They Both Die at the End
by Adam Silvera
Young adult · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 770L · 400 pages · 2018
Why we'd hand it over
A gut-punch love story disguised as a high-concept premise—Silvera commits fully to tenderness and grief without flinching, and the specificity of Mateo and Rufus's voices (texts, internal monologue, cultural detail) makes their hours together feel earned rather than manufactured.