Fast Facts Title: The Second Life of Ava Rivers Author: Faith Gardner Publication date: August 28, 2018 Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Realistic Fiction Recommended for: Ages 14 and up [...]

Beth was a total daredevil. Fearless, feisty, athletic; the type of person who'd bike down a mountain ledge just for the thrill of it.

Jacob grew up on his grandfather’s stories about his own childhood during World War II. According to his grandfather, he escaped the Holocaust by taking refuge on a Welsh island, at an orphanage that catered to children with strange powers.

In a world that has been taken over by a disease that makes humans crave flesh, Melanie, a 10-year-old girl, is imprisoned in a government sanctioned army base and is experimented on daily in many different ways.

When the nine-tailed demon fox is forced to merge with baby Naruto in order to save his village, the world knew that this would be no ordinary baby. Passionate, strong, and loyal to a fault, Naruto is no normal shinobi in the Hidden Leaf village.

A plane crash strands Samantha Mishra and her fencing team on an island. Samantha and her friends build shelters and hope that someone might spot them, but days go by and they realize that no one may find them. This group of teenage girls has to work together to make it out of this journey alive, but can they do it?

Starr Carter is your average teenage girl. Cute boyfriend? Check. Part of an awesome sport? Check. Witness to a police shooting... check?

Kit Frick’s See All the Stars is an extremely intense and beautifully written novel. It is about the before and after of a pivotal event that changed the lives of a close-knit group of girls forever.

Ouran Highschool Host Club by Bisco Hatori is one of the best Manga series I have ever had the pleasure of reading. The story itself is unconventional and pulls you in, but the art style and characters are what make you want to stay.

Love Letters To The Dead is probably my favorite realistic fiction book that I’ve read. The characters go through hard situations which not only make for a better story but also bring the characters to life.