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Teen Realistic Fiction Books Click on title for availability |
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Dear Manny by Nic StoneJared Christensen is running for college junior class president on a platform of increased equity and inclusion, then a transfer student enters the race and feelings.
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Desert echoes by Abdi NazemianTwo years after the boy he loved disappeared during their trip to Joshua Tree, 17-year-old Kam returns to Joshua Tree to find closure but instead finds himself in danger of facing a similar fate, forcing him to reckon with the truth of his past relationship.
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Dust by Alison StinePartially deaf teenager Thea lives in southern Colorado with her family on a remote farm, and when she meets Ray, another deaf teen, Thea learns to sign and starts learning about climate change and other things she's missed.
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Eighteen roses by Shannon C. F. RogersLucia 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.
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The glass girl by Kathleen GlasgowWhen 15-year-old Bella turns to alcohol to cope with the pressures of life, she soon finds herself struggling with a life-threatening addiction, in a candid, deeply compassionate exploration of the forces pushing young women toward addiction and self-harm.
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Light enough to float by Lauren SealThe story of a teenage girl's recovery, in a psychiatric hospital, from anorexia, told in poetry.
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Stronger at the seams by Shannon StockerWhen Twyla begins struggling with health issues the doctors dismiss as minor, she finds herself searching for answers on her own, while also dealing with friendship fallouts and the lingering effects of her mother's death as she navigates her freshman year of high school.
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When we ride : a novel by Rex OgleDiego Benevides works hard. His single mother encourages him to stay focused on school, on getting into college, on getting out of their crumbling neighborhood. That's why she gave him her car. Diego's best friend, Lawson, needs a ride--because Lawson is dealing. As long as Diego's not carrying, not selling, it's cool. It's just weed. But when Lawson starts carrying powder and pills and worse, their friendship is tested and their lives are threatened. As the lines between dealer and driver blur, everything Diego has worked for is jeopardized, and he faces a deadly reckoning with the choices he and his best friend have made. Award-winning memoirist and poet Rex Ogle's searing first novel-in-verse is an unforgettable story of the power and price of loyalty.
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You don't see me by Chris RickettsRos has finally found Eddy, the girlfriend they've always wanted. But Ros can't tell her the truth: that they are trans, and want to live in a male body. At a party Ros's classmates "discover" they're a lesbian - but that's not the true story. As Ros's life gets ever harder to navigate, a new friendship with a boy changes everything and Ros confides in him. Once the truth is out, things take on a momentum that Ros can't control. Ros is surprised that their school turns out to be supportive of their identity. But what's the next move? And what will happen when Eddy finds out?
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