Madigan Reads

Cleo and Layla have known each other since they were both twelve years old and have been the very best of friends. They are both girls of ...

Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing April 2011 First line: "Lance tapped t...

Lucky by Rachel Vail HarperTeen May 2008 First line: "Our toaster is moody." Eighth-grader Phoebe Avery has led a char...

Peeled by Joan Bauer Putnam Juvenile May 2008 First line: "DATELINE: Banesville, NY, May 3rd. Bonnie Sue Bomgartner, Banesville...

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Dutton December 2010 First line: "Here is everything I know about France: Madeline a...

Bunheads by Sophie Flack Poppy October 2011 First line: "My name is Hannah Ward. Don't call me a ballerina." 19 ye...

Happy Families by Tanita S. Davis Knopf Books for Young Readers May 2012 First line: "The surge of chattering, pointing, ga...

If We Kiss by Rachel Vail Harper Collins May 2005 First line: "Kevin Lazarus stopped in front of me in the hall, turned around, ...

Girls for Breakfast by David Yoo Delacorte Books for Young Readers May 2005 First line: "I'm standing on top of the water to...

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz Simon & Schuster for Young Readers January 2012 First...

Blackbird by Anna Carey HarperTeen September 2014 Fast-paced second person narration places the reader squarely in the head of a...

Bitter Melon by Cara Chow December 2010 Egmont USA First line: "'Fei Ting, you are my reason for living,' Mom says to me...

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Viking Juvenile March 2009 First line: "So she tells me the words dribbling out with the cr...

Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn Knopf Books for Young Readers August 2007 First line: "I lie ...

Season of the Witch by Mariah Fredericks Schwartz & Wade October 2013 First line: "You know how it is with little girls....

Just One Day by Gayle Forman Dutton Juvenile January 2013 First line: "What if Shakespeare had it wrong?" I just read thi...

Formerly Shark Girl by Kelly Bingham Candlewick Press May 2013 High school senior Jane Arrowood may have physically healed from the loss o...

Spoiled by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan Poppy June 2011 First line: "Arugula, put them down. You know thigh-high sandals...

Salvation by Anne Osterlund Speak January 2013 High school seniors Salvador Resendez and Beth Courant both struggle with family p...

Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn Simon & Schuster March 2002 First line: "My so-called parents hate my boyfriend S...