8 must-read coming of age books like Jumper by Melanie Crowder

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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…

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Cover of Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe by Steve Sheinkin

1. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • survival
  • audiobook
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2. 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

Similar categories in Nic Stone's Chaos Theory book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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3. M Is for Monster: A Graphic Novel

By: Talia Dutton

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A scientist attempts to bring her younger sister back to life with unexpected results in this Frank… read more

Similar categories in Talia Dutton's M Is for Monster: A Graphic Novel book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • fiction
  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • queer
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4. 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

Similar categories in Mindy McGinnis's A Long Stretch of Bad Days book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • 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

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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

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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6. Message Not Found

By: Dante Medema

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

An emotionally complex portrayal of secrets, loss, and grief from Dante Medema, Indies Introduce au… read more

Similar categories in Dante Medema's Message Not Found book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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7. 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

Similar categories in Nick Brooks's Promise Boys book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

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9. Alone Out Here

By: Riley Redgate

3.55

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

What do you stand for, when you're one of the last left standing? The year is 2072. Soon a volcani… read more

Similar categories in Riley Redgate's Alone Out Here book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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10. 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

Similar categories in A.S. King's The Collectors book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • lgbt
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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11. Mere Mortals

By: Erin Jade Lange

3.43

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"Two teenage vampires are turned mortal and must face the greatest nightmare of all--high school"--… read more

Similar categories in Erin Jade Lange's Mere Mortals book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • audiobook
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Reg, we’re not the hunters anymore,"

-Erin Jade Lange, Mere Mortals

"The folks here are small-town, not small-minded."

-Erin Jade Lange, Mere Mortals

"If this was bitter, I wanted bunches. Impossibly, the coffee tasted even better than it smelled, and it wasn’t just one flavor but an evolution that started with something - yes, bitter, as it slid o…"

-Erin Jade Lange, Mere Mortals

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12. This Golden State

By: Marit Weisenberg

4.09

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Winslow family lives by five principles: 1. No one can know your real name. 2. Don’t stay i… read more

Similar categories in Marit Weisenberg's This Golden State book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Gideon Green in Black and White

By: Katie Henry

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Gideon's short-lived run as a locally-famous boy detective ended when middle school started, and ev… read more

Similar categories in Katie Henry's Gideon Green in Black and White book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Live, Laugh, Kidnap

By: Gabby Noone

3.71

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Layoverland comes another bitingly clever, laugh-out-loud funny novel, about a g… read more

Similar categories in Gabby Noone's Live, Laugh, Kidnap book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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15. Forgive Me Not

By: Jennifer Baker

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one incarcerated teen weighs what she is… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Baker's Forgive Me Not book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"...Counselor Susan was right about one thing: We’re more than our worst mistakes."

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"All this got me wondering: Is that what forgiveness is? Is it forgetting and moving on? Is it doing whatever it takes to hear “I forgive you"

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"We’re not the same. Nothing will ever be the same. I try to say it, but it doesn’t come out. It can’t, because all the hurt needs to be spewed out first. Along with all the shame, hiding, guilt."

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

"The way my parents are reacting to this and last week’s Trials reminds me how much is and isn’t in their control. We’re all experiencing this together with Letta, only we can’t be there to help her. …"

-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not

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16. Hollow Fires

By: Samira Ahmed

4.28

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more

Similar categories in Samira Ahmed's Hollow Fires book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"

-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires

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17. 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 Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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18. 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 Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • 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

Cover of Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby

19. Star Splitter

By: Matthew J. Kirby

3.85

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Crash-landed on a desolate planet lightyears from Earth, sixteen-year-old Jessica Mathers must unra… read more

Similar categories in Matthew J. Kirby's Star Splitter book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • lgbt
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20. Stateless

By: Elizabeth Wein

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A murder mystery set in 1937 Europe with intrigue, glamour, secrets, and betrayal. When Stella Nort… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Wein's Stateless book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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21. 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

Similar categories in K.J. Reilly's Four for the Road book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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22. The Getaway

By: Lamar Giles

3.74

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of … read more

Similar categories in Lamar Giles's The Getaway book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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23. 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 Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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24. The First Thing About You

By: Chaz Hayden

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A high school student with spinal muscular atrophy is determined to reinvent himself. When fifte… read more

Similar categories in Chaz Hayden's The First Thing About You book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Why are you so excited to have me as a student?"

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

"I guess we’re two lonely nerds sharing our sad stories over lunch."

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

"Normal is a difficult word for me. I would never be normal in the eyes of society. It’s all I’ve wanted, but somehow it chooses everyone else instead of me."

-Chaz Hayden, The First Thing About You

Cover of Jumper by Melanie  Crowder

25. 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

Similar categories in Melanie Crowder's Jumper book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • audiobook
  • survival
  • adventure
  • coming of age
  • lgbt
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • queer
Cover of Briarcliff Prep (Briarcliff Prep #1) by Brianna Peppins

26. Briarcliff Prep (Briarcliff Prep #1)

By: Brianna Peppins

4.09

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Avielle LeBeau is starting her freshman year at Briarcliff Preparatory School for… read more

Similar categories in Brianna Peppins's Briarcliff Prep (Briarcliff Prep #1) book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Wrecked

By: Heather Henson

3.67

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Looking for Alaska meets Breaking Bad in this piercing novel about three teens, caught in the middl… read more

Similar categories in Heather Henson's Wrecked book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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28. Sunrise Nights

By: Jeff Zentner

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in v… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Zentner's Sunrise Nights book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Love seems to die around me."

-Jeff Zentner, Sunrise Nights

Cover of The 9:09 Project by Mark H. Parsons

29. The 9:09 Project

By: Mark H. Parsons

4.11

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A thoughtful exploration about finding oneself, learning to hope after loss, and recognizing the r… read more

Similar categories in Mark H. Parsons's The 9:09 Project book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • coming of age
  • realistic fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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30. The Jump

By: Brittney Morris

3.60

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of SLAY and The Cost of Knowing comes an action-driven, high-octane “thri… read more

Similar categories in Brittney Morris's The Jump book and Melanie Crowder's Jumper

  • lgbt
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

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Nic Stone

4.16

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Talia Dutton

3.97

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4.02

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Daniel Aleman

4.06

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Byron Graves

4.16

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Hannah V. Sawyerr

4.44

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