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Those urging me to write my memoir will want a patriotic young woman who fought to defend her country , a heroine to root for with a story clean and simple as a full moon—and I was that young woman, but In 1937, history student Ludmila Pavlichenko is a young lady balancing school, the care of her 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

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

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

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

Young Lucky St. The tone frequently feels geared toward young readers to me, and I had no trouble predicting the twist

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

Hildegard von Bingen began seeing visions at a young age, and her family offered her to the church at account, lead to Hildegard's extreme change in fortune as well as her breakout from the confines of her young

Young Viva overlooks and covers for her mom Charlotte's drinking, while Charlotte drags them from town Books. 03 Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen Hildegard Von Bingen began seeing visions at a young

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

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

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

“I look at you, and you’re young. You’ll always be that way for me. But not for anyone else. Arthur, people who meet you now will never be able to imagine you young.”

Julia Fine's Maddalena and the Dark is a gothic story set in 1700s Venice in which two young women's But a young woman in that time has little say over her destiny.

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

Marilyn Kaye is the author of over 100 books for young readers.

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

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

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

missed opportunity and second chances, Meet Me at the Lake; I'm reading a book club pick about three young They're good young Muslim women...and they also know how to skirt the rules, cover for each other, and

Moniquill Blackgoose Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young But everyone's about to find out how disruptive a whip-smart, open-minded, and strong-willed young woman in-progress stories as well as a new antagonist and a new potential hero who are both strong, fascinating young Meanwhile, two young women, a new antagonist and a new potential hero, trickle into the story until their

But the young Black artist encounters a Confederate statue that is still standing, and its existence With the collapse of Earth's environment imminent, eighty trained elite young people venture into space

Elliott's book for young readers offers a boy-crazy, truly funny main protagonist in Haylah Swinton. In her novel for young readers--from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing

Young Flora and her teen sister Hazel were evacuated in 1939 from the bombing and danger in wartime London Hazel begins to dig into the past, including her own young love (fractured by the tragedy of Flora's

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

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

Young Viva overlooks and covers for her mom Charlotte's drinking, while Charlotte drags them from town unreliable, while Charlotte imagines herself an artsy, nonconformist tough lady who was pregnant too young

Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female and old-young

Roberts details what it was like as a sensitive young girl whose unusual life was shaped by her parents Award- nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister were young storyteller, Moorer examines her youth and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult

using over feeling uncomfortable emotions, and he ties his feelings of not feeling like enough as an adult to a childhood in which his young parents' divorce, remarriages, and new children hit him particularly

Young Qian escapes into books in her new language. her childhood, and only five pages or so at the end of the book offer reflection and context from an adult

Stout's recently published middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change the trajectory of her tough young

references racy reads from the 1980s; and a story inspired by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn about four young estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't make sure the young avoiding the cruelties and horrors they might suffer at the hands of the almost universally terrible adults

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Maddalena and the Dark, Julia Fine's upcoming novel about young 1700s Vienna; I'm reading Beyond That, the Sea, Julia Spence-Ash's historical fiction novel about a young

In Hemlock & Silver , Anja is a healer who since her young cousin's preventable death has obsessively

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

But she's not legally an adult, and she doesn't have many options of who she can rely on to keep them while exploring trust, betrayal, the unexpected bubbling up of grief, and the bone-deep tiredness of a young

A hundred and fifty years later, a young archivist, Elodie Winslow, is drawn to the mystery.

She spies from a distance the comings and goings of a group of seven people, some young and some older

novel explores mortality, vulnerability, surprising moments of joy and reflection, an irresistible young Another novel I loved that involves a precocious, wise, reflective, tough young protagonist is This Is Lucius is a young medical student when World War I sweeps across Europe.

reading Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; and I'm reading the young readers' book Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott from my favorite publishing company for young titled The Worst of All Possible Worlds. 03 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott In her novel for young readers from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing, Elliott offers an

Victor LaValle's Lone Women begins in 1915 with a determined young woman, Adelaide Henry, covering her The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Lauren Groff's beautiful and brutal novel The Vaster Wilds follows a young buoyed only by meandering thoughts of the past--including her life's one tender connection, to the young Moniquill Blackgoose Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young But everyone's about to find out how disruptive a whip-smart, open-minded, and strong-willed young woman

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother Katy is at a loss emotionally, and she's tempted to turn to a handsome young guest at her Italian hotel I enjoyed how Serle played with time to allow a young woman to know her mother at her same age.

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

In Christina Lauren's newest romantic fiction, Anna and West are a young married couple on the verge

Abi Daré's Nigerian-set fiction, and reading the second book in a duology about a tough, big-hearted young The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré's book about a strong young woman in rural Nigeria who shows Adunni is a young teen growing up in a rural Nigerian village where girls are often married off young My friend Kirstan recommended this book, and I love it so far. 03 Namesake by Adrienne Young Namesake is the second and final book in Young's duology about the wonderfully strong, ruthless, clever young

Kellen begins as a principled, headstrong young man lacking in the magic crucial for power, familial

The story shifts between 1918, when a young woman at the Dead Letter Office bravely embarks on a dangerous journey to France to serve as a librarian near the front lines of World War I, and 1976, when another young Now retired, Carrie is a spectator at the US Open when she sees her record threatened by a young upstart

occasionally devastating" process of applying to college--and the dangerous potential belief that a young colleges can serve as jumping-off points for happy, fulfilling, successful careers and lives--it's what a young

her--as well as her fondness for old-fashioned mystery novels--begin to sound similar to that of a young