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Books About Letting Go for Ages 12–18 – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Books About Letting Go for Ages 12–18

As your teen navigates the complicated transition into adulthood, they are often faced with the heavy task of outgrowing old identities, friendships, or childhood comforts that no longer fit. This collection of 887 books offers a roadmap for the bittersweet process of moving on, helping them find the courage to release what is behind them so they can step into who they are becoming.

886 books

Cover of Never Vacation with Your Ex

Never Vacation with Your Ex

Emily Wibberley, Austin Siegemund-Broka

For the teen navigating the messy aftermath of a breakup while trying to live up to high family expectations and a publi

Cover of Kill All Happies

Kill All Happies

Vic plans to go out with a bang by throwing a massive secret party, saving a local landmark from bankruptcy, and finally

Cover of Out of Here: A Senior Class Yearbook

Out of Here: A Senior Class Yearbook

The hidden connections between Stacey and her classmates surface as they navigate the highs and lows of their final year

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Cover of The Ghostkeeper

The Ghostkeeper

Johanna Taylor

For the child navigating a big move or feeling invisible in a new place, this story uses a supernatural lens to explore

Ages 8–12

Cover of Mary Anne's Big Breakup

The Baby-Sitters Club: Friends Forever #3

Mary Anne's Big Breakup

For the middle grader navigating the bittersweet realization that a first relationship has run its course and it is time

Cover of Back When You Were Easier to Love

Back When You Were Easier to Love

Emily Wing Smith

For the teenager grappling with the confusing end of a first love and the difficult realization that a person they adore

Cover of Come Next Spring

Come Next Spring

Deep in the Smoky Mountains, Salina watches as a new highway and growing siblings threaten to change her quiet, familiar

Cover of Destined

Avalon faces its final days as the deadly Winter faerie Yuki rises. Laurel and her friends must stand together for one l

Cover of Goldengrove

Jill Paton Walsh

For the adolescent navigating the bittersweet end of childhood and the heavy weight of family secrets that change everyt

Cover of The Farthest Shore

Earthsea Cycle #3

The Farthest Shore

Ursula K. Le Guin

Magic is draining out of Earthsea, forcing Archmage Ged and a young prince to sail beyond the realm of death to restore

Cover of The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig

The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig

Experience the messy, on-again-off-again chaos of 1994 Wisconsin as Amy and Craig survive seven disastrous breakups to t

Cover of Anything But Ordinary

Anything But Ordinary

For the reader grappling with the feeling that the world has moved on without them. Bryce wakes from a five-year coma to

Cover of Our Song

Jordanna Fraiberg

Waking up with missing memories after a car crash, Olive seeks answers in a support group and finds a connection with Ni

Cover of Time Between Us

Time Between Us #1

Time Between Us

Tamara Ireland Stone

For the teenager navigating the ache of a long distance relationship or the bittersweet reality that some people can't s

Cover of Under the Shadow of Wings

Under the Shadow of Wings

Eleven-year-old Tattnall faces a difficult realization in 1944 Alabama as she learns that she cannot always shield her o

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Chang and the Animals #1

Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear

For the child who feels a deep connection to animals and the planet, this moving true story explores the courage it take

Cover of Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye

The Baby-Sitters Club Graphix #10

Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye

Ann M. Martin, Gabriela Epstein

For the child grappling with the news that a close friend is moving away or facing a big transition themselves.

Cover of Bring Back Yesterday

Bring Back Yesterday

Grieving the loss of her parents, thirteen-year-old Lisa retreats into the safety of the past and the company of an imag

Cover of We Speak in Storms

We Speak in Storms

For the teen feeling haunted by the past or struggling to find their place, this story explores how shared trauma can be

Cover of The Afterlife

Life ends abruptly for a high school senior in a Fresno club, but his journey continues as a ghost navigating the world

Cover of The Stone Silenus

The Stone Silenus

Melissa’s father was a poet who loved myths. A year after his death, a mysterious faun-boy appears, making her wonder if

Cover of An Early Winter

An Early Winter

Marion Dane Bauer

Eleven-year-old Tim hopes a fishing trip will help his grandfather remember who he is, but a difficult day at the pond b

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Fifteen-year-old Sienna Jones must face her fear of flying to join a relief mission in Indonesia, hoping to find closure

Cover of All Rivers Flow to the Sea

All Rivers Flow to the Sea

Seventeen-year-old Rose wanders through a landscape of grief and guilt as she searches for a way to say goodbye to her s

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Letting Go for Other Ages

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