Book Recommendations (Realistic Fiction) by Samantha Lozinski
Every Last Word
She might look just like all of the regular popular girls in her junior class, but Samantha McAllister has a secret that no one knows about. She has Purely-Obsessional OCD. It doesn’t help that her toxic friends will turn toxic at the sight of her with one wrong crush, one wrong preference, or one wrong sentence. But she ends up meeting a new friend, who introduces her to “Poet’s Corner.” Poet’s Corner is a hidden room, where poetry gets shared by a group of misfits. You can share any poetry you want there, without judgment, without toxic people. Sam instantly has an eye for a guitar-playing guy. She slowly starts to feel normal, until she finds an insane way to question herself yet again…
Holding up the Universe
Libby Strout was once named “America's Fattest Teen”, and had to get cut out of her house. But people can’t look past her weight, and she is still holding on to the fact that her mother had a sudden death. Libby now wants to try going back to high school again.
Now meet Jack. Jack has a secret. He can’t recognize faces. Sibling …he won’t recognize you right away. Parents, Friends, Teachers, Girlfriend… no… He uses clues about each person to get by. And other things, like crack jokes…always. Act charming toward everyone. And don't get too close to others,
These two are completely different, but when the two get dropped in group counseling and community service together because of an incident, they find out that the more time they spend next to each other, the less they feel lonely. “Because sometimes when you meet someone, It changes the world, theirs and yours.”
Breathing Room
Taking place in 1940, 13-year-old Evvy Hoffmeister gets dropped off at Loon Lake Sanatorium to get cured of tuberculosis (TB). Rules are strict, and it’s scary to not be able to see your family all of the time. But she starts feeling a little safer when she is put into a ward with other girls. Sarah, Pearl, and Dina. All completely different personalities, but the girls still have friendships. Even if there is a little hope, from a lot of people recovering, there is still a lot of fear, of tuberculosis being very deadly. But which one will she and her friends be? Because it all can’t go perfectly, there have to be some twists and turns along the way…