Stuck in Y.A. Books

Title: Misconduct Author: Penelope Douglas Pages: 368 Genre: Romance Publisher: NAL/Penguin Canada Release Date: December 1, 2015  *Standalone* Summary (Goodreads) From the  New York Times  bestselling author of the Fall Away series who never fails to deliver a “powerfully written contemporary love story…”*   Former tennis player Easton Bradbury is trying to be the best teacher she can be, trying to reach her bored students and trying to forget her past. What brought her to this stage in her life isn’t important. She can’t let it be. But now one parent-teacher meeting may be her undoing… Meeting Tyler Marek for the first time makes it easy for Easton to see why his son is having trouble in school. The man knows how to manage businesses and wealth, not a teenage boy. Or a young teacher, for that matter, though he tries to. And yet…there is something about him that draws Easton in—a hint of vulnerability, a flash of attraction, a spark that ...

Title: Atlantia Author: Ally Condie Genre: YA Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Release Date: October 28, 2014  Summary: (Goodreads) "Can you hear Atlantia breathing?"  For as long as she can remember, Rio has dreamt of the sand and sky Above--of life beyond her underwater city of Atlantia. But in a single moment, all her plans for the future are thwarted when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, stranding Rio Below. Alone, ripped away from the last person who knew Rio's true self--and the powerful siren voice she has long hidden--she has nothing left to lose.  Guided by a dangerous and unlikely mentor, Rio formulates a plan that leads to increasingly treacherous questions about her mother's death, her own destiny, and the complex system constructed to govern the divide between land and sea. Her life and her city depend on Rio to listen to the voices of the past and to speak long-hidden truths This sounds really interesting, plus ...