(3) YA Social-media sensation Mari leaves behind her shallow online identity to fulfill her deceased cousin Bri's dream of hiking the entire John Muir Trail. Despite having Bri's equipment and written plans, eighteen-year-old Mari is ill-prepared for trail life but learns quickly, helped by sympathetic fellow hikers who become friends. While Mari's experiences sometimes stretch credulity, her growth and introspection about living authentically should resonate with teens.

Reviewer: Renée Wheeler

(4) YA After surviving a horrific (and widely televised) car accident and eight comatose days in the hospital, Liv wakes up with no memory of the last four years. In the weeks that follow, Liv feels pressured to slip back into a life she doesn't recognize. While Liv's unusual identity struggle is sensitively and thoughtfully portrayed, a too-brief timeline leaves this realistic novel feeling insubstantial.

Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald

(3) YA In an effort to hold on to some small part of her boyfriend, who died in a car accident, Quinn reaches out to the five recipients of his major organs. The only person she can't reach, Colton, received his heart; Quinn sets off to track him down, and a tender romance blossoms. A sure hit for fans of Sarah Dessen.

Reviewer: Meredith M. Sittman

(4) YA Straight-laced Parker loses focus on academia after she finds the diary of a locally well-known deceased teen. Parker skips class, takes impromptu road trips, and blows off a scholarship opportunity while pursuing the diary's ambiguous clues. The connection between Parker's tame adventures and her dramatic character transformation is weak, but the mystery of the diarist's troubled life and suspicious death is absorbing.

Reviewer: Jessica Tackett MacDonald

(3) YA After Honor's brother, Finn, dies in Iraq, she receives a letter from him with one final request, which leads her to the farewell concert of Finn's favorite singer. Accompanying Honor--much to her dismay--is her brother's ex-best-friend Rusty. The budding romance between this odd couple is convincing, and the gradual revelations about Finn and his military service are affecting.

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(3) YA Anna is haunted by her mother's drowning years before. When her father takes a job in the town where her parents fell in love, Anna learns a secret about her mother that has been buried deeper than the moonglass Anna collects from the beach. Kirby's debut novel benefits from subtle unraveling of plot, well-rounded secondary characters, and a poignantly drawn protagonist.

Reviewer: Kayla Cottingham