Showing 1–30 of 30 books
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Absolute Brightness
In the beach town of Neptune, New Jersey, Phoebe's life is changed irrevocably when her gay cousin moves into her house and soon goes missing.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2009
- ISBN: 9780061256271
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Because You'll Never Meet Me
Ollie ?is allergic to electricity? and lives in isolation with his mother. Moritz was born with no eyes?, has a pacemaker, and is bullied at school. ?They become pen pals and unlikely friends as they learn more about one another.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2016
- ISBN: 9781619635906
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The Carnival at Bray
Moving from Chicago to Ireland hasn't been easy. Maggie particularly misses Uncle Kevin, who shares her love of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. When tragedy falls, will Maggie's new life help her to survive?
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Crossing the Tracks
In Missouri in 1926, fifteen-year-old Iris Baldwin discovers what family truly means when her father hires her out for the summer as a companion to a country doctor's invalid mother.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2011, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2011
- ISBN: 9781416997030
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Dear Martin
Justyce McAllister is captain of the Braselton Prep debate team and an honor roll student. But after being profiled by the police and ending up in handcuffs, Justyce turns to the legacy of Dr. King, hoping King's teachings can help him navigate today's world. But when Justyce and his best friend are caught in the cross-hairs of a violent misunderstanding, Justyce is forced to deal with the media fallout that threatens to destroy his future. -
Devils Within
After Nate Fuller kills his father in self-defense, he must find a way to redefine what's right and wrong and learn to trust again. But when two followers of The Fort, his father's white supremacist group, arrive in Nate's new town, he knows blood is going to spill—he's just not sure whose.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2018
- ISBN: 9781510714564
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Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
James has a lot on his plate: strained relationships, a fractured family, and an all-consuming anxiety. He deals with depression by hugging trees, "yawp"-ing at the world like his idol Walt Whitman, and conversing with his imaginary therapist—a pigeon named Dr. Bird.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780547928531
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Flash Burnout
Blake's life is way too complicated. He's a sophomore with a girlfriend and a friend who is a girl. One loves him. One needs him. Can he please them both? The voices of the characters are accurate, evocative and humorous capturing the everyday adolescent stresses and misunderstandings that are so hard to live through.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2010
- ISBN: 9780547194899
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The Freak Observer
Loa struggles to cope with the nightmares and hallucinations of her PTSD, brought on by the deaths of her baby sister and, more recently, her childhood friend.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2011
- ISBN: 9780761362128
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Gabi, A Girl in Pieces
During Gabi's senior year of high school, she navigates her family's ideas about “good girls” and “bad girls” while figuring out who she wants to be. -
Girl Mans Up
All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she's always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? They think the way she looks and acts means she's trying to be a boy—that she should quit trying to be something she's not. If she dresses like a girl, and does what her folks want, it will show respect. If she takes orders and does what her friend Colby wants, it will show her loyalty. But respect and loyalty, Pen discovers, are empty words. Old-world parents, disintegrating friendships, and strong feelings for other girls drive Pen to see the truth--that in order to be who she truly wants to be, she'll have to man up. -
The Hate U Give
Traumatized after witnessing the violent death of a friend, Starr searches for her voice as she moves between her black neighborhood and predominately white private school. This emotional novel, inspired by volatile race relations in America today, explores the importance of family, friendship, identity, and the courage to seek justice. -
Hold still
Ingrid didn't leave a note. Three months after her best friend's suicide, Caitlin finds what she left instead: a journal, hidden under Caitlin's bed.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2010
- ISBN: 9780143145042
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Hush
After many years, Gittel finally knows why her friend, Devory, took her own life. Yet when Devory tries to tell, her ultra-conservative Jewish community won't listen.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2012, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2011
- ISBN: 9780802720887
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Love and Other Perishable Items
Amelia meets Chris when he trains her for her brand-new job at the local supermarket. Smart and witty, they are perfect for each other. She is smitten, but he, on the rebound from his first, lost love, is preoccupied with the pursuit of booze and sex—and his college degree on the side. More importantly, she is 15, and he is 22. It just can't happen, can it?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2013
- ISBN: 9780375870002
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Madapple
A girl who has been brought up in near isolation is thrown into a twisted web of family secrets and religious fundamentalism when her mother dies and she goes to live with relatives she never knew she had.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2009
- ISBN: 9780375851766
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
When Cam's conservative aunt discovers her niece is a lesbian, she sends Cam to God's Promise, a church camp that promises to "cure" young people of their homosexuality. Cam's engaging voice tells her story with wry humor, intelligence, and a strong sense of place in eastern Montana. -
Paper Covers Rock
Alex, a junior at an exclusive boarding school, uses his journal (neatly hidden inside a copy of Moby Dick) to relate the disturbing events that led to the drowning of a classmate. Hubbard's literary references, her creation of Alex's poems and journal entries, and her storytelling skills combine in a story about the code of silence that often compromises the code of honor.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780385740555
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Rani Patel in Full Effect
Almost seventeen, Rani Patel appears to be a kick-ass Indian girl breaking cultural norms as a hip-hop performer in full effect. But in truth, she's a nerdy flat-chested nobody who lives with her Gujarati immigrant parents on the remote Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, isolated from her high school peers by the unsettling norms of Indian culture where "husband is God." Her parents' traditionally arranged marriage is a sham. Her dad turns to her for all his needs—even the intimate ones. When Rani catches him two-timing with a woman barely older than herself, she feels like a widow and, like widows in India are often made to do, she shaves off her hair. Her sexy bald head and hard-driving rhyming skills attract the attention of Mark, the hot older customer who frequents her parents' store and is closer in age to her dad than to her. Mark makes the moves on her and Rani goes with it. He leads Rani into 4eva Flowin', an underground hip hop crew—and into other things she's never done. Rani ignores the red flags. Her naive choices look like they will undo her but ultimately give her the chance to discover her strengths and restore the things she thought she'd lost, including her mother. -
Saints and Misfits
There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least, I do. They're in your face so much, you can't see them, like how you can't see your nose. 2. Misfits, people who don't belong. Like me—the way I don't fit into Dad's brand-new family or in the leftover one composed of Mom and my older brother, Mama's-Boy-Muhammad. Also, there's Jeremy and me. Misfits. Because although, alliteratively speaking, Janna and Jeremy sound good together, we don't go together. Same planet, different worlds. But sometimes worlds collide and beautiful things happen, right? 3. Monsters. Well, monsters wearing saint masks, like in Flannery O'Connor's stories. Like the monster at my mosque. People think he's holy, untouchable, but nobody has seen under the mask. Except me. -
The Scar Boys
In a college admission essay, Harry Jones reveals the physical and psychological scars of his childhood and the solace and self-confidence he found in friendship and punk music.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2015, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2015
- ISBN: 9781606844397
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The Serpent King
One is the son of a snake-handling preacher serving time in prison. One is a fashionista with New York dreams. One escapes an abusive life in fantasy novels. These high-school seniors in a small Tennessee town consider the options for their future. -
Sex & Violence
Evan Carter bounces from school to school—he has no friends and views girls as nothing more than a means to sexual release. When a brutal attack leaves him physically and mentally broken, Evan must evaluate what matters in his life and learn how to "accept responsibility, but not blame."- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2014
- ISBN: 9781467705974
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Closeted high schooler Simon Spier is being blackmailed—either help Martin Addison get together with the girl of his dreams (Simon's good friend) or Simon's sexuality and email romance with mystery classmate “Blue” will be made public. Follow Simon as he comes out, handles his bully, and navigates how to be with “Blue” in real life. -
Starfish
Kiko Himura knows the key to escaping her narcissistic mother is getting into her dream art school. When her rejection letter and abusive uncle both arrive at her home at nearly the same time, Kiko flees with her childhood crush to California, where she meets a famous artist and at last begins to find her own voice.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2018
- ISBN: 9781481487726
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Tell Me Something Real
The Babcock sisters—brash Adrienne, faithful Marie, and shy Vanessa—spend their summer waiting while their mother slowly wastes away from leukemia. When shocking and devastating information about their mother's illness surfaces, the girls turn to each oth- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2017
- ISBN: 9781481461153
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Under the Mesquite
When Lupita's mother is diagnosed with cancer, it falls to Lupita to care for the rest of her Mexican-American family. In this free-verse novel, Lupita comes of age and finds strength in sharing her thoughts and opinions -
Where Things Come Back
Witty, sardonic Cullen Witter agonizes over the disappearance of his beloved brother, Gabriel, while everyone else in his stiflingly dull Arkansas town thrills to the apparent return of a long-extinct woodpecker. Kidnapping, bromance, arcane religious texts, and ornithology collide in this ground-breaking coming-of-age tale.- Realistic Fiction
- William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2012
- ISBN: 9780442413337
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Wonder Show
Portia is looking for another new beginning and a place to belong. Does she have a strong enough constitution to do it at the travelling freak show?- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013, William C. Morris Debut YA Award 2013
- ISBN: 9780547599809