Read Alikes: “Goodbye Days”

After the Wreck, I Picked Myself Up, Spread My Wings, and Flew Away by Joyce Carol Oates
Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf
Heart to Heart by Lurlene McDaniel
Hit and Run by Lurlene McDaniel
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
The First Stone by Don Aker
The Secret Language of Sisters by Luanne Rice
Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
Willow by Julia Hoban

Read Alikes: “The 57 Bus”

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Being Emily by Rachel Gold
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
Freakboy by Kristin Elizabeth Clark
Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky
Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash
I am J by Cris Beam
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart
Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community by Robin Stevenson
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote

Accolades: “The Poet X”

  • Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  • Publishers Weekly, starred review
  • Horn Book, starred review
  • 2018 NBA Award winner
  • 2019 Carnegie Medal Nominee
  • Michael L. Printz Award winner
  • Pura Belpré Author Award winner
  • The New York Times Book Review’s Notable Children’s Books
  • Kirkus Reviews’ Best YA Books About Speaking Your Truth
  • School Library Journal’s Best Books
  • Remezcla’s Best Books by Latino & Latin American Authors
  • Amazon’s Best Young Adult Books
  • New York Public Library Best Books for Teens
  • Time Magazine’s 10 Best for Kids
  • Shelf Awareness Best Children & Teen Books
  • NPR Best Young Adult Books
  • Chicago Public Library Best of the Best for Teens
  • Horn Book Fanfare Best Books
  • Bustle 25 Best Young Adult
  • Book Riot Best Young Adult
  • Book Riot Best Audiobooks
  • Texas TAYSHAS Top Ten
  • Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best YA Novels