Light It Up
By: Kekla Magoon
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Kekla Magoon's Light It Up is a powerful, l…
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1. Page by Paige
By: Laura Lee Gulledge
4.50
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Everyone sees a quiet redhead who draws things. But when I close my eyes, I'm laughing and screamin… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- teen
- young adult
2. The Treatment (The Program, #2)
By: Suzanne Young
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Kindle Edition
This is an alternate Cover Edition for . Can Sloane and James survive the lies and secrets surroun… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
3. The Program (The Program, #1)
By: Suzanne Young
4.13
Format: 277 pages, Hardcover
In Sloane's world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution … read more
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- fiction
- young adult
4. What Happens Now
By: Jennifer Castle
3.62
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
"I know what it is to want something so badly, you feel like your cells aren't properly bonded toge… read more
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5. Rules for Being a Girl
By: Candace Bushnell
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
It starts before you can even remember: You learn the rules for being a girl. . . . Marin has al… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Remember, girl: It's the best time in the history of the world to be you. You can do anything! You can do everything! You can be whatever you want to be! Just as long as you follow the rules."-Candace Bushnell, Rules for Being a Girl
"It starts before you can remember: you learn, as surely as you learn to walk and talk, the rules for being a girl... Put a little color on your face. Shave your legs. Don’t wear too much makeup. Don’…"-Candace Bushnell, Rules for Being a Girl
6. Dearborn
By: Ghassan Zeineddine
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and comp… read more
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- audiobook
- race
- fiction
- contemporary
7. Stay Gold
By: Tobly McSmith
3.84
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who’s g… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"When you’re seen as different, it’s best to go with the flow, pick your battles, and plan the right times to push back."-Tobly McSmith, Stay Gold
8. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
By: Roxane Gay
4.43
Format: 368 pages, ebook
Cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay has edited a collection of essays that explore wh… read more
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- social justice
- audiobook
"Angry women care. Angry women speak and yell and sob their truths."-Roxane Gay, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
"I am a real survivor because I survived, even if some days it feels like I didn't survive at all."-Roxane Gay, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
"Anger is the privilege of the truly broken, and yet, I've never met a woman who was broken enough that she allowed herself to be angry."-Roxane Gay, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
"It is more like carrying something really heavy, forever. You do not get to put it down: you have to carry it, and so you carry it the way you need to, however it fits best."-Roxane Gay, Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture
9. Meet Cute Diary
By: Emery Lee
3.25
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transge… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
10. Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)
By: Nic Stone
4.40
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In the stunning and hard-hitting sequel to the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin, incarcerated … read more
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- race
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"Resist when the world tries to convince you otherwise."-Nic Stone, Dear Justyce (Dear Martin, #2)
11. Room to Dream (Front Desk, #3)
By: Kelly Yang
4.38
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang is back with another heartwarming and inspiring story … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
12. On the Come Up
By: Angie Thomas
4.27
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780062498564 can be found here. Sixteen-year-old Bri wants … read more
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- race
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"All right now, y’all,"-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"That’s what we call our goal, the come up."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"I'll always be my dad’s daughter if nothing else."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
"Done up. The good news? A lot rhymes with “done up."-Angie Thomas, On the Come Up
13. Didn't See That Coming
By: Jesse Q. Sutanto
3.66
Format: 320 pages, ebook
A hilariously fresh and romantic send-up to You’ve Got Mail about a gamer girl with a secret identi… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
14. The Cost of Knowing
By: Brittney Morris
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A novel about a Black teen who has the power to see into the future, whose life turns upside down w… read more
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- race
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. You Are Here: Connecting Flights
By: Ellen Oh
4.26
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more
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- audiobook
- realistic fiction
- fiction
- contemporary
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights
16. 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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- race
- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
17. I Have Lost My Way
By: Gayle Forman
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A powerful display of empathy and friendship from the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of If I … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"They can't explain it. But that doesn't make it any less real."-Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way
"To be the holder of other people's loss is to be the keeper of their love. To share your loss with people is another way of giving your love."-Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way
"They may be complete strangers, with different lives and different problems, but there in that examination room they are measuring sadness the same way. They are measuring it in loss."-Gayle Forman, I Have Lost My Way
18. Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling
By: Elise Bryant
4.00
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. S… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
19. Kate in Waiting
By: Becky Albertalli
3.81
Format: 387 pages, Hardcover
Contrary to popular belief, best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker are not codependent. Car… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"It's weird how much you have to hold back when you're secretly in love with someone. But then again, the whole point of love is getting close enough that you no longer have to hold back all the...gro…"-Becky Albertalli, Kate in Waiting
20. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
21. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
By: Jennifer De Leon
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-wh… read more
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- race
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
22. Black Girls Must Have It All (Black Girls Must Die Exhausted, #3)
By: Jayne Allen
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this final installment in the acclaimed Black Girls Must Die Exhausted trilogy, Tabitha is jugg… read more
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- audiobook
- african american
- fiction
- contemporary
23. Let Me Hear a Rhyme
By: Tiffany D. Jackson
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
In this standalone novel, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to tu… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"I mean, maybe it wasn't so crazy after all. Maybe just thinking outside the box is how you get further than you ever could dream of."-Tiffany D. Jackson, Let Me Hear a Rhyme
24. The Arsonists' City
By: Hala Alyan
4.31
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A rich family story, a personal look at the legacy of war in the Middle East, and an indelible rend… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
25. 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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- race
- 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
26. Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
By: Ibi Zoboi
4.13
Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition
Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestsell… read more
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- race
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
"Being in a shadow is never just as simple as stepping out of it. Shadows can camouflage a lot of things."-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
"Your grandma used to always tell me that just because something is over doesn't mean it wasn't successful. All things end at some point."-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
"I dreamed of going to the most remote places on this earth to dig for old bones, older than people. Before humans and their stupid ideas. Before hate. Maybe even before love, too. Dinosaurs just exis…"-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
"Because it is the hardness of the floor, and the abrupt halt in momentum, and the unyielding nature of the surface, that causes a thing to crack. Even if it is not that thing's fault. And then we tal…"-Ibi Zoboi, Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America
27. Jackpot
By: Nic Stone
3.99
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Dear Martin-comes a pitch-perfect romance that exa… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
28. One of the Good Ones
By: Maika Moulite
4.13
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The Hate U Give meets Get Out in this honest and powerful exploration of prejudice in the stunning … read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
29. 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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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
30. A Family of Killers
By: Bryce Moore
3.52
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
From the author of The Perfect Place to Die and Don't Go to Sleep comes another chilling horror tha… read more
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- young adult
- audiobook
31. Light It Up
By: Kekla Magoon
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Kekla Magoon's Light It Up is a powerful, l… read more
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- teen
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- death
- social justice
- fiction
- contemporary
- african american
- audiobook
