Book Recommendations: Young Adult Contemporary | Part III

Hi guys! It’s time for a few more book recommendations. This is Part 3 (and final part)of my Young Adult Contemporary Recommendations. If you haven’t seen Part I and Part II yet you can check it here and here.  So let’s start these recommendations.

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

Goodreads Blurb:

Every April, when the wind blows from the sea and mingles with the scent of lilacs, Landon Carter remembers his last year at Beaufort High. It was 1958, and Landon had already dated a girl or two. He even swore that he had once been in love. Certainly the last person in town he thought he’d fall for was Jamie Sullivan, the daughter of the town’s Baptist minister.

A quiet girl who always carried a Bible with her schoolbooks, Jamie seemed content living in a world apart from the other teens. She took care of her widowed father, rescued hurt animals, and helped out at the local orphanage. No boy had ever asked her out. Landon would never have dreamed of it.

Then a twist of fate made Jamie his partner for the homecoming dance, and Landon Carter’s life would never be the same. Being with Jamie would show him the depths of the human heart and lead him to a decision so stunning it would send him irrevocably on the road to manhood…

As I already told I’ve read every single book written by Nicholas Sparks (except the one that was released last month) and I love his books. This book was actually the first young adult book that I’ve read when I didn’t even know what young adult was. This book was just beautiful and it was a really fast read. But if you want an advice don’t watch the movie right after you finish the book. You’ll be a mess and I know this because it happened to me 😛 .

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The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

Goodreads Blurb:

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and after years of observation she’s pretty sure they’re only good for one thing—spending money on useless stuff, like the porcelain dolls in her mother’s shop.

So when Xander Spence walks into the store to pick up a doll for his grandmother, it only takes one glance for Caymen to figure out he’s oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and that he’s one of the first people who actually gets her, she’s smart enough to know his interest won’t last. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned from her mother’s warnings, it’s that the rich have a short attention span. But Xander keeps coming around, despite her best efforts to scare him off. And much to her dismay, she’s beginning to enjoy his company.

She knows her mom can’t find out—she wouldn’t approve. She’d much rather Caymen hang out with the local rocker who hasn’t been raised by money. But just when Xander’s attention and loyalty are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn’t a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she’d ever realized. And that Xander’s not the only one she should’ve been worried about.

I’ve only read two of Kasie West’s books but I loved them both, however I loved this one better. This is one of that cute contemporaries that are really easy and fast to read. I actually read this when I was in a reading slump and it took me from the slump.

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Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon

Goodreads Blurb:

My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.

But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.

If you haven’t read Everything, Everything yet I don’t know what you’re waiting for. This book was beautiful and I loved the story. While this is a young adult romance it still deals with other things. I know that some people didn’t like some of the things that happened but I just loved it. Another thing I loved was how the book had some illustrations.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Goodreads Blurb:

Charlie is a freshman. And while he’s not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can’t stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.

By now you’re already tired of reading how much I love this book but I love it and it’s the book that I keep recommending to everyone. If you haven’t read it yet give it a try. It’s beautiful, it has an amazing story and you’ll cry a lot throughout the book. Also, go watch the movie because that’s one of the best book to movie adaptations that I’ve ever seen in my life.

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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli

Goodreads Blurb:

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now Simon is actually being blackmailed: if he doesn’t play wingman for class clown Martin, his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. Worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing, will be compromised.

With some messy dynamics emerging in his once tight-knit group of friends, and his email correspondence with Blue growing more flirtatious every day, Simon’s junior year has suddenly gotten all kinds of complicated. Now, change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he’s never met.

I just have two things to say about this book: SIMON and BLUE. Their relationship and the conversations that they have are just amazing and they don’t even know each other’s names. Yep, they haven’t met each other yet and only communicate through e-mail. Still, this is an amazing book and it’s one of my favorites of 2015.

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So these are a few more books that I want to recommend. Have you read any of these books or would you read any? Tell me in the comments 🙂 .