Now Kosika, a young, impressionable, fervor-driven young Antari, is taking up the mantle of the deceased Victor LaValle's Lone Women begins in 1915 with a determined young woman, Adelaide Henry, covering her

going through his life largely in order to fulfill commitments to his mother, the land, and an innocent young

. 02 Tropesick by Lauren Okie Katie and Tyler were childhood neighbors and friends, on the verge of young

Leo's house burns down in the middle of the night, they're luckily able to escape safely with their two young

Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing decisions She's dating a boring but reliable young man from her high school and living at home when she meets James Caroline O'Donoghue is also the author of Scenes of a Graphic Nature, Promising Young Women, and the

But the hearing headmistress February (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad. Young Sitara is living a comfortable life in Kabul in 1978. Stout Stout's middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young heroine's identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change the trajectory of her tough young

Fitzhugh, Renegade and Author of Harriet the Spy by Leslie Brody, Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young She tries to imagine the points of view of everyone involved, and she treats her young self with empathy acting, which also served as a sort of therapy) eventually allowed Field to come into her fully realized adult Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister were young examines her parents, her youth, and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult

Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young She's dating a boring but reliable young man from her high school and living at home when she meets James In order to keep her husband, young daughters, and partner safe, Elise may have to keep some crucial brothel worker in late nineteenth-century Dodge City, Kansas, offers up a tough young heroine who makes But a young woman in that time has little say over her destiny.

title to secure invitations for her daughters (who are not, after all, shallow and greedy horrors of young

Uncultured is Daniella Mestyanek Young's memoir of growing up in The Children of God cult, of her escape 01 Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young Daniella Mestyanek Young grew up the daughter of high-ranking At age 15, Young escaped to Texas, enrolled in school, and made a new life for herself. Uncultured is an account of Young's perseverance, growth, reflections, and strength. Yet each of these young men questioned whether there was really a place for them in American culture.

that's part memoir, part essay, Ann Patchett shares personal stories ranging from her childhood through young adulthood and her first, disastrous marriage, to her current, loving relationship and adulthood filled We are simply two adults who grew up in different houses far away from one another.”

We learn more about Bella's history as well, as well as her relationship with her young love.

evolution; she began to understand the power mismatch and the pedophilia at the heart of her first young

When we are young, we consume the world in great gulps, and it consumes us, and everything is mysterious

Ward's novel, set in the years before the Civil War and told from the point of view of an enslaved young Brigade takes that setup farther into favorable Bossy territory, by sending an idealistic, headstrong young

Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young Indigenous woman And everyone's about to find out how disruptive a whip-smart, open-minded, and strong-willed young woman

Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a historical fiction story set just before the Civil War, about a young middle-grade collaborative work by Ruta Sepetys ( Salt to the Sea ) and Steve Sheinkin ( Bomb ), the young

near the start of the Civil War, often in denial about their circumstances, with Abraham Lincoln's young

The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would allow it, but she's There's magical realism at the heart of this book, and Choo also examines colonialism, superstition, and young The Dragon keeps them safe from the Wood, but at a high price: each year he demands one young woman from

school, where she struggles with imposter syndrome and individuality--and quickly befriends Mathilde, a young

Memoriam by Alice Winn Alice Winn's account of the unrelenting slog of World War I and the beautiful young Henry Gaunt, Sydney Ellwood, and their classmates came as young boys to their sometimes claustrophobic But by 1914, World War I is drawing most of these young boys into a swirl of wartime horrors. the constancy of life-and-death danger and the deep-seated fear of destroying a friendship that both young

Dani Shapiro Signal Fires begins with three teenagers drinking in 1985, a car accident, a tragedy, young Time passes, and a young family moves onto Division Street. Their young son befriends the retired Dr. Wilf, whose memories of past events come rushing back.

The book's past timeline is set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent story's later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated young

The book's earlier timeline is set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's steward bent while the later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated young

pirate--ruthless, scandalous, and invincible--who has dropped out of sight and settled down to raise her young Amina soon finds herself entangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while fighting

Makkai's boarding school-set mystery offers depth as it exposes age-old power mismatches; offers young Makkai offers up the potentially world-changing power of young people with an idea and tenacity; and she allows the privileged, sometimes cruel, seemingly shallow young students from Bodie's past to make

Mason's characters range from a young couple in love, escaping their rigid Puritanical community; to childhood and his critical, yelling, stressed parents; his joy in putting on other personas even as a young

I loved the twist on Arthurian legends, in which an unlikely young upstart and a ragtag group of aging

Since her mother Defne went into a coma and never woke up, young loner Ada Kazantzakis has continued , just a plunge into this omniscient, sometimes prickly, often opinionated view--witnessed Kostas's young The fig tree shares the story of the young lovers and while exploring the conflicts between Turkish and In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious

Barker's novel features Janet, a misunderstood, mocked, badly treated young woman coming of age in a

In Jacqueline Harpman's novel I Who Have Never Known Men , forty women (one is a young girl, our main

ICYMI: My favorite Kate Quinn books center around strong young women proving their mettle during wartime

narrative nonfiction account of the immense power of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and how the bravery of a young But when he met a young woman and promised her career assistance, then abused his position, she threatened Her young daughter is missing, and Ella is in limbo, desperately hoping she hears news soon.

Xavier is a young veterinarian who feels grumpy, exhausted, and as though he may be losing faith in humanity

The world is a more dangerous place now for a young girl than ever it was before, for all the so-called

Lady Duxbury, their new friendships, and their new reads are rejuvenating and inspiring forces for the young

Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. Despite the desperate behaviors of the adults in Eli's life (and the terrible consequences he suffers

It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad. Emma Straub is also the author of The Vacationers, All Adults Here, Modern Lovers, and other books. 03

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other's lives and families, while trying to find a way to become close like they were when they were young

The young couple find one another and bond to each other in their desperate run to escape the devastated

and Leo's house burns down in the middle of the night, they're able to escape safely with their two young

of an extreme, life-and-death-stakes fallout after heartbreaking tragedy, but it's also a story of young

All of her adult life people have asked Rena why she goes to such dangerous places, and she has always She also wrote the Apothecary trilogy for young readers. 04 Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash In Nothing

Brigade takes that setup farther into favorable Bossy territory by sending an idealistic, headstrong young more closely with her real life, and she furiously shares detailed notes with Fran, an up-and-coming young The book's past timeline is set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent story's later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated young

art school, where she struggles with imposter syndrome and individuality--and befriends Mathilde, a young

distance, she accidentally sees and identifies visitors to her own world--and they're the parents of her young

The Bossy Bookworm 01 Answers in the Form of Questions by Claire McNear If your young people love "Jeopardy I love books like this (and I hope the young person I'm giving this book to does too). They're straddling the kid/adult cookbook genres, ready to take on more slightly advanced techniques So I'm hoping this cookbook isn't too easy for a young teen who's already done some cooking. Which books are you gifting the young people in your life this holiday season?

London Falling is about the disappearance of a young man, Zac.

The retelling swirls with family drama, intrigue, bravery--and a young woman determined to make her mark to Katie Couric's memoir Going There, in which she traces the beginnings of her media career, a few young Meanwhile Jade, a young girl who has been sold to a courtesan, befriends JungHo, a young orphan boy in