Coming of Age - Teens Ficton

A 13-year-old girl growing up in Mexico is visited by her 30-year-old future self in this powerful YA novel in verse about handling depression.Out of nowhere, a lady comes up to Anamaria and says she's her, from the future. But Anamaria's thirteen, she knows...

She's got a dream school, a nightmare budget, and she's headed for a doozy of a rude awakening.Olivia's goal is within reach. She's been accepted to her dream school, Vanderbilt University, alma mater of famed comic illustrator Paige O'Donnell. Despite gaining multiple scholarships and...

Things can't go wrong if you have a plan, right? Ellessy Porter has everything planned out for her and her best friend, Lilah. Go to college, focus on school, don't fall in love, graduate, get jobs, and then start on their "happily ever afters"....

Fred is a strange child. For a start, she has ten fathers - and she's a soldier. Discovered as a baby in the midst of one of the bloodiest battles of the Napoleonic Wars, Fred is adopted by a regiment. Her life resembles a...

A skateboarding vampire falls for a human artist as they combine their talents to create a skating brand in this lightly paranormal coming-of-age young adult graphic novel romance for fans of Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and The Girl from the Sea. Pepper Mint might...

This book is part of a series, blurb may contain spoilers.Learning I'm a powerful witch wasn't the only thing I'd uncover at Harper Shadow Academy...I'm cursed, too. I thought I'd get a fresh start at a new school, but once my powers are unleashed,...

Sixteen-year-old Samantha Carter just wants to fit in. But in a world obsessed with appearances, her weight becomes the target of relentless bullying. Desperate to escape the torment, Samantha embarks on a dangerous quest for the "perfect body," only to discover that each transformation...

In a world that moves too fast to remember, Claire is one of the last to hold on. She grew up in the golden age of the internet-when social media was new, websites had personality, and digital memories felt permanent. But as time marches...

From USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author Emma Scott comes an all-new emotional, angsty coming-of-age love story. After meeting at ten, a lonely genius and a kind-hearted girl promised to stay in touch. But Xander's letters never reached Emery, leaving them both...

"One of the worst things you can do is stay in your comfort zone."Fifteen-year-old Natalie Ryba reluctantly moves from the Illinois suburbs to Rapid City, South Dakota, when her mom accepts a new job in the Black Hills. More than anything, Natalie wants to...

Winner of the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize"Close to perfect, beautifully limpid, but also with great power and that elusive quality of strangeness" Carnegie Medal Winner - Anthony McGowanThrough the eyes of her protagonist, Hazel Hawthorne, Faith Shearin shows us how one family can endure...

Two Muslim teens in Texas fight for access to abortion while one harbors a painful secret in this near-future speculative novel "with sparkling humor and warmth" (Booklist, starred review) that's perfect for fans of Unpregnant. In a not-too-distant America, abortions are prosecuted and the...

From James Beard Award-winning author Michael Ruhlman, a coming-of-age story about finding a new life and love in the kitchen...and trying not to get burned along the way. Out now in paperback! When high school football star Theo Claverback breaks his leg just weeks...

Thistle for Girls by Amy Walton is a captivating children's novel that focuses on the experiences of young girls, set in the Victorian era. Through a blend of adventure, friendship, and moral lessons, the story explores themes of personal growth, family dynamics, and resilience....

A SUMMER IN ARUBA, ON THE BEACH, IN THE SUN-WHAT ELSE COULD A GIRL WANT?SUMMER ROMANCE, OF COURSE!Imagine spending your entire summer vacation on the beautiful island of Aruba. Who could ask for anything more? Well, for Morgan Callahan, spending her entire summer in...

A YA verse novel about first love and friendship, lost and found. Daisy can feel like a solo act at home. On the outside of her twin brothers' intense relationship, she leans towards her parents, particularly her father, for support. As a passionate classical...

After a bad breakup, Rasheed is determined to spend his last year of high school focused on his course work and to finish it with as little drama as possible. But when disaster strikes and his grandma ends up in the hospital, the threads...

The headwaters of the Cahaba River are neither wide nor fierce. So it's almost unimaginable to think that the police found Billy's friend there, lifeless below their waters.The first fifteen years of Billy's life have been spent in commune with the Cahaba, tracing its...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and the adult bestseller In the Unlikely Event comes a tale of family, friendship, and pre-teen life like only JUDY BLUME can deliver. The companion to Just As Long...

This coming-of-age classic from "one of the nation's foremost Chicano literary artists" follows a young boy as he questions his faith and beliefs after a curandera woman introduces herbs and magic into his life (Denver Post) . .Antonio Marez is six years old when...

Set sail on an unforgettable adventure filled with mystery, danger, and the high seas! Perfect for fans of Percy Jackson and Treasure Island, this thrilling tale combines swashbuckling action with a chilling whodunit twist.BARNABY STUMP never wanted much-just a quiet life with his grandma...

After spending the year suffering as a reality TV villain IRL, Alec Braud will do anything to get his redemption arc. Alec Braud may have won his season of the hit teen reality TV show Campfire Wars, but he's lost the war of public...

One of Le Guin's most beloved teen novels--a realistic coming-of-age story--is at last back in print.Author: Ursula K. Le GuinISBN-10: 0152052089ISBN-13: 9780152052089Publisher: Clarion BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2024Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 7.12h x 4.68w x 0.42dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.4Point Value: 3Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 81647...

In this contemporary coming-of-age YA novel, a teenage girl navigates a romance with an older boy when they're cast as the leading roles in their drama group's production of Romeo and Juliet.When Brooke and Matt are cast as romantic leads in their drama group's...

Worm-infested creatures, vengeful gods, and... pudding cups.Swept into a war that spans realms, Kyle must fight to protect his friends Gwen and Lance, who are as brave as they are unprepared for the dangers they face. With the eccentric Merlin as their guide, the...

The Transformation of Philip Jettan by Georgette Heyer is a historical romance novel set in the early 19th century, blending humor, romance, and social satire. The story revolves around Philip Jettan, a young man who embarks on a journey of personal growth and transformation....

Gilly keeps her secrets close-hidden in whispers, dreams, and the quiet spaces where the forest meets her imagination. Somewhere on the other side of the trees, her dad is waiting. Maybe.With Oggy, her best friend and keeper of a thousand made-up words, Gilly searches...

Ennie wants to be a basketball player. He also wants to help Kelly, the girl he befriends who struggles with issues at home. When Kelly starts getting Ennie into trouble, he wonders whether he can really help her. Author: Simon BroderISBN-13: 9798885975629Publisher: Noah Text...

Life is like music. Music is like being alive. It has all the stations of life. Music makes us fall in love, shed tears, laugh, and it can also make us want to die, depending on the mood. A world without music would be...

A tale of teenage friendships set in 1970's suburban Los Angeles In the haze of a hot San Fernando Valley summer in 1970's Los Angeles, Douglas and his friends--Hank, Weddy, and Ronnie--struggle with their awkward teenage years during a confusing and highly permissive era....

This open-access anthology features short texts that can be read in a single class period and are designed to spark deep conversations. Organized around themes of being, love, land, world, and futures, these poems, essays, and flash fiction offer inclusive and affirming perspectives to...

Chayse and Reed Leftwich are twin twelve-year-olds who have a broken home: their dad can't hold a job and is always behind on child payment and their mom is never home between alternating work shifts. Worse, the twins are one step ahead of a...

Felx 'Mala has only one goal in life: to perfect the art of farming. That, coupled with being the only vampire not to develop an enhancement, leaves them unprepared for what is coming. The clans of Vampirium have become divided among the forward thinkers...

My name is Jenna Solitaire and everything I thought I knew about myself, my family, and my future is wrong. My life is not my own. It never has been. I just didn't know it―until now...Nineteen-year-old Jenna Solitaire has lost her grandfather, who was...

Humor, fantasy, love, adventure, danger, courage, death . . . The stories in this book were picked by young adults Here is a brilliant anthology. The editor presented students with the most popular stories published in the last several years. Then he said: Choose...

A sweet and savory YA romance, this modern-day Japanese-Canadian twist on Emma is just the recipe for fans of Jenny Han, Jane Austen and Gilmore Girls. A busybody foodie avoids questions of her own future as she meddles in the love lives of those...

?lan - Half Eldridge. Half Castalian. Total outcast.Helpless witness to the butchering of his parents by the invading Satyr forces, ?lan is unwillingly saved and mentored by his DragonLord Uncle, Leavenstar - that is, only after Leavenstar is persuaded not to kill the boy...

In this lyrical and epic contemporary novel with magical fantasy elements, a girl must learn to master her powers over the wind before a sinister secret organization finds her. Perfect for fans of Legendborn, A Song Below Water, and Vespertine.After Veronique's parents died, her...

Following the aftermath of Flaunte and the ambush outside of the Blackstone Mountains, Yaron Meek finds safety within Labyrintha, the capital of the Mentality Aura. However, an internal darkness begins to consume his humanity. The Soothsayer, a strong Mentalist, aids Yaron in navigating his...

Seventeen-year-old Parker Everett expects to receive letters from college admission offices, not from his dead ex-girlfriend. When Parker learns of Hadley's accidental death, his plans of attending college, playing lacrosse, and gliding through the rest of senior year, are frustrated by the grief and...

A storm is gathering over the Veritas Institute as a new semester begins. The children of the Fae welcome two new members to their ranks as they hunt down the Wicked Three. The first new member is revealed as a young woman who wields...

The third book in the Greysons of Grimoire series brings our heroes back home, to confront an evil that threatens all they hold dear...Caleb, Chelsea, Shana, Shias, and Delilah have all come home. But for Delilah, home isn't what it used to be. After...

Two teens must keep their working--and romantic-- relationship a secret from their grandmas, who are longtime social media rivals, in this hilariously sweet rom com from the author of The Homecoming War. Jamie Webb prefers to be behind the camera, not in front of...

Dandra is forced back to her own country, trading the dazzling United Cities for litter-covered streets and a dingy prison cell back in Layland. The evidence against the now famous "United Nine" seems insurmountable. However, fame and infamy, rousing support and opposition alike, bring...

Two lives, one hope. . . .All Sarah Lind's dreams now seem within her reach: not only is she welcomed back to the Six Realms as the Queen of Ice, she is now days from her marriage to their dragon-shifter King of Flame, and,...

Two crowns, one reign. . . . Sarah Lind is now the Queen of Ice. With the help she gave the dragon-shifter dram? as the Moondaughter of prophecy, the man she loves and the Six Realms he protects have survived the Devourer's second invasion....

"No Surrender: A Tale of the Rising in La Vend?e" by G.A. Henty is a historical fiction novel set during the tumultuous period of the French Revolution. The story unfolds in the region of La Vend?e, where a counter-revolutionary movement rises against the French...

A skilled young man in a strange world is called upon to help expand the kingdom--but it's a path strewn with danger--in this fantasy adventure.Living alone in the kingdom of Atal, former tech student Justin must explore his new home on his own and...

Two hearts, one tear. . . . Sarah Lind has now discovered over half of the moongates scattered across the Six Realms that she will need to return to Earth. Just as miraculously to her, the dragon-shifter Heir of Flame has come to care...

Journey into the extraordinary realms of the unknown with Algernon Blackwood's "Incredible Adventures," a collection of stories that transcends the boundaries of the ordinary. Published in 1914, this anthology showcases Blackwood's mastery of the supernatural and the uncanny. As you turn the pages, you'll...