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By Ha, Robin2020., Balzar + Bray Call No: GN B Ha Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Graphic novel in which a South Korean girl named Chun and her single mother leave for America on vacation and end up staying after her mother announces she's getting married. Chun changes her name to Robin and tries to fit in at her local high school where she doesn't know the language. When her mother enrolls her in a comics drawing class, she begins to feel more at home in the United States.
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By Ha, Robin[2020]., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray/Harper Alley, imprints of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: GN B HA Edition: First edition. Availability:5 of 5 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life--perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Hey, Kiddo. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up as the only child of a single mother in Seoul, Korea, wasn't always easy, but it has bonded them fiercely together. So when a vacation to visit friends in Huntsville, Alabama, unexpectedly becomes a permanent relocation--following her mother's announcement that she's getting married--Robin is devastated. Overnight, her life changes. She is dropped into a new school where she doesn't understand the language and struggles to keep up. She is completely cut off from her friends in Seoul and has no access to her beloved comics. At home, she doesn't fit in with her new stepfamily, and worst of all, she is furious with the one person she is closest to--her mother. Then one day Robin's mother enrolls her in a local comic drawing class, which opens the window to a future Robin could never have imagined"--Amazon.com.
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2022., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: REALISTIC F ILO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Yaminah Okar left Obsidian and the wreckage of her family years ago. She and her father have made lives for themselves in Brooklyn. She thinks she's moved on to bigger and better things. She thinks she's finally left behind that city she would rather forget. But when a Facebook message about her estranged mother pierces Yaminah's new bubble, memories of everything that happened before her parents' divorce come roaring back. Now, Yaminah must finally reckon with the truth about her mother and the growing collapse of a place she once called home"--Provided by the publisher.
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2022., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT FIC ILO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Yaminah Okar left Obsidian and the wreckage of her family years ago. She and her father have made lives for themselves in Brooklyn. She thinks she's moved on to bigger and better things. She thinks she's finally left behind that city she would rather forget. But when a Facebook message about her estranged mother pierces Yaminah's new bubble, memories of everything that happened before her parents' divorce come roaring back. Now, Yaminah must finally reckon with the truth about her mother and the growing collapse of a place she once called home"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Dear diary, I am pregnantc2010., Adolescent, Annick Press ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Firefly Books (U.S.) Call No: 306.874 Edition: New ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Presents the voices of pregnant teens as they talk about their needs, interests, decisions and choices around motherhood, adoption and abortion.
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[2017]., Adolescent, Ember Call No: FIC YOON Edition: First Ember edition. Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: "The story of a teenage girl who's literally allergic to the outside world. When a new family moves in next door, she begins a complicated romance that challenges everything she's ever known. The narrative unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists, illustrations, and more"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adolescent, HarperTeen, [2017] Call No: REALISTIC F BEN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms---how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it.
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2009., Adolescent, Margaret K. McElderry Books Call No: Realistic FIC Hopkins Edition: First Margaret K. McElderry Books paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Kristina is determined to defeat her addiction to crack in order to keep her newborn child, but when she is unable to manage her use of the drug and the pull becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.
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2014., Juvenile, ReferencePoint Press, Inc Call No: 362.79 SHE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: In controversy
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[2013], Adolescent, Balzer + Bray Call No: ROMANCE F COT Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Teenager Reena Montero is ecstatic when her longtime crush, Sawyer LeGrande, finally notices her. A steamy romance follows, but ends in a blink when Sawyer, without warning and for no apparent reason, leaves their Florida town. Three years pass, and now Reena has a daughter, Hannah, whom she loves deeply in spite of the hurt Sawyer has left. Then, Sawyer returns--but Reena doesn't know if she can let herself love him again.
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By Kuhn, Sarah2019., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: TEEN FIC KUH Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement. She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life. When she arrives in Japan, she's met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city's outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival--and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies"--Provided by publisher.
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[2018]., Adolescent, HarperTeen Call No: Realistic FIC Gilmore Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: It's been sixteen years since Ivy's birth mother gave her up for adoption. Now the same age as the woman who gave her life, Ivy sets out to uncover the truth about where she came from. But along the way, she begins to wonder if the price of the truth is too great.
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-- I will be the oneBy Lee, Lyla[2020]., Adolescent, Katherine Tegan Books Call No: Romance Fic Lee Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: While growing up Skye Shin has heard all the nasty comments and the instructions of what a plus-size person should and should not do, but that does not stop her from entering an internationally televised competition searching for the next K-pop star. Once she nails her audition, Skye learns to deal with the drama of reality TV, her mother's disapproval, and her feelings for one of her competitors.
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c2008., Dial Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes that she must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born to break the curse and to save them both.
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c2008., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: Fantasy FIC WERLIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes to break the curse she must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born in order to save them both.
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c2008., Dial Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes to break the curse she must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born in order to save them both.
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-- El ingrediente secreto de Emoni Santiago2021., Adolescent, Puck Call No: WORLD LANGUAGES FIC ACE Edition: SPANISH . Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Desde que Emoni Santiago se quedo embarazada durante el segundo ano de instituto, su vida se ha reducido a tomar decisiones dificiles y hacer lo mejor posible para su hija y para su abuela. Pero el unico lugar en el que puede olvidarse de todo es en la cocina: alli permite que sus manos le digan que cocinar, sigue su intuicion y agrega una pequena pizca de magia en cada receta, lo que convierte su comida en una maravilla absoluta. Aunque siempre ha sonado con trabajar en una cocina despues de su graduacion. Emoni sabe que no vale la pena perseguir lo inalcanzable. Y aunque ha creado muchas reglas para su vida --y para la de los demas, aunque se niegue a seguirlas--, una vez que empieza a cocinar, la unica opcion es dejar fluir su talento." --back cover.
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c2012., Zondervan Call No: 813.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After the loss of her mother, Allie is sent from Tennessee to Maine to become the daughter of Miss Beatrice Lovell, a prim woman with a faith Allie cannot accept. Clinging to the past is comforting but will it cost Allie her chance to be loved?
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c2011., Juvenile, Second Story Press Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Having just turned 15 and gone through her parents' divorce, Natalie and her best friend Sasha are going to be practicing with their dance team all summer, but her friendship with Sasha goes on the rocks, and her relationship with her boyfriend Kevin who is Sasha's brother goes too far. Will she be taking on all these changes with confidence?.
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2015., Ballantine Books Call No: Realistic FIC Picoult Edition: Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Jenna Metcalf, with the help of psychic Serenity Jones and private detective Virgil Stanhope, seeks to uncover the mystery surrounding the disappearance of her mother Alice, a scientist who studied grief among elephants.
