Books About Self-Confidence & Identity for Ages 12–18

Adolescence is identity formation at full intensity. Gender, values, ambition, the relationship between who you are and who the world wants you to be. These 10,116 books trust teenagers to wrestle with those questions and don't pretend the answers come easily.

10,116 books

The Patron Thief of Bread

Lindsay Eagar

Eight-year-old Duck must choose between the street urchins who raised her and the kindly baker she was sent to rob in th

Ages 8–12

Dark Rise #2

Dark Heir

C. S. Pacat

Will and his allies have survived the Dark's first assault, but a new threat rises. Pursued by dark forces, they must un

Ages 12–18

Two Summers

Aimee Friedman

Summer’s life splits into two paths: a summer of secrets in Provence or a summer of crushes in New York, all depending o

Ages 12–17