Teen Fiction with Multiple Perspectives

Two Perspectives

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates

• Pub Date: 2002
• High school interest 

The Braid by Helen Frost

• Pub Date: 2006
• Middle and high school interest 
• See also: Historical, Pregnancy & Childbirth
• Sarah stays behind in Scotland when her family emigrates to America, but soon she finds herself alone and pregnant. 

Are We There Yet by David Levithan

• Pub Date: 2005
• High School interest 
• See also: Find Yourself through Travel 

No Shame No Fear by Ann Turnbull

• Pub Date: 2004
• See also: Historical, Religion
• Sequel: Forged in the Fire 

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

• Pub Date: 2006
• High school interest 

Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

• 2011 Stonewall Award Honor
• High School/Adult Interest 

Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

• Pub Date: 2007
• High school interest 

Peas and Carrots by Tanita S. Davis

• Pub Date: 2016
• Middle and high school interest
• Dess comes to live with Hope's family as a foster child. The two girls alternate narration. 

Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

• Pub Date: 2017
• High School Interest
• See also: Blogs/Social Media, Fandoms
• Diversity: Chinese-Australian, bisexual protagonist; autistic protagonist with anxiety
• Three Australian teens go to a con & find love.

Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

• Pub Date: 2016
• High school interest 
• See also: Getting into College, Goal Oriented Girls

Letters to the Lost by Brigid Kemmerer

• Pub Date: 2017
• High School Interest
• Genre: Romance 
• See also: Grief/Loss, Pen Pals 
• Juliet leaves letters at her mother's grave, and Declan finds them.

After the Kiss by Terra Elan McVoy

• Pub Date: Jan 2010
• High School interest
• See also: Poetry, Senior Year 

Run by Kody Keplinger

• Pub Date: 2016
• High school interest
• Diversity: Legally Blind character & bisexual character 
• My review: here 
• See also: Past & Present, Disabilities

The Lines We Cross by Randa Adbel-Fattah

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• Diversity: Muslim protagonist
• See also: In the News 
• Michael and Mina manage to connect despite their conflicting values. 

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

• Pub Date: 2017
• High School Interest
• Diversity: Indian-American characters
• See also: Post-High School, Marriage, Competition, Goal Oriented Girls, Losing Virginity
• Dimple and Rishi take turns narrating this romance.

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

• Pub Date: 2016
• High School Interest
• See also: In the News, 24 Hours 
• I wrote about it: 24 Hours or less

Guy in Real Life by Steve Brezenoff

• Pub Date: 2014
• High school interest
• See also: DIY, Set in MN
• Svetlana and Lesh take turns narrating this romance 

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely

• Pub Date:  2015
• High school interest
• See also: In the News 
• Two boys deal with an incident of police brutality.

How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

• Pub Date: October 2011 
• High school interest
• See also: Pregnancy & Childbirth, Making Decisions
• From the perspectives of a pregnant teen and a teen in the family adopting the baby. 

The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman

• Pub Date: Jan 2011
• High School Interest
• See also: Set in MN 
• A thoughtful romance that will appeal to even non romantics.

When We Collided by Emery Lord

• Pub Date: 2016
• High School Interest
• See also: Medication 
• Vivi and Jonah meet and spend the summer together.

If Birds Fly Back by Carlie Sorosiak

• Pub Date: 2017
• High school interest
• See also: Post High School, Long Lost Parent, Losing Virginity, DIY, Sisters
• Sebastian learns his father's identity and decides to spend the summer after high school getting to know him, which proves to be more complicated than he expected. 

Through the Barricades by Denise Deegan

• Pub Date: 2016
• High school interest 
• See also: Based on Real Events, International Settings, Historical Fiction
• On My Blog: History Lessons 
• Maggie and Daniel fall in love, but are separated by war. 

The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena

• Pub Date: 2019
• High school interest
• See also: Artists, BFF Trouble, Divorce, Forbidden Romance, Making Decisions, Senior Year
• Susan and Malcolm meet in their senior year and begin a secret romance.

The Opposite of Falling Apart by Micah Goode

• Pub Date: 2020
• High school Interest
• See also: Writers, Disabilities
• Brennan and Jonas each narrate their experiences meeting and becoming friends.

An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

• Pub Date: 2015
• High school interest
• Elias and Laia tell their stories of survival set in a brutal world.

Three or More Perspectives

Pull of the Ocean by Jean-Claude Mourlevat

• Pub Date: 2006
• Middle school interest 

Harmless by Dana Reinhardt

• Pub Date: 2007
• High School interest
• See also: Secrets 

Summer of Firsts and Lasts by Terra Elan McVoy

• Pub Date: May 2011
• High school interest 
• See also: Losing Virginity 

How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon

• Pub Date: Oct 2014
• See also: In the News 

The Art of Secrets by James Klise

• Pub Date 2014

A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall

• Pub Date Aug 2014

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

• Pub Date: 2016
• High School Interest
• See also: Blogs 
• Lydia, Dill, and Travis are outsiders in their small TN town.

Dry by Neal Shusterman

• Pub Date: 2018
• High school interest
• See also: Dystopia 
• Alyssa, Kelton, and others give their perspective of the Tap Out.