Disguised Characters and Secret Identities in Teen Fiction

Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh

• Pub Date: 2017
• High School Interest
• Genre: Historical Fantasy 
• Diversity: Japanese characters
• See also: Marriage, Political Intrigue 
• Mariko disguises herself as a boy to infiltrate the Black Clan and restore her family's honor.

Noteworthy by Riley Redgate

• Pub Date: 2017
• High School Interest
• Diversity: LGBT characters, Chinese-American protagonist
• See also: Music 
• Jordan cross-dresses as Julian to join an all-male a capella group.

 Eliza and her Monsters by Francesca Zappia

• Pub Date: 2017
• High School Interest
• Diversity: Depression/Anxiety depicted
• See also: Blogs/Social Media, Fandoms
• Eliza is secretly LadyConstellation, the creator of a very popular webcomic.

Newsgirl by Liza Ketchim

• Pub date: 2009
• Middle school interest
• See also: LGBT Families (Children's), Historical
• When Amelia arrives in San Francisco in the 1850's, she finds she has more opportunities if she dresses as a boy.

 The Education of Bet by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

• Pub Date: 2010
• Middle and high school interest
• See also: Historical
• Bet disguises herself as a boy to attend school. 

The Diabolic by S. J. Kincaid

• Pub Date: 2017
• High School Interest
• Genre: Science Fiction
• See also: Political Intrigue 
• Nemesis takes on the identity of the Senator's daughter who she is charged with protecting.

The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead

• Pub Date: 2016
• High School Interest
• Genre: Historical Fantasy
• See also: Marriage 
• On the blog: Reading Outside of My Usual 
• A countess assumes the identity of her maid to escape an unwanted marriage. 

Midnight Jewel by Richelle Mead

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• Companion to The Glittering Court
• See also: Marriage, Secrets 
• Mira disguises herself and works with pirates to earn money to free her brother.

Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee

• Pub Date: 2015
• High school interest
• Genre: Historical
• See also: Historical Fiction 
• Sammy and Annamae disguise themselves as boys as they travel the American West in 1845. 

Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet

• Pub Date: 2016
• Middle school interest
• Genre: historical
• See also: Historical fiction
• Noah's family moves to East Berlin in 1989 and changes their identity. 

Velvet Undercover by Teri Brown

• Pub Date: 2015
• Middle and high school interest
• Genre: Historical
• See also: Historical fiction
• Samantha gets recruited to do espionage work in Germany during World War I.

The Ring and the Crown by Melissa De la Cruz

• Pub Date: 2014
• High school interest
• See: Marriage, Political Intrigue, Secrets 
• Set in an alt-past in which there is magic in the early 20th century; A sorceress and a princess use magic to trade places.

Girl About Town by Adam Shankman

• Pub Date: 2016  
• High school interest 
• See also: Historical
• Freddie van der Waals is the son of a wealthy tycoon turned hobo in this historical mystery. 

Liberty by Andrea Portes

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• Paige agrees to work as a spy for information about what happened to her parents. 

The Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• See also: Secrets 
• In an alt-future, a Princess disguises herself as non-royalty to explore the other side of life. 

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• Vivian is secretly the one behind Moxie, an anonymous zine that shakes things up at her high school. 

Kiss of Deception by Mary Pearson

• Pub Date: 2014
• High school interest
• See also: Marriage, Secrets 
• Lia is a princess who runs away and works in a tavern to escape an arranged marriage. 

Heart of Betrayal by Mary Pearson

• Pub Date: 2015
• High school interest
• Sequel to Kiss of Deception 
• Rafe pretends to be an emissary of the Prince of Dalbreck in his attempt to rescue Lia. 

Madness so Discreet by Mindy McGinnis 

• Pub Date: 2015
• High school Interest
• See also: Historical Fiction, Secrets, Mentors, Crime 
• When Grace escapes the asylum her father locked her in for another, she pretends to be mute.