Coming of Age - Teens Ficton

"Are you a wolf, Jesamyn? Or are you a lamb I should have slaughtered the moment you drew your first breath?"Jes has spent nearly two decades with those words in her ear as her mother, Mav, taught her how to lie, steal, and con...

Set on a small and struggling family dairy operation in southern Minnesota, The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen follows fifteen-year-old Carl as he confronts his crush on Andy Olnan, a handsome and confident but secretive "city boy" recently transplanted to farm life...

"So many strange and wonderful things happen at every twist and turn, you'll be happy to wander with Josie . . . Each book she descends into seems to teach her something, and even if it's not obvious where the story is going, we're...

World War II, 1940, in the Nazi-occupied city of Rouen, France: Despite Germany's stranglehold on the French, Benjamin Cohen, an introverted but musically talented adolescent, defies his father to study the carillon in the Catholic cathedral, a huge instrument of fifty-five bells. Though impeded...

Can a human and a V'Zenian work together long enough to fight their mutual enemy?Natalie is on a journey to realize that maybe being abducted wasn't so bad after all. Before she can learn that, she will realize what her old fiancé was really...

From the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enclosed world of privilege and silence at an elite boarding school and the unlikely group of friends who dare to challenge the status quo through their writing. Perfect...

This companion novel to Abigail Hing Wen's New York Times bestselling debut, Loveboat, Taipei, takes readers back to Taipei through the eyes of fan favorites Sophie and Xavier--on an unforgettable journey of glittering revelry and self-discovery that's perfect for fans of Jenny Han and...

Will the colonies lose everything they fought for? Confronted with economic collapse and near anarchy, who can save the union? Will freedom be just a new tyranny?Three destitute young men must find their fortunes amidst squabbling colonies that can't determine how to govern. They...

An assassin trainee fleeing his profession. A princess risking her reputation. A talking ship with a mad captain. Ravin should be dead. No one forsakes the assassin profession and lives. Attempting to evade capture and certain death, Ravin hides on a ship as part...

Joe--with Gil, Spike and Otis--chase Rachel to Peru even as his condition worsens. While facing a crazed shaman at 13,000 feet, word comes that his father may be alive...in Egypt. Will Joe find his family in Alexandria? Survive zombie crocodiles? And who will the...

A mother being dragged ever deeper into the icy waters of depression. A daughter who finds a devastating secret about a shadowy past buried in her mom's dresser. And the key to unlocking a long-hidden family mystery that could save or destroy much more...

Chelsea Morris has always been responsible, dependable, and focused on her dreams of fashion design--a dream that will officially begin come fall, when she leaves for college in New York City. And as she settles into her role as the lead designer for the...

High in the mountains, Zel lives with her mother, who insists they have all they need -- for they have each other. Zel's life is peaceful and protected -- until a chance encounter changes everything. When she meets a beautiful young prince at the...

This young adult novel by Sheba Karim, author of Skunk Girl, is a funny and affecting coming-of-age story for fans of Jenny Han, Megan McCafferty, and Sara Farizan. A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 Shabnam Qureshi is facing a summer of loneliness and boredom...

The Breakfast Club meets Boyhood in this striking young adult novel from Printz Honor author Carolyn Mackler, which chronicles the lives of five teenagers through the thrills, heartbreaks, and joys of their four years in high school."Characters live, grow, and ultimately come of age...

A Kiss to Wake Me is a modern-day love story between Jamie and Cara. When the two first lock eyes in the high school cafeteria, "love at first sight" is no longer just a cliché to either of them.Their romance takes off at record...

From National Book Award-winner Kacen Callender, Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution is a contemporary YA that follows Lark's journey to speak the truth and discover how their own self-love can be a revolution. "A hilarious and bold love story for the ages."--Mason Deaver,...

After years of bullying, Joshua Harper's life has completely turned around, thanks in no small part to his girlfriend Eve Devereaux.With the holidays approaching, he's started to realize that as tough as being in a relationship is, finding her the perfect gift may be...

Kailey Bright's UNFORTUNATE is Red Queen meets An Ember in the Ashes and Book #1 of the UN series. Dive into the fray and be brave despite fear.Nora is an Unfortunate-born without any powers and born to serve Gifteds: other humans with extraordinary abilities....

Ellie and her friends had been rescued. Airlifted out of their own country to the safe haven of New Zealand, they'd arrived burnt and injured and shocked, with broken bones, and scars inside and out. They did not want to go back. But five...

It's summertime, and thirteen-year-old Nina Ross is feeling kind of lost. Her beloved grandma died last year; her parents work all the time; her brother's busy; and her best friend is into clothes, makeup, and boys. While Nina doesn't know what "her thing" is...

Dippity-Do, garter belts, Bucket of Blood, and ? and the Mysterians are so 1967. This is the year Ruth Ann Bloomfield is in the eighth grade at St. Bonaventure's (better known as St. Boner's Adventure). She's excited to find herself in a popular group...

From the outside, Everest has it all, but there's only one person who can see him for who he truly is . . . and it changes his life forever. In this tender, poignant debut novel by newcomer Sky Chase, two teenagers on the...

Write one last letter. That's what fifteen-year-old Amelia's psychologist says when she tells him about her time capsule--a My Little Pony lunchbox she's buried in the backyard garden after listening to the preacher on the corner shout about the end of times. One last...

They told him his world was destroyed. And they were the last to escape. They thought he was safe. They were wrong. Jim Wales can communicate with animals, but that's not why he lives with a traveling carnival. Turns out his family's been hiding...

From Geoff Herbach, the award-winning author of the hit young adult novels Stupid Fast and Nothing Special, comes the ultimate underdog story, which will resonate with anyone who has suffered from teasing and bullying at the hands of the high school social hierarchy--and decided...

'Magic for Marigold' is a novel about a young girl named Marigold and her fairytale world. Marigold lives with her family at their home named Cloud of Spruce on Prince Edward Island. She is an imaginative girl who has plenty of adventures and fantasies,...

"A startling coming-of-age story. . . . Through Harper, Hartnett captures the humanity of her spirited, slightly eccentric, and then nearly broken characters." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)Harper Flute believes that her younger brother Tin, with his uncanny ability to dig, was born to...

"Wasted Pretty is a beautiful, touching novel that I wish I had when I was all of the things Alice Burton was: a fierce, strong teenager learning how to navigate her changing body, developing heart, and powerful mind." -Mayim Bialik, Big Bang Theory, Blossom,...

Childhood summer vacations are always special, but the summer before a life-changing event like your first year of high school can be particularly memorable. The great unknown of venturing out of your neighborhood comfort zone and meeting new friends can be stressful but also...

The last thing eighteen-year-old Wilhelmina "Willa" MacCarthy wants is to be a nun. It's 1936, and as the only daughter amongst four sons, her Irish-Catholic family is counting on her to take her vows--but Willa's found another calling. Each day she sneaks away to...

Carefree sixteen-year-old Levon and contemplative seventeen-year-old Harmony are best friends and family - his DJ dad and her yogi father have been in love for years, and they all live together in Chicago's vibrant Boystown neighborhood. So what if the dads have been arguing...

The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be life-changing." NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF...

There are two things Ben Lewis has convinced himself he can never have at the same time: playing hockey and being openly gay. Hockey is looking to be his only choice. Until now. Being captain of the team and starting his senior year of...

In 1968, at the height of the Civil Rights struggle, Jessie Stackhouse leaves home to break the color line at an elite, all-white prep school. He arrives filled with dreams of winning championships and eventually playing in the NHL, but soon finds that the...

Magic. Romance. Rivals. Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Falling Kingdoms, and Tamora Pierce. Before the age of seventeen, the young men and women of Jerar are given a choice --pursue a trade or enroll in a trial year in one of the...

He's the Black Mage and she's the traitor to the Crown. Ryiah's world was shattered the night she discovered King Blayne's nefarious plans. Now, she has to betray the one she loves most in order to save the realm from war. Torn between love...

She survived a trial year at the Academy of Magic, but that was the easy part... Now sixteen-year-old Ryiah is an apprentice of Combat, her school's most notorious faction. When she finishes, she will be a war mage, but in order to do so,...

Finalist, 2019 Indie Author Project Book of the YearWinner, 2019 Florida Author Project YA Book of the YearWalking the line between royal and renegade has never been so treacherous. Five years ago, facing an arranged marriage in a distant country, Princess Brynna ran away...

Backpack Blues is a young adult story in verse set in a fragile world, the rural Mountain Valley High School, located in the extreme northeastern section of the Adirondack Mountains. ACE JACKSON serves as a master of ceremonies, but each student shares the limelight...

During his senior year of high school, Ron Bahar-a Nebraskan son of Israeli immigrants-falls for Amy Andrews, a non-Jewish girl, and struggles to make a career choice between his two other passions: medicine and music.Author: Ron BaharISBN-10: 194300644XISBN-13: 9781943006441Publisher: SparkpressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/03/2018Pages: 264Format: PaperbackWeight:...

As sweet as a macaron from Laduree, this romantic novel set in Paris about an American ballerina and a charming French boy is parfait! And don't miss Anne-Sophie's swoony FRENCH KISSING IN NEW YORK! Mia Jenrow has always known she's destined to be a...

Jocelyn has always been afraid of her voice-now it might be Kyona's only hopePrincess Jocelyn spends her life in Kyona's court, afraid of the unnatural power her voice releases. With unexplained tension building around the freed slaves who returned from the South Lands twenty...

The vivid tale of how a two-inch tall student struggles to catch a dragonfly-and discovers a bitter truth along with it.Author: Annabelle HealyISBN-10: 1631952404ISBN-13: 9781631952401Publisher: Morgan James FictionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2021Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d

UNDER THE SURFACE, DANGER LURKS... Twelve-year-old Grace believes that all adults are trustworthy and good. So begins a coming-of-age story full of laughter and tears that takes place one hot summer in upstate New York in the 1950s. On the surface, Stillwater seems an...

From the edge of the Hudson River, we travel with fifteen year old Cookie Colangelo into The Heart of Yonkers. Close to the river's edge, it was hot enough to take your clothes off and think about jumping into the water. Cookie has been...

Autumn Dawn has learned to deal with her dyslexia and her life is starting to look better, but a horrible accident threatens to change everything. When her mother and brother are crossing a street, they are accidentally hit by a car. Autumn's little brother...

Flying home from his beloved island home of O'ahu to Seattle, Max is confused and conflicted about where he's headed and why. Talking about his feelings seems like an uncomfortable prospect, so he intends to just make it through the minimal two-week stay, then...

"Leaving Wishville by Mel Torrefranca exhibits intensity unique in contemporary young adult fiction." -Readers' Favorite Ten years ago, Scott Marino disappeared from town without a trace. His son Benji, now fourteen, is the only person daring enough to approach the border. Although his best...

Though the choice seems simple, Juanita is torn. What is freedom really, if you're separated from those you love? Does living the life of a wealthy socialite mean turning her back on her poor family? Does she have the courage to face up to...