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High School Self-Discovery

So not a mid-life, not a quarter life, but a high school life crisis. Identity, friends, romance, and what you believe in, all come into question as you try to navigate this new era.

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  • "Clementine Chan believes in the power of the written word. Under the pseudonym Hibiscus, she runs a popular blog reviewing tea shops and discussing larger issues within her Chinatown community. [...] Danny Mok is allergic to change, and…
    BookNew York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — TEEN ROM BLACKBUR
  • "Bobby, who is bullied by the kids at school for living in a home with a front yard that is filled with garbage, meets a young artist who teaches him to see himself as more than "Junk Boy.""
    BookNew York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — TEEN F ABBOTT
  • "Best friends Parisa Naficy and Gabriela Gonzales grapple with the complexities of their relationship even while they spend their senior year apart due to Adema-22, a virus that primarily affects the young, becomes a global pandemic and…
    BookNew York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2022. — TEEN F SAEDI
  • Propelled by his best friend's impending move out of state and inspired by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, sixteen-year-old Harrison plans a farewell through Baltimore that includes a road trip, their first Pride, and a rooftop dance party.
    BookNew York : Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. — TEEN F THOMAS
  • "Seventeen-year-old inseparable best friends Jia, Ariel, and Everett navigate first love, grief, racism, and Asian American consciousness during one life-changing summer apart."
    BookNew York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — TEEN ROM SHEN
  • When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the…
    BookChapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2018. — TEEN F FARIZAN
  • After a disastrous promposal at a party, seventeen-year-old Theo has an existential crisis in an empty bedroom, but as the night progresses, various classmates also seek refuge from the party, and Theo finds he is not as alone as he thinks…
    BookNew York : Viking Children's Books, 2023. — TEEN ROM WINTERS
  • Gifted violinist Zurika Damani tries to juggle the obligations of her sister's extravagant wedding week while secretly preparing for a prominent music contest all while trying to dodge her family's matchmaking schemes.
    BookNew York : Amulet Books, 2022. — TEEN F PATEL
  • Crushing on transfer student Delia, Darren, the host of the Dillie D in the Place to Be podcast, must make a decision when his anonymous submission for her theme song contest becomes the frontrunner.
    BookNew York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — TEEN ROM BROWN
  • "Seventeen-year-old Chamomile struggles to bring together her two universes of school, filled with the hype of senior year and future plans, and home, where her father is living with a terminal illness, until she meets a fellow student and…
    BookNew York : Little, Brown and Company, 2020. — TEEN F GONSALVES
  • Juan Ramos has big dreams: to play college basketball and one day be a professional basketball player. His friend JD Sanchez wants to make great movies and has been collecting old equipment. When Juan and JD run from the police at a…
    BookNew York : Atheneum, [2019] — TEEN F MENDEZ
  • Daniel, a Chinese-American teen, must grapple with his plans for the future, his feelings for his best friend Harry, and his discovery of a family secret that could shatter everything.
    BookLos Angeles : Hyperion, 2018. — TEEN F GILBERT