Recommendations based on Bone Gapby Laura Ruby

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  1. The Serpent King

    by Jeff Zentner
    Three misfit teenagers explore their identities, faith and the power of friendship.

    This is an Alternate Cover edition for ASIN B00ZNE17D2 Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life—at home, as the only son of a Pentecostal minister who urges him to handle poisonous ... (Goodreads)

  2. Challenger Deep

    by Neal Shusterman
    A young man's struggle with mental illness, as he navigates a surrealistic landscape.

    National Book Award * Golden Kite Award Winner * Six Starred Reviews A captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page,, Challenger Deep, is a heartfelt tour de force ... (Barnes & Noble)

  3. The Girl from Everywhere

    by Heidi Heilig
    Nix, a time-traveling pirate, must choose between saving her father and erasing her own existence.

    The Girl from Everywhere , the first of two books, blends fantasy, history, and a modern sensibility. Its sparkling wit, breathless adventure, multicultural cast, and enchanting romance will dazzle ... (Barnes & Noble)

  4. Sinner

    by Maggie Stiefvater
    A musician seeks redemption by joining a religious pilgrimage, but his past sins and forbidden love threaten to unravel everything.

    Shiver begins against the backdrop of winter, with the character of Grace Brisbane at age 11, who has been pulled from her backyard tyre swing by a pack of wolves. Saved from their attack by a ... (Wikipedia)

  5. Symptoms of Being Human

    by Jeff Garvin
    A gender-fluid teenager navigates high school and their politician father's campaign while struggling with depression and anxiety.

    Starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist * YALSA Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers * ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults List * 2017 Rainbow List A sharply honest and moving debut ... (Barnes & Noble)

  6. My Lady Jane

    by Cynthia Hand
    A comedic reimagining of the life of Lady Jane Grey, who attempts to overthrow an evil regent.

    Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit ... (Goodreads)

  7. Please Ignore Vera Dietz

    by A.S. King
    An exploration of friendship and betrayal, and the repercussions of secrets.

    Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything. So ... (Goodreads)

  8. All the Bright Places

    by Jennifer Niven
    Two teens struggling to find hope in the face of depression and grief, discovering the power of love.

    Theodore Finch and Violet Markey are two teenagers who badly want to escape from their small Indiana town. Violet is a popular girl who is secretly dealing with survivor's remorse, and Finch is a boy ... (Wikipedia)

  9. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

    by Matthew Quick
    A teenage boy's plan to take revenge on those he feels have wronged him, and his journey to self-forgiveness.

    Today is Leonard Peacock’s birthday. It is also the day he hides a gun in his backpack. Because today is the day he will kill his former best friend, and then himself, with his grandfather’s P-38 ... (Goodreads)

  10. Some Girls Are

    by Courtney Summers
    A high school queen bee becomes the target of bullying after being ousted from her popular clique.

    Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard—falling from it is even harder. Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students ... (Goodreads)

  11. When We Collided

    by Emery Lord
    A summer romance between two teenagers, one dealing with mental illness and the other with family struggles.

    "It is a book I wish could have written, but am so much better for having read." —Julie Murphy, #1, New York Times, bestselling author of, Dumplin', A thought-provoking, emotionally-compelling ... (Barnes & Noble)

  12. Destined

    by Aprilynne Pike
    Laurel discovers she is a faerie and must choose between her human life and her destiny in the faerie world.

    The book picks up immediately where Illusions left off; Tamani, Shar and Chelsea are standing around Yuki, who is imprisoned in a circle of salt. Yuki tells Tamani that she had wanted to come clean ... (Wikipedia)

  13. The Wrath and the Dawn

    by Renée Ahdieh
    A thrilling adventure of love and revenge in a mystical, ancient land.

    One Life to One Dawn. In a land ruled by a murderous boy-king, each dawn brings heartache to a new family. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, is a monster. Each night he takes a new ... (Goodreads)

  14. Long Way Down

    by Jason Reynolds
    A young boy's journey of grief and redemption, as he seeks retribution for his brother's death.

    William Holloman is ready to exact vengeance on the person who murdered his older brother, Shawn. As Will rides the elevator down from his 8th-floor apartment at each floor a new person, who is dead, ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Inside Out

    by Maria V. Snyder
    Trella, a rebel in a dystopian society, uncovers secrets about her world and fights for change.

    Keep Your Head Down.,Don't Get Noticed.,Or Else. I'm Trella. I'm a scrub. A nobody. One of thousands who work the lower levels, keeping Inside clean for the Uppers. I've got one friend, do my job and ... (Barnes & Noble)

  16. The Smell of Other People's Houses

    by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
    Four teenagers in Alaska navigate love, loss, and family in the 1970s. Their stories intertwine in unexpected ways.

    In Alaska, 1970, being a teenager here isn’t like being a teenager anywhere else. Ruth has a secret that she can’t hide forever. Dora wonders if she can ever truly escape where she comes from, even ... (Goodreads)

  17. Nightshade

    by Andrea Cremer
    A young girl discovers her werewolf heritage and must choose between her loyalty to her pack and her forbidden love for a human boy.

    Calla Tor has always known her destiny: After graduating from the Mountain School, she'll be the mate of sexy alpha wolf Ren Laroche and fight with him, side by side, ruling their pack and guarding ... (Goodreads)

  18. The Weight of Blood

    by Laura McHugh
    A young woman searches for the truth about her mother's disappearance in a small Ozark town. Dark secrets and family ties are uncovered.

    For fans of Gillian Flynn and Daniel Woodrell, a dark, gripping debut novel of literary suspense about two mysterious disappearances, a generation apart, and the meaning of family-the sacrifices we ... (Goodreads)

  19. Rebel of the Sands

    by Alwyn Hamilton
    A young girl's quest for freedom and self-discovery, set in a mystical desert land.

    Sixteen-year-old gunslinger and sharpshooter Amani Al'Hiza has the elemental power to control the sands of the desert. An orphan, she itches to leave Dustwalk her dead end home town, the small town ... (Wikipedia)

  20. The Impossible Knife of Memory

    by Laurie Halse Anderson
    A high school girl struggles to cope with her father's PTSD as they move from place to place.

    For the past five years, Hayley Kincain and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from ... (Goodreads)

  21. Ask the Passengers

    by A.S. King
    Astrid sends love to passengers flying overhead, while struggling with her own identity and the expectations of those around her.

    Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying ... (Goodreads)

  22. Autoboyography

    by Christina Lauren
    A teenage boy's journey to find his place in the world as he comes to terms with his sexuality.

    Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no ... (Goodreads)

  23. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

    by Leslye Walton
    A young girl's journey through a magical world filled with love, loss and longing.

    Magical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast for its most ... (Goodreads)

  24. The Female of the Species

    by Mindy McGinnis
    A dark and gritty tale of a teenage girl seeking revenge for her sister's murder, exploring themes of violence, justice, and morality.

    Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a riveting contemporary YA novel that examines rape culture through alternating perspectives. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner. Alex Craft ... (Barnes & Noble)

  25. Half Bad

    by Sally Green
    Nathan, a half-code witch, is hunted by the Council of White Witches. He must find his father, the most dangerous Black Witch, to survive.

    Half Bad is set in modern-day Europe, mainly in Britain, where witches and humans (fains) live together. There are two primary types of witches: Black (generally oppressed and written off as evil) ... (Wikipedia)

  26. A Darker Shade of Magic

    by V.E. Schwab
    A thrilling adventure through multiple parallel universes with a mysterious magical force.

    Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and ... (Goodreads)

  27. Obsidio

    by Amie Kaufman
    The final book in the Illuminae Files trilogy, following the survivors of two spaceships as they fight for their lives and uncover a conspiracy.

    Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the jump station ... (Goodreads)

  28. Signs Preceding the End of the World

    by Yuri Herrera
    A woman's journey crossing the Mexico-US border, reflecting on the power of language.

    Winner of the 2016 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction Signs Preceding the End of the World is one of the most arresting novels to be published in Spanish in the last ten years. Yuri Herrera does ... (Goodreads)

  29. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour

    by Morgan Matson
    Two teens take a road trip across America, discovering themselves and each other along the way.

    When you're on a road trip, life is all about the detours. . . ., Amy Curry is having a terrible year. Her mother has decided to move across the country and needs Amy to get their car from California ... (Goodreads)

  30. The Winner's Curse

    by Marie Rutkoski
    A fantasy romance set in a world of warring empires, as two people from opposing sides fall in love.

    Winning what you want may cost you everything you love... As a general’s daughter in a vast empire that revels in war and enslaves those it conquers, seventeen-year-old Kestrel has two choices: she ... (Goodreads)