All That It Ever Meant
By: Blessing Musariri
3.90
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Family, grief, ghosts, and a mystery: this clever and compelling young adult novel heralds a master…
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1. The Luis Ortega Survival Club
By: Sonora Reyes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
2. One Love
By: Matt Cain
3.76
Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition
Two men. Twenty years of friendship. One love. 2002. Danny arrives at Manchester University dete… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
3. In Limbo
By: Deb J.J. Lee
4.18
Format: 348 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl's coming-of-age story—and a coming home stor… read more
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- contemporary
4. The Eternal Return of Clara Hart
By: Louise Finch
3.86
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Spence and Anthony have been friends for years, but it’s only when he witnesses a classmate die in … read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
- contemporary
5. The Space Between Here & Now
By: Sarah Suk
4.09
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Perfect for fans of They Both Die at the End and You've Reached Sam, this gripping, atmospheric YA … read more
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- magical realism
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- fantasy
6. Different for Boys
By: Patrick Ness
3.82
Format: 104 pages, Hardcover
Friendship, masculinity, sex—Anthony Stevenson has a lot of questions. Is it different for boys who… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"We can't kiss. Because that would make us gay."-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
"Because nothing I did with Charlie ever once felt like that kiss with Jack."-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
"You know, the way teenage guys talk about sex, you'd think all of us were having it all the time, nonstop."-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
"Although doesn't really matter how many time you do it: you think it's going to make your life less lonely, but it never does."-Patrick Ness, Different for Boys
7. 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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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
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
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
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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10. Invisible Son
By: Kim Johnson
4.20
Format: 416 pages, Library Binding
From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- family
- contemporary
11. Across So Many Seas
By: Ruth Behar
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Spanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award winner Ruth Behar's epic novel tells the stories of four… read more
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- family
- fiction
12. 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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- fiction
- family
- realistic fiction
- young adult
13. Northern Soul
By: Phil Earle
4.10
Format: 102 pages, Kindle Edition
From award-winning author Phil Earle comes the hilariously agonising account of one teenage boy’s d… read more
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- young adult
14. You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
By: Ada Limon
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
Published association with the Library of Congress and edited by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate o… read more
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15. Where Sleeping Girls Lie
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.05
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In Where Sleeping Girls Lie ― a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Time… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
16. 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary
By: Don Brown
3.98
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A young adult graphic novel that captures the complexities of the war in Ukraine, focusing on the s… read more
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"When...there are explosions, you understand that your life is simply...not worth anything."-Don Brown, 83 Days in Mariupol: A War Diary
17. 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
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- 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)
18. Something More
By: Jackie Khalilieh
4.06
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A contemporary teen romance novel featuring a Palestinian-Canadian girl trying to hide her autism d… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"No matter how far I've come and no matter how hard I try, beneath the mask will always be a girl who's afraid of being left behind."-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More
"Maybe if people can get past the things that make me different on the outside, then they might try to get to know the real me. And maybe I’ll let them."-Jackie Khalilieh, Something More
19. Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Cross My Heart, #1)
By: Nora Dåsnes
4.34
Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition
In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva's questions about becoming a … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
20. The Djinn's Apple
By: Djamila Morani
3.77
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
Historical fiction meets crime fiction in The Djinn's Apple , an award-winning YA murder mystery se… read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
21. 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Café
By: Julian Sedgwick
4.10
Format: 391 pages, Paperback
Abducted by spirits from his village, lost boy Akira must make the long journey in north Japan to f… read more
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- fantasy
- young adult
22. Continental Drifter
By: Kathy MacLeod
4.15
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A graphic memoir from debut author Kathy Macleod. With a Thai mother and an American father, Kat… read more
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- cultural
- family
23. Four Eids and a Funeral
By: Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
3.71
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Ex-best friends, Tiwa and Said, must work together to save their Islamic Center from demolition, in… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
24. Silent Sister
By: Megan Davidhizar
3.91
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The must-read suspense novel of the summer about a mysterious sister's disappearance, her biggest b… read more
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- family
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
25. The Fights That Make Us
By: Sarah Hagger-Holt
4.51
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
An unputdownable read about LGBTQ+ history and standing up for what you believe in, from award-winn… read more
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26. Breathing Underwater
By: Abbey Nash
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this slice-of-life, sensitively written novel, a teen girl grapples with a sudden epilepsy diagn… read more
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- family
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
27. Some Like It Cold
By: Elle McNicoll
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A big-hearted small-town romance from bestselling, award-winning author Elle McNicoll, Some Like it… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
28. For Such a Time as This
By: Shani Akilah
4.12
Format: 160 pages, Kindle Edition
Gabby and Daniel cross paths at the wedding of a mutual friend. They both wonder if this could be t… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
29. All That It Ever Meant
By: Blessing Musariri
3.90
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Family, grief, ghosts, and a mystery: this clever and compelling young adult novel heralds a master… read more
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- cultural
- africa
- magical realism
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- zimbabwe
- fiction
- contemporary
- family
- fantasy
30. The Things We Leave Behind
By: Clare Furniss
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
How I Live Now meets Exodus – a startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of the … read more
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- young adult
31. Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull
By: Martin Howard
4.28
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
Super funny, super spooky MG for budding horror fans about a talkative skull and a necromancer-in-t… read more
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- fantasy
"The whole experience is disappointing,"-Martin Howard, Mallory Vayle and the Curse of Maggoty Skull
