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BOOKS:

Romance Books:

  • "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

    • ​This novel follows the story of two characters who spend their last day together trying to make it unforgettable

  • "The Sun is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

    • This book questions fate, love, and God including themes of love and family

  • "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

    • Two teens fall in love​, but there's a problem, they can't get within 5 feet of each other

  •  "Forever..." by Judy Blume

    • This book explores the controversy​ about sex and love in high school

  • "Hot Dog Girl" by Jennifer Dugan

    • A girl lands a job as a dancing hot dog but tries to navigate her way through love​

  • "The Hating Game" by Sally Thorne

    • This novel follows a "Romeo and Juliet" type story where two employees initially hate each other, but their hate doesn't last as long as they thought it would​

  • "Red, White, and Royal Blue" by Casey McQuiston

    • The first son of the first-ever female president is trying to help his mother with her campaign​. In another "Romeo and Juliet" type novel, Alex finds himself falling for the son of the king of England and maybe risking his mother's campaign

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Fantasy:

  • "A Court of Thorns and Roses" by Sarah J. Maas

    • This trilogy focuses on bringing together fairy tales to tell the story of Feyre as she is brought into this world after committing the crime of murdering a faerie​

  • "​Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

    • This series follow​s the story of a teenage assassin who breaks the rules of a tyrannical society

  • "The Selection" by Kiera Cass

    • This series is about impoverished girls​ competing for a chance to live among the wealthy in the midst of a rebellion

  • "Paper Princess" by â€‹â€‹Erin Watt

    • This novel follows ​a poor girl being thrown into "the Royals" as she navigates her way through her new life

Want to read these books? 

Hoopla digital offers free audiobooks and online books for you to try out. 

Check it out at: https://www.hoopladigital.com/

-Recommended by Bernards Township Library

VIDEOS:

Ted Talks:

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  • Put the financial aid in the bag

  • Working backward to solve a problem

  • The optimism bias

  • Why we have too few women leaders

  • A teen just trying to figure it out

  • What adults can learn from kids

  • Don't eat the marshmallow

  • Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

  • The shared experience of absurdity

  • What I learned from 100 days of rejection

  • Everyday leadership

  • A life lesson from a firefighter

  • Try something new for 30 days

  • How to start a movement

  • What I learned from 2000 obituaries

  • Weird, or just different?

  • This is what happens when you respond to spam email

  • The agony of trying to unsubscribe

  • Reggie Watts disorients you in the most entertaining way

  • The happy secret to better work

  • The power of introverts

  • The puzzle of motivation

  • Science is for everyone, kids included

  • Grit: The power of passion and perseverance

  • The boost students need to overcome obstacles

  • Kids can too

  • Three reasons you should be bullied

  • Choose positivity

  • High school stories

  • A new way to define self-worth

  • A 12-year-old app developer

  • How to speak so that people want to listen

  • How to make stress your friend

  • Brain magic

  • The history of our world in 18 minutes

  • Your body language shapes who you are

  • How great leaders can inspire action

  • The transformative power of classical music

  • I got 99 problems, palsy is just one

  • The best kindergarten you've ever seen

  • The danger of a single story

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