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Young Adult About Being Different – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

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Young Adult About Being Different

Explore young adult books about being different for children.

1,344 books

Cover of If You Come Softly and Behind You

If You Come Softly

If You Come Softly and Behind You

Jacqueline Woodson

For the teen processing the weight of systemic injustice or the sudden, sharp ache of losing a first love. A profound lo

Cover of Twilight Robbery

Fly by Night #2

Twilight Robbery

Frances Hardinge

For the reader who feels caught between duty and their own voice, navigating the echoes of a past they didn't choose.

Cover of Inhuman

To save her father, Lane must enter the Savage Zone—a forbidden land where mutation has turned people and plants into da

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Cover of Fledgling

The Keeper's Records of Revolution #1

Fledgling

S. K. Ali

For the teen grappling with self-doubt while stepping into an unknown future, this story explores courage, identity, and

Ages 13–18

Cover of The Glittering Court

The Glittering Court #1

The Glittering Court

A high-born lady assumes a false identity to escape an arranged marriage, boarding a ship for a dangerous new land where

Cover of The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind

Sonia Ocampo flees the heavy burden of being her village's luck charm, only to risk everything on a dangerous journey to

Cover of Redemptor

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

Cover of The Boundless Sublime

The Boundless Sublime

Desperate for peace after a tragedy, Ruby follows a mysterious friend into a secretive community that hides a dark and s

Cover of We Deserve Monuments

We Deserve Monuments

For the teenager navigating the weight of family secrets, this moving story explores how uncovering the past can help he

Cover of Touching Snow

For the teen navigating the heavy weight of family secrets and the courage required to survive a cycle of domestic viole

Cover of Digital Revolutionaries: The Men and Women Who Brought Computing to Life

Digital Revolutionaries: The Men and Women Who Brought Computing to Life

For the teen who is fascinated by how their devices actually work and the brilliant, sometimes quirky minds behind the s

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Jennifer Donnelly Retellings #2

Jennifer Donnelly

For the teen navigating self-doubt or external pressure, this dark retelling explores how to find true strength when you

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Heather Cocks, Jessica Morgan

Molly’s life flips upside down when she moves to Beverly Hills to live with her movie-star father and a glamorous, diffi

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All the Stars and Teeth #1

All the Stars and Teeth

For the teen navigating the pressure of high expectations who needs to find the courage to define their own path after a

Cover of War of the Bastards

Royal Bastards #3

War of the Bastards

For the teen grappling with a difficult family legacy and the weight of high-stakes choices during a period of intense p

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Try Not to Breathe

Jennifer R. Hubbard

For the teenager navigating the heavy path of recovery after a mental health crisis, this story offers a quiet, honest l

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Girls of Paper and Fire #1

Girls of Paper and Fire

Stolen from her village to serve a king, golden-eyed Lei risks everything by falling in love and joining a rebellion tha

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Jenny Elder Moke

For the teenager grappling with a sudden family secret or navigating the transition from a sheltered life to finding the

Cover of The Silent Stars Go By

The Silent Stars Go By

For the teen navigating the weight of a difficult secret or the pressure of social expectations. A quiet, moving story a

Cover of No Better Than Beasts

No Better Than Beasts

For the teenager grappling with the weight of family responsibility and the blurred lines between being a protector and

Cover of The Dark Days Deceit

The Dark Days Deceit

For the teen navigating the tension between family expectations and their own moral compass while facing high-stakes res

Cover of The Love That Split the World

The Love That Split the World

During her final summer in Kentucky before college, Natalie encounters a mysterious apparition and a new boy named Beau

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Countess Meliara vows to defend her people from a greedy king, leading her into an unprepared war. After the fighting, s

Cover of Always a Catch

Jack must choose between his talent for piano and the pressures of his new boarding school football team as he struggles

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