Hold Still by Nina LaCour
All it takes is one phone call and Caitlin's life is drastically changed. Her best friend in the world, Ingrid, has committed suicide. After a long lonely summer in which Caitlin becomes reclusive and closed off to everyone in her life, she finds Ingrid's journal tucked beneath her bed. This journal was meant as Ingrid's last goodbye to Caitlin, and as an explanation on why she killed herself. Armed with this journal, Caitlin begins a quest of self discovery and healing through her junior year of high school. I greatly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone.
Sam

Hate List by Jennifer Brown
Don't let the Nickelback lyric on the first page fool you; Hate List is a wonderful and heartbreaking journey told through the eyes of Valerie, a young girl whose boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their classmates one early morning in May before taking his own life. Through this tragic event and trying to grasp the "why" of what happened, Valerie herself became a suspect. It turns out her boyfriend only shot those people who were on a "hate list", a list Valerie helped create. Though eventually cleared of all charges, Valerie begins the next year of school an outcast. Plagued with the thought that it was all her fault and she should have seen the warning signs in Nick and stopped the madness before it began, she has to begin to rebuild her life and come to terms with what happened. While reading this book, I went through many emotions: happiness, anger, laughter, and tears. It's a fantastic read and kept me hooked from the beginning.

Sam