2026-2027 HS Name That Book

Admission

Buxbaum, Julie


School Library Journal, May 2020. Publishers Weekly, March 2020. Horn Book, November 2020. An affluent teen who thinks she is headed off to the college of her dreams, must reckon with the truth and possibly her own guilt when her mother is arrested in a college admissions bribery scandal.
Date Published:2020

The dividing sky

Tew, Jill,


School Library Journal starred, October 2024. Publishers Weekly, July 2024. Kirkus starred, August 2024. Booklist, August 2024. In 2364, eighteen-year-old Liv Newman dreams of a future beyond her lower-class life in the Metro. As a Proxy, she uses the neurochip in her brain to sell memories to wealthy clients. Maybe a few illegally, but money equals freedom. So when a customer offers her a ludicrous sum to go on an assignment in no-man's-land, Liv accepts. Now she just has to survive. Rookie Forceman Adrian Rao believes in order over all. After discovering that a renegade Proxy's shady dealings are messing with citizens' brain chemistry, he vows to extinguish the threat. But when he tracks Liv down, there's one problem: her memories are gone.
Date Published:2024

School Library Journal starred, October 2024. Publishers Weekly, July 2024. Kirkus starred, August 2024. Booklist, August 2024. In 2364, eighteen-year-old Liv Newman dreams of a future beyond her lower-class life in the Metro. As a Proxy, she uses the neurochip in her brain to sell memories to wealthy clients. Maybe a few illegally, but money equals freedom. So when a customer offers her a ludicrous sum to go on an assignment in no-man's-land, Liv accepts. Now she just has to survive. Rookie Forceman Adrian Rao believes in order over all. After discovering that a renegade Proxy's shady dealings are messing with citizens' brain chemistry, he vows to extinguish the threat. But when he tracks Liv down, there's one problem: her memories are gone.

Date Published:2024

Hearts overboard

Dean, Becky,


Includes excerpt from: Picture perfect boyfriend. Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal, After a public breakup with her boyfriend Caleb, high school junior Savannah Moore is determined to prove that she's not a bore, like he said she was, and lays out a plan to be adventurous during a two-week family cruise to Alaska. However, when she learns her school rival Tanner will be on the trip, she is determined he won't spoil her fun. But soon Tanner learns of her plans and offers to help her succeed in winning Caleb back if she'll help him decide on a college major. Together they experience all the fun Alaska has to offer and discover that beneath their rivalry, they have more in common than they think.
Date Published:2024

Includes excerpt from: Picture perfect boyfriend. Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal, After a public breakup with her boyfriend Caleb, high school junior Savannah Moore is determined to prove that she's not a bore, like he said she was, and lays out a plan to be adventurous during a two-week family cruise to Alaska. However, when she learns her school rival Tanner will be on the trip, she is determined he won't spoil her fun. But soon Tanner learns of her plans and offers to help her succeed in winning Caleb back if she'll help him decide on a college major. Together they experience all the fun Alaska has to offer and discover that beneath their rivalry, they have more in common than they think.

Date Published:2024

On again, awkward again

Kelly, Erin Entrada,


ALA Booklist. Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. High school freshmen, Pacy and Cecil, share a look of love at first sight that sparks a series of mistakes and awkward interactions that become part of their love story.
Date Published:2025