Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney is the fifth book in the series, focusing on the often uncomfortable and awkward phase of growing up. In this installment, Greg Heffley faces the realities of adolescence, including changing friendships, increased responsibilities and the challenges of coming of age. The story begins with Greg navigating middle school without his best friend, Rowley, after a fallout.
Happy Place, by Emily Henry, is a book about a couple, well broken up, who were both invited on a vacation with their friends. Their friends are unaware of the break up, and Wyn and Harriet want to keep it that way. This book follows the story of them “pretending” to still be together the week of vacation.
Logan, Shay, and Autumn are struggling. Each struck by the loss of someone they love, they’re unsure how to move forward. Music, the passion that once linked them, now brings back memories they’d rather forget. And they’ve turned to unhealthy coping mechanisms that leave them more and more alone. But while these characters seem buried by grief, they aren’t lost forever. As the story progresses, each comes to terms with the tragedy they’ve faced, building the courage to ask for help and slowly returning to music as an outlet for the hurt they feel.
15-year-old Liliana Cruz has a lot to deal with. From taking care of two chaotic younger brothers to dealing with an increasingly absent best friend to providing emotional support for her mother who, incidentally, won’t tell her where her missing father is, it seems like she’s just barely holding her life together. But one thing is for sure — Liliana is at home in her diverse inner-city high school, even if it’s underfunded and disorganized.
Auggie is going to school for the first time and he is completely petrified. August Pullman has had 27 surgeries to help him hear, breathe, see, and talk. He has been homeschooled for his whole life by his mom and now he is starting middle school in an actual school. Auggie makes some friends and some enemies in middle school. While Auggie is going to middle school, his sister, Via, is starting high school, when she finds out her only best friend abandons her. At school, Auggie meets Jack, Will and Julian but only becomes friends with one of them, while the other makes fun of Auggie.
