Diversity & Multicultural - Teens Ficton

Lana and Emma are shocked to discover magic is real. Can they survive the mysterious Praxos academy? Or will evil get to them first?Adopted sisters Lana Beth and Emma Jane are polar opposites, but when the same strange 'tattoo' suddenly appears on their skin...

Sixteen year old Luna is used to short ex-pat postings but resents having to start all over again in chaotic Bangkok.Nui loves her Thai family but feels suffocated by their traditions and expectations. She's itching to escape and start exploring the world.The two girls...

Multicultural teen Samantha Selim is a high school freshman finding her way. While she is a good girl by many standards, Sammy will test the boundaries drawn by her strict South Asian father. Sometimes, she crosses these boundaries with the help of her American-born...

Never jump on the path to true love until you're sure you have the right directions.Ricki Nichols should've heeded this advice, but the answer to Madame Dupre's riddle had seemed so clear. And after a sophomore year of being ignored by the object of...

Whoever said life would be easy ... was a liar.A car wreck took away his father and his leg. But a year later, thirteen-year-old Joseph McKinnon has a mission and it begins with an underground construction project in the woods.Joe's relying on dad's buddy...

The campaign to save California's children was only the beginning. Now Lance and Ricky target America's most sacred document - The Constitution.Native American teens Kai and Dakota--harboring secrets of their own--join the crusade and swear undying loyalty to Lance. They carry the hope of...

Where is Jiemba? Outcast and alone he has wandered in the dark.Sadness and despair have overcome him completely. His life turned upside down by the same phenomena which took place upon the lake on that fateful night.When he awakens he is hidden within an...

"Razes, Razes, everywhere ... snatchers, snatchers all beware ..." Hato's gang must go up against an underground system trading in the lives of youths, or risk losing the kid brother of their group forever.Kiddo prefers to be a wallflower. But being a ten out...

Author: Kevin Van WhyeISBN-13: 9798217452514Publisher: Random House Children's BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/09/2026Pages: 256Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Author: Xiran Jay ZhaoISBN-10: 1770499822ISBN-13: 9781770499829Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)Language: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2026Pages: 432Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

Author: Xiran Jay ZhaoISBN-10: 0735270007ISBN-13: 9780735270008Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)Language: EnglishPublished: 11/03/2026Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbs

Where the Guava Tree Stands is a novel-in-verse that follows the emotional journey of Mina, a 15-year-old girl who moves from her home in St. Kitts to Orlando, Florida. Amid the struggles of adapting to a new culture, Mina grapples with feelings of homesickness...

This book focuses on the mechanisms that undergird the operation of racialization and works to empirically define the specific mechanisms by which racialization outside of black-white paradigm operates. The contributors highlight the advantages and benefits of using case studies from outside of the black-white...

Hashim has spent his life balancing faith, family loyalty, and the quiet parts of himself he's never dared to name. But when an arranged marriage threatens to decide his future for him, silence is no longer an option. Choosing honesty could cost him his...

Maya, Kendra, and Destiny thought their day off from school would be all fun and freedom-until a dusty little bookstore pulled them into an adventure they could never have imagined. One touch of an ancient book sends the three friends tumbling through time, landing...

Book Five in the Rita Patel Mystery SeriesWhen there is an unexplained death at a cricket ground in Leicester, Rita Patel, who knew the victim, determines to investigate.Rita, in her first year at university, involves her friends and family in her inquiries, and suffers...

Pickup Lines. They're the Worst. Which doesn't stop Stevie from flinging cheesy one-liners at Lei in his attempt to set Lei up with his very shy, very cute, very skittish cousin. Cyan's parties were always full of trans, queer and otherwise weird people. Lei...

Simon Standish is a criminal lawyer in a family business in New Zealand. He is asked to defend a woman from the United Sultanates of Bagus, known as the USB. Jasmin Killian appears to have murdered a fellow student at a rugby match in...

1851 - London, the city is buzzing with excitement; in Hyde Park a huge glass building has been built to house the greatest exhibition of all time. Prince Albert has brought together the best innovators from across the empire to showcase their craftsmanship and...

When Veronica tells her boyfriend she's black, he laughs, pinches her cheek and says, "But, you're so white." Is she too sensitive, like he says? Another boy starts paying attention to her. He's mixed, too. Should she drop the boy who might have a...

"If you want to make friends, don't hang with Rhonda." This warning is like a slap in Veronica's face, because Rhonda was the only visibly black girl in her grade.Veronica hates that people assume she's prejudiced just because she looks white, even though her...

Alan is a teenager with Aspergers. Living in multicultural London, he has experienced poverty, deprivation and bullying all his life. Trees offer him comfort. They beckon to him, represent his spirit guides and talk to him.This affinity with trees saves and comforts him. In...

A union of convenience, threats of civil war, and attempts on her life are weights Cianne must bear in her new role. Justifiably paranoid and with no one to confide in, her only companion is the unholy disembodied voice who taunts her every move....

LITERARY REVOLUTION UNLEASHED! Unique, Hybrid Telenovela-Style Semi-Graphic Novel/Cookbook Will OBLITERATE Everything You Thought You Knew About Family, Food, Drama, And... Book Formatting/Style for Novels and Cookbooks!"NOT MY BOWL OF RICE" Combines Heart-Stopping Filipino Family Saga with Mouthwatering Authentic Recipes in Publishing's Most EXPLOSIVE Genre-Defying...

Fresh off her triumph in the Night Forest, Lucha Moya is back in Robado to settle unfinished business. The stunning fantasy duology about addiction, power, and love comes to a close in tale of treacherous villains, environmental disaster, and a love triangle its heroine...

Bestselling author Romina Garber's Wolves of No World duology weaves together Argentine folklore and what it means to belong, now in a gorgeous 2-in-1 paperback! In Lobizona, Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented...

On the cusp of summer, eleven-year-old Cassidy Aoki prepares to visit the grandparents she hasn't seen in six years-grandparents divided by culture, race, and silence. Her grandfather still struggles to accept that his Japanese son married a Black woman, and that Cassidy, their mixed...

The second book in Ann Sei Lin's Rebel Skies fantasy YA series, set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and rebel uprisings -- now in paperback! Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Lim, Kalynn Bayron and the films of Studio Ghibli. Kurara has...

Author: Taffeta ChimeISBN-10: 0979502004ISBN-13: 9780979502002Publisher: Broken Oak PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2007Pages: 180Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d

Hilo Dome: Volume 2 -- When Pele awakens, survival depends on ancient ways.In the aftermath of the Great War, Nathan Ohana and his crew aboard the canoe Kaulele must find safety as earthquakes and eruptions threaten to destroy Hilo. Guided by traditional Hawaiian navigation,...

Author: Kay LeydaISBN-13: 9798898145033Publisher: Seafoam PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/25/2026Pages: 396Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.81d

The children's book is about a twelve-year-old boy who is very interested in archaeology and in other countries' cultures, both ancient and modern. His mother is a classical archaeologist, and his father is an anthropologist. The boy's name is Flinders, but his friends-and sometimes...

A chilling Gothic horror novel set at a coed boarding school in Scotland, where a teen girl must not only fight against her monstrous male classmates but the monster growing within her after being cursed. Every wish granted comes with strings attached. That's how...

Poignant and uplifting, Cemetery Songs is a compelling YA about a girl, a ghost, and the graveyard that sends them both on a journey of self-acceptance.When Polly Stone's birthmother dies, she feels lost and adrift. How do you mourn someone you never knew? Even...

The times demand a response. Some people prefer prayer and contemplation. Others prefer action. Both are acts of civil disobedience in their own right, just at opposite ends of the spectrum. Over the years I've come to believe that both are indispensable, that they...

With sixteen weeks to go to his life-altering brain surgery, teenaged film buff Wali Khan decides it's time to turn the lens on community, family and friends in this tender yet humorous coming-of-age novel for ages 12 and up. For fans of John Green,...

"Three girls. Three separate struggles. One unbreakable bond." In the raw and deeply emotional coming-of-age drama Stronger Than Our Scars, author Anitra Bynum explores the interconnected lives of three teenage girls Kylie, Tasha, and Precious as they navigate the treacherous waters of girlhood, systemic...

Life forten-year-old Linh was hard enough during the years after the Vietnam war, but to be separated from her mother during an attempt to escape Vietnam in 1979 was unimaginable. With no knowledge of her mother and baby sister's whereabouts, or even whether they...

Being a teenager is complicated enough. Add a superpower to the mix, and it gives "glow up" a whole new meaning.At Aspire Academy, East London, there are countless cliques and weekly trends, but Breeze isn't interested in any of that; she's not like most...

Be careful what you wish for! Long, long ago or just a year ago - depending on when you read this - the Astu Devas wake up and grant the absurd wishes of two citizens of Orum, leaving the town isolated from the rest...

Five British teenagers from different backgrounds find themselves thrown together as residents of a London clinic. They are hoping to find a cure for the frequent flips they experience into a fifth dimension and are forced to suffer being experimented on by a crazy...

The five young people of books one and two are forced to face new threats to their freedom and lives in this, the final book of the Flip! trilogy. They have to apply all they have discovered about themselves, their friendship, and their knowledge...

Life is good for Shannon Carlisle, then a single instant changes everything. Life is good for Shannon Carlisle and it seems like her high school senior year will be smooth sailing. But a terrible car accident changes that. It turns not just Shannon's life...

It is 1803 at the Hudson's Bay post of York Factory and fifteen year old Elias Gunn faces a dilemma. His grandfather wants his sons and grandsons to accompany him inland to Fort Edmonton to deliver the supplies the men at the fort will...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The first book of a dark and opulent fantasy duology set in a world at war with demons. Don't miss The Dragon and the Sun Lotus, coming in March 2026! "A sweeping romantasy . . . fast-paced and brimming...

Life can be a real hot mess for a budding teenage poet. Meet Eric Plath: an ordinary high school boy with an obsession for the color blue, a gay kid surrounded by loving parents and an annoying older sister, a teenager who'd have gone...

Get ready for a wild adventure set in two worlds with diverse characters who possess unique talents especially a teenager girl with superpowers. When gifted teenage friends Mia, Lance, and Lee from a mysterious academy are in a tunnel beneath the city of New...

Author: Sherwood Smith,Rachel Manija BrownISBN-10: 1636322492ISBN-13: 9781636322490Publisher: Book View CafeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/28/2024Pages: 378Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d

On the cusp of summer, eleven-year-old Cassidy Aoki prepares to visit the grandparents she hasn't seen in six years-grandparents divided by culture, race, and silence. Her grandfather still struggles to accept that his Japanese son married a Black woman, and that Cassidy, their mixed...

Concluding S. K. Ali's powerful duology, The Keeper's Records of Revolution, Golden Flight returns to a divided world with war on the horizon. How difficult is it to crash the party of the decade? Literally crash it? The Golden Flight happens once every ten...