18 books like A quiet kind of thunder
My Darling, My Hamburger
From Goodreads: “ Four friends,
Two couples,
One year that will change their lives.
Liz and Sean, both beautiful and popular, are madly in love and completely misunderstood by their parents. Their best friends, Maggie and Dennis, are shy and awkward, but willing to take the first tentative steps toward a romance of their own. Yet before either couple can enjoy true happiness, life conspires…
Shares Youth, Love, Children's fiction
Camilla (Camilla #1)
Life had always been easy for fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson. But now her parents, whom she had always loved and trusted, are behaving like strangers to each other and vying for her allegiance. Camilla is torn between her love for them and her disapproval of their actions.Then she meets Frank, her best friend's brother, who helps her to feel that she is not alone. Can Camilla learn to accept…
Shares Youth, Interpersonal relations, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction
To die in spring
"The lunacy of the final months of World War II, as experienced by a young German soldier. Distant, silent, often drunk, Walter Urban is a difficult man to have as a father. But his son -- the narrator of this slim, harrowing novel -- is curious about Walter's experiences during World War II, and so makes him a present of a blank notebook in which to write down his memories. Walter dies, however,…
Shares Youth, Coming-of-age
Girl
An account of three years in a teenage girl's life as she forges an identity between two contrasting worlds--her straight-laced school and Portland's underground music scene.
Shares Youth, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction
The distant summer
Set in England during world War II, this is the story of seventeen-year-old Kate who is courted by two young fliers - a sensitive, serious Englishman and a happy-go-lucky American.
Shares Love, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction
Decent Obsessions
Decent Obsessions
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The Law of Connection
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The real question
Fisher Brown, a sixteen-year-old over-achiever, is on the verge of academic burnout when he impulsively decides to stop cramming for the SATs for one weekend and accompany his ne'er-do-well neighbor to an out-of-town job repairing a roof.
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Keeper
An extraordinary novel, winner of the Branford Boase Award and the Bronze Nestle Children's Book Prize.Paul Faustino, South America's top sports writer, sits opposite the man they call El Gato – the Cat – the world's greatest goalkeeper. On the table between them stands the World Cup... In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible story – how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a…
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Reached (Matched Trilogy, Book 3)
Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter. The wait is over. One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most -- family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into…
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Vera, the medium; "Miss Civilization"
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The Complication
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Running Loose
Louie, a high school senior in a small Idaho town, learns about sportsmanship, love, and death as he matures into manhood.
Shares Youth, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction
The Boyfriend
A girl gets dumped by her "boyfriend" and gets angry... angry enough to kill him.
Now he's back....back from the grave.
Shares Love, Interpersonal relations, Children's fiction
The Girl from Montana
After a heart-wrenching series of occurrences, including the demise of all of her siblings as well as her parents, fifteen year old Elizabeth found herself totally and completely alone in the middle of nowhere. Not only did she have no one to appeal to for help nor anywhere to go, the man who murdered her brother was now also after her in a vast Montana wilderness. With only her faithful horse…
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The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
This novella tells the story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable…
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While I Live
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Buddhism for Couples
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