Young Adult Fiction, Coming of Age
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Grampa's Way
by Ross L. Clarke
When thirteen-year-old Nathan loses both his parents, Social Services seems likely to be his next stop. Surprisingly, his maternal grandfather, a freewheeling soul if ever there was one, steps in to offer guardianship and support. Can Grampa nurture ...
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The Gala on the Night
by Justin Kanjirakattu
When siblings Joshua and Fuchsia Hilton rediscover their late Aunt Leila’s diamond ring, they soon find out about its hidden powers. When Leila’s old lover, Peter, chases them out of their small Massachusetts town in pursuit of the powerful ring, ...
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Lucid
by Lane Catherine Cho
When sixteen-year-old May gets the chance to start over in the small town of Lockwood, she’s determined not to let anything ruin it. Not her chronic exhaustion, not the enigmatic boy she’s drawn to, and definitely not the truth about what happens ...
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Chosen by the Blade
by S. R. Sereda
Orion, a student of the Academy, a school that trains devotees of the god Aarus, is about to have his eighteenth birthday. Trained to be a Chronicler, a historian who travels from town to town documenting important events, he is looking forward to ...
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Burning the Boats
by Christina Minaki
Naomi Demas is seventeen, and her relationship with her mother is conflicted. Irene is obsessive and strange. She has never gotten over Naomi’s disability, or her twin’s infant death. When Naomi was eight, Irene left with Naomi’s older sister. Naomi ...
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All That Remain
by Becca Sandford
When the bus that Jessa is on with her high school’s football team takes a wrong turn into remote mountainous wilderness, she has an ominous feeling. Soon after, a rock slide crashes into the bus and kills half her classmates, the driver, and all ...
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A Planet Called Imagine
by N. A. Walker
It has been seventy-five years since a group of brave adventurers abandoned Earth in order to find a new planet that could support human life. After much searching, they found one and they called it “Imagine.” With incredible ingenuity and ...
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Stolen Sweetheart
by Kaylene McPhee
A month away from graduating high school, Blair must decide whether her boyfriend Jonathan is really the love of her life; will she pick him? Or follow her dreams of going to college and becoming an Event Planner? Jonathan is an unfaithful drug ...
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Blind and Beautiful
by Dawn Rouse-Mark
Have you ever been in the dark and unable to see? You may have felt afraid, lost, or disoriented. Imagine being in complete darkness every day of your life and being expected to function normally. Jeanette is 16 years old and blind. Follow her ...
