Free books: Young Adult Fiction
Mexican WhiteBoy (2008)
This is a realistic fiction book that can relate to child readers who are experiencing the same situation. Story is not real but about a Half-Mexican boy named Danny. Mom is white and dad is full Mexican and got deported. He struggles to find his identity in a white private school. The complexiti...
Junikäfer flieg (2011)
June Bug by Chris Fabry is a novel written from the perspective of a 7 year old girl and tells the story of how after living and traveling around the country for 7 years in a RV with a man she believes to be her father, sees herself in a Missing Person poster at a Walmart and then determines to f...
Dochterlief (2010)
I read this book for my upcoming book club and I can guarantee there will be a lively discussion. The main character of June Bug is a delight and I can image reading a sequel to this book. The author definitely wove together a story that I had to keep reading to discover the whole truth. On the ...
The Rehearsal (2010)
Having been drawn to 'The Rehearsal' by my admiration of the truly epic tension of 'The Luminaries,' I expected a similar sort of atmosphere to characterise Eleanor Catton's debut. There are similarities in themes pursued, such as the aftermath of events, and individual perspectives of the same e...
While I'm Falling (2009)
First let me start by saying, the writing is flawless, nothing to say about it at all, if it seems I'm stalling your correct in your assumptions. I'm just going to say it then, I have never read a more depressing novel ever. I hated the lawyer husband from the start, but yet thought at one poin...
O Pai da Chuva (2011)
I liked EUPHORIA by Lily King and decided to read Father of The Rain. It's a story about Daley who has a dysfunctional relationship with her father. I liked Daley when the story began but I have to admit that she annoyed me in Part 2 of the story when she decides to return to live with her fath...
Retter der Welt (2009)
Did that just happen?!?!I found myself shifting loyalties throughout the book - especially toward the author. Did I like how he was portraying Lowboy, which was the reason I was drawn to this novel in the first place - there was definitely a personal stakes for me here....At times, I thought the ...
Lowboy. John Wray (2010)
Ik vond dit geen slecht boek maar nu ook niet om te zeggen dat ik het geweldig vond. Het ging over een jongetje dat aan een zware vorm van schizofrenie lijdt en als doel heeft de opwarming van de aarde (en zijn lichaam) tegen te gaan. Dit doel kan hij enkel bereiken door seks te hebben met een wi...
Walk Me Home (2013)
Walk Me Home is a touching story with powerful examples of selfishness, kindness, deceit and determination. 16 year old Carly and 12 year old Jen are the daughters of a woman whose only interest appears to be herself with a suggested history of part-time male partners, the latest 'partner' is Wad...
Football Hero (2008)
This book was one of the best I've read! It was very exciting and action filled with a twist at every corner. I enjoyed this book because it was sporty and detailed. "Football Hero" is about a middle school boy that is living with his unloving aunt and uncle. He lost his family and all he has is...
Sag Harbor (2009)
What it lacks in dramatic happening it makes up for in thick description. At times this latter quality bogs the story down, but once can get invested in the rhythm. In some ways Sag Harbor is an anti-coming-of-age novel. There is no great epiphany. Our hero doesn't triumph and get all the treasur...
Stunde Null (2012)
Wow! I have a new favorite author. Plot twists, character depth, an original storyline ... what more can you ask for? Oh wait, I'd ask for clean enough for my whole family to read it. And it is. He gives us a main character who may be someone worth looking up to, or perhaps has made a mistake. It...
The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint (2012)
I saw a lot of mixed reviews about this book, but I liked it a good bit. It’s not quite a four star effort, but if I could, I would give it three and a half stars. Far from high art, it’s neither ground breaking or innovative, it’s just a good, absorbing story, a fun summer read. The book starts ...
Clean (2012)
To summarize this book in one word I'd say: predictable. Overall I did not enjoy this book. While the subject is of high interest to me, the poor writing of Reed really distracted from the plot. Characters are shallow and one-dimensional and the multiple narrators seemed useless given that the ch...
Lauf, wenn es dunkel wird (2012)
I think this is a very interesting story. This book is about a 15 year old girl named Cheyenne who is blind and is very sick with pneomia. Cheyenne was waiting in the car, for her stepmom to get her antibiotics, when a car thug ( Griffin ) stole the car. Griffin hadn’t meant to kidnap her, but it...