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Coming of Age Stories 2024 |
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Rules for camouflage
by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
When a bully targets the Lair—a safe haven for kids whose brains need some time away—neurodivergent teen Evvie must figure out how to find her place in the world while remaining true to herself after a shocking act of violence occurs at the school. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Return to sender
by Lauren Draper
"Brodie McKellon didn't leave town in handcuffs; not exactly. But all the same, in only one night, she lost her best friends and her home. And that same night, the town of Warwick lost the Adder Stone, a supposedly magical ring of local legend. The events, Brodie maintains, were not related. Four years later, Brodie's returned to Warwick to identify the real thief and get back everything she lost. She can clear her name, win back her friends Elliott and Levi, and save Gran's house from the bank. But as Brodie starts investigating, she gets pulled into a different mystery, of three friends and their ''dead letters''--mail that's been lost over the years. And soon she finds that there are times when the things you find aren't the things you even knew you had lost. A house becomes a home. Some friends become family. And other friends, well, they might become something more. As long as Brodie can be brave enough to find herself''
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No going back
by Patrick Flores-Scott
"After being released from a youth detention center where he served time for a crime he didn't directly commit, 17-year-old Antonio Sullivan is driven by a deep need to make amends to those he hurt most, even if it means breaking the terms of his probation. Simultaneous eBook."
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The redemption of Daya Keane
by Gia Gordon
"When she discovers her longtime crush, Beckett, is the apparent poster girl for Grace Redeemer, the popular megachurch in town, Daya, who never expected to fall this hard for someone, must decide who she's willing to become to be with her. Simultaneous eBook."
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Not about a boy
by Myah Hollis
Placed with a new foster family among Manhattan's elite—her last chance at adoption before she ages out of the system—17-year-old Mel must navigate through grief and depression as the anniversary of the worst day of her life approaches, before she loses herself and those she loves. Simultaneous eBook.
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Eighteen roses
by Shannon C. F. Rogers
Lucia Cruz is forced to cobble together a debutante court of eighteen friends—when she barely has one—in this funny and touching YA novel about family, community and how far we'll go to protect ourselves from the world. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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I'm from here too
by Kashmira Sheth
With his beloved grandfather in India nearing death, Indian American Sikh boy Anoop hopes the tenets of his faith—equality, justice, service, honesty—will help him navigate this difficult time. Simultaneous eBook.
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Our bodies electric
by Zackary Vernon
"Tormented by his religious family and the broader conservative community of Pawleys Island, South Carolina, fourteen-year-old Josh struggles with the pressure to conform to their puritanical standards. As he embarks upon his high school years, Josh meets a supportive cast of eccentric small-town characters, falls in love with his classmate, becomes obsessed with David Bowie...But it's when a sympathetic neighbor gives him a copy of Walt Whitman's 'Song of Myself' that he begins to understand his own sexuality"
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