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Coming of Age: Growing Up is Hard
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Curvaceous sixteen-year-old Xiomara Batista discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her fiercely religious mother's view of women, as well as her relationship to a world dominated by rape-culture.
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The everything I have lost
by Sylvia Aguilar Zeleny
Beginning at age twelve, Julia keeps a diary of her life in Juarez, Mexico, where life is always dangerous, until she joins her aunt and grandmother in El Paso, Texas, and faces new challenges.
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Black girl unlimited : the remarkable story of a teenage wizard
by Echo Brown
A largely autobiographical story infused with magical realism follows the transcendent coming-of-age of a teen from the East Side who transitions from the world of her home to that of a privileged West Side school while navigating an ominous veil of depression.
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The perks of being a wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
In a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel, Charlie struggles to cope with complex world of high school as he deals with the confusions of sex and love, the temptations of drugs, and the pain of losing a close friend and a favorite aunt.
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Panic
by Sasha Dawn
When aspiring performer Madelaine finds a poem that helps her finish a song she is writing, she decides to find the author in hopes of starting a collaboration.
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Not so pure and simple
by L. R. Giles
A first contemporary young adult novel by the two-time Edgar Award finalist and author of Fake ID finds a young man’s efforts to win the heart of a longtime crush complicated by their church’s Purity Pledge.
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What I want you to see
by Catherine Linka
Winning a prestigious scholarship at the end of a painful senior year marked by the loss of her mother, a visual arts student struggles under her teacher’s inscrutable criticism before she is inspired to secretly paint her own version of his masterpiece.
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What I carry
by Jennifer Longo
Entering her final year before being released from the foster-care system, a teen who has avoided emotional attachments forges unexpected bonds with three classmates, including a boy who changes her perspectives on everything. By the author of Six Feet Over It.
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What makes us
by Rafi Mittlefehldt
A high school senior deeply interested in social justice and equality organizes a peaceful protest against discriminatory police practices before a viral video links him to the alleged terrorist activities of his long-absent father. By the author of It Looks Like This.
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Who put this song on?
by Morgan Parker
17-year-old Morgan is a black teen triumphantly figuring out her identity when her conservative town deems depression as a lack of faith, and blackness as something to be politely ignored.
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It's my life
by Stacie Ramey
While facing disturbing revelations about the cause of her disability, a high school junior with cerebral palsy is on the verge of giving up on herself until she learns that her childhood crush has moved back into town.
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Crying laughing
by Lance Rubin
Fearing her comedic ambitions are beyond her reach after a disastrous stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie is invited to join her school’s improv troupe before her efforts are shaped by epically bad dates, frustrating performances and a parent’s failing health.
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