Best Literary Fiction books for young adult readers, including adult-YA crossover books.
YA & Adult-YA Crossovers:
Literary Fiction
Total books found: 1,092
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The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants
by Ann Brashares
3/1/2003, 203 pages.
A fresh, lively look at the friendship of four teenagers facing the possibility of growing apart. Poignant, funny, and real, this story will remind you of all the best parts of ...
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The Rotter's Club
by Jonathan Coe
2/1/2003, 432 pages.
As the world appears to self-destruct around them, four teenage friends hold together to navigate the choppy waters of a decidedly ambiguous decade - the 1970s.
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The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd
1/1/2003, 320 pages.
A mesmerizing novel about women with extraordinary gifts coping with loss, finding forgiveness and especially, learning to forgive themselves. Kidd's strong, irresistible voice ...
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The House of The Scorpion
by Nancy Farmer
11/1/2002, 308 pages.
With undertones of vampires, Frankenstein, dragons' hoards, and killing fields, Matt's story turns out to be an inspiring tale of friendship, survival, hope, and transcendence. A ...
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What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows
by Nora Raleigh Baskin
11/1/2002, 224 pages.
A humorous and resonant novel about a girl growing up without a mother, of preteen friendships and the necessity of coming to terms with a loss before being able to move on with ...
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The Yokota Officers Club
by Sarah Bird
10/1/2002, 400 pages.
'Who else can write about dancing, music, JP-4 fuel, the military, and strawberries, make it funny, and also make it about matters of the heart? Only Sarah Bird. This is her best ...
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True Believer
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
9/1/2002, 272 pages.
LaVaughn is fifteen and big questions separate her from her friends. Wolff (author of Make Lemonade) unmasks the secret thoughts adolescents hold sacred and, in so doing, lets her ...
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Postcards from No Man's Land
by Aidan Chambers
5/27/2002, 320 pages.
A powerful novel, told in dual narratives, takes readers on an unforgettable journey through history, as seventeen-year-old backpacker Jacob Todd travels through Amsterdam to honor...
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Stargirl
by Jerry Spinelli
5/1/2002, 192 pages.
A celebration of nonconformity; a tense, emotional tale about the fleeting, cruel nature of popularity--and the thrill and inspiration of first love. Ages 12+
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