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Top Ten Books I'd Recommend to...
my 8th grade girls looking for edgy contemporary romances
They usually start with Simone Elkeles' Perfect Chemistry...
...Then they ask me for more "books like this one"
It's not always easy to decipher what exactly that means, but I've come to realize that in this case they're usually asking me for a more mature/edgy, realistic contemporary romance book. This year in particular, I've had to expand my book knowledge in this subset because I have a core group of girls who are reading tons of books and keep asking for more like these. I can always guide them toward other non-realistic genres for read alikes later, but for now they want the contemps, so here's my go-to list of next read alikes for this specific request.
So these are the ones I recommend next:
Something Like Normal
Where the Stars Still Shine
Pushing the Limits
Dare You To
by Katie McGarry
Crash Into You
by Katie McGarry
Take Me On
by Katie McGarry
Just One Day & Just One Year
Rites of Passage
Jumping Off Swings
Thousand Words
Some Girls Are
My Life After Now
Catching Jordan
When You Were Here
Ten Things We Did (and probably shouldn't have)
*Caution: Know your students well...
Created by: Jillian Heise
7th & 8th grade Language Arts Teacher
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