Elsa is a typical fifteen-year-old growing up in the early 1960s. Her world revolves around independence, boys, and being popular at school, despite growing concerns surrounding the Cuban missile crisis. In fact, this is Elsa's...
Teenage girls
- Author:Ardal, MajaSummary:
- Author:Anderson-Dargatz, GailSummary:
A tale of farm life featuring Beth, 15, as she milks the cows, shovels manure and fights off advances by boys and her father. But she welcomes the advances of an Indian girl from a reservation and an affair develops, opening her eyes to...
- Author:Molson, KarenSummary:
At thirteen, bookish Veronica Reid lives in a world inside her head, even if she isn't entirely successful at resisting the intrusions of the world outside. It's bad enough that she has to wear awful new glasses; it's...
- Author:Shaw, LianeSummary:
Alex is seventeen years old and she feels her life has come to an end. After being involved in an accident that killed her best friend, she doesn’t see why anyone would want her around and she refuses to talk. Ordered by a judge to do...
- Author:Boggs, Johnny D.Summary:
The South Carolina backcountry is no place for a young girl to grow up in the 1760s, but sixteen-year-old Emily Stewart wouldn't have it any other way. She loves the settlement of Ninety Six where her father Breck Stewart runs a tavern...
- Author:Waller, Jae, McArthur, Sera-LysSummary:
A rebellious heroine faces a colonial world coming unstitched in Jae Waller's stunning debut fantasy. Seventeen-year-old Kateiko doesn't want to be Rin anymore - not if it means sacrificing lives to protect the dead. Her only way out is...
- Author:Waller, JaeSummary:
A rebellious heroine faces a colonial world coming unstitched in Jae Waller’s stunning debut fantasy
Seventeen-year-old Kateiko doesn’t want to be Rin anymore — not if it means sacrificing lives to protect the dead. Her...
- Author:Ellis, DeborahSummary:
The Breadwinner. The first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan.....
- Author:Weir, Meghan MacLeanSummary:
"Both timelessly beautiful and unbelievably timely."--Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant. A captivating novel of family, fame, and religion that tells the story of the...
- Author:Davenport, N. E.Summary:
With the blood gift and her grandfather assassinated, Ikenna pledges herself to the Praetorian Trials where she subjects herself to racism and misogyny. Will it be worth the revenge and the truth?
- Author:Goerzen, ChristySummary:
After a lifetime of New Age “adventures” with her weirdo hippie mom, fifteen-year-old Maddie is realizing a lifelong dream and visiting New York City. Armed with her 130-item to-do list, Maddie hits the streets of New York with her...
- Author:Woodburn, DallasSummary:
Teenager Tegan Rossi finds herself on Hawaii's Big Island, with no idea how she got there. Her best friend there, Kai, promises to help figure out what's going on, but answers lead to more questions.
- Author:Onda, RikuSummary:
Selected by NYT as one of Most Notable Books of 2020. On a stormy summer day the Aosawas, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday party. The occasion turns into tragedy when 17 people die from cyanide in their drinks...
- Author:Parrish, ChristaSummary:
At 17, Molly Fisk is unable to enjoy the preoccupations of other girls her age. Crippled by anxiety, Molly hides from life in the small-town museum she runs with her mother. Nurturing vague hopes of one day overcoming her fears and...
- Author:Brunt, Carol RifkaSummary:
June Elbus' uncle is her best friend, the only person who understands her. When he dies, far too young, fourteen-year-old June's world is turned upside down. But Finn's death brings a surprise acquaintance into June's life--someone who...
- Author:Sparks, LilySummary:
Seventeen-year-old Signal Deere has raised eyebrows for years as an unhappy Goth misfit from the trailer park. When she's convicted of her best friend Rose's brutal murder, she's designated a Class A-the most dangerous and manipulative...
- Author:Boulette, ReubenSummary:
Written by Anishinaabe educator Reuben Boulette, this guide includes lesson plans specific to each book in the A Girl Called Echo series, original articles about the history of the Métis Nation and their fight for sovereignty, and...
- Author:Wolfe, FrédérickSummary:
Tara emménage à Montréal, enthousiasmée par sa nouvelle vie entre un emploi à temps partiel et ses séances de coaching avec Simon Lafleur pour préparer ses auditions pour l'École nationale de théâtre. D'une rencontre à l'...
- Author:Campbell Gaetz, DayleSummary:
A new life in Canada! What could be better? Plenty of land to farm and even gold to be found in the hills!
Well…except Katherine’s parents aren’t farmers. Having spent everything on sailing from England to Canada and setting up...
- Author:Razzell, MarySummary:
Falling in love creates an enchanted time, and when it’s on the magical Sunshine Coast of British Columbia during WWII, it is never to be forgotten. The increased emotions of a country at war are always present, as well as the heartache...