Recommendations based on Twistedby Laurie Halse Anderson

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  1. Wintergirls

    by Laurie Halse Anderson
    A teenage girl struggles with anorexia and the lingering trauma of her best friend's death.

    Lia Overbrook, an 18-year-old girl, just found out that her ex-best friend Cassie has died. Cassie had called Lia 33 times the night of her death. However, Lia never answered the phone. Cassie was ... (Wikipedia)

  2. Catalyst

    by Laurie Halse Anderson
    Kate Malone is a science-loving high school senior who discovers a family secret that changes everything.

    Meet Kate Malone—straight-A science and math geek, minister's daughter, ace long-distance runner, new girlfriend (to Mitchell "Early Decision Harvard" Pangborn III), unwilling family caretaker, and ... (Goodreads)

  3. Along for the Ride

    by Sarah Dessen
    A teenage girl spends the summer with her estranged father and stepmother, discovering love, friendship, and herself along the way.

    Auden West is a smart girl who didn't get the chance to enjoy the activities young children often got to do (such as riding a bike) when she was a child. After being accepted into Defriese University ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Forge

    by Laurie Halse Anderson
    A young slave fights for his freedom during the American Revolution, facing betrayal and hardship along the way.

    For many readers,, Forge, “will be one of the best novels they have ever read” (starred review from, Kirkus Reviews,)! Blistering winds. Bitter cold. And the hope of a new future. In this compelling ... (Barnes & Noble)

  5. Shiver

    by Maggie Stiefvater
    A teenage girl falls in love with a werewolf, but their romance is threatened by the dangers of his transformation.

    For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf—her wolf—is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In ... (Goodreads)

  6. Peeps

    by Scott Westerfeld
    A teenage boy discovers he's a carrier of a parasite that turns people into vampires. He must track down his ex-girlfriends to stop the outbreak.

    Two days after arriving in New York for college, Cal loses his virginity to a girl who picks him up. From this encounter Cal picks up an STD, but this is an unusual one: it turns its victims into ... (Wikipedia)

  7. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

    by Sherman Alexie
    A young Native American boy's struggles to survive in a difficult world.

    The book follows a fourteen-year-old boy living with his family on the Spokane Indian Reservation near Wellpinit, Washington for a school year. It is told in episodic diary style, moving from the ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Unwind

    by Neal Shusterman
    A dystopian future world where teenagers are subjected to a “harvesting” process that splits them apart.

    Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives. The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age ... (Goodreads)

  9. Just Listen

    by Sarah Dessen
    A young girl's journey of self-discovery and self-acceptance, navigating the complexities of teenage life.

    Annabel Greene is a girl who has it all—at least, that's how it seems on TV commercials. Annabel's life is far from perfect. , Her friendship with her best friends Clarke and Sophie ended bitterly. ... (Wikipedia)

  10. The Truth About Forever

    by Sarah Dessen
    A teenage girl's journey to self-acceptance and the power of friendship.

    Macy is still recovering from the sudden loss of her father. Since he died during one of their habitual morning runs, Macy gives up running and keeps all of her feelings to herself. This results in ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Sold

    by Patricia McCormick
    A young girl's fight for freedom after being sold into the sex trade in Nepal.

    Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl living with her family in a small hut in the mountains of Nepal. Her family is desperately poor, but her life is full of simple pleasures, like raising her ... (Wikipedia)

  12. Linger

    by Maggie Stiefvater
    Adventure of werewolves and the humans who love them, exploring the power of fate and love.

    Shiver begins against the backdrop of winter, with the character of Grace Brisbane at age 11, who has been pulled from her backyard tyre swing by a pack of wolves. Saved from their attack by a ... (Wikipedia)

  13. Peaches

    by Jodi Lynn Anderson
    Three girls meet at a Georgia peach orchard and form an unlikely friendship that changes their lives forever.

    In a Ya-Ya Sisterhood for teens, Peaches combines three unforgettable heroines who have nothing in common but the troubles that have gotten them sentenced to a summer of peach picking at a Georgia ... (Goodreads)

  14. Evernight

    by Claudia Gray
    Bianca, a new student at Evernight Academy, discovers the school's dark secrets and her own supernatural heritage.

    Bianca wants to escape., She's been uprooted from her small hometown and enrolled at Evernight Academy, an eerie Gothic boarding school where the students are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek, and ... (Goodreads)

  15. Deadline

    by Chris Crutcher
    High school senior Ben Wolf has only one year to live, but he's determined to make the most of it by uncovering a dark secret in his small town.

    Ben Wolf is an 18-year-old high school student from Trout, Idaho. He lives with his father, his mother, who is mentally ill, and his younger brother, Cody, who is a superb football player and attends ... (Wikipedia)

  16. Story of a Girl

    by Sara Zarr
    A teenage girl struggles with the aftermath of a sexual scandal and tries to find redemption in the eyes of her family and community.

    Soon to be a Lifetime Movie! , I was thirteen when my dad caught me with Tommy Webber in the back of Tommy's Buick, parked next to the old Chart House down in Montara at eleven o'clock on a Tuesday ... (Barnes & Noble)

  17. Audrey, Wait!

    by Robin Benway
    Audrey's breakup song becomes a hit, turning her into an overnight celebrity and causing chaos in her life.

    EVERYBODY'S SINGING, "AUDREY, WAIT!" Audrey Cuttler's life hasn't been the same since that song, "Audrey, Wait!" hit the airwaves. All she wants to do is go to concerts, hang out with her friends, ... (Goodreads)

  18. Hourglass

    by Myra McEntire
    Emerson can see ghosts and time travel. She falls in love with a boy from the past and must save him from a tragic fate.

    One hour to rewrite the past… For seventeen-year-old Emerson Cole, life is about seeing what isn't there: swooning Southern Belles; soldiers long forgotten; a haunting jazz trio that vanishes in an ... (Goodreads)

  19. The First Part Last

    by Angela Johnson
    A teenage girl's journey of self-discovery, coming to terms with teen pregnancy.

    Bobby's a classic urban teenager. He's restless. He's impulsive. But the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father. His girlfriend, Nia, is pregnant, and their lives are about ... (Goodreads)

  20. The Rules of Survival

    by Nancy Werlin
    A gripping tale of a family's struggle with abuse and survival, told through the eyes of a young girl.

    The book starts out with an introduction when Matthew Walsh is writing a letter to his younger sister Emmy to tell her the story of their mother's vicious abuse. The real story starts with Matthew ... (Wikipedia)

  21. Dairy Queen

    by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
    A teenage girl's journey of self-discovery, learning to find her place in the world.

    15-year-old girl Darlene Joyce (D.J.) Schwenk lives on a farm in Red Bend, Wisconsin, where she and her family own a dairy farm. When D.J.'s father hurts his hip, leaving him unable to work, D.J. ... (Wikipedia)

  22. Push

    by Sapphire
    A harrowing tale of a young girl's journey through poverty, abuse, and illiteracy in Harlem.

    Claireece Precious Jones is an obese, illiterate 16-year-old girl who lives in Harlem with her abusive mother Mary. Precious is a few months pregnant with her second child, the product of her father ... (Wikipedia)

  23. Animalia

    by Graeme Base
    An illustrated children's book that takes readers on an alphabetical journey through the animal kingdom.

    More than three million copies of Animalia have been sold around the world, making Graeme Base’s amazing alliterative alphabet book one of the most beloved titles of the past quarter century. To ... (Goodreads)

  24. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

    by Gabrielle Zevin
    A teenage girl's journey to reclaim her identity through memories of her past.

    If Naomi had picked tails, she would have won the coin toss. She wouldn't have had to go back for the yearbook camera, and she wouldn't have hit her head on the steps. She wouldn't have woken up in ... (Goodreads)

  25. Before I Fall

    by Lauren Oliver
    A high school student relives the same day over and over, learning to appreciate life.

    The story begins on a seemingly normal day for the popular 17-year-old Samantha "Sam" Kingston. On February 12, known as " Cupid's Day ," Sam goes about her day as normal with her three best ... (Wikipedia)

  26. The Knife of Never Letting Go

    by Patrick Ness
    A young boy's struggle to discover the truth of a hidden world and his own special place in it.

    Todd Hewitt is the only boy left in Prentisstown, a small settlement on 'New World' – an alien planet only recently colonized by humanity. Todd is within days of his thirteenth birthday, the age in ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Stormbreaker

    by Anthony Horowitz
    An ordinary teen is thrust into an extraordinary mission to save the world.

    The book begins with Alex Rider learning that his uncle and legal guardian, Ian Rider, has been killed in a car crash. Unbeknownst to Alex and his housekeeper Jack Starbright, Ian's job as a banker ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Cut

    by Patricia McCormick
    A teenage girl's journey to reclaim her identity after a stay in a mental health facility.

    Fifteen-year-old Callie McPherson of Mississauga isn't speaking to anybody, not even to her therapist at Sea Pines (nicknamed "Sick Minds"), the residential treatment facility where her parents and ... (Wikipedia)

  29. The Crucible

    by Arthur Miller
    A group of teenage girls face accusations of witchcraft in a puritanical society.

    "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote of his classic play about the witch-hunts and ... (Goodreads)

  30. The Reckoning

    by Kelley Armstrong
    A small town is rocked by a murder and secrets are uncovered as the investigation unfolds.

    Following on from the events in, The Awakening, , the story follows Chloe, Derek, Simon and Tori as they live in the Safe House, formally owned by an ex-employee of the Edison Group, with Simon and ... (Wikipedia)