The Monster on the Road Is Me

10 best books like The Monster on the Road Is Me (J.P. Romney): The Meaning of Birds, Honor Among Thieves, All Eyes on Us, Glass, White Rose, The Nest, The Riverman, This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story, The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives, Please Ignore Vera Dietz

The Meaning of Birds

Author	Jaye Robin Brown
ISBN	0062824449

Before, Jessica has always struggled with anger issues, but come sophomore year that all changes when Vivi crashes into her life. As their relationship blossoms, Vivi not only helps Jess deal with her pain, she also encourages her to embrace her talent as an artist. And for the first time, it feels like...

Honor Among Thieves

Author

Rachel Caine

Petty criminal Zara Cole has a painful past that’s made her stronger than most, which is why she chose life in New Detroit instead of moving with her family to Mars. In her eyes, living inside a dome isn’t much better than a prison cell.

Still, when Zara commits a crime that has her running scared,...

All Eyes on Us

Author	Kit Frick
ISBN	1534404406

Pretty Little Liars meets People Like Us in this taut, tense thriller about two teens who find their paths intertwined when an anonymous texter threatens to spill their secrets and uproot their lives.

PRIVATE NUMBER: Wouldn’t you look better without a cheater on your arm?
AMANDA: Who...

Glass

Author	Ellen Hopkins
ISBN	1416940901

Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go. Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster...

White Rose

Author

Kip Wilson

A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college student who challenged the Nazi regime during World War II as part of The White Rose, a non-violent resistance group.

Disillusioned by the propaganda of Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl, her brother,...

The Nest

Author

Kenneth Oppel

For some kids summer is a sun-soaked season of fun. But for Steve, it’s just another season of worries. Worries about his sick newborn baby brother who is fighting to survive, worries about his parents who are struggling to cope, even worries about the wasp’s nest looming ominously from the eaves....

The Riverman

Author	Aaron Starmer
ISBN	0374363099

"To sell a book, you need a description on the back. So here's mine: My name is Fiona Loomis. I was born on August 11, 1977. I am recording this message on the morning of October 13, 1989. Today I am thirteen years old. Not a day older. Not a day younger."

Fiona Loomis is Alice, back from Wonderland....

This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Author	Kheryn Callender
ISBN	0062820249

A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy about Nathan Bird, who has sworn off happy endings but is sorely tested when his former best friend, Ollie, moves back to town.

Nathan Bird doesn’t believe in happy endings.

Although...

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Author	Dashka Slater
ISBN	0374303231

One teenager in a skirt.
One teenager with a lighter.
One moment that changes both of their lives forever.

If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but...

Please Ignore Vera Dietz

Author	A.S. King
ISBN	0375865861

Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything.
 
So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone—the kids at school,...

Bruiser

Author	Neal Shusterman
ISBN	0061134104

"There’s a reason why Brewster can’t have friends – why he can’t care about too many people. Because when he cares about you, things start to happen. Impossible things that can’t be explained. I know, because they're happening to me."

When Brontë starts dating Brewster “Bruiser”...

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Volume 3

Author	Nagabe
ISBN	1626925585

The first two volumes were largely tone-building (as opposed to world-building), as we knew little of what was going on. Very atmospheric. But in this third volume there is suddenly a great deal happening. We don't know everything, but we know enough to know there is a struggle between the two worlds,...

The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún, Volume 2

Author	Nagabe
ISBN	1626925232

Untouchable

To be touched by an Outsider is to become an Outsider. A clawed, black hand reaches out to touch Shiva's cheek in her sleep. The hand does not belong to Teacher. Who is this strange new Outsider, and what do its creepy murmurings about "mother" portend?

Enter a fantasy realm...

The Beast Player

Author	Nahoko Uehashi
ISBN	1782691677

In epic YA fantasy about a girl with a special power to communicate with magical beasts and the warring kingdom only she can save.

Elin's family has an important responsibility: caring for the fearsome water serpents that form the core of their kingdom's army. So when some of the beasts mysteriously...

What Do You Do With a Kangaroo?

Author	Mercer Mayer
ISBN	0590448501

What do you do with a Kangaroo
who jumps in your window, sits on your bed, and says.

"I never sleep on wrinkled sheets,
so change them now and make them smooth,
and fluff up the pillows if you please."

So the young narrator asks her readers on the first page of this delightfully...

Anatomy of a Disappearance

Author	Hisham Matar
ISBN	0385340443

Nuri is a young boy when his mother dies. It seems that nothing will fill the emptiness that her strange death leaves behind in the Cairo apartment he shares with his father. Until they meet Mona, sitting in her yellow swimsuit by the pool of the Magda Marina hotel. As soon as Nuri sees her, the rest of the...

Rumble

Author	Ellen Hopkins
ISBN	1442482842

Can an atheist be saved? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the highly charged landscapes of faith and forgiveness with brilliant sensitivity and emotional resonance.

"There is no God, no benevolent ruler of the earth, no omnipotent grand poobah of countless...

Zach's Lie

Author	Roland Smith
ISBN	0786814403

Jack Osborne's life changes forever the night men in masks break into his house, threaten Jack and his family, and ransack their home. Jack then discovers the reason these men have come into their lives-his father has been arrested for drug trafficking.

Jack, his mother, and his sister are...