5 must-read coming of age books like Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu

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Lawless Spaces

By: Corey Ann Haydu

4.12

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

This coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal l…

If you liked the coming of age plot in Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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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

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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2. Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler

By: Ibi Zoboi

4.09

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse a… read more

Similar categories in Ibi Zoboi's Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
Cover of Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle

3. Abuela, Don't Forget Me

By: Rex Ogle

4.50

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In his memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this compa… read more

Similar categories in Rex Ogle's Abuela, Don't Forget Me book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • family
"These are my words! They matter! Hit me all you want. I will write. These are my words. They do matter. And she did hit me, all she wanted. But I wrote. And I still write. I will always write. No one…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

"She may forget. And one day, I may forget too. But for now, the memories are captured, like insects in amber, ready to survive for millions of years. My memories...are written in words and verses and…"

-Rex Ogle, Abuela, Don't Forget Me

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4. Ain't Burned All the Bright

By: Jason Reynolds

4.42

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Prepare yourself for something unlike anything: A smash-up of art and text for teens that viscerall… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Ain't Burned All the Bright book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
"What is life in a house underwater?"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and freedom to play without worry about the rules being rearranged"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"...and she wipes weary from her eyes still glued to the no-good glued to the high definition glare of low-definition life"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

"And I'm sitting here wondering why my mother won't change the channel and why the news won't change the story and why the story won't change into something new instead of the every-hour rerun about h…"

-Jason Reynolds, Ain't Burned All the Bright

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5. Spin

By: Rebecca Caprara

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

The Song of Achilles and Circe get a sapphic, young adult twist in this gorgeously lush, feminist r… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Caprara's Spin book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
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6. Spells for Lost Things

By: Jenna Evans Welch

4.05

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Willow has never felt like she belonged anywhere and is convinced that the only way to find a true … read more

Similar categories in Jenna Evans Welch's Spells for Lost Things book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Families splitting are like earthquakes. Yes, they are happening every day all over the world, but that doesn't make them any less shocking when they happen to you."

-Jenna Evans Welch, Spells for Lost Things

"It’s Willow, but like a fairy-tale version of Willow. She’s barefoot and wearing a coral-pink dress that somehow makes everything about her more her. More freckles, more pinkish tones to her skin, ev…"

-Jenna Evans Welch, Spells for Lost Things

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7. 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

Similar categories in Hannah V. Sawyerr's All the Fighting Parts book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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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

Similar categories in Ari Tison's Saints of the Household book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
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9. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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10. Your Heart My Sky

By: Margarita Engle

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A story of love in a time of hunger inspired by her own family’s struggles during a dark period in … read more

Similar categories in Margarita Engle's Your Heart My Sky book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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11. We Can Be Heroes

By: Kyrie McCauley

4.27

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Kyrie McCauley, author of If These Wings Could Fly, delivers a powerful contemporary YA novel about… read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's We Can Be Heroes book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"In a world that tells girls we shouldn't be angry, even as our lives are ripped from our grasps. When I throw the brick, I picture myself as a small child throwing pennies in a pond making wishes. So…"

-Kyrie McCauley, We Can Be Heroes

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12. 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

Similar categories in Olivia A. Cole's Dear Medusa (A Novel in Verse) book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • 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)

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13. Vinyl Moon

By: Mahogany L. Browne

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Library Binding

A teen girl hiding the scars of a past relationship finds home and healing in the words of strong B… read more

Similar categories in Mahogany L. Browne's Vinyl Moon book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Next New Syrian Girl by Ream Shukairy

14. 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

Similar categories in Ream Shukairy's The Next New Syrian Girl book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of The Name She Gave Me by Betty Culley

15. 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

Similar categories in Betty Culley's The Name She Gave Me book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • 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

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16. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

By: Kip Wilson

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World W… read more

Similar categories in Kip Wilson's The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • fiction
  • young adult
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17. Dead Flip

By: Sara Farizan

3.47

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this “terrifyingly fun” ( New York Times ) horror comedy two friends must solve the mystery of t… read more

Similar categories in Sara Farizan's Dead Flip book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • fiction
  • young adult
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18. Those Summer Nights

By: Laura Silverman

3.77

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

After recovering from a life-changing injury, a teen girl must navigate a new summer job, an ex-bes… read more

Similar categories in Laura Silverman's Those Summer Nights book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • young adult contemporary
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu

19. Lawless Spaces

By: Corey Ann Haydu

4.12

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

This coming-of-age novel in verse follows a teen girl who connects with the women of her maternal l… read more

Similar categories in Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • poetry
  • young adult contemporary
  • coming of age
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • mental health
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of The Epic Story of Every Living Thing by Deb Caletti

20. The Epic Story of Every Living Thing

By: Deb Caletti

3.85

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of Honey, Baby, Sweetheart comes a gorgeous and fiercely feminist you… read more

Similar categories in Deb Caletti's The Epic Story of Every Living Thing book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • coming of age
  • feminism
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
Cover of The Wild Ones by Nafiza Azad

21. The Wild Ones

By: Nafiza Azad

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From William C. Morris Finalist Nafiza Azad comes a thrilling, feminist fantasy about a group of te… read more

Similar categories in Nafiza Azad's The Wild Ones book and Corey Ann Haydu's Lawless Spaces

  • feminism
  • fiction
  • young adult
"Aren't you angry, sister? At being treated the we are? At having to pick up the pieces of what remains after the world is through with us? At being silenced and abused? At being denied our dignity, o…"

-Nafiza Azad, The Wild Ones

19 Best fiction books like Lawless Spaces by Corey Ann Haydu

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

Isaac Blum

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Ain't Burned All the Bright

Jason Reynolds

4.42

Transform Your Habits

Spin

Rebecca Caprara

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Spells for Lost Things

Jenna Evans Welch

4.05

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20 Best fiction books like The Next New Syrian Girl by Ream Shukairy

Transform Your Habits

Brighter Than the Sun

Daniel Aleman

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Rez Ball

Byron Graves

4.16

Transform Your Habits

All the Fighting Parts

Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Where You See Yourself

Claire Forrest

4.16

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