The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption
By: Shannon Gibney
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part speculative fiction, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be explores the often sur…
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1. Nigeria Jones
By: Ibi Zoboi
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Warrior Princess. That’s what Nigeria’s father calls her. He’s raised her as part of the Movemen… read more
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- audiobook
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2. Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust
By: Neal Shusterman
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman presents a graphic novel exploring the Holocaust through… read more
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3. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- family
"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
4. Rez Ball
By: Byron Graves
4.16
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more
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- audiobook
- teen
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5. Elf Dog and Owl Head
By: M.T. Anderson
3.92
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A Newbery Honor Book A magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a fore… read more
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- family
- audiobook
6. The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption
By: Shannon Gibney
3.87
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part speculative fiction, The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be explores the often sur… read more
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- race
- memoir
- teen
- adoption
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- family
- contemporary
- speculative fiction
- audiobook
7. All the Fighting Parts
By: Hannah V. Sawyerr
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Grown and The Poet X, a searing and defiant novel in verse about reclaiming agency a… read more
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- audiobook
- teen
- contemporary
8. Saints of the Household
By: Ari Tison
4.12
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--tol… read more
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- audiobook
- family
- contemporary
9. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed
By: Dashka Slater
4.30
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- teen
- audiobook
10. The Collectors
By: A.S. King
3.46
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-M… read more
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- audiobook
- teen
- contemporary
11. Shut Up, This Is Serious
By: Carolina Ixta
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that t… read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
12. Eagle Drums
By: Nasugraq Rainey Hopson
4.05
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A magical realistic middle grade debut about the origin story of the Iñupiaq Messenger Feast, a Nat… read more
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- audiobook
13. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
By: Gretchen Sisson
4.38
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- adoption
14. Salt the Water
By: Candice Iloh
3.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Cerulean Gene is free everywhere except school, where they’re known for repeatedly challenging auth… read more
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- audiobook
- teen
- contemporary
15. Himlabrand
By: Moa Backe Åstot
3.86
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
Ántes liv har präglats av de samiska traditionerna. För honom är det självklart att han, som familj… read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
16. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story
By: Sarah Myer
4.40
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- memoir
- adoption
17. Gather
By: Kenneth M. Cadow
4.43
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more
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- teen
- family
- contemporary
18. "You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption
By: Angela Tucker
4.60
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges … read more
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- race
- memoir
- adoption
- nonfiction
- family
- audiobook
19. Forever Is Now
By: Mariama J. Lockington
4.28
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-in… read more
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- contemporary
20. I Would Meet You Anywhere: A Memoir
By: Susan Kiyo Ito
4.61
Format: 262 pages, Paperback
“Susan Kiyo Ito is like a surgeon operating on herself. She is delicate, precise, and at times cutt… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- adoption
21. For Lamb
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
4.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful histori… read more
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- teen
- family
- audiobook
