Juvenile & Young Adult / Social Situations / Adolescence

How (Not) to Find a Boyfriend

by Allyson Valentine

A funny and smart romantic comedy about getting the guy. . . and finding yourself.

Sophomore Nora Fulbright is the most talented and popular new cheerleader on the Riverbend High cheer squad. Never mind that...

All Rivers Flow to the Sea

by Alison Mcghee

For seventeen-year-old Rose, it keeps happening - the car crash. The car crash that put her sister, Ivy, in a coma with only a respirator keeping her alive. While Rose tries to find support from her reticent...

The Thing about Luck

by Cynthia Kadohata & Julia Kuo

There is bad luck, good luck, and making your own luckwhich is exactly what Summer must do to save her family in this novel from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Kadohata.

Summer knows that kouun means good luck in Japanese,...

Letting Ana Go

by Anonymous

In the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Lucy in the Sky, a harrowing account of anorexia and addiction.

She was a good girl from a good family, with everything she could want or need. But below the surface, she...

Wings of Fire Book Three: The Hidden Kingdom

by Tui T. Sutherland

The WINGS OF FIRE saga continues! Deep in the rainforest, danger awaits . . . The dragonets of destiny aren't sure what to expect in the RainWing kingdom - Glory hopes to learn more about her family, and since...

The Language Inside

by Holly Thompson

   Emma Karas was raised in Japan; it's the country she calls home. But when her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, Emma's family moves to a town outside Lowell, Massachusetts, to stay with Emma's grandmother...

Wild Awake

by Hilary T. Smith

In Wild Awake, Hilary T. Smith’s exhilarating and heart-wrenching YA debut novel, seventeen-year-old Kiri Byrd has big plans for her summer without parents. She intends to devote herself to her music and win...

Boys Wanted

by Flynn Meaney

Previously published as The Boy Recession.

The population of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, is shrinking as families move to cities and towns with greener pastures, and the local high school is hurting: Nearly all...

The Book of Broken Hearts

by Sarah Ockler

When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A poignant and romantic novel from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer.

Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but...

Black and White and Gray All Over

by Rachel Wise

Sam needs some serious advice when a new staff member competes for newspaper bylines—and for her crush’s attention.

Cherry Valley is abuzz when a new girl comes to town from the UK. Kate Bigley has dark hair,...

Golden

by Jessi Kirby

Love, tragedy, and mystery converge in this compelling novel from “an author to watch” (Booklist).

Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential...

I'm with Stupid

by Geoff Herbach

"One of the most real, honest, and still funny male voices to come around in a while."-YALSA

It's nerd-turned-jock Felton Reinstein's last year before college, and the choices he makes now will affect the rest...

Family Tree #1: Better to Wish

by Ann M. Martin

Four generations. Four girls. One family. An amazing new four-book series from Ann M. Martin. In 1930, Abby Nichols is eight, and can't imagine what her future holds. The best things today would be having a...

One Plus One Equals Blue

by MJ Auch

Twelve year-old Basil knows he’s special—he’s been associating numbers with colors since he was a kid. His gift (or curse) has turned him into somewhat of a loner, but his world begins to change when he...

How I Lost You

by Janet Gurtler

"I always thought we'd be friends to the end."

Grace and Kya always do everything together, and nothing can get in the way of their friendship. They have a pact: Sisters Before Misters. Buds Before Studs.

Only...

Darius & Twig

by Walter Dean Myers

New York Times bestselling author and Printz Award winner Walter Dean Myers once again connects with teenagers everywhere in Darius & Twig, a novel about friendship and needing to live your own dream.

Darius...

Finding Ashlynn

by Zoe Lynne

Every Friday night, Jenna and her best friend, Stella, attend their local LGBTQ youth group meeting. It's a great place for support and friendship, but Jenna wants to fall in love. In walks Ashlynn, a purple-haired...

A Place Like This

by Steven Herrick

Jack and Annabel have decided to put off university and drive around the country. It all seems wildly romantic, but when their car dies two days into the trip, they end up at George’s apple orchard. They figure...

Love, Ghosts, & Facial Hair

by Steven Herrick

Jack’s got a lot on his mind: He’s trying to figure out the mystery of the opposite sex, he can’t stop wondering about facial hair, and he won’t let go of his mother’s ghost, even though she died seven...

Choices

by Jamie Mayfield

Waiting for Forever: Book One

Part One: The Throwaway Boy

As the country's religious and secular leaders battle over equality in the abstract, Brian McAllister and Jamie Mayfield live in the crossfire. In their...