Borderless
By: Jennifer De Leon
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Caught in the crosshairs of gang violence, a teen girl and her mother set off on a perilous journey…
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1. The Luis Ortega Survival Club
By: Sonora Reyes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
2. 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
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
3. 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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- 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
4. Warrior Girl Unearthed
By: Angeline Boulley
4.34
Format: 396 pages, Hardcover
Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Some friendships can endure anything."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
7. ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico
By: Christine Suggs
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
"An absolutely heartwarming and vibrant story of belonging, family, and the meaning of home. This b… read more
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- family
- young adult
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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
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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- audiobook
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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
12. Canto Contigo
By: Jonny Garza Villa
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
13. Flores and Miss Paula
By: Melissa Rivero
3.34
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A wry, tender novel about a Peruvian immigrant mother and a millennial daughter who have one final … read more
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- audiobook
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. First Gen: A Memoir
By: Alejandra Campoverdi
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An unflinching memoir about navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina — offering both a rive… read more
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- audiobook
16. Borderless
By: Jennifer De Leon
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Caught in the crosshairs of gang violence, a teen girl and her mother set off on a perilous journey… read more
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- cultural
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fashion
- family
- book club
- audiobook
17. We Are Not From Here
By: Jenny Torres Sanchez
4.48
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico borde… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"We are to Mexico what Mexico is to the States."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"Los sueños y los hombres son para las pendejas."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"You can outrun danger...But you can’t outrun the pain."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"We are luchadores. We are fighters. We are those who dare to try against impossible odds."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
18. Frontera
By: Julio Anta
4.01
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Mateo makes the dangerous journey back home to the United States through the Sonoran Desert with th… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
19. 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
- 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
20. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more
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- realistic fiction
- family
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
21. This Time Will Be Different
By: Misa Sugiura
3.72
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Katsuyamas never quit—but seventeen-year-old CJ doesn’t even know where to start. She’s never lived… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
22. The Next New Syrian Girl
By: Ream Shukairy
4.28
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Furia meets I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter about the unlikely friendship between two very d… read more
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- cultural
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
23. From Here
By: Luma Mufleh
4.51
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In her coming-of-age memoir, refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to recon… read more
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- audiobook
24. The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee
By: Ellen Oh
3.46
Format: None pages, None
When a Korean American teenage artist gets sucked into the world of her own web comic, she must fin… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"You wrote me and all these other people into a story that robbed us of our free will. These past few weeks, I felt like someone was forcing me to do things I didn't want to do, feel things I didn't w…"-Ellen Oh, The Colliding Worlds of Mina Lee
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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
27. The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
By: Lorraine Avila
4.15
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Yolanda Alvarez is having a good year. She’s starting to feel at home Julia De Burgos High, her sch… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Mamá Teté has a saying: “Al que no le gusta el caldo, que le den dos tazas."-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
"I wish I would’ve never internalized the need to put the needs of others over my own."-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
"Mamá Teté comes to my mind: “Our powers exist so we can preserve our power and take back and protect what is ours."-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
"Right above the mirror is the Julia De Burgos quote I’ve learned to love: “Don’t let the hand you hold, hold you down."-Lorraine Avila, The Making of Yolanda la Bruja
28. Bianca Torre Is Afraid of Everything
By: Justine Pucella Winans
4.08
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Murder most fowl? In this sardonic and campy YA thriller, an anxious, introverted nonbinary teen bi… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
29. Viva Lola Espinoza
By: Ella Cerón
3.49
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A debut young adult novel that's BOOKSMART with a dash of magic, about a Mexican American teen who … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
- audiobook
30. Black Girl Unlimited
By: Echo Brown
4.32
Format: 304 pages, None
Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions… read more
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- young adult contemporary
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Usually, all of us have some kind of bad story seeds that eventually sprout into a solid harvest. If you want a lush, beautiful harvest, you must replant yourself from the inside. You must uproot all…"-Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited
"It's interesting to me how a person can change so much on the inside while their environment remains the same-- and then how different that same environment looks after the change. I wonder how diffe…"-Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited
"The tenth lesson of wizard training is to pay attention to warning signals in your life. Become alert to what the universe is trying to point you away from. If you can wake up fast enough, certain tr…"-Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited
"I begin to wonder if her Bible-thumping Jesus-loving is an act to provide her with the illusion of certainty and stability in the world. Deep down, if she has sat on the ceiling before, she must know…"-Echo Brown, Black Girl Unlimited
31. Dispatches from Parts Unknown
By: Bryan Bliss
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Julie knows it’s unusual that a professional wrestler runs a constant commentary on her life that o… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
