On the Come Up
By: Angie Thomas
4.27
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780062498564 can be found here. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants …
Want to Read $ 12.99"All right now, y’all,"-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"That’s what we call our goal, the come up."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"I'll always be my dad’s daughter if nothing else."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"Besides, is it really mine if I'm not being myself?"-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
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1. The Poet X
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New … read more
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- young adult contemporary
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Pero, tú no eres fácil."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"Just because your father's present, doesn't mean he isn't absent."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"It's about any of the words that bring us together and how we can form a home in them."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
"I close my eyes and let myself find in music what I've always searched for: a way away."-Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X
2. Monday's Not Coming
By: Tiffany D. Jackson
4.25
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been in… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"...Dandelions are nothing but pretty weeds."-Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming
"And dandelions are nothing but pretty weeds. - Claudia"-Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming
"Well, sometimes the people we love the most can hurt us the most."-Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming
"Kids tend to forget their roots. But roots are always the first to carry you back home."-Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming
3. Dear Martin
By: Nic Stone
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter De… read more
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- race
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
4. Long Way Down
By: Jason Reynolds
4.25
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RU… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"How do you tell water ain't nothing funny about drowing?"-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"Best to become invisible in times like these. Everybody knows that."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"just because they were dead. People always love people more when they’re dead."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
"Pretended like yellow tape was some kind of neighborhood flag that don't nobody wave but always be flapping in the wind."-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down
5. The Sun Is Also a Star
By: Nicola Yoon
3.57
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will n… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
6. All American Boys
By: Jason Reynolds , Brendan Kiely
4.02
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Rashad is absent again today. That's the sidewalk graffiti that started it all... Well, no, actuall… read more
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- race
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
7. Allegedly
By: Tiffany D. Jackson
4.07
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Mary B. Addison killed a baby. Allegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview with detectiv… read more
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8. Punching the Air
By: Ibi Zoboi
4.41
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exo… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- race
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"They call it free time and it's the biggest lie because we are still here"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"This is the first time my feet are bound where the fuck am I supposed to run anyway"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"Blank Canvas I have a crayon and paper I didn't know that I could hold this little bit of freedom in my hands"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
"And maybe there are small cracks in our walls and we start to see a sliver of light shine through in each other"-Ibi Zoboi, Punching the Air
9. Clap When You Land
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.24
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Who knew death must be so damn polite?"-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"All these lies that we've all swallowed, they're probably rotting in our stomachs."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"A queen offers her hand to be kissed, & can form it into a fist while smiling the whole damn time."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
"This whole time she's swallowed her words like bitter pills not realizing they were slow-drip poison."-Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land
10. Grown
By: Tiffany D. Jackson
4.25
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another ripped-from-the-headlines mystery that exposes horrific … read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
11. Blackout
By: Dhonielle Clayton
3.90
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and elect… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
12. Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)
By: Nic Stone
4.40
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the stunning and hard-hitting sequel to the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin, incarcerated … read more
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- young adult contemporary
- race
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Resist when the world tries to convince you otherwise."-Nic Stone, Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)
13. On the Come Up
By: Angie Thomas
4.27
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780062498564 can be found here. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants … read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Angie Thomas's On the Come Up book and Angie Thomas's On the Come Up
- music
- young adult contemporary
- race
- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"All right now, y’all,"-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"That’s what we call our goal, the come up."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"I'll always be my dad’s daughter if nothing else."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"Done up. The good news? A lot rhymes with “done up."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
14. With the Fire on High
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.18
Format: 400 pages, ebook
With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"You're the author on your own life story."-Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
"Everything changes. I'll learn to be fine."-Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
"The whole of me is black. The whole of me is whole."-Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
"It's wild to miss someone so much, and yet in order to care for them you have to constantly say goodbye."-Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High
15. Internment
By: Samira Ahmed
3.87
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old … read more
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- young adult contemporary
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I wonder if all moms do this—try to make the terrifying seem mundane."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"In the quiet of the night, the heart knows the lies you told to survive."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"When you appease a man's conscience, you can take his freedom and he will thank you for it."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"It's not about danger. It's about fear. People are willing to trade their freedom, even for a false sense of protection."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
16. Slay
By: Brittney Morris
4.20
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
'We are different ages, genders and traditions ... but tonight we all SLAY'Black Panther meets Read… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- race
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"As we duel, as we chat, there's an understanding that "your black is not my black" and "your weird is not my weird" and "your beautiful is not my beautiful," and that's okay. It' brings tears to my e…"-Brittney Morris, Slay
17. The Black Kids
By: Christina Hammonds Reed
4.03
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
Ashley Bennett and her friends are living the charmed life. It’s the end of senior year and they’re… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- race
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Nobody calls boys sluts."-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids
"It's not just about Rodney. It's about all of us."-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids
"They don't fucking see us even when they're looking right at us."-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids
"Sometimes when you want to disappear, it's easiest to hide in music."-Christina Hammonds Reed, The Black Kids
18. This Is My America
By: Kim Johnson
4.46
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist in… read more
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- race
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
19. Odd One Out
By: Nic Stone
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the author of Dear Martin comes this exploration of old friendships, new crushes, and the path… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"The truth is, I've been learning a lot about myself lately, and at this point, I don't feel like any of the labels really fit me."-Nic Stone, Odd One Out
20. Let Me Hear a Rhyme
By: Tiffany D. Jackson
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
In this standalone novel, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to tu… read more
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- music
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I mean, maybe it wasn't so crazy after all. Maybe just thinking outside the box is how you get further than you ever could dream of."-Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme
21. Jujutsu Kaisen: The Official Anime Guide: Season 1
By: Shūeisha
4.59
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
The official companion to the first season of the hugely popular Jujutsu Kaisen anime.The official … read more
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"Being a child is not a sin."-Shūeisha, Jujutsu Kaisen: The Official Anime Guide: Season 1
