Not in the Mood for Love: YA Books About FriendshipLike this list

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• Fortune's Kiss

  Clement, Amber,

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  Two best friends enter into a magical gambling den and wager their lives in exchange for their wildest dreams.

• Afterglow

  Stamper, Phil,

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  After a summer of life changing, Gabriel, Reese, Sal, and Heath are finally ready for senior year, but as graduation nears and the boys prepare to enter the real world, it is clear their friendship will never be the same.

• The 9:09 Project

  Parsons, Mark H.,

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  Seventeen-year-old Jamison finds hope after the loss of his mother, and recognizes the role that family, friends and even strangers can play in the healing process if you are open and willing to share your experience with others.

• The Parasite

  Evans, Richard Paul,

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  Michael and his friends learn that returning to a normal life is not only more difficult than they imagined, but that normal doesn't last. Like the mythical Hydra, cutting off the head of the global Elgen only created more enemies.

• Azar on Fire

  Abtahi, Olivia,

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  Self-conscious Azar loves writing song lyrics and drumming, but nodules on her vocal cords and frequent throat infections affect the sound of her voice, resulting in the already reserved 9th grader avoiding not only singing, but talking.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Road of the Lost

  Azad, Nafiza,

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  Croi is compelled by a summoning spell leave her home in the Wilde Forest and travel into the Otherworld, where the enchantment that made her into a brownie begins to break, revealing her true identity, her hidden magick, and her forgotten…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jester

  Porter, Brielle D

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  Desperate to prove herself, Lisette enters into a deadly competition to be chosen as the highest-ranked magician in the world, the Queen’s Jester. But her rival, the irritatingly handsome Luc, possesses the one thing Lisette does not, real…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Margot Mertz for the Win

  McCrossen, Carrie,

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  Margot faces senior year working on a campaign for a local election while helping a fellow student run for class president, but when a mysterious blackmail plot emerges and a loathsome opponent rises in the class race, Margot might have to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Elatsoe

  Little Badger, Darcie,

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  Set in an alternative version of America full of monsters, magic, and interdimensional beings, the novel follows the story of 17-year-old Ellie as she tries to uncover the truth about her cousin’s murder with the help of her best friend,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dry

  Shusterman, Neal,

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  A lengthy California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, turning Alyssa's quiet suburban street into a warzone, and she is forced to make impossible choices if she and her brother are to survive.

• The Beauty That Remains

  Woodfolk, Ashley,

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  Autumn, Shay, and Logan, whose lives intersect in complicated ways, each lose someone close to them and must work through their grief.

• What to Say Next

  Buxbaum, Julie,

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  When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, Kit asks David for his help figuring out the how and why of her father's tragic car accident.