Our teen book spotlight this week is on books that have numbers in their titles!!! There are times when titles need more than just words to describe what is happening and to catch your attention as you browse the shelves. We have a great mixture of fantasy, nonfiction, realistic, horror, and more so there is something for everyone and the titles are easy to remember because numbers do make a difference! These books and more can be found by searching the catalog using the search tag #yawithnumbers as well as on Libby and Hoopla. Check back next week for a new teen book spotlight and if you have any book suggestions, please let us know!!
Just One Day by Gayle Forman--Good girl Allyson has lived a sheltered life, always doing what her mother expects of her. Then she meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem and he suddenly sweeps her off her feet, taking her on a whirl-wind jaunt to Paris. Things seem to be going well, but when she wakes up the next morning, she discovers that Willem is gone and she is stranded. Back in the States, instead of taking up her old life, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find her own true passions, allowing her to become her own person for her own reasons. However, as her journey takes her to new and unexpected places, she ends up finding clues to that one question that won't leave her mind: What happened to Willem?
10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston--After an unexpected breakup, seventeen-year-old Sophie lets members of her large, eccentric extended family set her up on ten blind dates during Christmas vacation.
Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal--Lupe Davila travels to Puerto Rico to stay for the summer with her uncle, the local police chief, and his wife. When her uncle investigates a murder, Lupe finds clues that no one wants to follow up on. It seems two of four of Javier Utierre's best friends have died under mysterious circumstances. Lupe and Javier team up and vow to find out who is behind the deaths to save Javier from being the next victim, but the evidence leads them into the world of myths and legends where monsters lurk.
A Thousand Sisters by Elizabeth Wein--Details the experiences of female Soviet combat pilots in World War II—the only women to serve in this capacity on either side. Led by Marina Raskova, three regiments of all-women flight teams suffered casualties of war along with discrimination on the ground, to make significant contributions to the war effort. Includes black-and-white photographs and extensive sidebars that place these pilots within the larger context of the Russian war effort and socio-political landscape.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo--Criminal mastermind Kaz Brekker assembles a team of outcasts to break into the world's most secure prison and remove a prisoner with secrets that very powerful people want. Kaz devises a daring plan, but old grudges, mistrust, secrets, and rivalries cause the plan to go horribly awry and the team finds itself caught in the middle of a deadly plot to destroy the world.
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater--Explores the fateful 2013 interaction between Sasha and Richard, two teens from Oakland, California, who never would have met if not for the 57 bus which they both were taking home from school one day. Richard, an African American boy, had a lighter; Sasha, a white agender teen, wore a skirt. A dare to use the lighter changed the teens' lives forever.