Topical/Coming of Age

  • Frankie and Amelia

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    A heartfelt companion novel to the critically acclaimed Chester and Gus about inclusivity, autism, friendship, and family, perfect for fans of Sara Pennypacker and Kate DiCamillo.

    After being separate

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    • Author: McGovern, Cammie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: November 08 2022
    • ISBN10: 0062463330
    • Language: English
  • Under the Lights

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    In the follow-up to Abbi Glines’s #1 New York Times bestseller Until Friday Night–which bestselling author Kami Garcia called “tender, honest, and achingly real”–three teens from a small southern to[more below]

    • Series: Field Party
    • Author: Glines, Abbi
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: July 04 2017
    • ISBN10: 1481438883
    • Language: English
  • A Tale of Two Maidens

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    Felise’s debtor father has disappeared on a merchant journey; her guardian is plotting to marry her to a stranger; and the Hundred Years’ War rages all around her. She fears that France will soon be h[more below]

    • Author: Echols, Anne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: September 19 2023
    • ISBN10: 1647425433
    • Language: English
  • Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend

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    Age Level: 7 and up – Grade Level: 2 to 5

    Horrid Henry reads Perfect Peter’s diary and improves it; goes shopping with Mom and tries to make her buy him some really nice new sneakers; is horrified when

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    • Series: Horrid Henry #0
    • Author: Simon, Francesca
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 112
    • Publish Date: July 01 2009
    • ISBN10: 1402217781
    • Language: English
  • Golden Arm

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    In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks finds himself pitching his way out of poverty–one strike at a time. By “a premier author of provocative

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    • Author: Deuker, Carl
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: April 07 2020
    • ISBN10: 0358012422
    • Language: English
  • These Violent Delights

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    A Literary Hub Best Book of Year – A Crime Reads Best Debut of the Year – A Newsweek 25 Best Fall Books – A Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Big Books for the Fall – An O Magazine.com LGBTQ Books That Are Cha

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    • Author: Nemerever, Micah
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 480
    • Publish Date: September 15 2020
    • ISBN10: 0062963635
    • Language: English
  • Scarlet in Blue

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    A 2023 MICHIGAN NOTABLE BOOK

    A beautiful and gripping psychological novel about a mother and daughter who, after a lifetime on the run from a dark and dangerous past, land in a small Michigan town tha

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    • Author: Murphy, Jennifer
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: March 08 2022
    • ISBN10: 0593183460
    • Language: English
  • Our Little World

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    “I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It’s a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it’s also a novel about two sisters you will never fo[more below]

    • Author: Winn, Karen
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 352
    • Publish Date: May 03 2022
    • ISBN10: 0593184491
    • Language: English
  • The Places We Sleep

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    A family divided, a country going to war, and a girl desperate to feel at home converge in this stunning novel in verse.

    Selected for Kids Indies Introduce List AND Kids Indie Next List

    It’s early Sep

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    • Author: Brooks DuBois, Caroline
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 272
    • Publish Date: July 12 2022
    • ISBN10: 0823451305
    • Language: English
  • Summer of Brave

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    Kirkus Best Middle-Grade Family Stories of 2021
    School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Books 2021

    The Best Children’s Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street College

    STARRED REVIEW! “With compassion, wr

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    • Author: Parks, Amy Noelle
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: April 12 2022
    • ISBN10: 0807576700
    • Language: English
  • You Don’t Know Me

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    Moving, wholly involving, original, and emotionally true, You Don’t Know Me is a multilayered young adult novel that presents a winning portrait of an understandably angst-ridden adolescent.

    John (My

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    • Author: Klass, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 14 2010
    • ISBN10: 0312653026
    • Language: English
  • St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories

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    Here is the debut short story collection from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Swamplandia and the New York Times bestselling Vampires in the Lemon Grove.

    In these ten glittering stories, th

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    • Series: Vintage Contemporaries
    • Author: Russell, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: August 14 2007
    • ISBN10: 0307276678
    • Language: English
  • A Gate at the Stairs

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    NATIONAL BESTSELLER – From “one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation” (The New York Times) comes a piercing novel of race, class, love, and war in America.

    Twenty-year-old Tassie Kel… [more below]

    • Series: Vintage Contemporaries
    • Author: Moore, Lorrie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: August 24 2010
    • ISBN10: 0375708464
    • Language: English
  • Things Have Changed: What Every Parent (and Educator) Should Know about the Student Mental Health and Substance Misuse Crisis

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    Written with a parent’s passion and empathy, Things Have Changed offers a clear road map for navigating painful struggles that many modern children and students face, including mental health issues, s[more below]

    • Author: Magee, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: August 08 2023
    • ISBN10: 1637743963
    • Language: English
  • Child Bride

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    The coming-of-age journey of a young girl from the South who joins the African American great migration to the North-and finds her way through challenges and unforeseen obstacles to womanhood.

    • Author: Smith Turner, Jennifer
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 266
    • Publish Date: April 14 2020
    • ISBN10: 168463038X
    • Language: English
  • Persuasion

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    Now on Netflix! Jane Austen’s wickedly satirical final novel, starring Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding and Richard E. Grant.

    Complete and unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series o

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    • Author: Austen, Jane
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 312
    • Publish Date: July 19 2016
    • ISBN10: 1909621706
    • Language: English
  • Girls on the Edge: Why So Many Girls Are Anxious, Wired, and Obsessed–And What Parents Can Do

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    A parenting expert reveals the four biggest threats to girls’ psychological growth and explains how parents can help their daughters develop a healthy sense of self.

    In Girls on the Edge, psychologis

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    • Author: Sax, Leonard
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: August 25 2020
    • ISBN10: 1541617800
    • Language: English
  • Valentine: A Read with Jenna Pick

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    An instant New York Times Bestseller

    Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize

    A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick!

    “A thrilling debut that deserves your attention.” -Ron Charles, the Washing

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    • Author: Wetmore, Elizabeth
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: March 02 2021
    • ISBN10: 0062913271
    • Language: English
  • Five Tuesdays in Winter

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    Five Tuesdays in Winter moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart. I loved this book.” –Ann Patchett

    By the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Writer

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    • Author: King, Lily
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: November 09 2021
    • ISBN10: 0802158765
    • Language: English
  • 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager: Making the Most of Your Conversations and Connections

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    Today’s teenagers are the most anxious, creative, and diverse generation in history–which can make it hard for us to relate. And while every teenager is a walking bundle of questions, three rise abov… [more below]

    • Author: Powell, Kara
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 304
    • Publish Date: August 03 2021
    • ISBN10: 0801093384
    • Language: English
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