Dr. Z and Matty Take Telegraph Ari Rosenschein Publication date: May 7th 2024 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult It’s the late ’90s—the final days before smartphones and the internet changed the teenage landscape forever. Zack and his mother have moved from Tempe to Berkeley for a fresh start, leaving behind Zack’s father after a painful divorce. A natural athlete, Zack makes the water polo team which equals social acceptance at his new school. Yet he’s more drawn to Matthias, a rebellious skater on the fringes, who introduces him to punk rock, record stores, and the legendary Telegraph Avenue. As their friendship intensifies, Matthias’s behavior reminds Zack of his absent dad, driving a wedge between him and his mother. Complicating matters is Zaylee, a senior who boosts Zack’s confidence but makes him question his new buddy, Matthias. Faced with all these changes, Zack learns that when life gets messy, he might have to become his own best friend. Dr. Z and Matty Take Telegr...

Review: The Secrets We Bury - Stacie Ramey - March 2018 I had seen a review of this author's book The Sister Pact and decided to check out the other books that were available on the Libby App. This one's cover caught my attention. The Secrets We Bury by Stacie Ramey has a male lead which was different for me as tend to read books with female leads. The other thing that caught my attention was the fact that the main character Dylan is neurodivergent and on the spectrum. His dad has died and he feels that his family blames him, they also want to send him to a new school. This causes Dylan to run away from home and as he's only 17, he is still considered a minor so technically he is on the run. He decides after some consideration that a place his family will never find him is on the Appalachian Trail as by the time he finishes it, it will be past his 18th birthday and he will be safe from his family. For Dylan, he has never done a lot of hiking - so this is also a big deal. ...

Combustible Al Riske Publication date: May 16th 2021 Genres: Coming of Age It’s that summer between the end of high school and the start of something else. Dean Stockton and Curt Hutton are best friends, and more often than not you can find them rowing on the Rogue River at dawn. Together they experience something they will never be able to describe adequately. But then they won’t really need to. Not to each other. It’s that moment of swing when rowers find the rhythm and everything falls into place. The shell seems to lift right out of the water. Enter Isabelle Smiley. She’s beautiful yet insecure, knowing yet innocent, and crazy about Curt in a way that no girl has ever been crazy about Dean. She wants Curt to choose a college closer to home than the one he and Dean have selected—and she can be persuasive. “I’d never be able to hold out against a girl like Smiley,” Dean admits. “Don’t say that,” Curt replies. “I told her she’d have to convince you, too.” Everyone is con...