Coaches & Other Mentors in Teen Fiction
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
- Pub Date: 2016
- Middle school interest
- First in a series
- Diversity: African-American characters
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
- Pub Date: 2017
- Diversity: African-American protagonist
- Middle and high school interest
- See also: Artists
- On the Blog: The Names we Know
- An African American teen is paired up with a mentor.
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
The Boy in the Black Suit by Jason Reynolds
- Pub Date: 2015
- High school Interest
- See also: Set in NYC, Grief/Loss
- Diversity: African-American characters
- When Matt gets a job at a funeral home, he learns a lot about life from Mr. Ray, the funeral director.
Phantom Limbs by Paula Garner
- Pub Date: 2016
- High school interest
- See also: Grief/Loss, Writers
- Otis is a competitive swimmer with a complicated relationship with his swimming coach.
North of Happy by Adi Alsaid
Scythe by Neal Shusterman
- Pub Date: 2016
- High school interest
- See also: Trust No One, Competition
- Citra is not sure if she can trust Rowan when he is placed with a corrupt and cruel mentor.
When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn
- Pub Date: 2018
- Middle and high school interest
- Shelby is training to be an exorcist with her uncle, a Catholic priest.
The Secret of a Heart Note by Stacey Lee
- Pub Date: 2016
- Middle and high school interest
- Mimosa is learning to be an aromateur, love witch, from her mother.
Madness so Discreet by Mindy McGinnis
- Pub Date: 2015
- High school Interest
- See also: Historical Fiction, Secrets, Siblings
- Grace learns about criminal profiling from Dr. Thornhollow when he takes her on as a protege.
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