Extended Family in Teen Fiction
A Patron Saint for Junior Bridesmaids by Shelley Tougas
- Pub Date: 2016
- Middle school interest
- See also: Religion, Marriage
- Mary's cousin is getting married and asks Mary to be a junior bridesmaid.
The Book of One Hundred Truths by Julie Schumacher
- Middle school interest
- See also in Teen: Secrets
- Thea spends the summer with family on the Jersey shore.
Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand
Love Me Tender by Audrey Couloumbis
- Pub Date: 2008
- Middle school interest
- Elvira goes with her mom and her sister to meet the grandmother she's never known.
Three Bird Summer by Sara St. Antoine
- Pub Date: 2014
- Middle school interest
- See also in Children's Fic: Summer Vacation, Intergenerational
- Adam spends in the summer with his grandma at the lake cabin.
Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar
- Pub Date: 2016
- Middle school interest
- Diversity: Latino characters
- See also in Children's Fic: Intergenerational
How to Avoid Extinction by Paul Acampora
- Pub Date: 2016
- Middle school Interest
- See also in Teen Fic: Find Yourself through Travel
- Leo, his grandmother, and his cousin take off on a spontaneous road trip from PA to UT.
As Brave as You by Jason Reynolds
The Patron Saint of Butterflies by Cecelia Galante
- Pub Date: 2009
- Middle school interest
- See also: Religion
- Agnes leave the religious commune where she grew up and meets the aunt she's never met.
Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen
- Pub Date: 1999
- Middle and High school interest
- See also: Beauty & Self Image
- Colie spends the summer with her eccentric aunt.
Zigzag by Ellen Wittlinger
- Pub Date: 2003
- Middle and High school interest
- See also: Find Yourself through Travel
- Robin spends her summer vacation on a road trip with her aunt and cousins.
Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin
- Pub Date: 2007
- Middle and high school interest
- See also: Religion
- Spending the summer with relatives in Hawaii seems like a good idea, but things are different there
I am not Esther by Fleur Beale
I'm Exploding Now by Sid Hite
- Pub Date: 2008
- High school interest
- See also: Journals
- Max travels to upstate NY to stay with his Aunt Ginny for a while.
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis
- Pub Date: 2009
- Middle and High school interest
- Diversity: African-American characters
- See also: Past & Present, Find Yourself Through Travel
- Two teen girls are stuck driving across country with their eccentric grandmother who has quite the story to tell.
The Last True Love Story by Brendan Kiely
- Pub Date: 2016
- High School Interest
- See also: Find Yourself through Travel
- Hendrix breaks his grandfather out of Assisted Living plans to drive him to New York from CA.
Return to Me by Justina Chen
- Pub Date: 2013
- High school interest
- See also: Divorce
- Rebecca gets to know her maternal grandparents when her family moves across the country.
Someone Else's Life by Katie Dale
- Pub Date: 2012
- High school interest
- See also: Making Decisions, Secrets
- After her mother dies, Rosie connects with the family she never knew.
Girl Out of Water by Laura Silverman
- Pub Date: 2017
- High school interest
- See also: Long Lost Parent, Disabilities
- Anise and her father spend the summer in the midwest helping out her aunt and cousins.
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
- Pub Date: 2017
- High school interest
- See also: In the News
- Fabiola lives with her aunt and cousins after she arrives in the US from Haiti.
You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins
Darius the Great is not Okay by Adib Khorram
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