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​Frankel's story of a nontraditional, loving, zany family flips traditional views of unplanned, young Each decision she made as a young person was done toward trying to shape her future as an actor. The character of India turns rigid, conservative views on unplanned pregnancy, young pregnancy, and adoption

01 Uncultured: A Memoir by Daniella Mestyanek Young Young offers a brutally honest behind-the-scenes Daniella Mestyanek Young grew up the daughter of high-ranking members of The Children of God cult in Young's pain in both avenues is substantial and horrifying, and she is brutally honest. Yet Uncultured is primarily an affecting account of Young's impressive perseverance, hard-fought growth Her trusted nurse and former milk-mother Sofia does her best to delay plans to wed the slight young girl

conflict in some ways, but their stories and existences overlap, and their challenges intersect when a young Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, injustices also abound, and powerful, terrible men take advantage of the young

Grey Dog begins as an immersive historical fiction story of a young teacher with a shocking past in But a young, half-feral female student and a shockingly unorthodox widow both seem to hold mysterious

I was hooked on the story of a team of young women fighting for admittance to a guild, their bonds, and uncomfortable, especially set against Aspeth's inexperience and wondrous admiration for him (she's the naive young

Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young love, and life-changing decisions She's dating a boring but reliable young man from her high school and living at home when she meets James Caroline O'Donoghue is also the author of Scenes of a Graphic Nature, Promising Young Women, and the

Now Kosika, a young, impressionable, fervor-driven young Antari, is taking up the mantle of the deceased Victor LaValle's Lone Women begins in 1915 with a determined young woman, Adelaide Henry, covering her

Fitzhugh, Renegade and Author of Harriet the Spy by Leslie Brody, Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young She tries to imagine the points of view of everyone involved, and she treats her young self with empathy acting, which also served as a sort of therapy) eventually allowed Field to come into her fully realized adult Academy Award-nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister were young examines her parents, her youth, and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult

became pregnant by (and married) her beloved high school sweetheart, and after Jo moved in with the young disappointments or life experiences could have prepared her for the horrific, shocking loss of her young up uncomfortable feelings in Jo--who vividly remembers the loss of her beloved father when she was young

But the hearing headmistress February (a CODA--a child of deaf adults), the rebellious new transfer student It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad. Young Sitara is living a comfortable life in Kabul in 1978. Stout Stout's middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young heroine's identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change the trajectory of her tough young

Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue Caroline O'Donoghue's coming-of-age story celebrates friendship, young She's dating a boring but reliable young man from her high school and living at home when she meets James In order to keep her husband, young daughters, and partner safe, Elise may have to keep some crucial brothel worker in late nineteenth-century Dodge City, Kansas, offers up a tough young heroine who makes But a young woman in that time has little say over her destiny.

Dani Shapiro Signal Fires begins with three teenagers drinking in 1985, a car accident, a tragedy, young Time passes, and a young family moves onto Division Street. Their young son befriends the retired Dr. Wilf, whose memories of past events come rushing back.

Makkai's boarding school-set mystery offers depth as it exposes age-old power mismatches; offers young Makkai offers up the potentially world-changing power of young people with an idea and tenacity; and she allows the privileged, sometimes cruel, seemingly shallow young students from Bodie's past to make

The retelling swirls with family drama, intrigue, bravery--and a young woman determined to make her mark to Katie Couric's memoir Going There, in which she traces the beginnings of her media career, a few young Meanwhile Jade, a young girl who has been sold to a courtesan, befriends JungHo, a young orphan boy in

Blackgoose offers a fascinating, layered story about a strong-willed, whip-smart young Indigenous woman And everyone's about to find out how disruptive a whip-smart, open-minded, and strong-willed young woman

pirate--ruthless, scandalous, and invincible--who has dropped out of sight and settled down to raise her young Amina soon finds herself entangled in a dangerous ocean quest to rescue a young woman, while fighting

Ward's novel, set in the years before the Civil War and told from the point of view of an enslaved young Brigade takes that setup farther into favorable Bossy territory, by sending an idealistic, headstrong young

It's incredible to see her healthy, vital, young dad. Emma Straub is also the author of The Vacationers, All Adults Here, Modern Lovers, and other books. 03

Those urging me to write my memoir will want a patriotic young woman who fought to defend her country , a heroine to root for with a story clean and simple as a full moon—and I was that young woman, but In 1937, history student Ludmila Pavlichenko is a young lady balancing school, the care of her young

Mason's characters range from a young couple in love, escaping their rigid Puritanical community; to childhood and his critical, yelling, stressed parents; his joy in putting on other personas even as a young

The book's past timeline is set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's stewardess bent story's later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated young

The book's earlier timeline is set in the early 20th century, as Violet, a young ship's steward bent while the later timeline takes place in the time of World War II as Daphne, an intelligent and educated young

Roberts details what it was like as a sensitive young girl whose unusual life was shaped by her parents Award- nominated singer-songwriter whose father killed her mother when Allison and her sister were young storyteller, Moorer examines her youth and that pivotal tragedy, considering how it has shaped her into her adult

narrative nonfiction account of the immense power of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and how the bravery of a young But when he met a young woman and promised her career assistance, then abused his position, she threatened Her young daughter is missing, and Ella is in limbo, desperately hoping she hears news soon.

The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential Ji Lin is a young girl who would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would allow it, but she's There's magical realism at the heart of this book, and Choo also examines colonialism, superstition, and young The Dragon keeps them safe from the Wood, but at a high price: each year he demands one young woman from

Young Lucky St. The tone frequently feels geared toward young readers to me, and I had no trouble predicting the twist

“I look at you, and you’re young. You’ll always be that way for me. But not for anyone else. Arthur, people who meet you now will never be able to imagine you young.”

Hildegard von Bingen began seeing visions at a young age, and her family offered her to the church at account, lead to Hildegard's extreme change in fortune as well as her breakout from the confines of her young

Young Viva overlooks and covers for her mom Charlotte's drinking, while Charlotte drags them from town Books. 03 Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard Von Bingen Hildegard Von Bingen began seeing visions at a young

Since her mother Defne went into a coma and never woke up, young loner Ada Kazantzakis has continued , just a plunge into this omniscient, sometimes prickly, often opinionated view--witnessed Kostas's young The fig tree shares the story of the young lovers and while exploring the conflicts between Turkish and In a world of the near future, a young (unnamed) woman is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious

Elliott's book for young readers offers a boy-crazy, truly funny main protagonist in Haylah Swinton. In her novel for young readers--from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing

references racy reads from the 1980s; and a story inspired by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn about four young estranged from their ex-con fathers, each of whom now regret every moment they didn't make sure the young avoiding the cruelties and horrors they might suffer at the hands of the almost universally terrible adults

Julia Fine's Maddalena and the Dark is a gothic story set in 1700s Venice in which two young women's But a young woman in that time has little say over her destiny.

ICYMI: My favorite Kate Quinn books center around strong young women proving their mettle during wartime

But she's not legally an adult, and she doesn't have many options of who she can rely on to keep them while exploring trust, betrayal, the unexpected bubbling up of grief, and the bone-deep tiredness of a young

Young Qian escapes into books in her new language. her childhood, and only five pages or so at the end of the book offer reflection and context from an adult

distance, she accidentally sees and identifies visitors to her own world--and they're the parents of her young

Abi Daré's Nigerian-set fiction, and reading the second book in a duology about a tough, big-hearted young The Girl with the Louding Voice, Abi Daré's book about a strong young woman in rural Nigeria who shows Adunni is a young teen growing up in a rural Nigerian village where girls are often married off young My friend Kirstan recommended this book, and I love it so far. 03 Namesake by Adrienne Young Namesake is the second and final book in Young's duology about the wonderfully strong, ruthless, clever young

Marilyn Kaye is the author of over 100 books for young readers.

missed opportunity and second chances, Meet Me at the Lake; I'm reading a book club pick about three young They're good young Muslim women...and they also know how to skirt the rules, cover for each other, and

Robert Kolker retraces the lives of Mimi and Don through their young marriage, their conflicts in ambition But there’s no permanently hiding the wandering, ranting, furious young men. One sister remains linked to the family, and as an adult she continues to try to assist ill siblings

Young Flora and her teen sister Hazel were evacuated in 1939 from the bombing and danger in wartime London Hazel begins to dig into the past, including her own young love (fractured by the tragedy of Flora's

using over feeling uncomfortable emotions, and he ties his feelings of not feeling like enough as an adult to a childhood in which his young parents' divorce, remarriages, and new children hit him particularly

Stout's recently published middle-grade story is irresistibly strange, full of difficulties and a tough young identifying and lifting the curse offer answers--and could it even change the trajectory of her tough young

But the young Black artist encounters a Confederate statue that is still standing, and its existence With the collapse of Earth's environment imminent, eighty trained elite young people venture into space

reading Alex White's science fiction novel A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; and I'm reading the young readers' book Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott from my favorite publishing company for young titled The Worst of All Possible Worlds. 03 Pretty Funny for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott In her novel for young readers from my favorite publishing company for young people, Peachtree Publishing, Elliott offers an

Young Viva overlooks and covers for her mom Charlotte's drinking, while Charlotte drags them from town unreliable, while Charlotte imagines herself an artsy, nonconformist tough lady who was pregnant too young

Eli Bell is a young man in a tough spot. Eli is a good young fellow who is growing more savvy, is increasingly able to see shades of gray, and Despite the desperate behaviors of the adults in Eli's life (and the terrible consequences he suffers

Rebecca Serle's love letter to Italy plays with time to allow a grieving young woman to know her mother Katy is at a loss emotionally, and she's tempted to turn to a handsome young guest at her Italian hotel I enjoyed how Serle played with time to allow a young woman to know her mother at her same age.

Naomi Alderman offers a dark and fascinating look at a world where the traditional male-female and old-young