Category: Young Adult
A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. Sixteen-year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighbourhood where she was born and raised and her posh high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the ...Show more
Category: Young Adult
In this all-star collection of essays, songs, illustrations, and interviews about activism and hope, edited by bestselling YA authors Federle and Johnson, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive.
Category: Young Adult
An emotional tale of identity, sexuality and suicide derived from personal experience about three teenage boys who struggle to come to terms with their homosexuality in a small Western Australian town. On the surface, nerd Zeke, punk Charlie and footy wannabe Hammer look like they have nothing in common ...Show more
Category: Young Adult
The second our eyes lock in the dark is all the time I need to know that whatever happens next, my life will never be the same. Life and love don't wait until you're ready, but what if finding yourself means losing everything you've ever known? Seventeen-year-old Alex Summers lives with a secret and the ...Show more
Category: Young Adult | Reading Level: 9 YA
What does it mean to be queer? What does it mean to be human? In this powerful #OwnVoices collection, twelve of Australia’s finest queer writers explore the stories of family, friends, lovers and strangers – the connections that form us. Compelling queer short fiction by bestsellers, award ...Show more
Category: Young Adult | Reading Level: Middle 11+
Layla's mind goes a million miles a minute, so does her mouth - unfortunately her better judgement can take a while to catch up! Although she believes she was justified for doing what she did, a suspension certainly isn't the way she would have wished to begin her time at her fancy new high school. Des ...Show more
Category: Young Adult | Reading Level: 9 YA
When her parents announce their impending separation, Natalie can't understand why no one is fighting or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, hook up, leaving her feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. She'd always imagined she would end up with Zach one day - in the ...Show more
Category: Young Adult
The uplifting story of an HIV-positive teen, falling in love and learning to live her truth. "Romantic, funny, hopeful, and unflinchingly real." --Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon Vs. The Homosapiens Agenda Simone Garcia-Hampton is starting over at a new school, and this time ...Show more
Category: Young Adult
The definitive collection of art, poetry, and prose, celebrating fat acceptance Chubby. Curvy. Fluffy. Plus-size. Thick. Fat. The time has come for fat people to tell their own stories. The (Other) F Word combines the voices of Ren e Watson, Julie Murphy, Jes Baker, Samantha Irby, Bruce Sturgell, and ...Show more
Category: Young Adult | Reading Level: 9 YA
They told her that her body belonged to men and her mind didn’t matter. They were wrong. “What if I don’t want to marry?” Lillian held her breath. She had never said the words out loud. “Not want to marry?” Her aunt frowned. “What else would you do?&rdquo ...Show more
Category: Young Adult | Series: The\Call of the Rift Ser.
Now in paperback A rebellious heroine faces a colonial world coming unstitched in Jae Waller's stunning debut fantasy "Waller's world-building is impressive... While the magical and romantic elements of Waller's story are most likely to hook teen readers, it's the commentary on colonized cultures that ...Show more
Category: Young Adult
Everyone has scars. Some are just easier to see ... 16-year-old Ava Lee is heading back to school one year after a house fire left her severely disfigured. She's used to the names, the stares, the discomfort, but there's one name she hates most of all: Survivor. What do you call someone who didn't mean ...Show more
