HERstory 2022: Fiction for Teens & Young Adults | San Francisco Public Library

Breathless

by Niven, Jennifer

Book - 2020

When her college ambitions are upended by her father's sudden abandonment, an aspiring writer relocates with her mother to a mosquito-infested island off ...Show more When her college ambitions are upended by her father's sudden abandonment, an aspiring writer relocates with her mother to a mosquito-infested island off the coast of Georgia, where her efforts to rebuild are complicated by a local photographer's complicated secret. Show less

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Not Here to Be Liked

by Quach, Michelle

Book - 2021

After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len. After losing the editor-in-chief job of the student newspaper to inexperienced newcomer Len, Eliza inadvertently starts a feminist movement in her school, but amid growing tensions within the school, she begins developing feelings for Len. Show less

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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

by Brown, Roseanne A.

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Taking Flight

by Murphy, Julie

Book - 2020

A plus-sized high school senior who hides a secret ability to fly pursues an unexpected romantic relationship with the heroine star of her favorite teen drama before her investigation into a new recreational drug puts those she loves in danger. A plus-sized high school senior who hides a secret ability to fly pursues an unexpected romantic relationship with the heroine star of her favorite teen drama before her investigation into a new recreational drug puts those she loves in danger. Show less

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A Sisterhood of Secret Ambitions

by Boekweg, Sheena

Book - 2021

Seventeen-year-old Elsie, tasked by the powerful and secret First Lady's Society with making the future President fall in love with her, wonders if being the wife of an influential man will satisfy her. Seventeen-year-old Elsie, tasked by the powerful and secret First Lady's Society with making the future President fall in love with her, wonders if being the wife of an influential man will satisfy her. Show less

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The Gilded Ones

by Forna, Namina

Book - 2020

A debut entry in a series inspired by West African culture finds a supernatural teen ostracized by her superstitious community because of her differences before a mysterious woman invites her to fight for the emperor in an all-woman army. A debut entry in a series inspired by West African culture finds a supernatural teen ostracized by her superstitious community because of her differences before a mysterious woman invites her to fight for the emperor in an all-woman army. Show less

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You Should See Me in A Crown

by Johnson, Leah

Book - 2020

Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black...Show more Liz Lighty has always done her best to avoid the spotlight in her small, wealthy, and prom-obsessed midwestern high school, after all, her family is black and rather poor, especially since her mother died; instead she has concentrated on her grades and her musical ability in the hopes that it will win her a scholarship to elite Pennington College and their famous orchestra where she plans to study medicine--but when that scholarship falls through she is forced to turn to her school's scholarship for prom king and queen, which plunges her into the gauntlet of social media which she hates and leads her to discoveries about her own identity and the value of true friendships Show less

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We Are the Wildcats

by Vivian, Siobhan

Book - 2020

A toxic coach finds himself outplayed by the high school girls on his team in this deeply suspenseful novel, which unspools over twenty-four hours through six diverse perspectives A toxic coach finds himself outplayed by the high school girls on his team in this deeply suspenseful novel, which unspools over twenty-four hours through six diverse perspectives Show less

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The Lost Dreamer

by Huerta, Lizz

Book - 2022

In this fantasy inspired by ancient Mesoamerica, a lineage of seers defiantly resists the shifting patriarchal state that would see them destroyed. In this fantasy inspired by ancient Mesoamerica, a lineage of seers defiantly resists the shifting patriarchal state that would see them destroyed. Show less

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One for All

by Lainoff, Lillie

Book - 2022

In 1655 sixteen-year-old Tania is the daughter of a retired musketeer, but she is afflicted with extreme vertigo and subject to frequent falls; when her f...Show more In 1655 sixteen-year-old Tania is the daughter of a retired musketeer, but she is afflicted with extreme vertigo and subject to frequent falls; when her father is murdered she finds that he has arranged for her to attend Madame de Treville's newly formed Academie des Mariees in Paris, which, it turns out, is less a school for would-be wives, than a fencing academy for girls--and so Tania begins her training to be a new kind of musketeer, and to get revenge for her father. Show less

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The Sisters of Reckoning

by Davis, Charlotte Nicole

Book - 2021

In an alternate Old West, the Good Luck Girls reunite to undertake a wildly ambitious plan to free all dustbloods who live as prisoners to Arketta's landmasters and debt slavery. In an alternate Old West, the Good Luck Girls reunite to undertake a wildly ambitious plan to free all dustbloods who live as prisoners to Arketta's landmasters and debt slavery. Show less

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