- Children's Room
- Saturday, April 11, 2020
iRead features the best ebooks and eaudiobooks for children and teens curated by the Children's Room and Teen Center staff.
This week, explore some of the newest Teen titles about complicated relationships.
Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles
available as an ebook and eaudiobook through Hoopla
Del Rainey has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten and she is finally single. Ready to take his shot, he sees Kiera volunteer for a heart-changing opportunity at church and he jumps at the chance to join and get an "in" with her. Little did he know, Del has just agreed to take a Purity Pledge. Over the next 8 weeks, he's expected to attend Purity Pledge class twice a week, give a presentation and attend the Purity Ball. Del doesn't let this deter his plan to win Kiera's heart. He is even assisted by Kiera's best friend and neighbor, Jameer, who agrees to put in a good word in exchange for factual information about sex.
Del's attempts to scheme his way into Kiera's heart explore how his family, community, and experiences have molded the way that he sees women and how that viewpoint might impact his current and future relationships with women.
Recommended by Kenyanah Bryant | Teen Center Associate
Rebel With a Cupcake by Anna Mainwaring
available as an ebook through Hoopla
Jesobel Jones is fat and loves her body – if only everyone else in her life were so accepting. Between rude teachers, snarky bullies, a judgmental parent, and even turning into an internet meme, her positive attitude is under attack from all sides. Jesobel’s got a wit sharp enough to handle her haters as she navigates the hilarious highs and self-doubting lows of British high school life while writing a list of hypocritical rules everyone around her seems to accept without a thought. Her outspoken personality leads to a chance encounter with a famous body-positive blogger and a date with her one and only heartthrob.
Mainwaring’s debut novel examines the standards people use to judge themselves and others and how rebellion from the accepted norm can lead to personal fulfillment.
Recommended by Thomas Maluck | Teen Center Librarian
It's My Life by Stacie Ramey
available as an ebook through Hoopla
Jenna could have never guessed how much an SAT prep question and a quick Google search would drastically alter her relationship with her family, sense of self and potential love interest. Medical malfeasance are the words that lead her to mistrust her parents after discovering that her spastic cerebral palsy may not be something she was born with but the result of injury during birth. This information and her resulting frustration cause Jenna to medically emancipate herself from her parents.
Enter Jennifer, an idealized able-bodied version of Jenna, that becomes her source of strength, courage and manifestation of self-loathing. When Jenna's childhood friend and crush, Julian, moves back to town, she would love to pick things up where they left off. Instead, fear of rejection leads her to catfish Julian. As their relationship grows, Jenna has to re-evaluate what she wants, who she is and how to be enough for herself.
Recommended by Kenyanah Bryant | Teen Center Associate
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