By Ntshingila, Futhi.
Catalyst Press.
(South Africa)

Several generations of women endure apartheid, the AIDS epidemic and misogyny in South Africa.

By Mills, Jean.
Red Deer Press.
(Canada)

Teens on the international stage in music and hockey commiserate and relate.

By Barter, Catherine.
Carolrhoda Books.
(UK)

A teenage girl navigates political and emotional tensions between her older brother, his partner, her aunt, and her community.

By Williamson, Victoria.
Floris Books.
(Scotland)

The actions of a native Scottish girl, a xenophobic neighbor, a refugee family and a mother fox converge.

By Tregonning, Mel.
Illustrated by the author.
Pajama Press.
(Australia)

​This graphic novel pictorially represents the way that anxiety and depression can eat away at pre-teens and teens.

By Smith, Heather T.
Kids Can Press.
(Canada)

This novel in verse explores how intergenerational and neuro-diverse  relationships challenge and ultimately lead to self-forgiveness. ​

By Orr, Wendy.
Pajama Press.
(Canada)

​An adolescent girl must survive an earthquake-ravaged ancient Santorini.

By Nielsen, Susin.
Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers.
(Canada)

​The status of homelessness creeps into the life of a boy and his mother in Western Canada.

By Hargrave, Kiran Milwood.
Alfred a. Knopf.
(UK / set in the Philippines)

Set in the Philippines, a girl tries to make her way back to her leprous mother from whom she was wrenched.

By First News/Walker Books Ltd.
Candlewick Press.
(UK)

Survivors recall with clarity and immediacy their experiences as a child in Europe during World War II.