Where I Belong
By: Marcia Argueta Mickelson
4.03
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan-American high school senior Milagros “Millie” Vargas knows her li…
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1. Burn Down, Rise Up
By: Vincent Tirado
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Stranger Things meets Get Out in this Sapphic Horror debut from nonbinary, Afro-Latine author Vince… read more
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- audiobook
- young adult
- contemporary
2. 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
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- family
- audiobook
"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
3. Huda F Cares?
By: Huda Fahmy
4.21
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more
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- fiction
- family
- realistic fiction
- young adult
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?
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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
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- 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
5. The Silence that Binds Us
By: Joanna Ho
4.33
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May pre… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
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- audiobook
6. 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
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
7. 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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
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- contemporary
- audiobook
8. The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
By: Jen Ferguson
4.05
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In this complex and emotionally resonant novel, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful stor… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
9. 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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- high school
- social justice
- audiobook
10. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- audiobook
11. Everything Within and In Between
By: Nikki Barthelmess
3.81
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Ri Fernández struggles to reclaim a heritage and a mother from her strict grandmother who has kept … read more
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- realistic fiction
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- fiction
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- contemporary
- audiobook
12. I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
By: Kimberly Jones
3.69
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
An NAACP Image Award Nominee, I’m Not Dying with You Tonight follows two teen girls—one black, one … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
13. And We Rise
By: Erica Martin
4.32
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, impactful, eye-opening journey that explores through the Civil Rights Movement in 1950s… read more
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- politics
- social justice
- young adult
- audiobook
"history has become a beautiful American lie Overseers rewrite it and always deny people the right to know the ugly truth only tell part of it especially to the youth peace peace peace they always ins…"-Erica Martin, And We Rise
14. Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
By: Darcie Little Badger
4.00
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice crea… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
"Everyone loves pill-bugs. They're the insect version of hedgehogs."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"It's hard to know that you're flying too high until the feathers start dropping."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"She's say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
"She'd say his name and tell his story. Maybe, someday, he'd follow the words home."-Darcie Little Badger, Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
15. Every Time You Go Away
By: Abigail Johnson
3.86
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of Jennifer Niven, Abigail Johnson draws a searing and lyrical portrait of grief, … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
16. Love in English
By: Maria E. Andreu
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Sixteen-year-old Ana has just moved to New Jersey from Argentina for her Junior year of high school… read more
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- high school
- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"My family is not running a marathon. We're running a relay. My parents have gotten me this far. Everything I do is to get us further. I carry their hopes along with my own."-Maria E. Andreu, Love in English
"I lack precisely the thing to explain what I lack. The words. For every word I get out, there's a whole iceberg of thoughts and hopes and feelings that stay unspoken. But how do I speak them?"-Maria E. Andreu, Love in English
17. 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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"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
18. Mirror Girls
By: Kelly McWilliams
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the bru… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
19. We Are Not From Here
By: Jenny Torres Sanchez
4.48
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico borde… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
"We are to Mexico what Mexico is to the States."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"Los sueños y los hombres son para las pendejas."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"You can outrun danger...But you can’t outrun the pain."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"We are luchadores. We are fighters. We are those who dare to try against impossible odds."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
20. A Game of Fox & Squirrels
By: Jenn Reese
4.09
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
After an incident shatters their family, eleven-year old Samantha and her older sister Caitlin are … read more
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- family
- realistic fiction
- fiction
- audiobook
21. Gather
By: Kenneth M. Cadow
4.43
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
22. 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
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- coming of age
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
23. 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- 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
24. 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
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
25. Throwback
By: Maurene Goo
4.11
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American … read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
26. We're Not from Here
By: Geoff Rodkey
4.03
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Imagine being forced to move to a new planet where YOU are the alien! From the creator of the Tappe… read more
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- fiction
- audiobook
27. Vampires, Hearts, & Other Dead Things
By: Margie Fuston
3.57
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this “equal parts heartbreaking and joyful” (School Library Journal) debut YA novel that’s The C… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
28. The Blood Years
By: Elana K. Arnold
4.32
Format: 390 pages, Hardcover
The harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke T… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
29. How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love with the Universe
By: Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
4.25
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
A romance starring a Mexican American teen who discovers love and profound truths about the univers… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
30. Where I Belong
By: Marcia Argueta Mickelson
4.03
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
In the spring of 2018, Guatemalan-American high school senior Milagros “Millie” Vargas knows her li… read more
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- high school
- coming of age
- politics
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- audiobook
31. Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman
By: Kristen R. Lee
3.66
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A striking debut novel about racism on elite college campuses. Fans of Dear White People will embra… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
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- contemporary
- audiobook
