Category: California

The Anatomical Shape of a Heart by Jenn Bennett

10/3/2016

To win a scholarship for art school, Beatrix Adams needs to get permission to draw cadavers at the local medical school -- without her mom finding out.
Jack Vincent is a handsome, notorious graffiti artist harboring a whole lot of secrets.
When these two meet on a late-night San Francisco bus, sparks fly.

With winning characters, particularly the delicious love interest, Jack, a focus on art, and San Francisco in the background, this is my favorite YA romance read of 2016 (so far).

Grades 9-12

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The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore

5/17/2016

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The Paloma and Corbeau families are traveling performers who have been rivals and enemies for years.
They believe that a Corbeau touching a Paloma, or vice versa, could lead to death – but that doesn’t stop Luc “Cluck” Corbeau from saving Lace Paloma’s life during an environmental disaster.
Lace’s growing attraction to Cluck has her questioning their families complicated history as well as her future.

The magical realism and the Romeo and Juliet romance are a winning combination. I also enjoyed how the book takes place in an imaginary central valley town but names other nearby real places (hello Hanford!).

Grades 8-12

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