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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Guardian
by Julius Lester
11/1/2008, 144 pages.
"There are times when a tree can no longer withstand the pain inflicted on it, and the wind will take pity on that tree and topple it over in a mighty storm. All the other trees ...
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Spud - The Madness Continues
by John van de Ruit
10/16/2008, 352 pages.
It’s 1991, and John "Spud" Milton's journey to manhood is still creeping along at a snail's pace. Nearly fifteen, Spud's starting his second year at boarding school and—...
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Anila's Journey
by Mary Finn
10/14/2008, 320 pages.
How can Anila Tandy, left to fend for herself after her mother's death, dare to apply for a job that is clearly not meant for a woman? But somehow the "Bird Girl of Calcutta," art ...
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Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
9/30/2008, 320 pages.
Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.
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Bog Child
by Siobhan Dowd
9/9/2008, 336 pages.
Digging for peat in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she’s been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world ...
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
9/2/2008, 352 pages.
Things have never been easy for Oscar, a sweet but disastrously overweight, lovesick Dominican ghetto nerd. Oscar dreams of becoming the Dominican J. R. R. Tolkien and, most of ...
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Jellicoe Road
by Melina Marchetta
9/1/2008, 432 pages.
Jellicoe Road is a dazzling tale that is part love story, part family drama, and part coming-of-age novel.
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The Door of No Return
by Sarah Mussi
8/26/2008, 400 pages.
Zac Baxter's grandfather has always told him that he's the descendant of African kings, whose treasure was stolen when his ancestors were sold into slavery. Of course, Zac brushes ...
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The Pirate's Daughter
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
8/5/2008, 432 pages.
In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood’s most famous swashbuckler shored up on the coast of Jamaica, and the glamorous world of 1940’s Hollywood converged with ...
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Would You
by Marthe Jocelyn
7/8/2008, 176 pages.
Would you rather know what's going to happen or not know?
A summer night. A Saturday. For Natalie's amazing older sister, Claire, this summer is fantastic, because she’s ...
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