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Books About Forgiveness & Redemption for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Books About Forgiveness & Redemption for Ages 12–18

Redemption in YA literature carries real weight. These 886 books explore characters who have done genuine harm and are trying to become someone better, without pretending that transformation is easy or that forgiveness is owed.

886 books

Cover of This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness

This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness

For the child grappling with the weight of a mistake or the difficulty of forgiving a friend, this collection uses poetr

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Immortal City #3

A looming demon invasion forces Jackson to repair his bond with Maddy and find the strength to forgive before Immortal C

Cover of Redemptor

For the young person wrestling with immense pressure and the weight of difficult choices, this fantasy explores the burd

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Brushy Mountain

Patricia Pendergraft

Arney wants nothing more than to see his miserable neighbor gone, but saving the man’s life three times begins to change

Ages 10–14

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Dencey Coffyn #1

Downright Dencey

Caroline Dale Snedeker

For the child who has ever felt the weight of a past mistake and longs to make it right through quiet acts of kindness a

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Following My Own Footsteps

Mary Downing Hahn

Gordy moves in with his strict grandmother to escape an abusive home, finding a new perspective through her no-nonsense

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Marion Dane Bauer

For the child grappling with the absence of a parent and the complicated path toward reconciliation and forgiveness.

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Hooky: Volume 3

Míriam Bonastre Tur

For the child grappling with high expectations or the weight of family legacy, this finale follows twin witches choosing

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You Choose: Greek Myths

The 12 Labors of Hercules

For the child learning to navigate mistakes and the effort required to make things right, this graphic retelling shows t

Cover of Men of Stone

For the teen struggling with toxic anger and the weight of a local bully, this powerful story offers a path toward forgi

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The Summer of Letting Go

Fifteen-year-old Francesca struggles with the drowning of her brother until a summer job caring for a familiar young boy

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Don't Look Back

Jennifer L. Armentrout

For the teen navigating the pressure to fit in while discovering who they actually want to be. A suspenseful look at sec

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Little Do We Know

Tamara Ireland Stone

Two former best friends are forced to confront the rift between them after a life-saving moment changes everything they

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The Tale of Paradise Lost

Angels clash in a great war in heaven before Adam and Eve are cast out of the Garden of Eden in this accessible retellin

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Fourteen-year-old Punkzilla flees a life of crime in Portland on a desperate, raw bus journey across the country to reac

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Lost in the Sun

For the child carrying the heavy weight of a past mistake. This moving story explores how to find self-forgiveness and c

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Gregory, Maw, and the Mean One

A young boy and the crow that raised him travel back in time to stop a foul-tempered varmint from ruining their small We

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Reasons to Hate Me

For the teenager navigating the painful fallout of a social mistake, this story offers a roadmap for self-forgiveness an

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The Forbidden Wish

Zahra, a teenage genie, must choose between her ancient duty and her heart when she falls for the master who holds the k

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Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights #14

Crisis at Crystal Reef

Kevin J. Anderson, Rebecca Moesta

Anja Gallandro flees the Jedi academy for the spice mines of Kessel, forcing her friends to chase her into a dangerous g

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The Isle of the Lost #2

Return to the Isle of the Lost

Melissa de la Cruz

Threatening messages pull Mal and her friends back to the gloomy Isle of the Lost to face their villainous parents and a

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The Barn Burner

Patricia Willis

Accused of a crime he didn't commit during the Great Depression, fourteen-year-old Ross finds an unexpected chance at a

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Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2

Days of Blood & Starlight

Karou fights to avenge her people while grappling with her own identity in a landscape of heartbreak, beauty, and danger

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True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet

After a very public downfall, teen star Morgan Carter moves to a small town to hide her identity and start over, recordi

More Ages 12–18 Books

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Forgiveness & Redemption for Other Ages

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