What World is Left
In this novel for teen readers, a Dutch Jewish teenager is sent to a "model" concentration camp with her family.
A Light in the Clouds
Romanian soldiers force Margalith and her family from their home and send them on a devastating deportation march to Transnistria, a wretched land between borders, an expanse of thousands of kilometres containing more than a hundred ghettos and camps. How will Margalith find A Light in the Clouds?
Rachel Bird
A compelling mystery about teenage Rachel and her sister who move in with the grandparents they never knew. They soon learn their newfound family isn’t the only secret being kept on the ranch.
Wish Upon a Satellite
The glaciers are melting and the climate crisis is on everyone's mind, but nothing shakes the foundations of non-binary teen Ciel’s world more than sharing an unexpected kiss with their best friend, Stephie.
The Land Grab
Young Alfred Swallow uses his wits when he is intimidated at gun point by a bunch of hired thugs and when he lands in a rattle snake den. His determination to stop the corrupt land agent and help his family keep their land comes into focus when he involves people who know how to stop the land grab.
Boys and Girls Screaming
Boys and Girls Screaming tells the story of a young girl trying to deal with family tragedy by forming a support group of traumatized teenagers.
I'm Good and Other Lies
A pandemic lockdown has twelfth-grader Kelsey Kendler stuck at home with her unstable substance-using mom and distant dad.
Urchin
While questioning her gender identity, a young girl is pulled between the dark world of fairylore and the dynamic world of early 20th-century scientific experimentation as she struggles to save her missing mother.
The Degrees of Barley Lick
A young adult novel about two teenage geocachers who help unravel the mysterious disappearance of a young boy.
Under the Iron Bridge
Desperate to escape joining the Hitler Youth, Paul stumbles across the Edelweiss Pirates, a secret German organization of teenage rebels leading a dangerous campaign of sabotage against the Nazis.
Names in a Jar
Forced to flee her home and change her name to disguise her Jewish identity, Anna Krawitz becomes Maria Nowak, a Catholic farm girl, to hide from the Nazis. But when the war ends, how will her sister find her?
Content Advisory: rape, sexual assault
Heart Sister
After his twin sister's death, a teenage filmmaker tries to track down the recipients of her organs in hopes that it will help his parents move on from the loss of their daughter.
The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life
Alison, desperate to be high school Valedictorian, agrees to produce her school play and must navigate the drama that ensues including her crush on Charlotte, the star of the play.
Finding Grace
After leaving his family when experiencing marital problems, Autumn Dawn’s father is back living at home, taking care of Autumn's mother, who was in a horrible accident. Can Autumn find the grace within herself to forgive her father and trust him once again?
90 Days of Different
In this novel for teens, Sophie graduates from high school, her boyfriend breaks up with her because she's boring, and her best friend challenges her to try 90 different things.
The Justice Project
In this mystery for teens, high-school student Matt Barnes, whose life has been upended by a serious injury, lands a summer job defending the wrongly convicted.
Trail of Crumbs
In this young adult novel, Greta and her twin brother are abandoned by their father and stepmother, and Greta struggles with the confusion and shame she feels after being raped.
A Grain of Rice
A story about a young refugee's courage and inner strength as she escapes from Vietnam during the war.
Lost Boy
In this work of fiction for young adults, a teenaged boy is banished from his polygamous community after he is caught kissing a girl.
Infinite Blue
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In this novel for teens, an elite swimmer and a talented artist face a life-altering incident that tests the limits of their love.
Black Chuck
In this gritty young adult novel, Réal struggles with his guilt over a friend's violent death and his feelings for the dead boy's pregnant girlfriend.
Escalate
In this installment of the high-interest Retribution series for teen readers, Jace tracks down his birth family.
