Paper Hearts by Ali Novak is a YALSA Teens' Top Ten Pick

10/23/2018

We are excited to announce that Paper Hearts by Ali Novak is a 2018 YALSA Teen's Top Ten Pick!

The Teens Top Ten list is a teens choice list where teens nominate their favorite books for the year. Readers from 8 to 12 vote online between August 15 and Teen Read Week (a YALSA event). Paper Hearts is joined by some of the top titles in the young adult category, including titles by John Green, Marie Lu, Leigh Bardugo, Stephanie Garber, Jason Reynolds, Laini Taylor, and Sarah Dessen!

To date Sourcebooks Fire has had four Teens’ Top Ten titles: This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp, My Life with the Walter Boys by Ali Novak, and Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan join Paper Hearts.

Read more about Paper Hearts

“I’m sorry,” he said, slowly untying the ribbon that held his mask in place. “It’s just—I didn’t want you to think of me any differently.”

Somehow I kept my mouth from falling open. I knew his face, but my mind couldn’t accept that he was the person looking down at me.

“My real name is Alec.”

Felicity has her entire future planned. Ever since her older sister ran away, she’s had the full weight of her mother’s expectations on her shoulders. So she works hard to get straight As and save for college.

Except sometimes the best things in life are unplanned—like when Felicity meets a handsome, masked stranger while she is volunteering at a charity masquerade ball. She never thought he’d flirt with her. And she certainly never thought he’d turn out to be a member of the world-famous Heartbreakers band, Alec.

Then Felicity uncovers a shocking family secret. Suddenly, she, Alec, and her two best friends are off on a road trip to find Felicity’s missing sister. And she’s about to discover that unexpected turns have a peculiar way of landing her right where she needs to be…

About the Author:

Ali Novak writes contemporary young adult romance and is a recent graduate of the University of Madison Wisconsin's creative writing program. She wrote her first full length novel, My Life with the Walter Boys, at the age of fifteen. Since posting the story online, it has received more than 33 million reads and is now published by Sourcebooks Fire.

Visit her online at alinovak.com and on Twitter @Fallzswimmer.