Invisible Son
By: Kim Johnson
4.20
Format: 416 pages, Library Binding
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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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
2. Black Girl You Are Atlas
By: Renée Watson
4.61
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
A thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood by award-winning author and poet Renée Watson. In thi… read more
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- audiobook
- young adult
- contemporary
3. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Remember Us
By: Jacqueline Woodson
4.27
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson brings readers a powerful story that delves deeply in… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
5. Plan A
By: Deb Caletti
4.02
Format: 416 pages, Library Binding
A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
6. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
By: Steve Sheinkin
4.49
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more
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- audiobook
7. Chaos Theory
By: Nic Stone
4.16
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two tee… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
8. The Blackwoods
By: Brandy Colbert
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
9. 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
10. 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
11. Promise Boys
By: Nick Brooks
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more
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- mystery thriller
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- audiobook
12. 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
13. 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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- social justice
- audiobook
14. 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
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- mystery thriller
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- family
- audiobook
15. 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
16. Bright Red Fruit
By: Safia Elhillo
4.49
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
17. The Fall of Whit Rivera
By: Crystal Maldonado
4.09
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out. Frenemie… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
18. 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
19. 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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20. Give Me a Sign
By: Anna Sortino
4.11
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
21. This Book Won't Burn
By: Samira Ahmed
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn
22. Forgive Me Not
By: Jennifer Baker
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one incarcerated teen weighs what she is… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
"...Counselor Susan was right about one thing: We’re more than our worst mistakes."-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"All this got me wondering: Is that what forgiveness is? Is it forgetting and moving on? Is it doing whatever it takes to hear “I forgive you"-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"We’re not the same. Nothing will ever be the same. I try to say it, but it doesn’t come out. It can’t, because all the hurt needs to be spewed out first. Along with all the shame, hiding, guilt."-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"The way my parents are reacting to this and last week’s Trials reminds me how much is and isn’t in their control. We’re all experiencing this together with Letta, only we can’t be there to help her. …"-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
23. Gone Wolf
By: Amber McBride
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Amber McBride lays bare the fears of being young and Black in America, in this… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
24. Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
By: Olivia A. Cole
4.30
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This searing and intimate novel in verse follows a sixteen-year-old girl coping with sexual abuse a… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"I remember the thing that I saw on Tumblr, how people with trauma will sometimes reexpose themselves to it, salt in the wound to stay alive. I am tired of salting the wound - I am ready to salt the e…"-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
"My hair is the color of a dart frog: generations of death adapting into this exact shade of poison ...bright red and orange, the colors of pain, I WILL MAKE YOU SICK I WILL KILL YOU FROM INSIDE YOUR …"-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
"The last barbecue I went to was at Sarah's house and I almost text her to tell her how when you have so many memories with one person, it's like a crime scene after they're gone. Fingerprints everywh…"-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
"My mother thinks I’ve dyed my hair red for attention— How can I explain to her the ways that she is right and wrong. As of last night, my hair is the color of a brick the moment before it goes throug…"-Olivia A. Cole, Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse)
25. My Father, the Panda Killer
By: Jamie Jo Hoang
4.04
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A poignant coming-of-age story told in two alternating voices: a California teenager railing agains… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
26. 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
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
27. 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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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
28. Ariel Crashes a Train
By: Olivia A. Cole
3.99
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
“A gorgeously kind, wonderfully gentle, and unfailingly compassionate depiction of OCD...bursting w… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Parents set themselves up for failure by giving their kids names that mean too much. Some people put so much weight in names, and how is a baby supposed to carry anything so heavy as their parents’ d…"-Olivia A. Cole, Ariel Crashes a Train
29. 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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- family
- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
30. 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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- thriller
31. All You Have to Do
By: Autumn Allen
4.09
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this debut YA novel by author Autumn Allen is a grippin… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Pretending that race isn't a thing anymore is actually another way of being racist."-Autumn Allen, All You Have to Do
