Gabrielle Zevin
Author
Language
English
Description
"A modern love story about two childhood friends, Sam, raised by an actress mother in LA's Koreatown, and Sadie, from the wealthy Jewish enclave of Beverly Hills, who reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry"--
On a bitter cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Young Jane Young's heroine is Aviva Grossman, an ambitious Congressional intern in Florida who makes the life-changing mistake of having an affair with her boss who is beloved, admired, successful, and very married and blogging about it. When the affair comes to light, the Congressman doesn't take the fall, but Aviva does, and her life is over before it hardly begins. She becomes a late night talk show punchline; she is slut shamed, labeled as fat...
5) Margarettown
Author
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry comes an enchanting story about love in its many forms, and a man's timeless journey into the unknowable territory of the woman he loves. From the moment they first sleep together-piled atop seven mattresses in her dorm room-N. is drawn into a rich and enchanted relationship with Margaret Towne, a woman who will introduce him to worlds...
Author
Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 1
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
354 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.
7) Elsewhere
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
8) Love Is Hell
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sure, love is hell. But it,s totally worth it.
In these supernatural stories by five of today's hottest writers—Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely), Scott Westerfeld (Specials), Justine Larbalestier (Magic or Madness), Gabrielle Zevin (Elsewhere), and Laurie Faria Stolarz (Blue is for Nightmares)—love may be twisted and turned around, but it's more potent than ever on its quest to conquer all.
From two students who let the power
...Author
Series
Birthright (Gabrielle Zevin) volume 2
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
350 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 2083, seventeen-year-old Anya Balanchine seeks a way to make Balanchine Chocolate legitimate, and although a trip to Mexico gives her new insights and ideas, escaping her mobster family's legacy of violence may prove impossible.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
271 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her life.