Top Ten
Publisher
Balzar + Bray
Publication Year
2017
ISBN
9780062418302
Pages
368 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of best friends. Prickly, anxious Gabby would rather do literally anything than go to a party. Ultra-popular Ryan is a hockey star who can get any girl he wants and frequently does. But somehow their relationship just works; from dorky Monopoly nights to rowdy house parties to the top ten lists they make about everything under the sun. Now, on the night of high school graduation, everything is suddenly changing--in their lives, and in their relationship. As they try to figure out what they mean to each other and where to go from here, they make a final top ten list: this time, counting down the top ten moments of their friendship.
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
HL810L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; LGBTQ (Gender and Sexuality); Disability and Health; Single parent; Bisexuality; Neurological disorder; Mental illness; single mother; bisexual teenager; concussions; anxiety; panic attacks
Main Character
male teenager; female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
single mother; mother and father
LGBTQ+
bisexual female
Awards
Rainbow List, 2019 Young Adult Fiction
Keywords
hockey; introvert and extrovert; high school; friendship; dating; graduation; parties; important moments
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Cotugno, Katie, "Top Ten" (2017). Diverse Families. 1906.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1906