Vibrant Voices Titles for Teens

25 Books Found

  • Age 16

    Learn about three generations of women in a family and how they pass down the tradition of body shaming to each new generation. Can they learn to communicate and finally put a stop to intergenerational trauma?

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  • Aisle Nine

    Clean up on Aisle Nine! Our supermarket staff are here to help you get the best deals and defend you from monsters, too.

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  • The Black Girl Survives This One: Horror Stories

    Discover a horror collection where Black girls are the main characters—and live! But that doesn’t always mean the other characters survive with her...

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  • Blood at the Root

    Malik enrolls in a magical HBCU imperiled by an ancient evil. Can he find the truth about his mother’s disappearance and save the world?

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  • Bridge Across the Sky

    Explore the harsh realities of immigration during the era of the Chinese Exclusion Act, including enduring long interrogations and trying hard to remember fake lives and names to evade deportation, in this novel in verse.

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  • Brownstone

    A new city, an unfinished home, an unknown language, a dad she's never met. Almudena’s 15th summer will definitely be one to remember. 

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  • Crash Landing

    It's Jay's senior year, and she can hardly skate. When Ash, who shreds, pulls her into producing a skate video, Jay discovers who she is, what she loves, and how to carve through life as a queer Asian kid in Vancouver.

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  • Don't Wait: Three Girls Who Fought for Change and Won

    What do three young activists of color have in common? They don’t wait to speak up for what's just and right!

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  • 49 Days

    Follow Kit as a ghost for 49 days as she and her family navigate her sudden death.

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  • How the Boogeyman Became a Poet

    In this memoir, the Boogeyman keeps Tony in the closet, suffocating his poetic truth and queerness.

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  • Indiginerds: Tales from Modern Indigenous Life

    Alina Pete’s anthology disrupts the stereotype of the First Nations having a monolithic narrative through 11 short and geeky comics that show the diversity of their culture.

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  • Into the Sunken City

    It’s 2532, and the world is underwater. Jin must confront her fears of diving to defeat the pirates and find treasure in a sunken Las Vegas casino. 

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  • The Last Bloodcarver

    As a Bloodcarver, Nhika has the power to kill or heal with just a touch—but her abilities are about to become a deadly tool for the aristocracy when she's captured and sold to a wealthy family.

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  • Libertad

    Tegucigalpa, 2017: Libertad finds love in her best friend and a revolution sparking up in her soul.

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  • Little Moons

    Illustrated by Ryan Howe, colored by Alice RL | This haunting graphic novel stitches together a family broken by the disappearance of their daughter Chelsea. A year after she goes missing, her younger sister Reanna and family seek closure both in and out of their Ojibwe community.

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  • Looking for Smoke

    Samantha White Tail is found dead at the Blackfeet Nation’s powwow. Only four people could have been the killer. As the smoke clears, will they uncover the truth?

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  • The Ping-Pong Queen of Chinatown

    Felix needs to put together a compelling college application. When he works with former rival Cassie, Felix learns more about himself, true friendship, and privilege. Is it love? No way.

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  • Shut Up, This Is Serious

    In East Oakland, Belén has her fair share of problems—plus, life doesn’t get any easier when her best friend gets pregnant. Can she be a supportive friend—even as Belén deals with her father adandoning her, academic woes, and her own depression?

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  • Something Like Right

    After standing up to a bully, Zay is sent to an alternative school, where he finds first love, reconnects with his family, gains wisdom from unexpected places, and gives himself a second chance.

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  • Spells to Forget Us

    Luna and Aiofe have a love so strong that no matter how many times they break up, they keep coming back together. 

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  • Thirsty

    Blake is thirsty to fit into an elite society, and nothing helps her more than liquid courage. Just how far is she willing to go to achieve her dreams?

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  • Twelfth Knight

    MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) meet romantic comedy in this novel about a jock and gamer.

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  • The Unboxing of a Black Girl

    In this collection of poems and vignettes, Angela Shanté unpacks Black girlhood, society’s limiting norms, systemic racism, and Black cultural staples during the 1990s. Plus, find footnotes featuring additional resources for readers. 

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  • The Unfinished

    An ancient evil lurks. Mohawk teen Avery is faced with a difficult choice: save her town or save the person she loves?

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  • The Vanishing Station

    Moving stolen goods and running a secret trade ring is easy for Ruby Santos, who can teleport between the major train stations around the world. The hard part is dealing with the mob boss!