Young Adult genre books (293)


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Wonderstruck : A Novel in Words and Pictures by Brian Selznick EN

Rating: 4.5 (8 votes)
Description:
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.

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Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Originally published in Sydney by Pan Macmillan Australia in 2016.

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You Don't Know What War Is : The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine by Yeva Skalietska EN

Rating: 3 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
An important, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful memoir about the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war as told through the diary entries of a young Ukrainian girl. Yeva Skalietska's story begins on her twelfth birthday in Kharkiv, where she has been living with her grandmother since she was a baby. Ten days later, the only life she'd ever known was shattered. On February 24, 2022, her city was suddenly under attack as Russia launched its horrifying invasion of Ukraine. Yeva and her grandmother ran to a basement bunker, where she began writing this diary. She describes the bombings they endured while s... continue