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The Smell of Other People's Houses

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Lirael

Garth Nix · 526 pages

When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies.

Coming of AgeSnow and IceAtmosphericTeen Protagonist
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Ordinary Wolves

Seth Kantner · 334 pages

"Ordinary Wolves is told by Cutuk Hawcly, a boy growing up in remote Alaska. He lives with his father, Abe ("our best friend, no dad at all"), and siblings in a sod igloo, with the pastel arctic sky overhead and animals - wolves, moose, foxes, ravens - all around. The Inupiaq village a day's sled drive away is their link to the outside world, one Cutuk knows only through what the mail plane brings

Indigenous IdentityComing of AgeSnow and IceAtmospheric
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The Scorpio Races

Maggie Stiefvater · 435 pages

It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. Some riders live. Others die. At age nineteen, Sean Kendrick is the returning champion. He is a young man of few words, and if he has any fears, he keeps them buried deep, where no one else can see them. Puck Connolly is different. She

Coming of AgeTeen ProtagonistCharacter-DrivenMultiple POV
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Julie of the Wolves

Jean Craighead George · 170 pages

Miyax, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives or dies. At 13, an orphan, and unhappily married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home, hoping to reach San Francisco and her pen pal. But she becomes lost in the vast Alaskan tundra, with no food, no shelter, and no idea which is the way to safety. Now, more than ever, she must look har

Indigenous IdentityComing of AgeAtmosphericTeen Protagonist
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To Shape a Dragon's Breath

Moniquill Blackgoose · 511 pages

Indigenous IdentityComing of AgeTeen ProtagonistCharacter-Driven
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Canada

Richard Ford · 420 pages

After his parents are arrested and imprisoned for robbing a bank, fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons is taken in by Arthur Remlinger who, unbeknownst to Dell, is hiding a dark and violent nature that interferes with Dell's quest to find grace and peace on the prairie of Saskatchewan.

Coming of AgeAtmosphericTeen ProtagonistSnow and Ice
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Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O'Dell · 184 pages

Story of a young girl abandoned on a small island by her family and her village, and of her fight for survival. The incredible courage, determination and strength of this girl is showcased throughout as she learns to do the things that only the men of her tribe did before, and battles not only the hunters who frequent the island, but also her desperate loneliness as well... Excellent read fo

Indigenous IdentityComing of AgeAtmosphericTeen Protagonist
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The Round House

Louise Erdrich · 352 pages

A young man is upended after a violent attack on his mother, which leaves his family in turmoil. Well-written page turner that is hard to put down!

Indigenous IdentityComing of AgeTeen ProtagonistAtmospheric
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This Tender Land

William Kent Krueger · 464 pages

Chosen FamilyIndigenous IdentityTeen ProtagonistAtmospheric
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Eleanor & Park

Rainbow Rowell · 336 pages

## Two misfits. One extraordinary love. ## ---------- ## Eleanor ## ...Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough... Eleanor. ## Park ## ...He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. T

Coming of AgeMultiple POVTeen ProtagonistCharacter-Driven
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Disappearing Earth

Julia Phillips · 312 pages

Indigenous IdentitySnow and IceAtmosphericCharacter-Driven
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The Age of Miracles

Karen Thompson Walker · 304 pages

The coming-of-age story of young Julia, whose world is thrown into upheaval when it is discovered that the Earth's rotation has suddenly begun to slow, posing a catastrophic threat to all life.

Coming of AgeCharacter-DrivenTeen ProtagonistAtmospheric
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My Name is Not Easy

Debby Dahl Edwardson · 252 pages

Alaskans Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq relate their experiences in the early 1960s when they are forced to attend a Catholic boarding school where, despite different tribal affiliations, they come to find a sort of family and home.

Indigenous IdentitySnow and IceMultiple POVYoung Adult
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Nation

Terry Pratchett · 367 pages

The sea has taken everything. Mau is the only one left after a giant wave sweeps his island village away. But when much is taken, something is returned, and somewhere in the jungle Daphne...a girl from the other side of the globe — is the sole survivor of a ship destroyed by the same wave. Together the two confront the aftermath of catastrophe. Drawn by the smoke of Mau and Daphne's sheltering fir

Indigenous IdentityComing of AgeMultiple POVTeen Protagonist
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Walkabout

James Vance Marshall · 124 pages

Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and guides them along their long journey. But a terrible misunderstanding results in a tragedy that neither Mary nor Peter will ever forget...

Indigenous IdentityComing of AgeAtmosphericTeen Protagonist
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The Dragonbone Chair

Tad Williams · 672 pages

In the peaceful land of Osten Ard, the good king is dying-and a long-dreaded evil is about to be unleashed. Only Simon, a lowly castle scullion apprenticed to a secret order dedicated to halting the coming darkness, can solve the dangerous riddle that offers salvation to the land.

Snow and IceComing of AgeAtmosphericCharacter-Driven
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Threadneedle

Cari Thomas · 576 pages

Coming of AgeTeen ProtagonistAtmosphericYoung Adult
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Elsewhere

Will Shetterly · 248 pages

Ron, a teenage runaway, comes of age among the punk elves and humans of Bordertown, a run-down city on the border between the real world and the magic world of Faerie.

Chosen FamilyComing of AgeTeen ProtagonistYoung Adult
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Gifts

Ursula K. Le Guin · 288 pages

Young adult story about finding one's place in the world.

Coming of AgeAtmosphericCharacter-DrivenYoung Adult
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Coming of AgeTeen ProtagonistAtmosphericYoung Adult
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The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd · 311 pages

Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing debut novel has stolen the hearts of reviewers and readers alike with its strong, assured voice. Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily's fierce-hearted "stand-in mother," Rosaleen, insults three of the town's fiercest racis

Chosen FamilyComing of AgeTeen ProtagonistBelonging
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Half His Age

Jennette McCurdy · 262 pages

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of I’m Glad My Mom Died comes a sad, funny, thrilling novel about sex, consumerism, class, desire, loneliness, the internet, rage, intimacy, power, and the (oftentimes misguided) lengths we’ll go to in order to get what we want. Waldo is ravenous. Horny. Blunt. Naive. Wise. Impulsive. Lonely. Angry. Forceful. Hurting. Perceptive. Endlessly wanting. And

Coming of AgeTeen ProtagonistCharacter-DrivenSnow and Ice
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Malas

Marcela Fuentes · 375 pages

AtmosphericComing of AgeCharacter-DrivenMultiple POV
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Let the Right One In

John Ajvide Lindqvist · 480 pages

Twelve-year-old Oskar is obsessed by the murder that's taken place in his neighborhood. Then he meets the new girl from next door. She's a bit weird, though. And she only comes out at night--Publisher's description.

Coming of AgeMultiple POVSnow and IceAtmospheric

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