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

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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 9,718 books trust teenagers to wrestle with those questions and don't pretend the answers come easily.

9,718 books

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Ibtisam Barakat Memoirs #2

Balcony on the Moon

Ibtisam Barakat

Growing up in 1970s Palestine, young Ibtisam must find a way to nourish her dreams of becoming a writer despite the surr

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Ping-Pong Queen of Chinatown, The

Two friends lean on each other while navigating the intense pressure of college admissions and their families' high hope

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Eight-year-old Chig may be small, but she finds a way to make a giant impact on her community during the difficult years

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Teen Activism Library

Stand Up for LGBTQ Rights

Don Nardo

For the teen seeking to understand the history of pride and the legal battles for equality. This guide explains how soci

Ages 12–18

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Dancing at the Odinochka

Kirkpatrick Hill

A girl of Russian and Athabascan heritage watches her world shift as the territory of Alaska transitions from Russian co

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The Incident on the Bridge

The mystery of what happened to Thisbe Locke begins on a bridge where she was last seen standing by a car, leaving her s

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A Girl's Guide to Starting High School

For the girl preparing to trade primary school for the big leagues. This practical guide tackles everything from friends

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Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah

Erin Jade Lange

A geeky student and a rebellious girl flee a woods party in a stolen police car, sparking a high-stakes escape through t

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Ching Yeung Russell

Growing up in 1950s Hong Kong, a young girl uses poetry to map out her big dreams and the vibrant world surrounding her.

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The arrival of charming new neighbors makes Joan question her family's strict ways in this story of cultural identity an

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Orphaned Peter must choose between the safety of his new Nazi family and the dangerous truth he discovers while living i

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Cloud of Outrageous Blue, A

Sixteen-year-old Edyth sees the world in vivid colors as she illuminates manuscripts while the Black Death sweeps throug

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Erzsi Deak, Kristin Estabrook

The transition from childhood to womanhood unfolds through shared experiences of menstruation across different times and

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A Thunderous Whisper

Christina Diaz Gonzalez

In the shadow of the Spanish Civil War, two young friends in Guernica risk everything to act as secret spies against a r

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Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the LatinX Diaspora

Saraciea J. Fennell

Fifteen writers from Afro-Latinx, Caribbean, and Central American communities share raw, personal stories about racism,

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The Mask That Sang

Inheriting a grandmother's house brings more than just a roof over Cass's head when she finds a singing mask that reveal

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Deep in the desert of the Shi Empire, sixteen-year-old Ahn finds her magic and teams up with a lost heir to save their k

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Kimberly Newton Fusco

Determined to find a real home, Bee flees a dangerous carnival life to search for the family she has always imagined.

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Fighting for Justice #1

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

Laura Atkins, Stan Yogi

Verse and photographs tell the powerful true story of a Japanese American man who fought for justice and civil rights du

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Saints and Misfits #2

Amidst the beautiful chaos of her brother’s massive wedding, Janna searches for the perfect moment to tell her longtime

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In a futuristic East Asia, an ex-gang member turned talented pilot fights to prove his loyalty to the Neo State in the y

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That Fernhill Summer

A summer in Baltimore brings a biracial teen from New York face-to-face with a side of her family she barely knows and a

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Jennifer Owings Dewey

A young Inuit girl fights for her place in the world as she survives a freezing environment and navigates the pressures

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Zora! The Life of Zora Neale Hurston

Dennis Brindell Fradin, Judith Bloom Fradin

Against all odds, a gifted writer overcomes immense obstacles to collect African American folk tales and share her uniqu

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