Filter Results Below
Filter By
125 Books Found
-
Akata Witch
By Nnedi OkoraforWhen 12-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, she learns that she has latent magical powers, which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer. -
American Born Chinese
By Gene Luen YangThree interrelated stories about the challenges that confront a young Chinese American boy trying to fit in. -
Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
By Sara SaediIn San Jose, California, in the 1990s, teenaged Sara keeps a diary of her life as an Iranian American and discovers that she and her family entered as undocumented immigrants. -
Annie on My Mind
By Nancy GardenLiza begins to doubt her feelings for Annie after someone finds out about their relationship, then realizes, after starting college, that her denial of love for Annie was a mistake. -
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
By Benjamin Alire SáenzFifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before. -
The Astonishing Color of After
By Emily X.R. PanAfter her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she never met, determined to find her mother, whom she believes turned into a bird. -
Attack on Titan
By Hajime IsayamaIn the walled enclave where the remnants of humanity shelter from the Titans, giant creatures who have taken over the rest of the world, Eren and Mikasa join the fight. -
Bamboo People
By Mitali PerkinsTwo Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle. In order to survive, they must learn to trust each other. -
The Battle of Jericho
By Sharon M. DraperA high school junior and his cousin suffer the ramifications of joining what seems to be a "reputable" school club. -
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx—A Memoir
By Sonia ManzanoThis coming-of-age memoir offers a look into the daily lives of a loving, but troubled, Latino family and a girl kept afloat by her dream of becoming an actress. -
Being Jazz: My Life As a (Transgender) Teen
By Jazz JenningsAt the age of five, with her parents' support, Jazz transitioned to life as a girl. A year later, she shared her journey with Barbara Walters. Jazz reflects on these public experiences and how they have helped shape mainstream attitudes toward the trans community. -
The Belles
By Dhonielle ClaytonIn a world where beauty is a commodity controlled by the few, beautiful Camellia learns the dark secrets behind her powers and is asked to choose between saving herself or changing her world forever. -
Blacktop (series)
By L.J. AlongeIllustrated by Raul Allen | As an Oakland teenager tries to figure out his life, he and his best friend put together a basketball team to play the invincible crew from Ghosttown. -
Bleach (series)
By Tite KuboPart-time student, full-time Soul Reaper, Ichigo Kurosaki is one of the chosen few guardians of the afterlife. -
The Blue Sword
By Robin McKinleyHarry, bored with her sheltered life in the remote orange-growing colony of Daria, discovers magic in herself when she is kidnapped by a mystical king with magical powers. -
The Book Thief
By Markus ZusakTrying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel, a young German girl whose book-stealing and storytelling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding. -
Boy Meets Boy
By David LevithanWhen Paul falls hard for Noah, he thinks he has found his one true love, but when Noah walks out of his life, Paul has to find a way to get him back and make everything right once more. -
Bronx Masquerade
By Nikki GrimesWhile studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their classmates. -
The Call of the Wild
By Jack LondonThe adventures of an unusual dog, part Saint Bernard and part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. -
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
By Paula DanzigerWhen the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, 13-year-old Marcy Lewis uses her newfound courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement. -
Chain Letter
By Christopher PikeSeven teenage friends all receive letters signed "Your Caretaker" from a sender who knows they committed an unthinkable crime in the California desert. -
Check, Please!
By Ngozi UkazuA former junior figure skating champion and dedicated vlogger lands on his co-ed college hockey team, where he has to overcome his fear of getting hit at the same time as falling desperately in love with his captain. -
Children of Blood and Bone
By Tomi AdeyemiSeventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land of Orïsha and activate a new generation of magi. But they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy. -
The Chocolate War
By Robert CormierA high school freshman discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school's annual fundraising drive and arousing the wrath of the school bullies. -
Code Name Verity
By Elizabeth WeinIn 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France. The sole survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can. -
The Diary of a Young Girl
By Anne FrankIn 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a 13-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. Anne kept a diary for the next two years, until her family's whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo. -
The Diviners
By Libba BrayEvie O'Neill is thrilled when she is exiled from small-town Ohio to New York City in 1926, even when a rash of occult-based murders thrusts her and her uncle, curator of the Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult, into the thick of the investigation. -
Dragon Ball (series)
By Akira ToriyamaGoku's quiet life is disrupted when he meets Bulma, who is searching for seven Dragon Balls. If she collects all seven, the Eternal Dragon will grant her wish. Since the balls are scattered all over the planet, she needs Goku's help. -
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems
By Langston HughesIllustrated by Brian Pinkney | Sixty-six poems selected by the author include lyrical poems, songs, and blues, many exploring the Black experience. -
Dumplin'
By Julie MurphyWillowdean wants to prove to everyone in her small Texas town that she is more than just a fat girl, so, while grappling with her feelings for a co-worker who is clearly attracted to her, she and some other misfits prepare to compete in the beauty pageant her mother runs. -
The Earthsea Cycle (series)
By Ursula K. Le GuinA boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard. -
Eleanor & Park
By Rainbow RowellSet over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. -
An Ember in the Ashes (series)
By Sabaa TahirWhen her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for the assistance of rebel Scholars in saving him from execution. -
Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings
By Margarita EngleIllustrated by Edel Rodriguez | An account of the first 14 years of the author's life in poems, telling of her time spent between her mother's native Cuba and her home in Los Angeles, until the revolution in Cuba dramatically altered relations between the two countries she loves. -
Eragon
By Christopher PaoliniWhen 15-year-old Eragon learns that he is a gifted Dragon Rider, he realizes that his destiny is to fight the evil powers that will bring complete destruction to the Empire and so he leaves his quiet life as a farm boy to succeed in his one true mission in life. -
The Face on the Milk Carton
By Caroline B. CooneyA photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity. -
Fahrenheit 451
By Ray BradburyA totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners, Guy Montag, suddenly realizes their merit. -
The Fault in Our Stars
By John GreenSixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, accepts her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at a cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. -
Fear Street (series)
By R.L. StineWhen high school gym star Cory Brooks meets Anna Corwin, the hauntingly beautiful girl who has just moved to Fear Street , he becomes preoccupied with her. With the help of good friends—particularly the girl next door—Cory unravels the puzzle of Anna's mysterious life. -
Feed
By M.T. AndersonIn a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble. -
The 57 Bus
By Dashka SlaterFull Title: The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed Their Lives | The true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, California. -
The First Part Last
By Angela JohnsonBobby's carefree teenage life changes forever when he becomes a father. -
Forever...
By Judy BlumeKatherine and Michael, and their friends and acquaintances in suburban New Jersey, discover the possibilities and limitations of love and personal commitment. -
Fruits Basket (series)
By Natsuki TakayaAfter a family tragedy turns her life upside down, high schooler Tohru Honda moves out—into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her secret. -
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
By Alison BechdelA darkly funny family portrait detailing the author's childhood and her relationship with her father, a high school English teacher and funeral home director who is also secretly gay. -
Gabi, a Girl in Pieces
By Isabel QuinteroSixteen-year-old Gabi Hernandez chronicles her senior year in high school as she copes with her friend Cindy's pregnancy, friend Sebastian's coming out, her father's meth habit, her own cravings for food and cute boys, and, especially, the poetry that helps forge her identity. -
Giant Days (series)
By John AllisonIllustrated by Lissa Treiman | Three girls bond at university as they learn how to live away from home, battle the flu, and deal with obnoxious college boys. -
The Giver
By Lois LowryGiven his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the Receiver of Memories—a position shared by only one other in his community—and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. -
Go Ask Alice
By AnonymousA teenager whose life is dominated by her drug problems recounts her experiences in a diary, from her introduction to the world of drugs to three weeks before her death. -
Graceling
By Kristin CashoreIn a world where some people are born with extreme and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, the Grace of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king. -
The Hate U Give
By Angie ThomasAfter witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died. -
His Dark Materials (series)
By Philip PullmanAccompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North. -
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
By Douglas AdamsAfter Earth is demolished to make way for a new hyperspatial expressway, Arthur Dent is forced to hitchhike through space with his friend Ford Prefect. -
The House of the Scorpion
By Nancy FarmerIn a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. -
The House on Mango Street
By Sandra CisnerosA coming-of-age classic depicting a year in the life of Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl whose family moves to Chicago hoping for a better life. -
How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
By Sandra Uwiringiyimana with Abigail…The 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. -
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
By Julia AlvarezForced to flee their native Caribbean island after an attempted coup, the Garcías—Carlos, Laura, and their four daughters—must learn a new way of life in the Bronx while trying to cling to the old ways that they loved. -
Howl's Moving Castle
By Diana Wynne JonesThe eldest of three sisters in a land where such a status is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl. -
The Hunger Games (series)
By Suzanne CollinsIn a future where corrupt rulers maintain control through a televised survival competition that pits young people against each other in a fight to the death, Katniss Everdeen's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games. -
I Know What You Did Last Summer
By Lois DuncanFour teenagers who have desperately tried to conceal their responsibility for a hit-and-run accident are pursued by a mystery figure seeking revenge. -
I'll Give You the Sun
By Jandy NelsonA story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by twins Jude and Noah. -
If I Was Your Girl
By Meredith RussoAmanda Hardy only wants to fit in at her new school, but she is keeping a big secret, so when she falls for Grant, guarded Amanda finds herself yearning to share with him everything about herself, including her previous life as Andrew. -
If You Come Softly
By Jacqueline WoodsonAfter meeting at their private school in New York, Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and struggle to cope with people's reactions. -
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, adapted by…Full Title: An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People | A nonfiction classic that examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples' resistance, resilience, and fight against imperialism in the United States. -
Jacob Have I Loved
By Katherine PatersonFeeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity. -
Juliet Takes a Breath
By Gabby RiveraJuliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and heading to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn't sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan—sort of—one that's going to help her figure out this whole "Puerto Rican lesbian" thing. -
Jumped
By Rita Williams-GarciaThe lives of Leticia, Dominique, and Trina are irrevocably intertwined through the course of one day in an urban high school after Leticia overhears Dominique's plans to beat up Trina and must decide whether or not to get involved. -
Kindred
By Octavia E. ButlerDana, a Black woman, finds herself repeatedly transported to the antebellum South, where she must make sure that Rufus, the plantation owner's son, survives to father Dana's ancestor. -
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 backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to a land as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland to get her family back. -
Long Way Down
By Jason ReynoldsThere are three neighborhood rules: don't cry, don't snitch, get revenge. Will grabs his dead brother's gun, and takes the elevator. On each floor, someone connected to his brother gets in. All are dead—victims of gun violence—and all have something to share with Will. -
Lord of the Flies
By William GoldingIn this classic meditation on human nature, a group of schoolboys marooned on a desert island descend gradually into violence. -
March (trilogy)
By John Lewis with Andrew AydinIllustrated by Nate Powell | A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spanning his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement. -
The Marrow Thieves
By Cherie DimalineMost people have lost the ability to dream. A 15-year-old Indigenous boy who can still dream struggles for survival against an army of "recruiters" who seek to steal his marrow and return dreams to the rest of the world. -
Maus: A Survivor's Tale
By Art SpiegelmanAn account of the chilling experiences of the author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. -
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
By Emily M. DanforthIn the early 1990s, when gay teenager Cameron Post rebels against her conservative Montana ranch town and her family decides she needs to change her ways, she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center. -
Monster
By Walter Dean MyersWhile on trial as an accomplice to a murder, 16-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken. -
Monstress (series)
By Marjorie LiuIllustrated by Sana Takeda | Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900s Asia, a teenage girl struggling to survive the trauma of war shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers. -
More Happy than Not
By Adam SilveraAfter enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, 16, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love. -
Ms. Marvel (series)
By G. Willow WilsonIllustrated by Adrian Alphona | Kamala Khan, a Pakistani American girl from Jersey City who lives a conservative Muslim lifestyle with her family, suddenly acquires superhuman powers and, despite the pressures of school and home, tries to use her abilities to help her community. -
My Hero Academia (series)
By Kohei HorikoshiMiddle schooler Izuku Midoriya desperately wants to be a hero but stands no chance of getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes. But then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny. -
Naruto (series)
By Masashi KishimotoNaruto, a mischievous ninja in training with a formidable power inside him, wants to become the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure. -
Nimona
By Noelle StevensonLord Blackheart, a villain with a vendetta, and his sidekick, Nimona, an impulsive young shapeshifter, must prove to the kingdom that Sir Goldenloin and the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are. -
#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women
By Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth…An eclectic collection of poems, essays, interviews, and art that combine to express the experience of being a Native woman. -
One Piece (series)
By Eiichiro OdaWhen Monkey D. Luffy accidentally gains the power to stretch like rubber at the cost of never being able to swim again, he and his crew of pirate wannabes set off in search of the "One Piece," the greatest treasure in the world. -
The Outsiders
By S.E. HintonRivalry between rich and poor gangs in 1960s Oklahoma leads to the deaths of three teenagers and intense soul-searching for one of the kids involved, a sensitive 14-year-old writer named Ponyboy. -
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
By Stephen ChboskyCharlie, a freshman in high school, is a wallflower, shy and introspective, but very intelligent. He deals with the usual teen problems, but also with the suicide of his best friend. -
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
By Marjane SatrapiThe great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life. -
Piecing Me Together
By Renée WatsonTired of being singled out at her mostly white private school as someone who needs support, high school junior Jade would rather participate in the school's amazing Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls. -
The Pigman
By Paul ZindelTwo high school sophomores from unhappy homes form a close friendship with a lonely old man who harbors a terrible secret. -
The Poet X
By Elizabeth AcevedoWhen Xiomara Batista, who pours all her frustrations and passion into poetry, is invited to join the school slam poetry club, she struggles with her mother's expectations and her need to be heard. -
The Port Chicago 50
By Steve SheinkinFull Title: The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights | An account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African American Navy servicemen unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after a deadly explosion. -
The Princess Diaries
By Meg CabotFourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne. -
The Running Dream
By Wendelin Van DraanenWhen a school bus accident leaves 16-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again. -
Sabriel
By Garth NixSabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead. -
Salt to the Sea
By Ruta SepetysFrantically racing to freedom with thousands of other refugees as Russian forces close in on their homes in East Prussia, Joana, Emilia, and Florian meet aboard the doomed MV Wilhelm Gustloff and are forced to trust each other in order to survive. -
The Scorpio Races
By Maggie StiefvaterNineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. -
Scythe
By Neal ShustermanForced to become trained killers in a disease-free world where people can only die if eliminated by professional assassins, teens Citra and Rowan reluctantly train under a master reaper who informs them that the one who successfully kills the other will become his apprentice. -
A Separate Peace
By John KnowlesA conflict of loyalties between Gene and his fearless friend, Phineas, leads to tragedy. -
Shadowshaper
By Daniel José OlderWhen her summer plans are interrupted by supernatural phenomena, Sierra finds herself in a battle with the killer targeting her family of shadowshapers who believes she is hiding their greatest secret. -
Ship Breaker
By Paolo BacigalupiIn a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. -
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
By Becky AlbertalliWhen an email falls into the wrong hands, 16-year-old, not-so-openly gay Simon is blackmailed into playing wingman for a classmate or risk having his sexual identity revealed and the privacy of the boy he's been emailing compromised. -
Six Months to Live
By Lurlene McDanielAfter being diagnosed with leukemia, 13-year-old Dawn is delighted to find a friend to battle alongside with her, until her friend, Sandy, slips back from remission. -
Six of Crows
By Leigh BardugoSix dangerous outcasts must learn to work together after they are offered an impossible heist that can save the world from destruction. -
Someone Like You
By Sarah DessenHalley's junior year of high school includes the death of her best friend Scarlett's boyfriend, the discovery that Scarlett is pregnant, and Halley's own first serious relationship. -
Speak
By Laurie Halse AndersonA traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school. -
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
By Brian Michael BendisIllustrated by Sara Pichelli | Miles Morales has only been in the Marvel Universe for a few weeks when he finds himself in the middle of a war. -
Spill Zone (series)
By Scott WesterfeldIllustrated by Alex Puvilland | Years after the devastation that killed her parents, scarred her sister, and destroyed her city, Addison takes a job from an eccentric collector that forces her to break her own rules of survival. -
A Step from Heaven
By An NaA young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America. -
The Sun Is Also a Star
By Nicola YoonNatasha, whose family is hours away from being deported, and Daniel, a first-generation Korean American who strives to live up to his parents' expectations, unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. -
Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel
By Sara FarizanHaving never developed romantic feelings before her junior year in high school, Persian American Leila forges deeper bonds with supportive classmates after confiding in them her newfound attachment to a sophisticated girl. -
This One Summer
By Mariko TamakiIllustrated by Jillian Tamaki | Rose's latest summer at a beach lake house is overshadowed by her parents' constant arguments, her younger friend's secret sorrows, and the dangerous activities of older teens. -
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
By Jenny HanKeeping private love letters written to five secret crushes she has had, Lara Jean Song finds her personal life going from imaginary to out of control when the letters are unexpectedly mailed. -
Twilight
By Stephenie MeyerWhen 17-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and whom she comes to realize is not wholly human. -
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (series)
By Ryan NorthIllustrated by Erica Henderson | With her unique combination of wit, empathy and squirrel powers, computer science student Doreen Green—aka the unbeatable Squirrel Girl—is all that stands between the Earth and total destruction. -
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
By Scott McCloudMcCloud traces the 3,000-year history of storytelling through pictures, discussing the language and images used. -
The V-Word: True Stories About First-Time Sex
By Amber J. KeyserAn honest and poignant collection of essays by women about losing their virginity in their teens. -
Vincent & Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
By Deborah HeiligmanExamines the relationship between brothers Theo and Vincent van Gogh, showing how Theo supported the painter throughout his creative and interpersonal struggles. -
We Are Okay
By Nina LaCourAfter leaving her old life behind to go to college in New York, Marin must face the truth about the tragedy that happened in the final weeks of summer when her friend Mabel comes to visit. -
We Were Liars
By E. LockhartSpending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer. -
Weetzie Bat
By Francesca Lia BlockFollows the wild adventures of Weetzie Bat and her Los Angeles friends Dirk, Duck, and My-Secret-Agent-Lover-Man. -
What Girls Are Made Of
By Elana K. ArnoldSixteen-year-old Nina Faye navigates the difficult world of teenage relationships and dysfunctional family dynamics. -
When Dimple Met Rishi
By Sandhya MenonWhen Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is trying to avoid her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" while Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting an arranged marriage with him. -
A Wreath for Emmett Till
By Marilyn NelsonIllustrated by Philippe Lardy | Fifteen interlinked sonnets paying tribute to Emmett Till. -
Y: The Last Man (series)
By Brian K. VaughanIllustrated by Pia Guerra & José Marzán, Jr. | When all the men and male mammals on the planet suddenly die, 22-year-old Yorick Brown, the last man left alive, sets out to discover what has caused this man-killing plague. -
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
By Meg MedinaInformed that a bully she does not know is determined to beat her up, Piddy Sanchez struggles to learn more about the father she has never met until the bully's gang forces her to confront more difficult challenges.