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Teens Literature Comes of Age

Here are some YA titles that are pushing the upper edge of the age designation, following the stories of teens the summer after graduation, on into college, and beyond:


I'll Meet You There  by Heather Demetrios
Follows Skylar, a recent high school graduate who is ready to escape her small town for art school with a few unforeseen complications.


Fangirl  by Rainbow Rowell and All the Feels by Danika Stone
Features college freshman who are deeply engaged in online culture and fandom.


How To Love by Katie Cotugno
Tells a love story in alternating time lines.


A Little Something Different  by Sandy Hall
Revolves around two students in a college creative writing class who have crushes on each other but just can't seem to get together- until they do.


What We Left Behind  by Robin Talley
About Toni and Gretchen, a lesbian couple, who solid relationship starts to crumble when they attend different colleges.


We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen
A heartfelt story of a long-distance friendship between Cath, who moves away to attend college, and Scott, who stays behind to work after high school, told through correspondence.


Dear Reader by Mary O'Connell
Story of Flannery, who is just biding time enduring the smirks of mean girls at the Catholic high school until she starts Columbia University.


Tender  by Belinda McKeon
Focuses on an intense, passionate relationship against the backdrop of higher education in1990s  Ireland.


All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
A book that will surely appeal to millennials with a penchant for the weird and wondrous.


The Queen of  the Tearling  by Erika Johansen
A queen raised in exile must reclaim her throne now that she's reached the age of maturity at 19.


Enjoy!


~School Library Journal, Molly Wetta



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