Young Adult Fiction - Social Themes - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

A YA debut about found family and queer awakening, set in the lively world of roller derby, perfect for fans of Whip It and Heartstopper. Eighteen-year-old Casey feels stuck; while her friends are all going to university, she's taking a gap year at home...

An instant New York Times and Indie bestseller!From Emmy Award winner Jonathan Van Ness of Queer Eye and #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy comes a bighearted story about friendship, love--and discovering the secrets and beauty of your own hometown. Sully is...

Discover this transcendent middle grade masterpiece about a young black boy whose quiet rural live in the Appalachian Mountains begins to change--winner of the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot...

The complete collection of critically acclaimed, award-winning novels from New York Times-bestselling author Ally Condie's Matched Trilogy, including Matched, Crossed, and the breathtaking conclusion, Reached.Author: Ally CondiePublisher: Dutton Books for Young ReadersPublished: 11/13/2012Pages: 1322Binding Type: Boxed SetWeight: 4.60lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.50w x 4.40dISBN: 9780525426264Audience:...

A companion to Newbery Honor winning author Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty. This is the dramatic, heart-wrenching tale of Max and Worm, two outsiders who turn to each other for survival.Meet Max Kane, the brooding giant-of-a-boy who escaped from his basement hiding place and...

A trans boy enters a throw-down battle for the title of Homecoming King with the boy he dumped last summer in ZR Ellor's contemporary YA debut. Jeremy Harkiss, cheer captain and student body president, won't let coming out as a transgender boy ruin his...

"A haunting peek at the life of a teenage girl in 1950s New Orleans."--Entertainment Weekly It's 1950, and as the French Quarter of New Orleans simmers with secrets, seventeen-year-old Josie Moraine is silently stirring a pot of her own. Known among locals as the...

If you want to create, you have to give yourself the freedom to feel bored. Not everything can be done with the touch of a screen.Teen author, Melina Trine, shares a thought provoking, not-so-fiction message, for all ages, to inspire cultures immersed in technology...

"Evocative." --Kirkus, starred review "Breathtaking." --Booklist, starred reviewFor fans of Nimona and Snapdragon comes a medieval fantasy steeped in mystery and a haunting and hopeful tale of transformation and found family. Born with paper-white skin, Martino is an outcast. To the villagers, albinism is...

"Evocative." --Kirkus, starred review "Breathtaking." --Booklist, starred reviewFor fans of Nimona and Snapdragon comes a medieval fantasy steeped in mystery and a haunting and hopeful tale of transformation and found family. Born with paper-white skin, Martino is an outcast. To the villagers, albinism is...

From the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and...

A must-read coming-of-age story that gives an authentic look at the awkward and beautiful times of growing into your own skin. Miri is fourteen, and in the last year she's grown six inches, expanded in all directions, and is plagued by bouts of uncontrollable...

From John Flanagan, author of the worldwide bestselling Ranger's Apprentice -- an all-new adventure featuring the Brotherband crew and one of our favorite Rangers! Hal, his Brotherband crew, and the Ranger Gilan have freed the twelve Araluens sold into slavery. Returning to Araluen, Gilan...

"A little sweet, a little sharp." --Booklist, starred reviewHigh school nemeses fall in love in Kelly Quindlen's She Drives Me Crazy, a queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston. After an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their...

For the first printing only! This paperback features sprayed stenciled edges while the special edition supply lasts. New York Times bestselling author Morgan Matson's blockbuster novel about a shy teen having the most unexpected summer ever now has a beautiful new look! The Pre-Sloane...

The fourth installment in the New York Times bestselling Brotherband series, for fans of Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones Hal and his fellow Herons have returned home to Skandia after defeating the pirate captain Zavac and reclaiming Skandia's most prized artifact,...

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019! "Gripping and timely." --People "The YA debut we're most excited for this year." --Entertainment Weekly "A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that'll keep you down for the count. Prepare...

A sporty, feel-good, body-positive rom-com pits a plus-size teen against her bullies to prove what she already knows--that she has exactly the right stuff. Sixteen-year-old Ruby has worked hard to be happy in her body, even when other people--including her brother and her PE...

A sporty, feel-good, body-positive rom-com pits a plus-size teen against her bullies to prove what she already knows--that she has exactly the right stuff. Sixteen-year-old Ruby has worked hard to be happy in her body, even when other people--including her brother and her PE...

SMALL STEPS is a contemporary young adult novel from Louis Sachar, the New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Award-winning smash hit phenomenon book and movie/DVD sensation Holes, and The Cardturner. Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home...