Fish Out of Water - Teen Fiction
My Life with the Liars by Caela Carter
- Pub Date: 2016
- Middle school interest
- See also: Religion
- Zylynn has grown up in a cult, but she is removed on her 13th birthday and sent to live with her father.
Life, After by Sarah Littman
- Pub Date: 2010
- Middle and high school interest
- A teen emigrates to New York from Argentina.
Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico by Malin Alegria
Sofi is stuck in Mexico after a weekend with her friends when she finds out she was not a US citizen.
Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald
- Pub Date: 2009
- High school interest
- Teen exchange students find themselves in very different situations than they are used to.
This Girl is Different by J.J. Johnson
- Pub Date: 2011
- High School Interest
- See also: Getting into College, Senior Year
- Evie decides to attend public high school for her senior year after homeschooling all her life.
Wild by Alex Mallory
- Pub Date: 2014
- Middle and high school interest
- In this take on Tarzan, a boy who was raised in the woods is returned to civilized life.
A World Away by Nancy Grossman
- Pub Date: 2012
- High school interest
- See also: Religion, Making Decisions
- An Amish teen spends a summer working as a nanny for a non-Amish family.
52 Reasons to Hate My Father by Jessica Brody
- Pub Date: 2012
- Middle and high school interest
- A rich girl must do menial jobs for a year to get her inheritance.
Searching for Sky Jillian Cantor
- Pub Date: 2014
- High school interest
- Sky has lived on Island her whole life, but one day she and River are rescued and taken to California.
Starbird Murphy and the World Outside by Karen Finneyfrock
- Pub Date: 2014
- High school interest
- See also: Religion
- Starbird lives in the Family farm with her mother and other believers, but when she is called to work in the Family cafe in town, she lives among non believers for the first time.
The Gilded Cage by Lucinda Gray
- Pub Date: 2016
- High school interest
- See also: Historical, International Settings
- When Katherine and her brother George unexpectedly inherit wealth and property from estranged family, they leave behind their life in rural Virginia for their estate in England.