The Name She Gave Me
By: Betty Culley
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot…
Want to Read $ 13.99"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t matter if I’ve known them a day or a year or their whole life— I’ll never choose one person over the other, no matter who they are."-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me
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1. 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
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
2. Something Like Home
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.31
Format: 256 pages, Library Binding
A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- family
- fiction
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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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
4. The Probability of Everything
By: Sarah Everett
4.33
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
5. The Switch
By: Roland Smith
3.89
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
What happens when the power goes out? And doesn't come back for days... weeks... even longer? Maste… read more
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- family
- middle grade
- teen
- young adult
6. 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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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
7. Remember Me Gone
By: Stacy Stokes
3.79
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Lucy Miller's family has the unique ability to remove people's painful memories--but Lucy isn't pre… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
8. Seven Percent of Ro Devereux
By: Ellen O'Clover
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A clever, charming, and poignant debut novel about a girl who must decide whether to pursue her dre… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
"We're always just looking for each other."-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux
"You will become people you can’t even fathom yet. I wish I could be here to meet every version of you, Rosie. I know I would love each one more than the last"-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux
"We heard each other in that language between two people who’ve never known a life without the other in it. He didn’t have to speak to tell me he was upset. I didn’t have to show him my hurt for him t…"-Ellen O'Clover, Seven Percent of Ro Devereux
9. 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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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
10. Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II
By: Sonia Purnell
3.82
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A young readers adaptation of Sonia Purnell's New York Times bestselling book A Woman of No Importa… read more
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- middle grade
11. Breathe and Count Back from Ten
By: Natalia Sylvester
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gorgeously written and authentic novel, Verónica, a Peruvian-American teen with hip dysplas… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"You are so a physical person...You're taking up space. You're made of all this matter. What more proof do you need than that?"-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten
"Like maybe the "magic" isn't just about believing in mermaids; it's about believing peope like me don't exist, Like maybe admitting I've needed crutched dispels the myths we want to believe about peo…"-Natalia Sylvester, Breathe and Count Back from Ten
12. 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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- teen
13. The Peach Rebellion
By: Wendelin Van Draanen
4.31
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A historical tale of friendship, family, and the power of sisterhood to help heal the wounds of the… read more
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- teen
- coming of age
- young adult
- family
- fiction
14. The Road to After
By: Rebekah Lowell
4.42
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This poignant debut novel in verse is a portrait of healing, as a young girl rediscovers life and t… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- family
15. 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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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- 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)
16. Gabe in the After
By: Shannon Doleski
3.71
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Shannon Doleski’s Gabe in the After is a post-apocalyptic upper middle-grade adventure with a first… read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
17. The Name She Gave Me
By: Betty Culley
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Three Things I Know Are True comes a new novel in verse, a deeply emot… read more
Want to Read $ 13.99Similar categories in Betty Culley's The Name She Gave Me book and Betty Culley's The Name She Gave Me
- poetry
- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- adoption
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
"Douglas is safe and Dad knew all along that I hid from Mom under the porch. He saved Douglas, but he never saved me. “And right there on the ground I decide I’m going to save anyone I can. It won’t m…"-Betty Culley, The Name She Gave Me
18. Four for the Road
By: K.J. Reilly
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets The End of the F***ing World in this dark young adult comedy … read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
19. Jumper
By: Melanie Crowder
3.43
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
In a ripped-from-the-headlines story, nineteen-year-old Blair's passion for fighting fires lands he… read more
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
20. The Summer of June
By: Jamie Sumner
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A middle grade book about a young girl who sets out to overcome her anxiety over the course of one … read more
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- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
21. The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke
By: Kirsty Applebaum
3.93
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Lonny is a lifeling. He has the power to heal any living creature and bring it back from the dead. … read more
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- family
- fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
