5 must-read indigenous books like The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson

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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor…

If you liked the indigenous plot in The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Only This Beautiful Moment by Abdi Nazemian

1. Only This Beautiful Moment

By: Abdi Nazemian

4.46

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more

Similar categories in Abdi Nazemian's Only This Beautiful Moment book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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2. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

By: Isaac Blum

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0)

By: Darcie Little Badger

4.29

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

Darcie Little Badger's Elatsoe launched her career and in the years since has become a beloved favo… read more

Similar categories in Darcie Little Badger's Sheine Lende (Elatsoe, #0) book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • queer
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4. A Long Stretch of Bad Days

By: Mindy McGinnis

4.02

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of… read more

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"The action is wrong. But the person committing it is a breathing, thinking, living, feeling human being. And I can tell you that most of the time where there's violence, there's fear- and it's not on…"

-Mindy McGinnis, A Long Stretch of Bad Days

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5. 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

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. 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

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. Where You See Yourself

By: Claire Forrest

4.16

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more

Similar categories in Claire Forrest's Where You See Yourself book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • romance
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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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

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen  Ferguson

9. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

By: Jen Ferguson

4.05

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more

Similar categories in Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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10. Invisible Son

By: Kim Johnson

4.20

Format: 416 pages, Library Binding

From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more

Similar categories in Kim Johnson's Invisible Son book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Funeral Songs for Dying Girls

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

After inadvertently starting rumors of a haunted cemetery, a teen befriends a ghost in this brand-n… read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's Funeral Songs for Dying Girls book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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12. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

Similar categories in Amber McBride's We Are All So Good at Smiling book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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13. The Blood Years

By: Elana K. Arnold

4.32

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more

Similar categories in Elana K. Arnold's The Blood Years book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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14. 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

Similar categories in Mariama J. Lockington's Forever Is Now book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
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15. Then Everything Happens at Once

By: M.E. Girard

3.12

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From Lambda award–winning and acclaimed author of Girl Mans Up, M-E Girard, comes a stand-alone sex… read more

Similar categories in M.E. Girard's Then Everything Happens at Once book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • romance
  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of I Am Not Alone by Francisco X. Stork

16. I Am Not Alone

By: Francisco X. Stork

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Francisco X. Stork revisits some of the themes and ideas that made Marcelo in … read more

Similar categories in Francisco X. Stork's I Am Not Alone book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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17. Twice as Perfect

By: Louisa Onomé

3.84

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A Young Adult novel by Louisa Onomé, Twice As Perfect follows a Nigerian Canadian girl dealing with… read more

Similar categories in Louisa Onomé's Twice as Perfect book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • romance
  • canada
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. Decoding Dot Grey

By: Nicola Davison

3.65

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eighteen-year-old Dot Grey doesn’t hate people; she’s just not especially fond of their company. I… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Davison's Decoding Dot Grey book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

"The thing that makes people themselves is partly in their muscles, the way they smirk, hold their eyebrows just so when delivering a terrible joke or talking for a hairless rat."

-Nicola Davison, Decoding Dot Grey

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19. River Mermaid

By: Christy Goerzen

3.36

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

"After her art school application is rejected, Mercedes decides she now longer aspires to be an art… read more

Similar categories in Christy Goerzen's River Mermaid book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • young adult
  • contemporary
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20. The Minus-One Club

By: Kekla Magoon

3.98

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor-winning author of How It Went Down , Light It Up , and… read more

Similar categories in Kekla Magoon's The Minus-One Club book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • romance
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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21. Wrong Side of the Court

By: H.N. Khan

3.57

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Fawad has big dreams about being the world's first Pakistani to be drafted into th… read more

Similar categories in H.N. Khan's Wrong Side of the Court book and Jen Ferguson's The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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