American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2025: Not Like Other Girls

by Meredith Adamo

In this mystery novel, a high school senior searches for her missing ex-best friend and comes face-to-face with her own trauma in the process.

10 lists 250 words 275 learners

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VOCABULARY LISTS IN THIS COLLECTION:

Chapters 1–4

Jump to activity:
- endure
- drab
- compose
- en route
- strain
- entail
- pristine
- fit
- crucial
- objectively
- inevitable
- banter
- din
- unflappable
- stifle
- deflect
- abide
- unfathomable
- integrity
- exude
- rapt
- demoralizing
- cold shoulder
- frigid
- stark
Chapters 5–8

Jump to activity:
- straggler
- tolerable
- conniption
- cryptic
- quiver
- prowess
- grievance
- romp
- proceed
- assess
- squander
- rigorous
- haggard
- swig
- embellish
- beeline
- vestibule
- cower
- sallow
- imperceptible
- whereabouts
- askew
- gangly
- inclusivity
- devastating
Chapters 9–13

Jump to activity:
- dispatch
- fraternize
- tantalizing
- lackey
- erroneously
- brooding
- perverse
- materialize
- bleary
- warily
- vigil
- overbearing
- deceive
- skitter
- heed
- unwavering
- preen
- obscene
- tentative
- endorsement
- brazen
- pertinent
- unscathed
- obtuse
- stricken
Chapters 14–17

Jump to activity:
- reverent
- terse
- platonic
- delicacy
- entitled
- disinterested
- tripe
- inspect
- duvet
- dislodge
- uncanny
- laze
- huddle
- designate
- allegedly
- collide
- accost
- adhesive
- get along
- sidle
- tedious
- insight
- partition
- jut
- nefarious
Chapters 18–22

Jump to activity:
- caffeinated
- backfire
- retrospective
- cusp
- downcast
- broach
- truancy
- potent
- facetious
- imposition
- viral
- relent
- bore
- teeming
- careen
- paltry
- punctuate
- consolation
- hitch
- deadpan
- outskirts
- reverberate
- discretion
- suppress
- cardinal
Chapters 23–29

Jump to activity:
- decrepit
- garish
- patter
- assessor
- palpable
- fidgety
- offend
- convey
- hoarse
- seep
- immediate
- execution
- flounce
- retire
- neglect
- indescribable
- illuminate
- remiss
- alliance
- acoustics
- skulk
- seething
- efficient
- botch
- utter
Chapters 30–34

Jump to activity:
- raspy
- heave
- compensation
- behalf
- lukewarm
- unmotivated
- reprieve
- collaborate
- profile
- prestigious
- additional
- sparse
- disdain
- smug
- retaliate
- flank
- blase
- pine
- slither
- finagle
- redemption
- penance
- biased
- profess
- innocuous
Chapters 35–42

Jump to activity:
- stalk
- decibel
- slink
- parched
- nauseated
- pedestrian
- vantage
- conviction
- seismic
- excruciating
- tipsy
- rove
- fathom
- stanch
- scrutiny
- initiate
- eaves
- relentless
- radiate
- indignant
- terse
- blatant
- brutal
- autopilot
- gnaw
Chapters 43–49

Jump to activity:
- geriatric
- tentatively
- de facto
- begrudgingly
- meticulous
- riveting
- hyphenate
- tangible
- waiver
- debatable
- glorious
- rigid
- gait
- maintain
- erratic
- blanch
- demean
- insurmountable
- meteorology
- abridged
- decoy
- desolate
- douse
- wreckage
- cathartic
Chapters 50–Epilogue

Jump to activity:
- rife
- reconcile
- withdrawal
- devise
- nape
- irrefutable
- unreliable
- plead
- audacity
- untamed
- grovel
- haphazardly
- preferably
- retelling
- swerve
- decelerate
- misdemeanor
- brunt
- unsettle
- backlash
- corroborate
- stampede
- appeal
- adamant
- mundane