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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LIE
by Caroline Bock
8/30/2011, 224 pages.
Everybody knows, nobody’s talking...
Seventeen-year-old Skylar Thompson is being questioned by the police. Her boyfriend, Jimmy, stands accused of brutally assaulting two ...
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Island's End
by Padma Venkatraman
8/4/2011, 240 pages.
From the acclaimed author of Climbing the Stairs comes a fascinating story set on a remote island untouched by time.
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Texas Gothic
by Rosemary Clement-Moore
7/12/2011, 416 pages.
Amy Goodnight's family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries her best to stay far outside the family business. Her summer gig? Ranch-sitting for her aunt ...
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Now Is the Time for Running
by Michael Williams
7/5/2011, 240 pages.
Just down the road from their families, Deo and his friends play soccer in the dusty fields of Zimbabwe, cheered on by Deo's older brother, Innocent. It is a day like any other... ...
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White Crow
by Marcus Sedgwick
7/5/2011, 240 pages.
Some secrets are better left buried; some secrets are so frightening they might make angels weep and the devil crow.
Thought provoking as well as intensely scary, White Crow ...
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Guantanamo Boy
by Anna Perera
7/1/2011, 352 pages.
Innocent until proven guilty? Not here you're not. Robbed of his childhood, this is one boy's fictional experience of the supposed war on terror. Khalid, a fifteen-year-old Muslim ...
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Long Story Short
by Siobhan Parkinson
6/21/2011, 160 pages.
From Ireland's first laureate for children's literature comes a story of abuse and neglect told with sincerity, heart, and a healthy dose of humor.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
6/7/2011, 352 pages.
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an ...
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If I Could Fly
by Judith Ortiz Cofer
5/24/2011, 208 pages.
Fifteen-year-old Doris is used to taking care of herself. Her musician parents have always spent more time singing in nightclubs than watching after her. But when her ailing ...
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Room
by Emma Donoghue
5/18/2011, 352 pages.
To five-year-old-Jack, Room is the world....
Told in the inventive, funny, and poignant voice of Jack, Room is a celebration of resilience - and a powerful story of a mother and ...
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