We Are All We Have
By: Marina Budhos
3.82
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
When a teenage girl’s single mom is taken by ICE, everything changes—all of her hopes and dreams fo…
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1. Top Ten
By: Katie Cotugno
3.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of friends. Introverted, anxious Gabby would rat… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"God, the only thing worse than having a panic attack was trying to have one in secret while someone else was watching."-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten
"If you liked being alone all the time, that would be one thing. But I don't actually think you do. I think you're just letting yourself be scared."-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten
"It occurred to her to wonder if this was what growing up meant, to continuously find yourself in situations that you didn't feel remotely prepared to handle."-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten
"She stood awkwardly for another endless moment -- a total and obvious outsider, even though this was her house where she lived. It felt like she didn't belong anywhere. It felt like she probably neve…"-Katie Cotugno, Top Ten
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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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
3. 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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- romance
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Plan A
By: Deb Caletti
4.02
Format: 416 pages, Library Binding
A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip across the country to get an abortion becomes a transformative … read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- road trip
- social issues
5. Inheritance: A Visual Poem
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.49
Format: 46 pages, Hardcover
They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
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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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
7. 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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- romance
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
8. Genesis Begins Again
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who is filled with self-loathing and must overcome in… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Right now, for me, it's only about winning"-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"Every family has some form of crazy, trust me."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"When mama does my hair, she spills all the tea."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"You've got your mama's smile. Never really noticed before."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
9. Salt and Sugar
By: Rebecca Carvalho
3.71
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud. Trust … read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"She takes off as fast as Jessie and James getting kicked into the horizon at the end of every Pokémon episode."-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar
"The ruby guava melts into the cheesy corn cake looking like a flower sprouting in the sun-kissed earth. This is the best compromise between our families' bakeries. It's perfect ."-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar
"Bell pepper and onion skewers dripping with garlic hot sauce and a little lime. Chicken and steak skewers wrapped in bacon. And a side of farofa so we could dip the skewers and feel the crunch of kas…"-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar
"Empadões sit behind the glass, the round, perfectly golden brown pot pies loaded with shredded chicken and green olives. People usually know what they want when they walk into our bakery. Five loaves…"-Rebecca Carvalho, Salt and Sugar
10. 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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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
11. We Are All So Good at Smiling
By: Amber McBride
3.88
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Sorrow is no one's fault."-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling
"The only way out is through."-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling
"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling
"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling
12. Picture Us in the Light
By: Kelly Loy Gilbert
4.09
Format: 361 pages, Hardcover
Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But when he discovers a taped-up box in his … read more
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"Other people don't exist just to be your happy ending, you know?"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"Something crackles on my skin like a fire. He felt me in that moment, he understood what it was to me."-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"We all have those things, I think – those things we want too badly to speak about aloud for fear someone'll swoop in and tell us we're just dreaming, those things we hold close and fantasize about at…"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
"Art doesn't change the ending. It doesn't let you lose yourself that way--the opposite, really; it calls you from the darkness, into the glaring, unforgiving light. But at least--this is why it will …"-Kelly Loy Gilbert, Picture Us in the Light
13. The Color of Lies
By: C.J. Lyons
3.62
Format: 336 pages, ebook
High school senior Ella Cleary has always been good at reading people. Her family has a rare medica… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
14. 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
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"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
15. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom
By: Shannon C.F. Rogers
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
16. The Love Match
By: Priyanka Taslim
3.82
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
17. We Are All We Have
By: Marina Budhos
3.82
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
When a teenage girl’s single mom is taken by ICE, everything changes—all of her hopes and dreams fo… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- coming of age
- muslims
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- road trip
- social issues
18. For Lamb
By: Lesa Cline-Ransome
4.52
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An interracial friendship between two teenaged girls goes tragically wrong in this powerful histori… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
19. Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
By: Laekan Zea Kemp
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780316460279.A story of first love, familial expect… read more
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- romance
- young adult contemporary
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
"On Thursdays, they come here for the best palomas in town, thanks to my substitution of Jamaican tangelos and blood limes for the traditional grapefruit. And on Fridays, they come for half-price pork…"-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"I would appreciate it if you'd turn it down." He tries to wrestle out of Pen's grasp. "It's a free country." "I'm actually aware of that," Pen says. "Which means you are free to choose self-preservat…"-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"I list what I had for breakfast. I whisper the ingredients for my signature coconut cake. I take a deep breath, the scents of a thousand shifts at the restaurant tucked into the fabric of the front s…"-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
"We've reached that point in the night when we're slinging more drinks than tacos, and the Frankenstein monsters on our menu- which I'd created specifically for the inebriated- are flooding the line. …"-Laekan Zea Kemp, Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
20. The Minus-One Club
By: Kekla Magoon
3.98
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From the Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor-winning author of How It Went Down , Light It Up , and… read more
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- romance
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
21. That's Not My Name!
By: Anoosha Syed
4.38
Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition
A debut picture book about loving your name, finding your voice, and standing up for yourself from … read more
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- realistic fiction
- fiction
