500 Words or Less
By: Juleah del Rosario
3.48
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Nic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as the girl who cheated on her charismatic and lo…
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1. Solo
By: Kwame Alexander , Mary Rand Hess
3.94
Format: 463 pages, Kindle Edition
When the heart gets lost, let the music find you. Blade never asked for a life of the rich and f… read more
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- poetry
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Life is a mountain, Youngblood. Nobody said the climb was gonna be easy. You gotta choose your route. Get your gear. Breathe. Clear your mind. And enjoy the journey"-Kwame Alexander, Solo
"The heart is a small and lonesome place she is a country her eyes hold the river I used to swim her skin, the morning fruit I touched and tasted the heart is a small and lonesome place she is a count…"-Kwame Alexander, Solo
2. Bull
By: David Elliott
4.35
Format: None pages, Hardcover
SEE THE STORY OF THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT Minos thought he could Pull a fast o… read more
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- poetry
- fiction
- young adult
3. Unbound: A Novel in Verse
By: Ann E. Burg
3.58
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
From the award-winning author of All the Broken Pieces and Serafina's Promise comes a new novel-in-… read more
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4. Flying Lessons & Other Stories
By: Matt de la Peña , Sherman Alexie , Soman Chainani , Walter Dean Myers , Grace Lin , Ellen Oh , Jacqueline Woodson , Kwame Alexander , Tim Federle , Tim Tingle , Meg Medina , Kelly J. Baptist
4.04
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
For the hardback, see ISBN13: 9781101934593. Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, fi… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
5. Apple: Skin to the Core
By: Eric Gansworth
3.78
Format: 339 pages, None
Apple: Skin to the Core, is a YA memoir-in-verse. Eric Gansworth tells the story of his life, of a… read more
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- poetry
- teen
- audiobook
6. The Ghosts of Rose Hill
By: R.M. Romero
3.98
Format: 380 pages, Hardcover
Magic will burn you up. Sent to stay with her aunt in Prague and witness the humble life of an a… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- fiction
- young adult
"PS I know I can always count on your silence. It's my own I'm not used to."-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill
"The kiss lasts for his lifetime and my unfolding one. It reaches lives we haven't lived yet, and all the ones we've forgotten."-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill
"In a house full of children, there are always bangs, clatters, shrieks of delight and dismay. Just because the kids here are dead doesn't make them an exception."-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill
"I lay a dress on the white sheets, and see the monster nod his approval. A girl who intends to run doesn't bring a wardrobe with her. (But a girl who intends to fight does.)"-R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill
7. White Rose
By: Kip Wilson
3.97
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
A gorgeous and timely novel based on the incredible story of Sophie Scholl, a young German college … read more
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- poetry
- fiction
- teen
- young adult
"I already know the idyll of my childhood is fading away, stomped flat by something that feels like doom."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
"I close my eyes and pray that the world will somehow change. But I know it isn't going to change on its own, so I know I must pray for the courage to bring it about."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
"We amble away from the city, away from all angst, into the heart of a fairy-tale forest that reminds me how very lucky we are to live and breathe on this great Earth flourishing with wonder."-Kip Wilson, White Rose
8. The Truth Project
By: Dante Medema
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Cordelia Koenig was sure of many things going into her last year of high school.… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I've been cut open and spread out so everyone can see how every moment my heart pumps is a moment it bleeds."-Dante Medema, The Truth Project
9. Butterfly Yellow
By: Thanhhà Lại
3.84
Format: 320 pages, ebook
In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little brother, Linh, to the airport, determi… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"The gray guilt had grown heavy, refusing to pause its relentless infusion into her joints and marrow. After all, it was her fault her brother was taken."-Thanhhà Lại, Butterfly Yellow
"Should 'sleep' be plural? No, sleep is an idea, like love, no s. So many decisions in a single simple sentence. Exhausting, this elaborate dance of words."-Thanhhà Lại, Butterfly Yellow
"Y'all have a song?' H nods. 'Bất-tơ-phơ-lai de-lồ.' 'Butterfly yellow? You mean yellow butterfly.' H starts to explain but pulls out her notebook. The most prepared notetaker on earth. Bướm = butterf…"-Thanhhà Lại, Butterfly Yellow
10. Three Things I Know Are True
By: Betty Culley
4.08
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
This moving debut novel in verse about a teenage girl dealing with the aftermath of an accident tha… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"The sounds Mom made were worse than Jonah's. So now the nurses call me."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"I have a theory about friendship. One friend is always nicer. Jonah made everyone laugh. He could talk to anyone about anything, but Clay was nicer."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"I know how that is-- how the worst thing is right where you least expect it to be-- in your lungs, in your chest, in the attic of the house right across the street."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
"So impatient to start his big life, to make people laugh, to see what would happen. Doing anything for a dare. So afraid he'd be stuck in Maddigan, Maine, for the rest of his life."-Betty Culley, Three Things I Know Are True
11. Shout
By: Laurie Halse Anderson
4.26
Format: 296 pages, Hardcover
A searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, … read more
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- poetry
- teen
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I could only fix myself"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
"Eve ate the apple because Adam was afraid"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
"When we were girls we rode horses disguised as bicycles"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
"when I wasn't stoned the only thing that helped me breathe was a book"-Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout
12. Iveliz Explains It All
By: Andrea Beatriz Arango
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Library Binding
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more
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- poetry
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All
13. When We Were Them
By: Laura Taylor Namey
3.72
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
When they were fifteen, Willa, Luz, and Britton had a friendship that was everything. When they … read more
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- romance
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
14. Freshman Year
By: Sarah Mai
3.76
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A stylish graphic novel about the unique angst, humor, and self-doubt universal to the experience o… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
15. Flirty Little Secret
By: Jessica Lepe
3.53
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
School counselor Lucy Galindo has a secret. To her coworkers, friends, and even family, she’s s… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
"It is so important to take the time to refill our own cups before returning to work to take care of everyone else. Burnout is the #1 reason more than half of our nation's school teachers want to leav…"-Jessica Lepe, Flirty Little Secret
16. Junk Boy
By: Tony Abbott
3.46
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Junk. That’s what the kids at school call Bobby Lang, mostly because his rundown house looks like a… read more
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- poetry
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
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
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- poetry
- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"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. 500 Words or Less
By: Juleah del Rosario
3.48
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Nic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as the girl who cheated on her charismatic and lo… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- high school
- teen
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
19. The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
By: Wade Hudson
4.49
Format: 148 pages, Hardcover
This short story collection is a call-to-action that invites all families to be anti-racist and adv… read more
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- poetry
- audiobook
"...the most powerful person in any room is the one with the clearest thoughts and the fewest words."-Wade Hudson, The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
"Racism is not just hatred. Racism is a system. A system that dehumanizes humans in order to keep them down and, most often, to make money off of them. -- Adam Gidwitz, The Inheritance"-Wade Hudson, The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth
20. Be More Chill: The Graphic Novel
By: Ned Vizzini
3.14
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
The groundbreaking story by New York Times best-selling author Ned Vizzini that inspired the Tony-n… read more
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- high school
- teen
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
21. Chlorine Sky
By: Mahogany L. Browne
3.82
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best… read more
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- poetry
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Everybody wants to be a hero But most of us are just misunderstood villains"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"A friend is someone seeing you And hearing you Without you having to say Everything Every time"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"When you live where we live You say what it is & if you can't say what it is Or if it hurt too much, Or maybe it's too confusing You just say "whatever" That way you ain't no lie"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
"When I was younger I thought I had superpowers Thought if I sat real still and stared at a book No one would be able to see me I got so good at it I forgot that I’m the only one playing the game Sit …"-Mahogany L. Browne, Chlorine Sky
