Hello, Stranger, published in 2023, is the 10th novel by New York Times bestselling author Katherine Center. The novel’s protagonist, Sadie Montgomery, is a talented portrait artist on the verge of her big break when an unexpected brain surgery leaves her with prosopagnosia, or face blindness. Suddenly, she can no longer recognize the faces of her loved ones or even her reflection. As she struggles to live and work with her new reality, Sadie is... Read Hello Stranger Summary

Published in 1950, Henry Huggins is Beverly Cleary’s first novel and the first book in her six-book Henry Huggins series. Cleary’s children’s book follows third-grader Henry as he adopts a stray dog he names Ribsy and encounters the many challenges of pet ownership. With Ribsy constantly by his side, the novel traces the everyday life of a young boy living and interacting with his peers on Cleary’s now-legendary Klickitat Street. Through this first novel, Cleary... Read Henry Huggins Summary

In the 1999 fantasy novel Hidden Talents by David Lubar, an angry boy sent to an alternative school discovers his own and his friends’ powers and uses them to save the school from bullies and bureaucrats. The first book in a two-part series for middle graders, Hidden Talents explores the struggles of troubled teens as they learn to accept themselves and turn the tables on those who would hurt them. The novel won an ALA... Read Hidden Talents Summary

High Fidelity is a 1995 fiction novel by the English author Nick Hornby. It tells the story of Rob Fleming, an obsessive music fan who examines his top five worst break ups to understand his most recent heartbreak. The book was adapted into a musical, a television series, and 2000 film starring John Cusack and directly by Stephen Frears.Plot SummaryRob Fleming is the 35-year-old owner of a record store in London. When his girlfriend Laura... Read High Fidelity Summary

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute is a 2023 young adult (YA) romance novel by British author Talia Hibbert. Hibbert is known for her diverse romances in the adult sphere; Highly Suspicious is her first novel for young adults. The novel was praised by reviewers and received starred reviews from both Booklist and Kirk’s Reviews. This guide references the 2023 Joy Revolution Random House electronic edition. Content Warning: This guide references parental abandonment and details mental... Read Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute Summary

Hoot, by Carl Hiaasen, is a humorous adventure novel for middle-grade readers in which a group of children tries to save the habitat of a colony of owls from being bulldozed. Published in 2002, the book became a New York Times bestseller, won a Newbery Medal, and has been made into a motion picture. Author Hiaasen is an award-winning journalist and columnist for the Miami Herald. He has written nearly three dozen books, including six... Read Hoot Summary

How The Penguins Saved Veronica (2020) is the second novel by author and harpist Hazel Prior. Prior’s first book draws on her musical interests and is entitled Ellie and the Harpmaker (2019). Her second novel was also released under the title Away with the Penguins (2020) and was read on the BBC Radio 2 Book Club program. Prior followed this title with a sequel featuring the same characters in Call of the Penguins (2021). Her... Read How the Penguins Saved Veronica Summary

Content Warning: The source text includes stigmatized language to refer to disability. This guide uses this language only in quoted material.“How to Become a Writer” by contemporary American author Lorrie Moore is a short story that utilizes everyday Realism within a second-person “how-to” point of view to explore themes of Identity Through Purpose, Sex Versus Romantic Love and Pain and Suffering of the Artist. These themes run through Moore’s body of work. First published as... Read How to Become a Writer Summary

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question is a 2022 self-help book by TV writer Michael Schur. Schur was inspired to explore theories of moral philosophy as he created The Good Place, a sitcom set in the afterlife. How to Be Perfect synthesizes and summarizes what Schur learned about philosophy as a writer on the show. With a humorous and self-deprecating tone, Schur also highlights turning points in his own journey... Read How to Be Perfect Summary

In the novel How to Eat Fried Worms, a boy accepts a $50 bet from a friend to eat 15 worms in 15 days, but as he nears victory, he faces a flurry of nasty tricks and traps that go wildly out of control. Written by Thomas Rockwell, son of the famous American illustrator Norman Rockwell, and published in 1973, the book sold over three million copies, won several awards, was a target of censors... Read How To Eat Fried Worms Summary

How to Kill Your Family is the first novel by Bella Mackie, a journalist who has written for several publications and who contributes regularly to Vogue. Her memoir, Jog On: How Running Saved My Life, was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2018. In How to Kill Your Family, Grace Bernard details her revenge against her father, Simon Artemis, a billionaire who abandoned her mother when she became pregnant with Grace. As Grace plans and carries... Read How to Kill Your Family Summary

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (2010) is a science fiction novel by American writer Charles Yu. Yu wrote the novel after merging two separate story ideas—one about a father-son relationship and the other about a man who keeps waking up in different universes. The narrative views the emotional tension between the father and son through the lens of quantum mechanics and popular philosophy. The novel was a finalist for the John... Read How To Live Safely In a Science Fictional Universe Summary

How to Train Your Dragon (2003) is a middle grade fantasy novel by British author Cressida Cowell. In 2010, DreamWorks adapted the book into an animated movie that later expanded into a film and television franchise. The titular novel is the first in the 12-book series, which centers on the coming-of-age adventures of 10-year-old Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and his dragon, Toothless. In the premier story, Cowell employs the hero’s journey structure to frame Hiccup’s... Read How to Train Your Dragon Summary

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things that Happened (2013) by Allie Brosh is a nonfiction adult graphic novel based on anecdotes from Brosh’s everyday life. It fits into the sub-genre of graphic memoir and follows many conventions of the memoir genre. Many of the chapters in the book are adapted from individual posts on her web-comic of the same name; however, some material is new for the book.The... Read Hyperbole and a Half Summary

I Funny is a middle-grade, realistic fiction graphic novel written by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein and illustrated by Laura Park. It is the first in the six-book I Funny series, which explores the life of Jamie, a middle school student who has a passion for exploring the world of comedy and making people laugh. Jamie uses a wheelchair but does not want his physical disability to define his life. As he overcomes various hardships... Read I Funny Summary

I Hope This Finds You Well is a 2024 romantic office comedy novel by Natalie Sue. The novel follows a disgruntled employee who is assigned to take an anti-harassment course, even as she falls in love with the human resources analyst who teaches the course. Meanwhile, she gains access to her coworkers’ private emails, allowing her to better manipulate and, eventually, understand them. The novel explores themes of Judgment Versus Empathy, Alienation and Dehumanization in... Read I Hope This Finds You Well Summary

I Kissed Shara Wheeler is a young-adult novel by Casey McQuiston published by Wednesday Books in 2022. It was a New York Times #1 bestseller. The novel tells the story of high school senior Chloe Green who seeks to uncover why Shara Wheeler, the most popular girl in school, vanished on prom night soon after kissing Chloe. Chloe collaborates with Shara’s next-door neighbor, Rory, and boyfriend, Smith, to follow the series of notes Shara left... Read I Kissed Shara Wheeler Summary

I’ll Have What She’s Having is a memoir by American author and comedian Chelsea Handler. Originally published in 2025, the title combines autobiographical elements from Handler’s life with self-help lessons for readers. The text is organized into a series of mini essays or vignettes and primarily written from Handler’s first-person point of view. Handler marries her iconic wit with striking self-reflection to explore themes including Finding Joy and Fulfillment in Personal Relationships, the Pursuit of... Read I'll Have What She's Having Summary

I’m Glad My Mom Died, a memoir by Jennette McCurdy, details the author’s experiences as a child star on Nickelodeon and her relationship with her mother. Published in 2022, Jennette’s first book explores complex experiences with body image, love, family, religion, and the child acting industry. This guide refers to the 2022 first edition of the memoir.Content Warning: This text deals extensively with emotional abuse, alcohol abuse, eating disorders, and mental health. It reproduces some... Read I'm Glad My Mom Died Summary

In a Glass Grimmly by Adam Gidwitz (2012) is a dark middle grade fantasy horror novel about two cousins who embark on an adventure, only to find what they sought was within them all along. The book is the second in a series of interconnected books incorporating various fairy tales, following A Tale Dark and Grimm (2010), which received praise for its blend of humor and rich storytelling. In a Glass Grimmly was shortlisted for... Read In A Glass Grimmly Summary