Fiction for Older Young Adults
Discover captivating fiction books for older young adults. Explore our curated list of adult fiction titles perfect for mature teen readers seeking deeper, engaging stories.
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The Death of Jayson Porter
by Jaime Adoff
Sixteen-year-old Jayson Porter wants to believe things will get better. But the harsh realities of his life never seem to change. Living in the inland-Florida …
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Zorn
by Graham Worthington
In the year 2035 it's cool to be bisexual - or at least pretend to be - and cool to be young, but to be …
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Stormwitch
by Susan Vaught
In Pass Christian, Mississippi, in 1969, sixteen-year-old Ruba, trained by her Haitian grandmother in both voodoo and Amazonian warrior tactics, uses her skills to fight …
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Last Dance on Holladay Street
by Elisa Lynn Carbone
In 1878, thirteen-year-old Eva seeks her birth mother in Colorado, only to find the city and her mother are not what she imagined.
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The Lion Hunter
by Elizabeth Wein
It is the sixth century in Aksum, Africa. Young Telemakos?King Arthur's half-Ethiopian grandson'is still recovering from his ordeal as a government spy in the far …
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Melonhead
by Katy Kelly
In the Washington, D.C. neighborhood of Capitol Hill, Lucy Rose's friend Adam "Melonhead" Melon, a budding inventor with a knack for getting into trouble, enters …
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I Wanna Be Your Shoebox
by Cristina Garcia
Because Yumi RuÍz-Hirsch has grandparents from Japan, Cuba, and Brooklyn, her mother calls her a poster child for the twenty-first century. Yumi would laugh if …
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Cuba 15
by Nancy Osa
For fans of Matt de la Peña and Sandra Cisneros comes a novel about family and identity, where Violet Paz prepares for her quinceañero and …
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Xangans
by Graham Worthington
Xangans are unique; they are the only blogging community who have named themselves after their on-line playground, Xanga.com, The World's Greatest Blogging Community. It is …