fall of her life.

Invincible

He’s falling in love—and she’s falling over the edge of sanity. From the author of Beautiful and Clean, a heartwrenching exploration of a romance marred by mental illness. Connor knows that Izzy will never fall in love with him the way he’s fallen for her. But somehow he’s been let into her crazy, exhilarating world and become her closest confidante. But the closer they get, the more Connor realizes that Izzy’s highs are too high and her lows are too low. And the frenetic energy that makes her shine is starting to push her into a much darker place. As Izzy’s behavior gets increasingly erratic and self-destructive, Connor gets increasingly desperate to stop her from plummeting. He knows he can’t save her from her pain...but what if no one else can?

Crazy

From Amy Reed, Ellen Hopkins, Amber Smith, Sandhya Menon, and more of your favorite YA authors comes an anthology of essays that explore the diverse experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. This collection of twenty-one essays from major YA authors—including award-winning and bestselling writers—touches on a powerful range of topics related to growing up female in today’s America, and the intersection with race, religion, and ethnicity. Sure to inspire hope and solidarity to anyone who reads it, Our Stories, Our Voices belongs on every young woman’s shelf. This anthology features essays from Martha Brockenbrough, Jaye Robin Brown, Sona Charaipotra, Brandy Colbert, Somaiya Daud, Christine Day, Alexandra Duncan, Ilene Wong (I.W.) Gregorio, Maurene Goo. Ellen Hopkins, Stephanie Kuehnert, Nina LaCour, Anna-Marie LcLemore, Sandhya Menon, Hannah Moskowitz, Julie Murphy, Aisha Saeed, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Amber Smith, and Tracy Walker.

"A novel about two girls on the run from their problems, their pasts, and themselves. Max and Sadie are escaping to Nebraska, but they'll soon learn they can't escape the truth"--

Over You

In this raw, gut-wrenching, and beautifully written sequel to Invincible, Marcus continues Evie’s story of their intense romance, a stunning conclusion to this contemporary duology perfect for fans of Gayle Forman and Sara Zarr. Marcus knows pain. The kind that swallows you like a black hole. His brother committed suicide, his mother left him, and his dad ignores him inside their cavernous house. Relief seems to come only from drugs, alcohol, and secret acts of self-destruction. Until he met Evie. Together, they lived in the moment. They fell in love—hard—creating their own beautiful world. But they each had their own secrets, their own pain. Unforgivable takes off where Invincible ended—with Evie drowning in San Francisco Bay. Marcus finds her just in time, but her survival is not the happy ending he was hoping for. Forbidden from seeing Evie by her parents and unable to reach her, Marcus learns of a pain that might break him completely. The pain of losing Evie becomes tangled with the loss of his mother and brother, and he must face the ghosts he has been trying so desperately to outrun, or risk losing Evie forever.

Unforgivable

Numb after the death of her best friend, Camille, Kinsey starts to shut down but Hunter, Camille's mysterious boyfriend, has other ideas and whisks Kinsey off on a multi-state road trip to forget the ghosts of their pasts and their own fears.

Damaged

Grace vient d’entrer au lycée de Prescott après avoir déménagé. Dans la chambre de sa nouvelle maison, elle découvre des mots griffés sur le mur : Aidez-moi. Tuez-moi, je suis déjà morte. Ces mots, c’est Lucy, qui les a tracés. Lucy, qui a accusé trois garçons de Prescott de l’avoir violée. Lucy, qui a été traitée de menteuse par le reste du lycée. Lucy, que la police n’a pas écoutée. Lucy, qui a fui la ville avec ses parents. Très vite, Grace comprend que cette violence s’exerce à tous les niveaux dans la ville de Prescott : quand les joueurs de l’équipe de foot notent le physique des filles qui passent devant eux ; quand son amie Rosina doit éviter les avances des clients du restaurant où elle travaille ; et surtout sur le blog du moment, « Les vrais mecs de Prescott » dont la ligne éditoriale consiste principalement à considérer les femmes comme des objets. Grace, Erin et Rosina sont décidées à agir, mais elles ne peuvent le faire seules. À partir de 15 ans.

Nous les filles de nulle part

The Nowhere Girls – A Senkise-lányok

Nowhere girls

GRACE SALTER é nova na cidade. Sua família foi expulsa de sua antiga comunidade depois que sua mãe, uma pregadora fanática, tornou-se uma radical liberal após sofrer um acidente e bater a cabeça muito forte. ROSINA SUAREZ, queer punk, pertence a uma família mexicana imigrante e muito conservadora. Seu maior sonho é viver de música em vez de trabalhar como babá dos seus primos e servir mesas no restaurante do seu tio. ERIN DELILLO é obcecada por duas coisas: biologia marinha e Jornada nas estrelas. Mas, essas duas coisas não são o suficiente para distraí-la da sua real suspeita: ela poderia ser, de fato, um androide. Quando Grace descobre que Lucy Moynihan, antiga ocupante de sua nova casa, foi expulsa da cidade por ter acusado os garotos mais populares do colégio de estupro coletivo, fica indignada pela garota nunca ter conseguido se vingar – e ela não é a única. Grace está determinada a fazer algo a respeito do que aconteceu com Lucy. Ela, Rosina e Erin formam um grupo no colégio para resistir à cultura do sexismo e boicotar o sexo de qualquer gênero com os meninos. Contada em diferentes perspectivas, essa história empolgante é não só uma acusação contra a cultura do estupro, como também explora, com honestidade, as mais profundas perguntas sobre adolescência e sexualidade. SOBRE A AUTORA Amy Reed nasceu e cresceu em Seattle, onde frequentou oito escolas até seus dezoito anos. Mudar o tempo todo ensinou-a a ser inquieta, e ser filha única fez sua imaginação criar coisas engraçadas. Em São Francisco, passou alguns anos servindo café e se metendo em encrenca. Formou-se em cinema, mas decidiu que não queria nada com o tema e retornou ao seu amor original pela escrita. Depois de treze anos morando em São Francisco, ela agora está nas montanhas do oeste da Carolina do Norte com o marido, a filha e o cachorro. Em seu tempo livre, Amy gosta de ler (obviamente), correr, cozinhar, comer, fazer listas e sair com seu marido Brian e sua filha Elouise, que é oficialmente a pessoa mais legal do mundo.

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We Were Liars meets Speak in this haunting, mesmerizing psychological thriller--a gender-flipped YA Great Gatsby--that will linger long after the final line On wealthy Commodore Island, Fern is watching and waiting--for summer, for college, for her childhood best friend to decide he loves her. Then Ivy Avila lands on the island like a falling star. When Ivy shines on her, Fern feels seen. When they're together, Fern has purpose. She glimpses the secrets Ivy hides behind her fame, her fortune, the lavish parties she throws at her great glass house, and understands that Ivy hurts in ways Fern can't fathom. And soon, it's clear Ivy wants someone Fern can help her get. But as the two pull closer, Fern's cozy life on Commodore unravels: drought descends, fires burn, and a reckless night spins out of control. Everything Fern thought she understood--about her home, herself, the boy she loved, about Ivy Avila--twists and bends into something new. And Fern won't emerge the same person she was. An enthralling, mind-altering fever dream, Tell Me My Name is about the cost of being a girl in a world that takes so much, and the enormity of what is regained when we take it back. New York Times: "13 Y.A. Books to Add to Your Reading List This Spring" "A lush, gorgeously crafted page-turner." --Jennifer Mathieu, author of Moxie "Absolutely took my breath away." --Geek Mom ★ "As much Hitchcockian suspense as Fitzgerald's tarnished glitz." --BCCB (starred review) "A kaleidoscope of light and shadow that will keep you flipping page after page." --Amber Smith, author of The Way We Used to Be "Only Amy Reed could write a novel this dark, this gorgeous, this forward-looking while speaking to our present moment." --Wiley Cash, author of A Land More Kind Than Home "The best kind of literary thriller--one with as much conscience as pulse." --Brendan Kiely, co-author of All American Boys "I haven't felt this way since reading We Were Liars--mind blown." --Jaye Robin Brown, author of Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit ★ "Immersive [and] smartly written." --SLJ (starred review) "This novel is amazing . . . A pulsating, hypnotic retelling." --Lilliam Rivera, author of The Education of Margot Sanchez "Relentlessly compelling . . . Reed's latest is a literary thrill ride." --Kelly Jensen, author of (Don't) Call Me Crazy and editor at BookRiot "Takes the unreliable narrator to new levels . . . Mesmerizing." --SLC "[A] harrowing tale of personal trauma in a violently polarized society." --Kirkus "A compelling and propulsive thriller." --Jeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King "I barely breathed the last 100 pages. Simply stunning." --Megan Shepherd, author of The Madman's Daughter

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