Salt the Water
By: Candice Iloh
3.37
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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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
- fiction
- contemporary
- 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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- poetry
- teen
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
3. Ryan and Avery
By: David Levithan
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of EVERY DAY, this is a queer love story for the ages--t… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"When Ryan's pickup appears within the snowfall, Avery's heart becomes the opposite of snowfall-that strange, windblown moment when you look and see the snow is actually drifting upward. Snowrise. Whe…"-David Levithan, Ryan and Avery
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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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
5. Lunar New Year Love Story
By: Gene Luen Yang
4.41
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com ab… read more
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- fiction
- teen
- young adult
- contemporary
6. 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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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
7. 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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- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
8. 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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- audiobook
- teen
- contemporary
9. 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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- poetry
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
10. 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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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
11. 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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- teen
- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
12. 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
13. 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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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
14. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
15. Stars in Their Eyes: A Graphic Novel
By: Jessica Walton
3.99
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this lighthearted YA romance, Maisie and Ollie discover that nothing beats the feeling of fallin… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
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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- poetry
- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
17. 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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- fiction
- 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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- audiobook
- poetry
- teen
- lgbt
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
19. 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
- lgbt
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
20. 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
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Enter the Body
By: Joy McCullough
4.00
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic… read more
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- poetry
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Broken people can be loved."-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body
"The telling of stories holds back the weight of time."-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body
"Each considers how these acts of violence against their bodies were acceptable to the world, while their desires were not."-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body
"Not all stories can be told. Some are so dark and twisted, their telling would undo the world. But just because she doesn't speak doesn't mean Lavinia can't share who she is, what she's been through,…"-Joy McCullough, Enter the Body
22. 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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- audiobook
23. 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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- poetry
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
24. 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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- poetry
- lgbt
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- queer
"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
25. An Appetite for Miracles
By: Laekan Zea Kemp
4.14
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Laekan Zea Kemp’s heart-wrenching novel-in-verse follows two teens who must co… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"...Faith doesn't work without common sense."-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles
"Dear God. I know our relationship is not supposed to be transactional. But, You are the one who invented an eye for an eye, so, maybe I can entice you with a good deal."-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles
"Because there are people in our lives; rare unexpected people who don't just walk beside us through life; they witness our lives too. They hold our memories in their DNA. So that when one body forget…"-Laekan Zea Kemp, An Appetite for Miracles
26. An Impossible Thing to Say
By: Arya Shahi
4.31
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Omid needs the right words to connect with his newly met grandfather and distant Iranian heritage, … read more
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- poetry
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
27. How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems (Seedbank)
By: Mikeas Sánchez
4.21
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The latest in the Seedbank series, the debut in English of a groundbreaking Indigenous poet of the … read more
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- poetry
- audiobook
28. The Color of a Lie
By: Kim Johnson
4.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a “Whites Only” town in the suburbs. Caught b… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
29. Call Me Iggy
By: Jorge Aguirre
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ignacio "Iggy" Garcia is an Ohio-born Colombian American teen living his best life. After bumping i… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
30. Brownstone
By: Samuel Teer
4.33
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An exciting teen coming-of-age epic from author Samuel Teer and debut graphic novel artist Mar Juli… read more
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
31. 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
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- realistic fiction
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- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
