You're the One that I Want The Upper World A Crongton Story: Liccle Bit: Book 1: As seen on BBC iPlayer! Day of the Whale
Chinglish Artichoke Hearts Northern Soul Swing
The Big Ask Boy Like Me Release Girl. Boy. Sea.
The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019 Sophie Someone The Other Side of Truth Toffee

Coming of age books -Teen/YA

By Mostly Book Talk

Coming of age books -Teen/YA

By Mostly Book Talk

Powerful coming of age books, some political, some personal - all grab your attention.  For approx. 12+ ( some have material in them more suited to older readers - I have put YA next to these as a guide, but every reader is different...)

You're the One that I Want

You're the One that I Want

Simon James Green

£8.99 £8.54

The Upper World

The Upper World

Femi Fadugba

£7.99 £7.59

A Crongton Story: Liccle Bit: Book 1: As seen on BBC iPlayer!

A Crongton Story: Liccle Bit: Book 1: As seen on BBC iPlayer!

Alex Wheatle

£8.99 £8.54

Day of the Whale

Day of the Whale

Rachel Delahaye

£8.99 £8.54

Chinglish

Chinglish

Sue Cheung

£8.99 £8.54

Artichoke Hearts

Artichoke Hearts

Sita Brahmachari

£7.99 £7.59

Northern Soul

Northern Soul

Phil Earle

£7.99 £7.59

Swing

Swing

Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess

£10.99 £10.44

The Big Ask

The Big Ask

Simon James Green and Mallory Heyer

£7.99 £7.59

Boy Like Me

Boy Like Me

Simon James Green and Scholastic

£8.99 £8.54

Release

Release

Patrick Ness

£12.99 £12.34

Girl. Boy. Sea.

Girl. Boy. Sea.

Chris Vick

£7.99 £7.59

The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019

The Poet X – WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019

Elizabeth Acevedo

£8.99 £8.54

Sophie Someone

Sophie Someone

Hayley Long

£6.99 £6.64

The Other Side of Truth

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

£7.99 £7.59

Toffee

Toffee

Sarah Crossan

£8.99 £8.54

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

Sabina Khan

£7.99

Things a Bright Girl Can Do: The critically acclaimed novel about the fight for women's votes

Things a Bright Girl Can Do: The critically acclaimed novel about the fight for women's votes

Sally Nicholls

£8.99 £8.54

Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses

Malorie Blackman

£8.99 £8.54

We Are All Made of Molecules

We Are All Made of Molecules

Susin Nielsen

£8.99 £8.54

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

£8.99 £8.54

Orangeboy

Orangeboy

Patrice Lawrence

£9.99 £9.49

Wranglestone

Wranglestone

Darren Charlton

£8.99 £8.54

Becoming Dinah

Becoming Dinah

Kit de Waal

£9.99 £9.49

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things

Carolyn Mackler

£7.99 £7.59

The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I

The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I

Carolyn Mackler

£7.99 £7.59

Dumplin'

Dumplin'

Julie Murphy

£8.99 £8.54

Puddin'

Puddin'

Julie Murphy

£8.99 £8.54

The Smell of Other People's Houses

The Smell of Other People's Houses

Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock

£8.99 £8.54

Forever

Forever

Judy Blume

£8.99 £8.54

YA

The Serpent King

The Serpent King

Jeff Zentner

£7.99 £7.59

The Black Flamingo: The much loved, award-winning, queer coming-of-age story

The Black Flamingo: The much loved, award-winning, queer coming-of-age story

Dean Atta and Anshika Khullar

£9.99 £9.49

YA

Paper Towns

Paper Towns

John Green

£7.99 £7.59

Blood Moon

Blood Moon

Lucy Cuthew

£7.99 £7.59

YA