Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming of Age
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Ultraviolet
$18.99 Add to cartSometimes life explodes in technicolor.
In the spirit of Judy Blume, award-winning author Aida Salazar tells it like it is about puberty, hormones, and first love in this hilarious, heartwarming, and h
- Author: Salazar, Aida
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1338775650
- Language: English
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Roll for Initiative
$17.99 Add to cartPerfect for fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Raina Telgemeier, and Jessica Kim, a heartfelt coming-of-age middle grade novel about finding your voice and believing in your best geeky self.
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- Author: Formato, Jaime
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 762481064
- Language: English
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Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers
$9.99 Add to cartFrom the critically acclaimed author of the ALA Notable and Charlotte Huck Honor Book Forever, or a Long, Long Time comes a moving own-voices story that shines a light on how one girl’s learning diffe
- Author: Carter, Caela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 08, 2022
- ISBN10: 0062996649
- Language: English
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Bronxwood
$13.99 Read moreThe anticipated return to Tyrell’s story, now in paperback
Tyrell’s got a lot going on. His father just got out of jail. His little brother is stuck in foster care. The dealers he’s living with are ta… [more below]
- Author: Booth, Coe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0439925355
- Language: English
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My Life as a Youtuber
$9.99 Add to cartMy Life as a Youtuber is the seventh book in Janet Tashjian’s much-loved My Life series–illustrated by Jake Tashjian–featuring the irrepressible Derek Fallon starting his own Youtube web series
Der- Series: My Life #7
- Author: Tashjian, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1250233674
- Language: English
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The Year I Flew Away
$9.99 Add to cartIn this magical middle grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn’t the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle
- Author: Arnold, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0358733332
- Language: English
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Tim Does His Own Thing
$18.95 Read moreA beautiful book about talent, diversity, and the importance of doing your own thing. For little peeps following their own path ages 4 years and up.
When little bird Tim hatches from his egg, the other
- Author: Antonissen, Bianca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1605379468
- Language: English
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The Moon Within (Scholastic Gold)
$8.99 Add to cartThe dazzling story of a girl navigating friendship, family, and growing up, an Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret? for the modern day, from debut author Aida Salazar.
****Four starred reviews!****
* “A
- Author: Salazar, Aida
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 05 2020
- ISBN10: 1338283383
- Language: English
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Then Again, Maybe I Won’t
$7.99 Add to cartGet a guy’s perspective on adolescent hang-ups in this classic Judy Blume novel, now with a fresh new look.
“That’s an interesting way to solve the problem, Tony.” Miss Tobin is talking about a math p- Author: Blume, Judy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1481413651
- Language: English
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Moon Time Prayer
$14.99 Add to cartWhat stories are girls told of womanhood? Are they of strength, grace, and creativity?
Not long ago, they heard whispered tales of impending curses. Physical changes were clinically defined in textbo
- Author: Gaudet, Cindy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1775223140
- Language: English
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Coming of Age in America: A Multicultural Anthology
$26.90 Add to cartBy turns touching and hilarious, Coming of Age in America gathers together writers from fifteen different ethnic groups who, through their fiction, explore the terrain we all traverse as we come of ag… [more below]
- Author: Frosch, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1565841476
- Language: English
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Firegirl
$8.99 Add to cartThis poignant novel about a boy’s friendship with a burn victim is perfect for fans of R. J. Palacio’s Wonder
From the moment Jessica arrives, life is never quite the same for Tom and his seventh-gra- Author: Abbott, Tony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0316011703
- Language: English
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Honey and Me
$17.99 Read moreFans of Judy Blume, The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street, and The Penderwicks will love this funny, charismatic story of a Jewish girl striving to forge her own identity in the shadow of her fearless bes… [more below]
- Author: Drazin, Meira
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1338155431
- Language: English
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Stolen
$12.99 Read moreWinner of the Michael L. Printz Award
* “An emotionally raw thriller…a haunting account of captivity and the power of relationships.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
The captivating, disturbing,
- Author: Christopher, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01 2012
- ISBN10: 054517094X
- Language: English
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Walk Two Moons: A Newbery Award Winner
$9.99 Add to cartIn her own singularly beautiful style, Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving st
- Series: Walk Two Moons #1
- Author: Creech, Sharon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 23, 2003
- ISBN10: 0060560134
- Language: English
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Get Me Out of Here!
$14.99 Add to cartLive large with James Patterson’s winning follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestsellerMiddle School, The Worst Years of My Life.After sixth grade, the very worst year of his life, Rafe Khatchadorian
- Series: Middle School #2
- Author: Patterson, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 31, 2014
- ISBN10: 0316322016
- Language: English
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Piecing Me Together
$18.99 Add to cartNewbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner
Acclaimed author Renee Watson of
New York Times bestseller
“Timely and timeless.” –Jacqueline Woodson
“Important and deeply moving.” –John Green- Author: Watson, Renée
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 14, 2017
- ISBN10: 1681191059
- Language: English
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But It’s Just a Game
$10.95 Add to cart“But Mom, it’s just a game.”
Meet Jasper! A young boy who is totally absorbed with playing video games…
“With my game controller in my hands, I’m the boss of my whole world!
I can be who I want and d- Author: Cook, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 10, 2013
- ISBN10: 1937870162
- Language: English
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Shine On, Luz Véliz!
$19.99 Add to cartA beautiful coming-of-age story for fans of Front Desk and Merci Su?rez Changes Gears, this book celebrates identity, language, heritage, family, and the determination to follow one’s own inner light.… [more below]
- Author: Balcarcel, Rebecca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1797209671
- Language: English
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Verdi
$19.99 Add to cartDeep in the jungle where all the pythons are green, Verdi is born a little bit different. This gorgeously illustrated picture book from the creator of Stellaluna sends a timely message to young reader… [more below]
- Author: Cannon, Janell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 1, 1997
- ISBN10: 0152010289
- Language: English
