Read it and Weep

A list of books that are emotional YA reads. YA novels are made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers*

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Book cover for "The astonishing color of after"
Star rating for The astonishing color of after
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she's never met, determined to find her mother--who she believes turned into a bird.
Book cover for "Blood like magic"
Star rating for Blood like magic
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
Book cover for "Elsewhere"
Star rating for Elsewhere
Average Rating:
4.7 stars
Description:
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live."
Book cover for "The infinite noise"
Star rating for The infinite noise
Series:
Bright sessions volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts experiencing mood swings that are out of the ordinary for even a teenager, his life moves beyond "typical." Caleb is an Atypical, an individual with enhanced abilities. Which sounds pretty cool except Caleb's ability is extreme empathy--he feels the emotions of everyone around him. Being an empath in high school would be hard...
Book cover for "Lost in the Never Woods"
Star rating for Lost in the Never Woods
Average Rating:
2.5 stars
Description:
When children start to go missing in the local woods, eighteen-year-old Wendy Darling must face her fears and a past she cannot remember to rescue them in this novel based on Peter Pan.
Book cover for "A monster calls"
Star rating for A monster calls
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.