Susan Vaught, Author . Bloomsbury $16.95 (292p) ISBN 978-1-58234-920-6
The motivation behind a teenager's suicide attempt and its lasting effects on family and friends is the subject of this rather disturbing, well-crafted novel. Seventeen-year-old Jersey Hatch, who narrates, attempted to blow his brains out using...
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Susan Vaught, Author . Bloomsbury $16.95 (320p) ISBN 978-1-59990-206-7
High school senior Jamie Carcaterra is not just fat; as she puts it, “I am THE Fat Girl, baby.” In an attempt to enlighten fellow classmates about the indignities and injustices she faces daily, Jamie writes a weekly feature for her high
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Susan Vaught, Author . Bloomsbury $16.99 (330p) ISBN 978-1-59990-161-9
Timely topics steer this story—with an inflexible grip. Despite her spot on the varsity baton-twirling team and despite an unswervingly loyal best friend, Chandra is a leper at school: her last boyfriend gave her herpes but publicly blamed it...
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Susan Vaught. Bloomsbury, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-59990-640-9
The latest issue-driven novel by Vaught (Exposed) is an effective takedown of the laws that criminalize underage consensual sex. Del, a teenager who experimented with sexting when he was 14, has lived as a registered sex offender for the last three...
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Susan Vaught. S&S/Wiseman, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4814-2279-6
Buried truths about Mississippi’s segregated past bubble to the surface in this evocative novel featuring a tenacious biracial 12-year-old who wants to know more about her African-American grandmother’s history. Times have been difficult for Dani’s...
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Susan Vaught, illus. by Jennifer Black Reinhardt. S&S/Wiseman, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4814-2276-5
Nine days after a neighbor is shot on his farm and the man’s two grandchildren disappear, 11-year-old Fontana “Footer” Davis, her best friend Peavine, and his younger sister set out to find out what happened. Their investigation takes them to the...
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Susan Vaught. S&S/Wiseman, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4814-8683-5
Maxine “Max” Brennan is upset when a hacker impersonates her grandfather Toppy, the police chief of Blue Creek, Tenn., and spreads malicious lies via social media. Invoking Thornwood’s Revenge, a local legend tied to a long-dead town patriarch and a
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Susan Vaught. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-5344-2501-9
In this heartfelt middle grade mystery, an autistic girl becomes an amateur detective after money is stolen from her English teacher father’s desk at school and he is blamed for the theft. With the aid of her friend, new kid Springer Regal, and her...
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Susan Vaught, illus. by Kelly Murphy. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5344-0586-8
Inviting dialogue about the need for inclusivity, Vaught (Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry) offers a lyrical narrative in concise rhyming couplets that are fleshed out in dramatic mixed-media illustrations by Murphy (The Slowest Book Ever). As
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