Dark Testament: Blackout Poems
By: Crystal Simone Smith
4.35
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
In this extraordinary collection, the award-winning poet Crystal Simone Smith gives voice to the mo…
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1. Only This Beautiful Moment
By: Abdi Nazemian
4.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three genera… read more
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- young adult
2. Hungry Ghost
By: Victoria Ying
4.01
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more
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- young adult
3. The Talk
By: Darrin Bell
4.65
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn’t have a realistic water gun. She … read more
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- race
4. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam
By: Thien Pham
4.29
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more
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5. Homebody
By: Theo Parish
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
In their comics debut, Theo Parish masterfully weaves an intimate and defiantly hopeful memoir abou… read more
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- young adult
"Being openly queer can feel intimidating. But every day just by being yourself you inspire the people around you. You don't have to be an influencer to influence!"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to ca…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Living authentically in a world that takes every opportunity to squeeze you uncomfortably into a box of someone else's design...that is the most radical act of self love. Blossoming in an environment…"-Theo Parish, Homebody
"Words are important. They allow us to communicate how we think and feel. Words help us to understand and to be understood. So, finally grasping the language you've been reaching for, to explain this …"-Theo Parish, Homebody
6. Northranger
By: Rey Terciero
4.06
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
In this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old … read more
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- young adult
"You weren't wrong about me being a killer. But the only person I've ever tried to kill is myself."-Rey Terciero, Northranger
7. The Blackwoods
By: Brandy Colbert
3.79
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From Boston Globe/Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert comes the story of four generations… read more
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- young adult
8. 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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- young adult
9. 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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- poetry
- young adult
10. 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
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- young adult
11. Where You See Yourself
By: Claire Forrest
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more
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- young adult
12. 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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- poetry
- young adult
13. 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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- race
- social justice
14. 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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- poetry
- young adult
15. Brooms
By: Jasmine Walls
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
YALSA TOP 10 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS BEST OF THE Booklist · Kirkus · Polygon · Chicago Publ… read more
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- young adult
16. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
By: Amanda Jones
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more
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17. 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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- poetry
- young adult
"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
18. Give Me a Sign
By: Anna Sortino
4.11
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more
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- young adult
19. The Chaperone
By: M. Hendrix
3.75
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Like every young woman in New America, Stella knows the rules: Deflect attention. Abstain from… read more
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- young adult
20. This Book Won't Burn
By: Samira Ahmed
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more
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- social justice
- young adult
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn
21. Stay Dead
By: April Henry
3.86
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author April Henry delivers a thrilling murder mystery featuring a teen… read more
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- young adult
22. The Atlas of Us
By: Kristin Dwyer
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on… read more
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- young adult
23. The Breakup Lists
By: Adib Khorram
3.92
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Love is more complicated than “boy meets boy” in bestselling author Adib Khorram’s sharply funny ne… read more
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- young adult
24. America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History
By: Ariel Aberg-Riger
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Red… read more
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- social justice
25. Looking for Smoke
By: K.A. Cobell
4.27
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Since moving to the Blackfeet Reservation with her parents, Mara Racette has felt like an outsider,… read more
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- young adult
26. The Calculation of You and Me
By: Serena Kaylor
4.00
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A calculus nerd enlists her surly classmate’s help to win back her ex-boyfriend, but when sparks st… read more
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- young adult
27. Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali
By: Marc Bernardin
3.97
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” Muhammad Ali, one of the most revered―and controversial… read more
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28. Dark Testament: Blackout Poems
By: Crystal Simone Smith
4.35
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
In this extraordinary collection, the award-winning poet Crystal Simone Smith gives voice to the mo… read more
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- poetry
- race
- social justice
- young adult
29. Dispatches from Parts Unknown
By: Bryan Bliss
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Julie knows it’s unusual that a professional wrestler runs a constant commentary on her life that o… read more
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- young adult
30. Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...
By: Jason Reynolds
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Jason Reynolds has done it again!...Fresh from start to finish…This is what it could be, should be… read more
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- young adult
31. Libertad
By: Bessie Flores Zaldivar
4.67
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A queer YA coming-of-age set during the rigged Honduran presidential election, about a young poet d… read more
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