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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieLeaving the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school, Junior struggles to find his place in his new surroundings in order to escape his destiny back on the reservation.
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Akata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforTwelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer.
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All American Boys by Jason ReynoldsWhen sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
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American Street by Ibi ZoboiSeparated from her detained mother after moving from Haiti to America, Fabiola struggles to navigate the home of her loud cousins and a new school on Detroit's gritty west side, where a surprising romance and a dangerous proposition challenge her ideas about freedom.
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The Art of Being Normal by Lisa WilliamsonOutsider David Piper forms an unlikely friendship with Leo Denton who, from the first day at his new school wants only to be invisible, but when David's secret desire to be a girl gets out, things get very messy for both of them.
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Boy Meets Boy by David LevithanWhen Paul falls hard for Noah, he thinks he has found his one true love, but when things take a turn for the worse and Noah walks out of his life, Paul has to find a way to get him back and make everything right once more, in a tale about the up, downs, and dramas of teen relationships.
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Bronx Masquerade by Nikki GrimesAfter Wesley reads an intimate poem to his high school English class, other students envy this power of self-reflection and start writing their own poetry, causing deep secrets, fears, and feelings to be revealed and fatades to vanish.
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Burn Baby Burn by Meg MedinaDuring the summer of 1977 when New York City is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam, seventeen-year-old Nora must also face her family's financial woes, her father's absence, and her brother's growing violence.
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Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-FattahYear eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style.
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Dreamland Burning by Jennifer LathamAlternating chapters explore how race relations have changed in the past century, as Rowan Chase investigates a murder committed during the Tulsa race riot in 1921.
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Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanEsperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
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The Great American Whatever by Tim FederleStruggling to move forward with his own life after his sister's death, sixteen-year-old Quinn, an aspiring screenwriter, attends his first college party, where he falls in love with a young man who inspires his healing.
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The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasSixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. Itcould also endanger her life.
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How To Love: A Novel by Katie CotugnoA tumultuous love affair between Reena, a long-enamored girl, and Sawyer, a boy caught up in overwhelming emotions, ends when Sawyer abruptly abandons their Florida town, causing Reena to bear their child alone and struggle with mistrust when Sawyer returns three years later.
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If I Was Your Girl by Meredith RussoA newcomer to a Tennessee community hides the secret about her gender reassignment that forces her to keep potential new friends at arm's length before meeting easygoing Grant, who captures her heart and who she fears will not accept the complicated realities of her life.
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If You Could Be Mine: A Novel by Sara FarizanIn Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death, seventeen-year-olds Sahar and Nasrin love each other in secret until Nasrin's parents announce their daughter's arranged marriage and Sahar proposes a drastic solution.
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Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida CórdovaAlex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back.
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Like No Other by Una LaMarcheLiving on opposite sides of their Brooklyn neighborhood, strict Hasidic Devorah and fun-loving nerd Jaxon forge an unexpected connection when they become trapped in an elevator during a hurricane, after which they pursue a secret romance.
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The Lines We Cross by Randa Abdel-FattahMichael and his parents lead an anti-immigrant political party, but when Mina, an Afghan refugee who happens to be beautiful, funny, and smart transfers to his school, Michael has to choose what kind of world they want to live in.
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Marcelo In the Real World by Francisco X. StorkMarcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
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Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope PérezLoosely based on a school explosion that took place in Texas in 1937, tells the story of two teenagers--Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black--and their dealings with race, segregation, love, and the forces that destroy people.
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Outrun the Moon by Stacey LeeGaining admittance into an elite school usually limited to white girls, 15-year-old Mercy Wong, who strives to escape from her disadvantaged life through education, endures harsh conditions in a park encampment when the 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroys her home and school.
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Ramona Blue by Julie MurphyStruggling with family problems and still living in a FEMA trailer years after Hurricane Katrina, lesbian teenager Ramona welcomes the return of her childhood friend Freddie but her shifting feelings for him cause her to question her sexual identity.
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The Reader by Traci CheeAfter her father is murdered and her aunt Nin is kidnapped, Sefia uses a book, an item unheard of in her illiterate society, to find her aunt Nin and discover what really happened the night her father was killed.
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Shadowshaper by Daniel José OlderWhen her summer plans are interrupted by creepy supernatural phenomena, Sierra and her artist friend uncover the work of a magic-wielding killer who believes Sierra's family is hiding a powerful secret. A first young adult novel.
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A Step From Heaven by Na AnA young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.
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The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola YoonA scientifically minded girl who avoids relationships to help keep her family from being deported and a dutiful student who endeavors to live up to his parents' high expectations unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. By the best-selling author of Everything, Everything.
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That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba KarimFeeling alienated from her brave best friend when the latter abruptly starts wearing a Muslim headscarf, a Pakistani-American teen living in suburban New Jersey takes a summer job while falling in love with a friend in ways that remind her of the rose and nightingale of classic Urdu poetry.
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This Side of Home by Renée WatsonTwins Nikki and Maya Younger always agreed on most things, but as they head into their senior year they react differently to the gentrification of their Portland, Oregon, neighborhood and the new--white--family that moves in after their best friend and her mother are evicted.
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Tiny Pretty Things by Sona CharaipotraThree top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet academy compete for the status of prima ballerina, with each willing to sacrifice, manipulate, and backstab to be the best of the best.
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Under a Painted Sky by Stacey LeeIn 1845 Missouri, Sammy, a Chinese girl, and Annamae, a runaway slave girl, disguise themselves as boys and travel on the Oregon Trail to California, facing countless dangers together and forging an unforgettable bond of friendship.
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Want by Cindy PonJason Zhou is trying to survive in Taipei, a city plagued by pollution and viruses, but when he discovers the elite are using their wealth to evade the deadly effects, he knows he must do whatever is necessary to fight the corruption and save his city.
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When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya MenonWhen Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him.
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X: A Novel by Ilyasah ShabazzCo-written by the best-selling author of Malcolm Little and daughter of Malcolm X, a novel based her father's formative years describes his father's murder, his mother's imprisonment and his challenging effort to pursue an education in law.
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Zeroboxer by Fonda LeeAn up-and-coming weightless combat athlete prepares for the Zero Gravity Fighting Association championship while partnering with a beautiful Martian marketing strategist who renders him an Earth celebrity before he stumbles into a criminal plot.
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Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip M. HoosePresents the life of the Alabama teenager who played an integral role in the Montgomery bus strike, once by refusing to give up a bus seat, and again, by becoming a plaintiff in the landmark civil rights case against the bus company.
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve SheinkinThe Newbery Award-winning and National Book Award finalist author of Bomb presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.
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All Better Now: Memoir by Emily Wing SmithA memoir by a girl whose childhood struggles as a result of a brain tumor that was only discovered after a near-fatal car accident describes her behavioral challenges before and after the accident and how she has learned to manage her disabilities through writing.
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Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx by Sonia ManzanoA coming-of-age memoir by the Emmy award-winning actress and writer offers a look into the daily lives of a loving, but troubled, Latino family and a girl kept afloat amid the turbulence of her life and times by the dream of becoming an actress.
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Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender Teen) by Jazz JenningsThe author reccounts how her public experiences have influenced her attitude towards the transgender community, as she works to educate others about transgenderism while navigating the challenges of being a teenager.
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How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra UwiringiyimanaThe author shares the story of her survival during the Gatumba massacre, despite losing her mother and sister, and how after moving to America she found healing through art and activism.
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Laughing At My Nightmare by Shane BurcawA twenty-one-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy describes the challenges he faces in completing everyday tasks and shares stories about growing up and living with this rare neuromuscular disease.
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Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor's Story by Caren Barzelay StelsonTells the story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki through the eyes of Sachiko Yasui, who was six when the devastation was wrought, describing her experiences in the aftermath of the attack as well as her long journey to find peace.
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Gay rights by Ann BausumPresents a history of gay tolerance that traces the progression of civil rights for gay citizens and identifies the prejudices and misconceptions that have criminalized homosexual relationships..... |
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American Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangIn an action-packed modern fable about the problems young Chinese Americans face when trying to participate in American popular culture, the lives of three apparently unrelated characters--Jin Wang, Monkey King, and Chin-Kee--come together with an unexpected twist.
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Honor Girl by Maggie ThrashWhen Maggie falls in love with another girl at Camp Bellflower, an all-girl summer camp in Appalachia, her savant-like expertise at the camp's rifle range is what keeps her going through a summer of heartbreak and self-discovery.
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Nimona by Noelle StevensonA graphic novel debut based on the author's critically acclaimed Web comic follows a nefarious plot by an impulsive young shapeshifter and a vengeful villain who want to defame their kingdom's Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics.
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