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Coming of Age
Odd One Out
Odd One Out tells the story of three teenagers dealing with sexuality, gender identity, labels, and the pressures that come with each. Courtney, Rae, and Jupiter all get the opportunity Read more...
Posted by Kimberly S. on February 6, 2020
Wild Bird
“3:47 a.m. That’s when they arrive for Wren Clemmens. She’s hustled out of her house and into a waiting car, then a plane, and then taken on a forced march Read more...
Posted by Kristi M. on January 9, 2020
I am So Brave!
Highly saturated colors come together with bold geometric shapes and a measured use of grain scatter textures to create extremely engaging illustrations in this empowering board book about facing your Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on June 5, 2019
Wake of Vultures
Nettie Lonesome has had a hard childhood. She was found abandoned in the desert by Mam and Pap, the two residents of Gloomy Bluebird that took her in. She is Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on November 6, 2018
Joyride
Carly and Arden know what their families' expect of them, but when a chance encounter leads them to each other, they realize that the only expectations that matter are their Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on September 24, 2018
Speak: The Graphic Novel
Carroll uses a grayscale palette to wonderful effect in this highly successful and modernized graphic novel adaptation of Anderson’s classic, and the accessible writing is all the more commanding due Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on August 30, 2018
The Night Diary
Through a series of letters written to her deceased mother, shy, quiet, twelve year-old Nisha tells the story of her family’s journey from the newly-formed Pakistan to India in the Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on July 11, 2018
Listen, Slowly
Twelve year-old Mai is not looking forward to summer vacation. Why? Her parents are forcing her to spend it accompanying her grandmother, Ba, to Vietnam, to visit family Mai has Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on May 6, 2018
Between Us and the Moon
“You watch the world. I’m not sure you even live in it.” Fifteen-year-old Sarah’s boyfriend has just dumped her with these words, and she’s determined to prove him wrong.
Posted by Book Rex on April 23, 2018
Better Than Perfect
Juliet’s life is wonderful. She’s got the family, the grades, and the boyfriend, and they’re all perfect. That is, until her dad moves out and her mom overdoses on her Read more...
Posted by Book Rex on January 11, 2018
You Know Me Well
This book is a celebration of LGBTQ love, the universal struggle of young love, and those terrifying moments before adulthood.
Posted by Book Rex on April 13, 2017
The Arrival of Missives
Wedding science fiction with literary fiction in a post-WWI setting, The Arrival of Missives is a unique and enjoyable coming of age story. Shirley Fearn is seventeen and has it Read more...
Posted by Kerry B. on January 25, 2017