Best Realistic Fiction Books | Summaries & Audio

Realistic Fiction Book Summaries

Wanting Mor

by Rukhsana Khan • 2009

An Afghan girl abandoned in Kabul after her mother's death must forge a new life.

3.92

1k+

🇦🇫 Post-War Afghanistan 🏠 Orphanage Found Family 📚 Education As Escape 💉 Parental Addiction 🌿 Quiet Resilience

Wanting Mor

An Afghan girl abandoned in Kabul after her mother's death must forge a new life.

by Rukhsana Khan 2009 192 pages

3.92

1k+ ratings

🇦🇫 Post-War Afghanistan 🏠 Orphanage Found Family 📚 Education As Escape 💉 Parental Addiction 🌿 Quiet Resilience

The Truth About Forever

by Sarah Dessen • 2004

A summer job brings a grieving perfectionist chaos, new friends, and an artist who gets her.

4.12

200k+

🌞 Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Perfectionist Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🎨 Artist Love Interest

The Truth About Forever

A summer job brings a grieving perfectionist chaos, new friends, and an artist who gets her.

by Sarah Dessen 2004 374 pages

4.12

200k+ ratings

🌞 Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Perfectionist Heroine 🫂 Found Family 🎨 Artist Love Interest

Scars Like Wings

by Erin Stewart • 2019

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

4.05

6k+

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

Scars Like Wings

A fire orphaned her. Her scars made her a spectacle. High school demands she be seen.

by Erin Stewart 2019 384 pages

4.05

6k+ ratings

🩹 Visible Difference 🎭 School Theater 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🤝 Reluctant Friendship 🏠 Chosen Family

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die

by April Henry • 2013

She wakes with no name, no past, and two men arguing over who will kill her.

4.04

13k+

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🏃 On The Run 🦠 Virus Conspiracy 🎭 Gaslighting 🤝 Unlikely Allies

The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die

She wakes with no name, no past, and two men arguing over who will kill her.

by April Henry 2013 213 pages

4.04

13k+ ratings

🧠 Amnesia Thriller 🏃 On The Run 🦠 Virus Conspiracy 🎭 Gaslighting 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Crank

by Ellen Hopkins • 2004

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

4.16

100k+

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Crank

At her addict father's, a good girl tries meth and fractures into a reckless double.

by Ellen Hopkins 2004 537 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

💉 Addiction Fiction 🎭 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🌀 Good Girl Unraveling 💔 Toxic First Love

Bouncing Back

by Scott Ostler • 2019

Newly paralyzed, a teen basketball star joins a wheelchair team to find his place.

4.05

220

🏀 Youth Basketball 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 😒 Reluctant Athlete 🤝 Bully Redemption ✊ Community Activism

Bouncing Back

Newly paralyzed, a teen basketball star joins a wheelchair team to find his place.

by Scott Ostler 2019 304 pages

4.05

220 ratings

🏀 Youth Basketball 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 😒 Reluctant Athlete 🤝 Bully Redemption ✊ Community Activism

Mare's War

by Tanita S. Davis • 2009

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

3.84

1k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

Mare's War

Two sisters, one road trip, and a grandmother whose segregated WWII past is surfacing.

by Tanita S. Davis 2009 352 pages

3.84

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 👵 Intergenerational Story 🪖 Women In Wartime 🚗 Road Trip Framing 👯 Sister Bond

The Bridge Home

by Padma Venkatraman • 2019

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

4.26

11k+

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

The Bridge Home

Protecting her disabled sister, Viji flees their father and builds a family on a Chennai bridge.

by Padma Venkatraman 2019 208 pages

4.26

11k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🌆 Street Children 👧 Sibling Caretaker 💙 Disability In Family ✉️ Epistolary Novel

Alabama Moon

by Watt Key • 2004

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

4.06

5k+

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

Alabama Moon

His father dead, a boy raised in the Alabama wild must outrun the law to survive.

by Watt Key 2004 304 pages

4.06

5k+ ratings

🌲 Wilderness Survival 🫂 Found Family 👥 Unlikely Friends 🏃 Runaway Kids 🛡️ Resilience

Shark Girl

by Kelly Bingham • 2007

A shark takes her drawing arm. Now she must learn who she is without it.

3.85

3k+

🖋️ Novel In Verse 🦾 Acquired Disability 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Quiet And Lyrical

Shark Girl

A shark takes her drawing arm. Now she must learn who she is without it.

by Kelly Bingham 2007 288 pages

3.85

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Novel In Verse 🦾 Acquired Disability 🎨 Artist Protagonist 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🕊️ Quiet And Lyrical

The Language of Seabirds

by Will Taylor • 2022

At the Oregon coast, a closeted boy finds a friend, a crush, and a secret code.

4.21

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💖 First Crush 🕊️ Secret Language 🌊 Seaside Town 👬 Boys In Love

The Language of Seabirds

At the Oregon coast, a closeted boy finds a friend, a crush, and a secret code.

by Will Taylor 2022 256 pages

4.21

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 💖 First Crush 🕊️ Secret Language 🌊 Seaside Town 👬 Boys In Love

The Science of Breakable Things

by Tae Keller • 2018

To save her mom from depression, a girl enters an egg drop contest chasing an orchid.

4.12

4k+

🧠 Family Mental Health 🔬 Science Project 👫 Friendship Trio 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🌱 Hope And Healing

The Science of Breakable Things

To save her mom from depression, a girl enters an egg drop contest chasing an orchid.

by Tae Keller 2018 304 pages

4.12

4k+ ratings

🧠 Family Mental Health 🔬 Science Project 👫 Friendship Trio 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond 🌱 Hope And Healing

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

by Tahereh Mafi • 2018

A guarded hijabi teen and the basketball star determined to know her collide in post-9/11 America.

4.06

67k+

🧕 Hijabi Romance 🏙️ Post-9/11 Setting 💔 Forbidden Love 🤝 Interracial Romance 😤 Angry Heroine

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

A guarded hijabi teen and the basketball star determined to know her collide in post-9/11 America.

by Tahereh Mafi 2018 310 pages

4.06

67k+ ratings

🧕 Hijabi Romance 🏙️ Post-9/11 Setting 💔 Forbidden Love 🤝 Interracial Romance 😤 Angry Heroine

The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

by Morgan Matson • 2024

Stranded in a ghost town, she falls for a stranger hiding a famous last name.

3.86

1k+

🕐 One Night Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎸 Celebrity Parent 💕 Swoony

The Ballad of Darcy and Russell

Stranded in a ghost town, she falls for a stranger hiding a famous last name.

by Morgan Matson 2024 400 pages

3.86

1k+ ratings

🕐 One Night Romance 🚪 Forced Proximity 🎭 Hidden Identity 🎸 Celebrity Parent 💕 Swoony

Cut

by Patricia McCormick • 2000

A 15-year-old refuses to speak at a treatment center, hiding the reason she cuts herself.

3.76

60k+

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🏥 Residential Treatment 👥 Girls' Group Therapy 💔 Parental Neglect 🤝 Found Family

Cut

A 15-year-old refuses to speak at a treatment center, hiding the reason she cuts herself.

by Patricia McCormick 2000 151 pages

3.76

60k+ ratings

🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🏥 Residential Treatment 👥 Girls' Group Therapy 💔 Parental Neglect 🤝 Found Family

Lola and the Boy Next Door

by Stephanie Perkins • 2011

Lola's punk boyfriend doesn't impress her dads. Her childhood crush, back next door, just might.

3.89

100k+

🏠 Boy Next Door 💓 Childhood Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🎨 Creative Heroine 🌁 San Francisco

Lola and the Boy Next Door

Lola's punk boyfriend doesn't impress her dads. Her childhood crush, back next door, just might.

by Stephanie Perkins 2011 338 pages

3.89

100k+ ratings

🏠 Boy Next Door 💓 Childhood Crush 💔 Love Triangle 🎨 Creative Heroine 🌁 San Francisco

Bittersweet

by Sarah Ockler • 2012

She ices cupcakes, coaches hockey, and secretly chases the skating dream she once threw away.

3.75

12k+

⛸️ Figure Skating 🏒 Hockey Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🍽️ Small Town Diner 🤝 Found Family

Bittersweet

She ices cupcakes, coaches hockey, and secretly chases the skating dream she once threw away.

by Sarah Ockler 2012 378 pages

3.75

12k+ ratings

⛸️ Figure Skating 🏒 Hockey Romance 💕 Love Triangle 🍽️ Small Town Diner 🤝 Found Family

The Battle of Jericho

by Sharon M. Draper • 2003

Elite secret club tempts teen trumpeter into cruel initiations, absolute silence, and a fatal leap.

4.14

4k+

🕵️ Secret Society ⚠️ Hazing Rituals 💀 Fatal Hazing 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🫡 Blind Loyalty

The Battle of Jericho

Elite secret club tempts teen trumpeter into cruel initiations, absolute silence, and a fatal leap.

by Sharon M. Draper 2003 352 pages

4.14

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Secret Society ⚠️ Hazing Rituals 💀 Fatal Hazing 🤫 Pact Of Silence 🫡 Blind Loyalty

Eliza and Her Monsters

by Francesca Zappia • 2017

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

4.14

65k+

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

Eliza and Her Monsters

An anonymous webcomic creator falls for her classmate, its top fanfic writer. He can't know.

by Francesca Zappia 2017 385 pages

4.14

65k+ ratings

💻 Online Fandom 🎭 Secret Identity 💕 Friends To Lovers 🧠 Social Anxiety ✉️ Notes And Letters

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

by Patricia Park • 2023

A racist remark makes a scholarship kid the face of her prep school's diversity campaign.

3.96

1k+

🏫 Prep School 🎓 Scholarship Kid 🌐 Code-Switching 🧬 Hybrid Identity 🌏 Immigrant Family

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

A racist remark makes a scholarship kid the face of her prep school's diversity campaign.

by Patricia Park 2023 320 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School 🎓 Scholarship Kid 🌐 Code-Switching 🧬 Hybrid Identity 🌏 Immigrant Family

Don't Read the Comments

by Eric Smith • 2020

Her secret gaming streams support her family, but when trolls dox her, the fight moves offline.

3.80

3k+

🎮 Gaming Fiction 👩‍💻 Girl Gamer 📱 Internet Fame 🚫 Online Harassment 🎭 Secret Online Life

Don't Read the Comments

Her secret gaming streams support her family, but when trolls dox her, the fight moves offline.

by Eric Smith 2020 368 pages

3.80

3k+ ratings

🎮 Gaming Fiction 👩‍💻 Girl Gamer 📱 Internet Fame 🚫 Online Harassment 🎭 Secret Online Life

You Have a Match

by Emma Lord • 2021

A DNA test reveals a secret sister. So Abby crashes her summer camp, sparking instant rivalry.

3.55

38k+

🏕️ Summer Camp Romance 🔍 Family Secrets 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧬 Secret Sister 👭 Sisterly Bonding

You Have a Match

A DNA test reveals a secret sister. So Abby crashes her summer camp, sparking instant rivalry.

by Emma Lord 2021 320 pages

3.55

38k+ ratings

🏕️ Summer Camp Romance 🔍 Family Secrets 💕 Childhood Friends To Lovers 🧬 Secret Sister 👭 Sisterly Bonding

Just Gus

by McCall Hoyle • 2023

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

4.31

500+

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog 💞 Parallel Healing 🫂 Found Family

Just Gus

A scarred guardian dog meets a boy silenced by anxiety. Together they learn to heal.

by McCall Hoyle 2023 208 pages

4.31

500+ ratings

🐾 Animal Narrator 🩹 Healing Dog 👦 Boy And His Dog 💞 Parallel Healing 🫂 Found Family

Glass

by Ellen Hopkins • 2007

To survive motherhood, a teen relapses, and her dangerous alter ego takes the wheel.

4.29

75k+

💉 Meth Addiction 📜 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🍼 Teen Motherhood 🔁 Cycle Of Addiction

Glass

To survive motherhood, a teen relapses, and her dangerous alter ego takes the wheel.

by Ellen Hopkins 2007 681 pages

4.29

75k+ ratings

💉 Meth Addiction 📜 Verse Novel 👥 Dual Identity 🍼 Teen Motherhood 🔁 Cycle Of Addiction

This Is All

by Aidan Chambers • 2005

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

4.31

2k+

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love 🎵 Artistic Connection ✨ Lyrical Prose

This Is All

Pregnant at nineteen, Cordelia pours her teenage years into a pillow book for her unborn daughter.

by Aidan Chambers 2005 808 pages

4.31

2k+ ratings

📖 Diary Format Novel 📚 Literary YA 💕 First Love 🎵 Artistic Connection ✨ Lyrical Prose

A Short History of the Girl Next Door

by Jared Reck • 2017

A teen's unspoken love for his best friend becomes gutting grief after a car crash.

3.85

7k+

💔 Unrequited Love 🚗 Car Accident Tragedy 🥀 Grief And Guilt 🏀 Basketball 👥 Friendship Grief

A Short History of the Girl Next Door

A teen's unspoken love for his best friend becomes gutting grief after a car crash.

by Jared Reck 2017 272 pages

3.85

7k+ ratings

💔 Unrequited Love 🚗 Car Accident Tragedy 🥀 Grief And Guilt 🏀 Basketball 👥 Friendship Grief

Bitter Melon

by Cara Chow • 2010

A Chinese American teen hides her speech trophies from a mother who scripts her entire future.

3.86

1k+

👧 Immigrant Coming Of Age ⛓️ Maternal Control 🎭 Secret Double Life 🏮 Filial Piety 🕯️ Generational Trauma

Bitter Melon

A Chinese American teen hides her speech trophies from a mother who scripts her entire future.

by Cara Chow 2010 309 pages

3.86

1k+ ratings

👧 Immigrant Coming Of Age ⛓️ Maternal Control 🎭 Secret Double Life 🏮 Filial Piety 🕯️ Generational Trauma

Impulse

by Ellen Hopkins • 2007

Three suicide survivors in a wilderness program must confront the pain that drove them to the edge.

4.25

82k+

🖋️ Verse Novel 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🖤 Suicide Survival 🤝 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Impulse

Three suicide survivors in a wilderness program must confront the pain that drove them to the edge.

by Ellen Hopkins 2007 666 pages

4.25

82k+ ratings

🖋️ Verse Novel 🏥 Psychiatric Facility 🖤 Suicide Survival 🤝 Found Family 💕 Friends To Lovers

Isla and the Happily Ever After

by Stephanie Perkins • 2014

Her loopy confession to a crush upends a shy senior's return to their Paris boarding school.

3.98

100k+

🏫 Boarding School Romance 🌸 Shy Heroine 🎨 Artistic Hero 💘 First Love 💔 Angsty Romance

Isla and the Happily Ever After

Her loopy confession to a crush upends a shy senior's return to their Paris boarding school.

by Stephanie Perkins 2014 339 pages

3.98

100k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Romance 🌸 Shy Heroine 🎨 Artistic Hero 💘 First Love 💔 Angsty Romance

With the Fire on High

by Elizabeth Acevedo • 2019

Her gift is cooking. Her life is motherhood. A trip to Spain asks if she can choose herself.

4.17

89k+

🤱 Teen Motherhood 👩🏽‍🍳 Culinary Dreams 🥘 Food As Love Language 🇵🇷 Afro-Latinx Identity 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

With the Fire on High

Her gift is cooking. Her life is motherhood. A trip to Spain asks if she can choose herself.

by Elizabeth Acevedo 2019 395 pages

4.17

89k+ ratings

🤱 Teen Motherhood 👩🏽‍🍳 Culinary Dreams 🥘 Food As Love Language 🇵🇷 Afro-Latinx Identity 🕯️ Slow Burn Romance

Master of Reality

by John Darnielle • 2008

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

4.07

2k+

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🎸 Music As Refuge 😤 Angry Teen Narrator 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 📓 Epistolary Novel

Master of Reality

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

by John Darnielle 2008 112 pages

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🎸 Music As Refuge 😤 Angry Teen Narrator 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 📓 Epistolary Novel

All Our Broken Pieces

by L.D. Crichton • 2019

Her OCD demands ritual. His scars hide the past. A school project cracks their walls.

4.10

2k+

🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🧠 Mental Health Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🩹 Scarred Hero 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

All Our Broken Pieces

Her OCD demands ritual. His scars hide the past. A school project cracks their walls.

by L.D. Crichton 2019 405 pages

4.10

2k+ ratings

🎭 Dual Pov Romance 🧠 Mental Health Romance 🏠 Boy Next Door 🩹 Scarred Hero 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers

The Wrong Way Home

by Kate O'Shaughnessy • 2024

After escaping her commune, Fern longs to return, but uncovering the truth might make her stay.

4.27

2k+

🏕️ Off-Grid Community 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Clash 🫂 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🌊 Coastal Town

The Wrong Way Home

After escaping her commune, Fern longs to return, but uncovering the truth might make her stay.

by Kate O'Shaughnessy 2024 336 pages

4.27

2k+ ratings

🏕️ Off-Grid Community 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Clash 🫂 Found Family 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🌊 Coastal Town

Burned

by Ellen Hopkins • 2006

Banished to a ranch, a Mormon teen tastes a freedom her brutal father would kill for.

4.25

71k+

📝 Verse Novel ⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Forbidden First Love 👿 Abusive Patriarch 🌅 Questioning Faith

Burned

Banished to a ranch, a Mormon teen tastes a freedom her brutal father would kill for.

by Ellen Hopkins 2006 544 pages

4.25

71k+ ratings

📝 Verse Novel ⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Forbidden First Love 👿 Abusive Patriarch 🌅 Questioning Faith

Big Girl Small

by Rachel DeWoskin • 2011

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

3.34

2k+

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗣️ Witty Narrator

Big Girl Small

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

by Rachel DeWoskin 2011 294 pages

3.34

2k+ ratings

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming 🌑 Dark Coming Of Age 🗣️ Witty Narrator

What a Desi Girl Wants

by Sabina Khan • 2023

A Kansas teen at her father's royal Indian wedding falls hard for her grandmother's assistant.

3.51

450

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Ya Romance 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love 🫂 Family Reconciliation 🌏 Cultural Identity

What a Desi Girl Wants

A Kansas teen at her father's royal Indian wedding falls hard for her grandmother's assistant.

by Sabina Khan 2023 288 pages

3.51

450 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Ya Romance 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love 🫂 Family Reconciliation 🌏 Cultural Identity

Aces Up

by Lauren Barnholdt • 2010

An underage casino waitress is recruited by a secret society planning to fix a poker tournament.

3.40

4k+

🎭 Secret Double Life ♠️ Casino Underworld 💕 Friends To Lovers 💸 Family Money Troubles 😰 Anxious Protagonist

Aces Up

An underage casino waitress is recruited by a secret society planning to fix a poker tournament.

by Lauren Barnholdt 2010 272 pages

3.40

4k+ ratings

🎭 Secret Double Life ♠️ Casino Underworld 💕 Friends To Lovers 💸 Family Money Troubles 😰 Anxious Protagonist

August and Everything After

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski • 2018

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

3.41

5k+

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

August and Everything After

Scandal sends Quinn to the shore, where a wounded musician's songs crack open hidden grief.

by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski 2018 336 pages

3.41

5k+ ratings

🏖️ Summer Romance 🖤 Wounded Hero 🎵 Music As Therapy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💕 Healing Together

We Were Here

by Matt de la Peña • 2009

In a group home, a teen fills his court-ordered journal with everything but his brother's death.

4.10

3k+

🫂 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship 🛣️ Road Trip Journey 📓 Journal Format 💔 Survivor Guilt

We Were Here

In a group home, a teen fills his court-ordered journal with everything but his brother's death.

by Matt de la Peña 2009 368 pages

4.10

3k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🤝 Male Friendship 🛣️ Road Trip Journey 📓 Journal Format 💔 Survivor Guilt

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

by Gennifer Choldenko • 2024

Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.

4.46

3k+

🏠 Foster Care 👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family 👤 Absent Parent 🍾 Parental Addiction

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman

Abandoned with his baby sister, eleven-year-old Hank has nothing but one name on a school form.

by Gennifer Choldenko 2024 320 pages

4.46

3k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 👦 Sibling Caretaker 🤝 Found Family 👤 Absent Parent 🍾 Parental Addiction

More Than We Can Tell

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2018

An online stalker. A father's abuse. Two lonely teens become each other's safe haven.

4.25

18k+

🎭 Dual Pov 💻 Online Harassment 🎮 Gamer Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🧒 Foster Care

More Than We Can Tell

An online stalker. A father's abuse. Two lonely teens become each other's safe haven.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2018 410 pages

4.25

18k+ ratings

🎭 Dual Pov 💻 Online Harassment 🎮 Gamer Heroine 🏠 Found Family 🧒 Foster Care

Wrecker

by Carl Hiaasen • 2023

Blackmailed by smugglers, a Key West teen hides their counterfeit cargo in the cemetery he scrubs.

4.05

5k+

🐠 Ecological Mystery 🪦 Inherited Guilt ⛵ Nautical Adventure 🔍 Teen Sleuthing Duo 🕯️ Graveyard Atmosphere

Wrecker

Blackmailed by smugglers, a Key West teen hides their counterfeit cargo in the cemetery he scrubs.

by Carl Hiaasen 2023 336 pages

4.05

5k+ ratings

🐠 Ecological Mystery 🪦 Inherited Guilt ⛵ Nautical Adventure 🔍 Teen Sleuthing Duo 🕯️ Graveyard Atmosphere

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

by Chanel Miller • 2024

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

4.18

4k+

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

A laundromat's lost socks send two lonely girls on a summer mystery through New York City.

by Chanel Miller 2024 160 pages

4.18

4k+ ratings

🔍 Child Detectives 🧐 Neighborhood Mystery 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🧺 Immigrant Family ☀️ Summer Adventure

The Rent Collector

by Camron Wright • 2012

To heal her son, a Cambodian scavenger begs the dump's cruel rent collector for reading lessons.

4.27

59k+

📚 Books About Books 📖 Learning To Read 👩‍🏫 Unlikely Teacher 🔎 Secret Past 🤒 Child Illness

The Rent Collector

To heal her son, a Cambodian scavenger begs the dump's cruel rent collector for reading lessons.

by Camron Wright 2012 304 pages

4.27

59k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 📖 Learning To Read 👩‍🏫 Unlikely Teacher 🔎 Secret Past 🤒 Child Illness

Does My Head Look Big In This?

by Randa Abdel-Fattah • 2007

She decides to wear the hijab full-time. Her elite private school decides to weigh in.

3.65

12k+

🕌 Muslim Teen Life 👯 Supportive Girl Squad 🪞 Body Image Struggles 😄 Warm Humor 😞 Everyday Islamophobia

Does My Head Look Big In This?

She decides to wear the hijab full-time. Her elite private school decides to weigh in.

by Randa Abdel-Fattah 2007 360 pages

3.65

12k+ ratings

🕌 Muslim Teen Life 👯 Supportive Girl Squad 🪞 Body Image Struggles 😄 Warm Humor 😞 Everyday Islamophobia

Call It What You Want

by Brigid Kemmerer • 2019

He carries his father's crimes. She hides her disgrace. A calculus project forces them together.

4.01

17k+

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 📝 Forced Proximity 💔 Social Outcasts 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Teen Angst

Call It What You Want

He carries his father's crimes. She hides her disgrace. A calculus project forces them together.

by Brigid Kemmerer 2019 384 pages

4.01

17k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow Burn Romance 📝 Forced Proximity 💔 Social Outcasts 🫂 Found Family 🌧️ Teen Angst

This Is My America

by Kim Johnson • 2020

Her father faces execution, her brother a murder charge. A Texas teen hunts the real killer.

4.44

9k+

⚖️ Wrongful Conviction 🔍 Amateur Sleuth 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🌳 Generational Trauma 👫 Sibling Loyalty

This Is My America

Her father faces execution, her brother a murder charge. A Texas teen hunts the real killer.

by Kim Johnson 2020 416 pages

4.44

9k+ ratings

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A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

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Priklijuoti

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

by John David Anderson 2017 336 pages

3.90

8k+ ratings

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Mistaken for an adult food writer, an eleven-year-old must secretly review a Manhattan bistro.

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All Four Stars

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4.18

3k+ ratings

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Her perfect sister is dead. What the closet hides could break her immigrant family.

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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Her perfect sister is dead. What the closet hides could break her immigrant family.

by Erika L. Sánchez 2017 344 pages

4.00

84k+ ratings

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