bildungsromans

A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.

In the spring of 1863, while engaged in the fierce battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.

The Scar Boys band is on the brink of falling apart in the midst of broken relationships, too much drinking, and secrets that shouldn't be hidden. Cheyenne, Harry, and Richie tell their stories of rising to fame as rock musicians.

Told entirely through verse, Skyler Wise tries to escape her run-down neighborhood and her family history of only dating bad boys. Then she meets Cole, a sweet boy with a dangerous reputation who makes her rethink her position, and Skyler realizes she'll do anything to help him even if it means sacrificing her own dreams. But in the end, she learns the consequences of being with the bad boy.

Seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is caught between her India-born parents' world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate Phil when a terrorist attack changes her life.

Justice stays out of trouble and spends his time writing rap lyrics and playing chess in the park. Then his teacher's phone and wallet are stolen, and Justice must prove his innocence before he is wrongly convicted of the crime.

Louise dumps her popular jock boyfriend after he makes some insensitive remarks about his brother's Native American fianc?e without regard for the fact that she is also Native American. As a reporter for her school newspaper, she is working on the story of the year alongside Joey--a story that involves racism, blackmail, and bullying among the cast of the school play--a cast that includes Louise's younger brother.

Nitori, the boy who wants to be a girl, and Chiba, the girl who is crushing on him, write an adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet," with Chiba hoping to play Romeo with Nitori as Juliet--but Nitori would rather have Takatsuki, the girl who wants to be a boy, in the role of Romeo.

After the success of their gender-bending rendition of "Romeo and Juliet," Nitori-kun, the boy who wants to be a girl, and Chiba-san, the girl who is crushing on him, are scouted by a theater company, leaving Takatsuki-san, the girl who wants to be a boy, jealous, as she knows Nitori is crushing on her.

Outcasts and best friends Serena Velasco and Melody Grimshaw strive together to survive senior year and break away from their rural factory town.