12 Books in this collection
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Ideal for ages 17–20: Young people often face various mental health challenges that can be difficult to navigate. Thoughtfully curated by our in-house educators, this collection of award-winning books features older teens and early adults managing complex emotions, coping with stress, and discovering who they are in early adulthood. Contact us for additional suggestions at quotes@leeandlow.com.
Books in This Collection
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Boys of the Beast
By Monica ZepedaView DetailsThree cousins. Four days. One car. This smart and fearless road-trip novel is perfect for fans of David Levithan, Benjamin Alire Saenz, or Meg Medina.
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Echoes of Grace
By Guadalupe García McCallView DetailsIn this triumphant novel, Pura Belpré Award-winning author Guadalupe García McCall explores sisterhood, family secrets, intergenerational trauma, life, and love in a modern Gothic setting with a magical realist twist.
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Gabi, A Girl in Pieces
By Isabel QuinteroView DetailsIn this groundbreaking William C. Morris Award winner for a YA debut, Gabi's life is a mess--her family, her friends, her attempts at a love life--but writing helps, especially since it turns out she's pretty good at poetry.
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Jaya and Rasa: A Love Story
By Sonia PatelView DetailsJaya's a rich kid. Rasa's motherless and broke. Opposite sides of the tracks. Romeo and Juliet, on fair Oahu.
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Rani Patel In Full Effect
By Sonia PatelView DetailsIn 1990's Moloka'i, Hawai'i, sixteen-year-old Rani is fully present as MC Sutra, whose lyrics say "Call my solution a female revolution / retribution in the form of rhyme electrocution," but her life is in blisters.
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Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood
By Benjamin Alire SáenzView DetailsSammy & Juliana in Hollywood is our American Graffiti.
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Snitchers
By Stephane DunnView DetailsWhen the grownups can't do it, three friends join together to figure out who killed a little boy in their neighborhood in this stunning debut YA by award-winning playwright Stephane Dunn.
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The Sky We Shared
By Shirley Reva VernickView DetailsIn this thoughtful and deftly woven WWII novel, an American and Japanese teen with lives on opposite ends of the world discover that hate for an "enemy" leaves a heavy heart.
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Thirty Talks Weird Love
By Alessandra Narváez VarelaView DetailsA 13-year-old girl growing up in Mexico is visited by her 30-year-old future self in this powerful YA novel in verse about handling depression.
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This Thing Called the Future
By J.L. PowersView DetailsFourteen-year-old Khosi yearns for this thing called the future-- something better than sickness and superstition in a shanty town. Does she want too much? A stunning YA coming-of-age story set in post-apartheid South Africa.
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When a Brown Girl Flees
By Aamna QureshiView DetailsIn this searing contemporary YA novel from new voice Aamna Qureshi, a Muslim teen runs away from home only to find herself on a breathtaking journey of healing, self-love, and hope.
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