以墨尔本为背景, Australia, 我希望这不会找到你安梁 features Sadie Wen and Julius Gong, two teens who are on a trajectory to future success. Having researched the highest-paying job and the most in-demand degrees, Julius plans to be a lawyer and Sadie a data analyst. 两个年轻人都就读于伍德维尔学院, a selective high school for gifted students and populated predominantly by other young Asians. 在Woodvale, “dreams, (就像宇航员, playwright, and artist] are shattered and hobbies are traded for more stable, lucrative, 实用职业”(130页). Sadie has perfect grades and is the MVP in every sports team she is阅读更多→

In much the same way that Laurie Halse Anderson with Speak in 1999 aimed to shed light on the subjects of sexual assault, 心理健康, and forming an identity throughout one’s teenage years, Amber Smith chronicles the challenges of Eden McCrorey in her book The Way I Am Now (2023). 她十四岁时就被强奸了, Eden struggles to acknowledge compliments and accepts only the love she things she deserves. Eden is afraid she will need depression, anti-anxiety, and sleeping medication forever. Although she feels things deeply and completely, Eden disconnects herself from most of what she loves: playing the clarinet and connecting at a阅读更多→

Guilt is the glue that keeps Rana’s immigrant family together. In the Muslim world that Rana is from, the goal is to become a dutiful wife. However, that is a version of womanhood that Rana can’t live up to. She’s gay but keeps her sexual identity secret. Because she’s suffering from the loss of one of her best friends, 路易离奇死亡, 拉纳放弃了篮球和碳水化合物来减轻她的痛苦. 当她缩成一团的时候,她的老师. 穆里略试图把她引出来, telling her that her opinion matters and offering her meditation as a way to open up to possibility:阅读更多→

《非诚勿扰》是Eunnie的漫画小说. The story’s protagonist is college freshman Momo Garnder. Sensitive and somewhat withdrawn, Momo is awkward with dating and friendships. 单身, she escapes the relationship drama she sees all-around her, but she also realizes she’s missing out on the fun. 关心别人给陌陌带来快乐, so she’s always doing favors for others: sharing notes, 借钱, 并担任指定司机.  However, in the process, she forgets the value of self-care. When one of Momo’s college friends tells her to “live a little,” Momo dares to open up to others. 很快,她发现阅读更多→

With Plan A, Deb Caletti has written a story that conveys the power of choice. 为了发展这个主题, Caletti creates sixteen-year-old Ivy Devries who lives in Paris, Texas, a place populated by conservative people with strict opinions. From a long line of fierce women, Ivy finds herself in a predicament: She’s pregnant. But how could that be when she hasn’t actually had sex? Although Ivy aligns herself with Thomas Hardy’s protagonist in Tess of the D’Urbervilles, “永远毁了. 与其说是个人,不如说是个问题, 已经碎了, 她的未来注定了”(40), 艾薇意识到她只是个普通女孩, 谁从没想到会发生这种事阅读更多→

通过他的小说《皇冠登录welcome》, Matt Mendez shares a story that spans generations and blurs genres. 《welcome皇冠地址》的续集, the style of this follow-up is unique in that multiple stories are being conveyed within its pages. Told from various view points and with screen play scripts, 闪回, 和Lotería卡片交织在散文中, The Broke Hearts illustrates how the past never leaves us and how “being a warrior is about doing the hard thing every time” (4). Mendez also shares insight about having hopes and dreams but how life gets in the way with moments of heart break. JD桑切斯阅读更多→

凤凰号复活, Judy McCluney has written a story about the trials faced by two teens trying to make their way in the world.  虽然说得相当直白, 现实的时尚, McCluney does apply a richly developed allusion to the Egyptian myth of the phoenix while also setting the story in Arizona. Uprooted by her dad’s job in the Air Force, Sami has just moved from California to South Phoenix. 最重要的是, she wishes to fly away to a place of possibility where she hopes to work as a veterinarian. Unable to rely on her parents for monetary support to attend college, Sami阅读更多→

Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford is a powerful textual tribute to “the ancestors who carried us through” accented by scratchboard-like illustrations by Jeffery Boston Weatherford. 在这部诗歌小说中, the Weatherfords conjure the voices of their ancestors and speak to them and through them with their art. Seeking answers to key questions: “At what age is hope born, 什么时候开始出现抵抗, 梦何时凋零?”, the mother/son pair tells a moving story of their family tree. Their goal is to give voice to their African-American ancestors who were “marginalized, muted, 当他们把田地犁成阅读更多→

Although 艾莎·赛义德的《welcome皇冠地址》 is certainly a story about love, the plot runs much deeper to embrace other topics, as well. 移民等话题, 社会经济地位, truth, and following one’s dreams also find a place in these pages. Saeed shares multiple morals as the story of Raf and Yas unfolds. 当故事开始时, readers learn briefly of Raf’s trek from Golub and about a sacred tree that allows or denies passage from one world to another. People from Raf’s world have a golden leaf birthmark that pulses and warms in warning if a person has moved beyond the perimeter of阅读更多→