Awards search:Penn GSE's Best Books for Young Readers

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Paperback, 2011
Tags
rape, realistic fiction, high school, depression, sexual assault
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Speak

by Laurie Halse Anderson
Paperback, 2011
Tags
abuse, art, bullying, cliques, coming of age, contemporary, date rape, depression, favorites, fiction, friendship — 19 more, high school, novel, outcasts, own, peer pressure, Printz Honor, rape, read, realistic fiction, school, sexual abuse, sexual assault, silence, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction, young adult literature
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Series
March (2)
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Series
March (2)
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Series
March (2)
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Series
March (2)
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Series
March (2)
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

March: Book Two

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2015
Series
March (2)
Status
Available
Call number
328.73

Nimona

by Noelle Stevenson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
fantasy, graphic novel, shapeshifters, magic, LGBTQ, comics, dragons
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

The Rest of Us Just Live Here

by Patrick Ness
Paperback, 2016
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Awkward (Berrybrook Middle School)

by Svetlana Chmakova
Paperback, 2015
Tags
art, bullying, graphic novel, graphic novels, friendship, realistic fiction, middle school, coming-of-age, humor, Latinx, comics
Series
Berrybrook Middle School (1)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Booked (The Crossover Series)

by Kwame Alexander
Paperback, 2019
Tags
divorce, bullying, family, realistic fiction, poetry, soccer, sports, friendship
Series
The Crossover (2)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Juliet Takes a Breath

by Gabby Rivera
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
2017, 2019, 2020, Bronx, coming of age, coming out, contemporary, ebook, family, feminism, feminist — 19 more, fiction, Kindle, Latino, Latinx, lesbian, lgbt, LGBTQ, lgbtqia, novel, POC, Portland, Puerto Rican, queer, racism, read, teen, to-read, YA, young adult
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

March: Book Three: 3

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Series
March (3)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

March: Book Three: 3

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Series
March (3)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

March: Book Three: 3

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Series
March (3)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

March: Book Three: 3

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Series
March (3)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

March: Book Three: 3

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Series
March (3)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

March: Book Three: 3

by John Lewis
Paperback, 2016
Series
March (3)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

As Brave As You

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2017
Tags
African-American, Black, blindness, bravery, brothers, family, middle school, realistic fiction, grandparents, coming-of-age, disability — 3 more, guns, disabilities, Virginia
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Sun Is Also a Star

by Nicola Yoon
Paperback, 2019
Tags
romance, immigration, contemporary, deportation, immigrants, New York City, family, Korean, Jamaican, realistic fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Sun Is Also a Star

by Nicola Yoon
Paperback, 2019
Tags
2016, 2017, audiobook, contemporary, contemporary fiction, deportation, ebook, family, fate, fiction, immigrants — 19 more, immigration, Jamaica, Jamaican, Kindle, Korean, love, multicultural, New York, New York City, read, realistic fiction, relationships, romance, signed, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

American Street

by Ibi Zoboi
Paperback, 2018
Tags
Detroit, immigrants, immigration, magical realism, urban, voodoo, Haiti, Haitian American, African-American, Black, realistic fiction — 3 more, contemporary, drugs, coming-of-age
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Hate U Give Collector's Edition

by Angie Thomas
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
2017, 2018, African American, African Americans, audiobook, Black Lives Matter, civil rights, coming of age, contemporary, contemporary fiction, discrimination — 19 more, family, fiction, friendship, gangs, murder, police, police brutality, race, race relations, racism, read, read in 2017, read in 2018, realistic fiction, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Series
THUG (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

They Both Die at the End

by Adam Silvera
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
death, contemporary, LGBTQ, friendship, romance, science fiction
Series
They Both Die at the End (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

by Erika L. Anchez
Paperback, 2019
Tags
coming-of-age, immigrant, Chicago, grief, death, depression, suicide, mental health, Mexican-Americans, Latinx, Mexico — 3 more, realistic fiction, high school, immigration
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

by Erika L. Sánchez
Paperback, 2019
Tags
audiobook, Chicago, coming of age, contemporary, death, depression, ebook, family, fiction, grief, immigrants — 18 more, immigration, Latinx, mental health, mental illness, Mexican American, Mexican Americans, Mexico, mothers and daughters, novel, POC, read, realistic, realistic fictionsisters, suicide, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult literature
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Dear Martin

by Nic Stone
Paperback, 2018
Tags
African-American, Black, Martin Luther King, Jr., police brutality, realistic fiction, racism, race, race relations, social justice, prejudice — 1 more, contemporary
Series
Dear Martin (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orisha (1))

by Tomi Adeyemi
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
fantasy, magic, Africa, adventure
Series
Legacy of Orïsha (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

The Stars Beneath Our Feet

by David Barclay Moore
Paperback, 2019
Tags
African-American, Black, Harlem, grief, death, family, gangs, Lego, realistic fiction, autism
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Belles (The Belles, 1)

by Dhonielle Clayton
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
beauty, body image, dystopian, fantasy, Black, romance
Series
The Belles (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Brave (Berrybrook Middle School)

by Svetlana Chmakova
Paperback, 2017
Tags
friendship, bullying, graphic novel, realistic fiction, middle school, Latinx
Series
Berrybrook Middle School (2)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

Long Way Down

by Jason Reynolds
Paperback, 2019
Tags
brothers, death, gangs, poetry, guns, gun violence, murder, ghosts, revenge, realistic fiction, violence — 5 more, grief, contemporary, family, African-American, Black
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Hurricane Child (Scholastic Gold)

by Kacen Callender
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Caribbean, Latinx, lesbian, realistic fiction, LGBTQ, family, magical realism, St. Thomas, middle school, coming-of-age
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Anger Is a Gift: A Novel

by Mark Oshiro
Paperback, 2019
Tags
anger, anxiety, LGBTQ, police brutality, racism, realistic fiction, mental health, activism, social justice, death
Status
Checked out
Due August 19, 2021
Call number
813.6

Anger Is a Gift: A Novel

by Mark Oshiro
Paperback, 2019
Tags
activism, African American, anger, anxiety, black, contemporary, death, fiction, gay, grade 8, high school — 19 more, Latinx, lgbt, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+, mental health, police brutality, queer, race, racism, read, realistic fiction, student movements, to-read, urban, urban fiction, violence, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Monday's Not Coming

by Tiffany D Jackson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
abuse, African-American, dyslexia, friendship, child abuse, mystery, poverty, realistic fiction, missing persons, Washington D.C., Black — 5 more, thriller, suspense, urban fiction, learning disability, dance
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Parker Inheritance (Scholastic Gold)

by Varian Johnson
Paperback, 2019
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Poet X

by Elizabeth Acevedo
Paperback, 2020
Tags
coming-of-age, contemporary, realistic fiction, poetry, Latinx
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know

by Samira Ahmed
Paperback, 2021
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

On The Come Up

by Angie Thomas
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
2019, African American, African Americans, audiobook, black, contemporary, crime, family, fiction, friendship, gangs — 19 more, high school, hip hop, music, ownvoices, poverty, prejudice, race, racism, rap, rap music, read, read in 2019, realistic fiction, socio-economic, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

A Very Large Expanse of Sea

by Tahereh Mafi
Paperback, 2019
Tags
2018, 2019, 9/11, anger, audiobook, break dancing, bullying, contemporary, diversity, ebook, family — 19 more, fiction, high school, hijab, historical fiction, Islam, Kindle, love, Muslim, Muslims, prejudice, racism, realistic fiction, religion, romance, teen, to-read, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Hearts Unbroken

by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
2018, ARC, bullying, contemporary, Early Reviewers, family, fiction, first love, friendship, high school, indigenous — 19 more, journalism, Kansas, Kindle, Muscogee Creek Nation, Native American, Native Americans, netgalley, ownvoices, race relations, racism, realistic, romance, theatre, to-read, USA, Wizard of Oz, YA, young adult, young adult fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Everlasting Rose (The Belles series, Book 2) (The Belles, 2)

by Dhonielle Clayton
Hardcover, 2019
Series
The Belles (2)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Tight

by Torrey Maldonado
Paperback, 2019
Tags
friendship, middle school, incarceration, peer pressure, realistic fiction, urban, comics, Black, Brooklyn, superhero, New York City
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Hey, Kiddo (National Book Award Finalist)

by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Paperback, 2018
Status
Checked out
Due February 15, 2022
Call number
362.29

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

by Adib Khorram
Paperback, 2019
Tags
coming-of-age, friendship, depression, Iran, family, Iranian-American, mental illness, realistic fiction, mental health, fathers and sons, soccer — 1 more, LGBTQ
Series
Darius the Great (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Let Me Hear a Rhyme

by Tiffany D Jackson
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Reading Bowl, Peach Award Nominee
Status
Checked out
Due December 29, 2021
Call number
813.6

New Kid

by Jerry Craft
Paperback, 2019
Tags
2019, 2020, African American, African Americans, art, chapter book, children's, Coretta Scott King Award, diversity, family, fiction — 19 more, fitting in, friendship, grade 7, graphic novel, graphic novels, humor, middle grade, middle school, new school, Newbery, Newbery Medal, prejudice, private school, race, racism, realistic fiction, school, to-read, YA
Series
New Kid (1)
Status
Available
Call number
741.5

With the Fire on High

by Elizabeth Acevedo
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
coming-of-age, family, pregnancy, romance, realistic fiction, cooking, Puerto Rico, Philadelphia
Status
Available
Call number
813.6
Page: 0.3828 seconds