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Books About Loneliness & Belonging for Ages 12–18 | Wonderlit

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Books About Loneliness & Belonging for Ages 12–18

Adolescent loneliness is complicated by the performance of being fine. These 7,320 books look behind that performance: the isolation, the longing for connection, and the slow discovery that belonging starts with letting someone actually see you.

7,320 books

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Pilot Down, Presumed Dead

Marjorie Phleger

Stranded on an uncharted beach after a hurricane crash, Steve must use his wits to survive the elements and build a way

Cover of Got Stories?

Berkshire Middle School Students

For the young dreamer who needs to see that their own voice and stories matter. A diverse collection of student-authored

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The Sisters of Mercy

Wendelin Van Draanen

Seventh-grader Sammy Keyes balances middle school life with her knack for solving crimes in this fast-paced mystery fill

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A Bone from a Dry Sea

Peter Dickinson

While Vinny excavates ancient remains by a warm sea, her story mirrors the life of a prehistoric tribe that inhabited th

Ages 10–14

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Let's Play Pretend...

Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily find their lives entangled in a web of secrets and scandals in the first book of this po

Cover of The Puffin Book of Poetry for Children

The Puffin Book of Poetry for Children

Eunice de Souza, Melanie Silgardo

For the curious child who sees the magic in the everyday. This diverse collection of poems introduces young readers to g

Cover of The Song of the Molimo

The Song of the Molimo

A twelve-year-old boy meets Ota Benga, an African Pygmy exhibited at the 1904 World's Fair, in a meeting that challenges

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Saving Francesca #1

Saving Francesca

Melina Marchetta

Struggling as one of the few girls at a newly co-ed school, Francesca must find her own strength while her mother battle

Cover of All the Broken Pieces

All the Broken Pieces

Between the baseball field and a new adoptive home, Matt Pin struggles to reconcile his life in America with the hauntin

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The Lightning Queen

A lifelong friendship begins in the mountains of Mexico when a young Mixtec boy meets a girl who calls herself the Gypsy

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Jade Green: A Ghost Story

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Judith Sparrow moves into her uncle's haunted house with a secret, only to wonder if her own small mistake is triggering

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A girl with no memory of her shape-shifting past is pulled from the woods to protect the royals amidst a web of court se

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Eddie De Oliveira

Sam Smith navigates the confusing rush of first attractions as he realizes he has feelings for both Toby and Lucy.

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Out of the Wilderness

Stuck in the rugged Alaskan wilderness, fifteen-year-old Josh clashes with a brother who values wild creatures more than

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Mean Girl Makeover #2

You Can't Sit with Us

New student Ginger Hollingberry faces the harsh sting of middle school when a popular clique decides to make her their p

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The Golden Name Day #1

The Golden Name Day

Jennie D. Lindquist

A young girl moves to Sweden to live with her grandparents and embarks on a heartfelt search to find a name day of her o

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The Middle Moffat

Tucked between her siblings in a small Connecticut town during WWI, Janey Moffat decides to carve out her own identity a

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Harriet the Spy #1

Harriet the Spy

Louise Fitzhugh

For the child who observes the world a little too closely and needs help navigating the fallout when their private thoug

Cover of Octagon Magic

For the child who feels like an outsider or struggles to make friends in a new place. A shy girl finds a sense of belong

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Tales from Moominvalley

Step into a whimsical valley filled with short stories about invisible children and unique creatures in this beloved col

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Lisa & Witch School #1

Lisa & Witch School

Ai Diem Nguyen Le

A lonely girl's birthday wish comes true when she is pulled through a mirror into the magical halls of Haminton, a schoo

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K. A. Applegate

Ax believed he was the only survivor of his kind on Earth, but a sudden discovery reveals other Andalites are hiding and

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Little Klein feels overlooked in his big, loud family until he befriends a stray dog and proves that even the smallest p

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Froggy by Bob Brazil follows a child who feels like they don't quite fit their skin or is searching for where they truly

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Loneliness & Belonging for Other Ages

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