The Bitter Side of Sweet
By: Tara Sullivan
3.82
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern-day Ivory Coast Fifteen-year-old Amadou coun…
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1. The First Rule of Punk
By: Celia C. Pérez
4.08
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From debut author and longtime zine-maker Celia C. Perez, The First Rule of Punk is a wry and heart… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"I like to think of us as more like patchwork quilts... Some pieces are prettier than others. Some pieces match and some don't. But if you remove a square, you're just left with an incomplete quilt, a…"-Celia C. Pérez, The First Rule of Punk
2. Diamond Boy
By: Michael Williams
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A high-stakes, harrowing adventure set in the diamond fields of Southern Africa, from the criticall… read more
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- africa
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
3. Paper Things
By: Jennifer Richard Jacobson
3.10
Format: 271 pages, Hardcover
When forced to choose between staying with her guardian and being with her big brother, Ari chose h… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
4. House Arrest
By: K.A. Holt
3.81
Format: 4 pages, Hardcover
Stealing is bad. Yeah. I know. But my brother Levi is always so sick, and his medicine is always so… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
5. The Bitter Side of Sweet
By: Tara Sullivan
3.82
Format: 254 pages, Hardcover
Two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern-day Ivory Coast Fifteen-year-old Amadou coun… read more
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- africa
- survival
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
6. The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
4.49
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaime… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- historical fiction
"I don't want to just survive"-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"This book made me love reading."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"Saying something stupid doesn't make you stupid," Susan said. " Luckily for all of us."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
"We'd escaped. Mam, Hitlers bombs, my one-room prison. Everything. Crazy or not, I was free."-Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)
7. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
By: Dusti Bowling
3.27
Format: None pages, Hardcover
*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more
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8. Deathwatch
By: Robb White
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Madec was not the kind of man Ben would ordinarily have chosen as a companion for a quiet hunting t… read more
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9. Airman
By: Eoin Colfer
3.33
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor … read more
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10. The Shape of Thunder
By: Jasmine Warga
4.17
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other,… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"I just want to be okay. I don't want to feel okay. I want to be okay."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"The more things you know, the less likely you are to be taken by surprise."-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
"Whenever I get a bad grade, I always try to explain to Mom that I did read the book. And just because I can't remember what color shirt the character was wearing in page six doesn't mean that I didn'…"-Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder
11. City Spies (City Spies #1)
By: James Ponti
4.31
Format: 378 pages, Hardcover
Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)
12. When Stars Are Scattered
By: Victoria Jamieson
4.62
Format: None pages, Audio CD
Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more
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- realistic fiction
"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered
13. Black Brother, Black Brother
By: Jewell Parker Rhodes
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning and bestselling author, Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age stor… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
14. Starfish
By: Lisa Fipps
4.46
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."-Lisa Fipps, Starfish
15. Healer of the Water Monster
By: Brian Young
4.23
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, h… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
16. A Night Divided
By: Jennifer A. Nielsen
4.34
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
With the rise of the Berlin Wall, twelve-year-old Gerta finds her family suddenly divided. She, her… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- historical fiction
"Truly, it is in the darkness that one finds the light"-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"If I don't stand for freedom, then I must sit in chains."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"If I cannot speak what I think, then it's a crime just to be me."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
"Courage isn't knowing you can do something; it's only being willing to try . . ."-Jennifer A. Nielsen, A Night Divided
17. To Night Owl from Dogfish
By: Holly Goldberg Sloan
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Avery Bloom, who's bookish, intense, and afraid of many things, particularly deep water, lives in N… read more
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- fiction
- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
"Here's what we have seen: The way one story ends but then starts up again. The way families are made from people who want to be together more than they want to be apart. The way no one can tell you w…"-Holly Goldberg Sloan, To Night Owl from Dogfish
18. Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions: A Novel in Interlocking Stories
By: Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi
3.99
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
6 hrs. 10 min. Nigerian author Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi makes her American debut with this dazzling… read more
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- contemporary
- africa
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. One for Sorrow, Two for Joy
By: Marie-Claire Amuah
4.06
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
*Winner of the Diverse Book Award 2023* 'I loved this book so much! Intense and beautiful and heart… read more
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- africa
- fiction
- contemporary
20. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
21. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish
By: Pablo Cartaya
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Marcus Vega is six feet tall, 180 pounds, and the owner of a premature mustache. When you look like… read more
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- realistic fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
