realistic fiction

Eleven-year-old Juliet, her newly separated mother, and her older sister have moved to a Mission Beach, where she forms an instant bond with a girl her own age, Emma, even throwing bottles with secret messages into the sea; and then an email arrives, inviting Juliet to join the Starry Night Society, and all she has to do is make someone else's wish come true--but what about her own family, whom she seems to be growing apart from?.

"Rose Asher believes in ghosts. She should, since she has one for a best friend: Logan, her annoying, Netflix-addicted brother, who is forever stuck at fifteen. But Rose is growing up, and when an old friend moves back to Laguna Canyon and appears in her drama class, things get complicated. Jamie Aldridge is charming, confident, and a painful reminder of the life Rose has been missing out on since her brother's death. She watches as Jamie easily rejoins their former friends--a group of magnificently silly theater nerds--while she struggles to choose between the boy who makes her feel alive and the brother she isn't ready to lose"--OCLC.

"Summer is here and Julia Ducharme is ready for another season at the campground her family owns and runs. But when a wealthy developer wants to turn the only home she's ever known into a casino, Julia is desperate to find a solution that doesn't mean leaving behind the lake or the business her family has nurtured for decades. Afraid for the future, Julia looks to the stars to give her some perspective. Taking her telescope down to the dock one night, she has a chance encounter with a guitar-playing boy who offers her a friendly ear and some helpful advice. But Julia is blindsided when she discovers the handsome stranger is none other than the developer's son, Nick Constantine. Nick doesn't agree with his father's aggressive business tactics and conspires to help Julia thwart the sale. But can she trust him with her heart?"--Provided by publisher.

When star swimmer Jen Cho breaks her leg, the coach tells Grace to fill in, only Grace feels she is a terrible swimmer and fears she will disappoint the team, and meanwhile Christina is trying everything under the sun to get Mike Morris, the boy she likes, to notice her.

Sharing the last days of summer with carefree new friend Nikki at the community pool after clashing with her friend Grace, Christina becomes alarmed by Nikki's inclination to bend the rules, a situation that tests Christina's resolve and makes her wonder about the nature of true friendship.

When Sunny "Sunflower" Beringer's life is uprooted as a result of her parent's divorce, she struggles with moving in with her grandmother and the complications of making new.

"Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives has always been content playing the sidekick in other people's lives. While her friends and sister have plunged headfirst into the world of dating and romances, Abby's been happy to focus on her plus-size style blog and her dreams of taking the fashion industry by storm. When she lands a great internship at her favorite boutique, she's thrilled to take the first step toward her dream career. Then she falls for her fellow intern, Jordi Perez. Hard. And now she's competing against the girl she's kissing to win the coveted paid job at the end of the internship. But really, nothing this summer is going as planned. She also unwittingly becomes friends with Jax, a lacrosse playing bro-type who wants her help finding the best burger in Los Angeles, and she's struggling to prove to her mother--the city's celebrity health nut--that she's perfectly content with who she is . . ."--Jacket flap.

Told from multiple viewpoints, well-behaved Ethan Marcus sets off a protest and leads a team in inventing a device to help students tired of sitting all day.

Gianna has less than one week to complete her leaf project if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but issues like procrastination, disorganization--and her grandmother's declining health--seem destined to keep her from finishing.

"Spend a beachy summer vacation 'down the Cape' with Jenna, Piper, Selena, and Ziggy, four girls entering their first season as lifeguards-in-training on Cape Cod's famously fun and gorgeous beaches! In this first of the Junior Lifeguards series, the girls are vying for spots on the summer squad, with ocean legend Bud Slater hand-picking a team of winners to participate. Will they or won't they make the team? And what of the cute boys who are vying for spots, too: handsome but troubled Hayden, cute but unreliable Luke, and silent but gorgeous Jack Lee? And the competition: glamorous international society ingenue Samantha Frankel, a beautiful swimmer and rock-star rich babe, set to steal the hearts of the boys and the kudos of Bud Slater from all the local girls. Dive right into Junior Lifeguards to find out what happens on the beach and off!"--Amazon.com.