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☀️Young adult
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items Young adult books are powerful at any age. No matter how old you are, I suggest picking these up. Also, if you're a teacher, add these to your classroom libraries!
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Fiction
I flew through this book and enjoyed every second of it. It was fast-paced and just mysterious enough to keep reading. I did wish there was a little more chemistry between the two main characters, but they were both precious angels. I thought the end...
A Love Story : Schwartz, Dana
This book was absolutely brilliant. The story is incredibly powerful and hard to read as it follows a young woman being manipulated, groomed, abused, and blackmailed by an older, famous musician.
It's a harrowing book that is so well written. I love...
Grown: Tiffany D Jackson
I’ve never quite read something like this. I loved the narrative style and the unreliable narrator of this book.
I’m not sure I’m a huge fan of the ending, it was the only part of the book that seemed odd for me. I wish I had read this as a physica...
The Wicker King : Ancrum, K.
This book is absolutely incredible and what this world needs right now. This book is so important. A groundbreaking look into rape culture and how our society treats victims. Go read it right now, please. Please please please.
From the Author’s Note...
Girl Made of Stars - Ashley Herring Blake
I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS! This book was beautifully written. The plot was set up in such a unique way that kept the story moving between the past and the present seamlessly. And the plot twists at the end?! I was NOT expecting those! However, most imp...
The Astonishing Color of After - Emily XR Pan
I have to admit, I was a little afraid that this book wouldn’t live up to the hype. But it does in every single way. Not only does it flawlessly discuss race, police brutality, and our broken justice system, but it also does so much more. My favorite...
The Hate U Give
This book was so sweet. I absolutely loved the characters. So much. I thought that how John Green portrayed life-long friendship was particularly realistic and lovely. It was refreshing to see a healthy and supportive friendship in YA Lit. I also rea...
Turtles All the Way Down: John Green
Wow. This book was heartbreaking. But so important. It took me a while to get into, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't read it. I'm really in awe of Sepetys as an author, researcher, historian and truth-teller.
Between Shades of Gray-Ruta Sepetys
I read this book in a day; I could not put it down. I got so invested in the characters. This book told me about a true event in history that I have never heard of before, which blows my mind. Some of the writing was a little predictable and the writ...
Salt to the Sea: A Novel : Sepetys, Ruta
Overall, I really liked this book. It wasn't as good as I'll Give You the Sun, and I almost wish I would've read this one first, but that's okay! What bothered me most about this book was the main character was so incredibly frustrating at times and ...
The Sky is Everywhere: Jandy Nelson
I don't know if I've ever connected with two characters so much before. Nelson so perfectly captures the relationship between twins. Everything I was reading just spoke so true to me. I'm not totally sure, if I was in love with all of the ending, but...
I'll Give You the Sun : Nelson, Jandy
This book was absolutely stunning. In many ways, it reminded me of "The Perks of being a Wallflower": written in letters, a secret tragic past, and hopeful ending. It was written so beautifully and there were moments and lines that just made me stop ...
Love Letters to the Dead : Dellaira, Ava
Powerful exploration of death and storytelling
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Wow. This is definitely meant for a younger audience and if I had read this while I was younger, it would have made me feel so seen.
Such a gut-punching, lyrical, accurate look at grief and depression.
English teacher friends, add this one to your ...
We Are All So Good at Smiling - Macmillan
An adorable romance with great representation for young adults
'Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute' by 'Talia Hibbert'
Quiet, beautiful, lovely
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
Fantasy
An impeccable piece of speculative fiction that takes place in a near-future. Beautiful exploration of family, monsters, racism, and hope.
Pet : Emezi, Akwaeke
Absolutely remarkable book that explores the power of everyone’s voice in a revolution
Bitter: Akwaeke Emezi
I absolutely loved this book! It was so fun and I literally could not put it down. I thought the world was really interesting and I loved the conversations surrounding race, colonization, and power. I can't wait to see where this series goes with tho...
Legendborn -
A favorite from my old teenage reading years. I was obsesssed.
A Great and Terrible Beauty
I have so much to say, but overall, this is definitely the start of my new favorite series and I need the next one right now!!! This world was built so well, with so many intricacies and background information. But what is really special are THE CHAR...
Children of Blood and Bone - Tomi Adeyemi
This book was a bit hard for me to get into at first and it took me a while to wrap my head around this world, but once I did, I couldn’t put it down. I adored all of the characters in this book and simply can’t wait to read more from them and see mo...
We Hunt the Flame by Hafsah Faizal