Recommendations based on I'll Give You the Sunby Jandy Nelson

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  1. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

    by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
    Two teenage boys explore friendship, identity, and family, with unexpected results.

    The book is divided into six sections. In each part we see the two main characters, Aristotle and Dante, discovering more about themselves, more Aristotle than Dante. 15-year-old Aristotle "Ari" ... (Wikipedia)

  2. The Sky Is Everywhere

    by Jandy Nelson
    A young girl's exploration of love and loss amidst a tumultuous family life.

    Adrift after her sister Bailey's sudden death, Lennie finds herself torn between quiet, seductive Toby—Bailey's boyfriend who shares her grief—and Joe, the new boy in town who bursts with life and ... (Goodreads)

  3. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

    by Becky Albertalli
    A teenager's struggle to come to terms with his sexual identity while keeping a secret from his family and friends.

    Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the ... (Goodreads)

  4. Carry On

    by Rainbow Rowell
    Follows two boys on their journey of magical self-discovery as they battle evil forces.

    Simon Snow is an 18 year old orphaned magician returning to Watford School of Magicks for his eighth and final year. Raised among the "Normals" (humans without magical powers) Simon was discovered as ... (Wikipedia)

  5. The Raven Boys

    by Maggie Stiefvater
    Four friends on a supernatural quest to find a magical Welsh king.

    The Raven Cycle follows the story of Blue Sargent, Richard Gansey III, Adam Parrish, Ronan Lynch, and Noah Czerny as they attempt to find the sleeping Welsh King Owain Glendower who is buried on the ... (Wikipedia)

  6. A Monster Calls

    by Patrick Ness
    A young boy's journey of self-discovery, coming to terms with his mother's terminal illness.

    Thirteen-year-old Conor O'Malley awakens from the same nightmare he has been experiencing for the past few months, "the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming". At seven minutes after ... (Wikipedia)

  7. All the Bright Places

    by Jennifer Niven
    Two teens struggling to find hope in the face of depression and grief, discovering the power of love.

    Theodore Finch and Violet Markey are two teenagers who badly want to escape from their small Indiana town. Violet is a popular girl who is secretly dealing with survivor's remorse, and Finch is a boy ... (Wikipedia)

  8. Turtles All the Way Down

    by John Green
    A teenage girl's battle with mental illness, as she navigates her relationships & struggles to find her place in the world.

    Aza Holmes is a 16-year-old high school student living in Indianapolis who struggles with OCD , which often manifests as a fear of the human microbiome . Constantly worried about infection, ... (Wikipedia)

  9. The Dream Thieves

    by Maggie Stiefvater
    A thrilling supernatural adventure where a group of teenagers must protect the magical power of dreams.

    Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams ... (Goodreads)

  10. Will Grayson, Will Grayson

    by John Green
    Two teenage boys with the same name discover each other and form an unlikely friendship.

    Will Grayson meets Will Grayson. One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two strangers are about to cross paths. From that moment on, their world will collide and lives intertwine. It's ... (Goodreads)

  11. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

    by Mackenzi Lee
    An 18th-century adventure of love, friendship, and self-discovery as a young man travels Europe.

    A Kirkus Prize nominee and Stonewall Honor winner with 5 starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller! Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library! "The queer teen ... (Barnes & Noble)

  12. Attachments

    by Rainbow Rowell
    A budding online romance between two co-workers, hindered by an unlikely obstacle.

    "Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you..." Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's ... (Goodreads)

  13. Isla and the Happily Ever After

    by Stephanie Perkins
    A romantic comedy about a girl who falls in love with a boy and learns to trust her own heart.

    Love ignites in the City That Never Sleeps, but can it last? Hopeless romantic Isla has had a crush on introspective cartoonist Josh since their first year at the School of America in Paris. And ... (Goodreads)

  14. Every Day

    by David Levithan
    A story of love, identity and acceptance, as a person wakes up in a different body each day.

    Every Day is about the story of A, a person who wakes up occupying a different body each day. As described by Frank Bruni of The New York Times , "A. doesn't have a real name, presumably because they ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Blue Lily, Lily Blue

    by Maggie Stiefvater
    A magical journey to save a lost kingdom and find one's true identity.

    The third installment in the all-new series from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater! Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can ... (Goodreads)

  16. Between Shades of Gray

    by Ruta Sepetys
    A young girl's story of survival and resilience in the face of oppression during World War II.

    Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family ... (Goodreads)

  17. Illuminae

    by Amie Kaufman
    Two teens fight for survival amidst a galactic war, set against a backdrop of espionage and deception.

    This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do. This afternoon, her planet was invaded. The year is 2575, and two rival mega-corporations are at war over a ... (Goodreads)

  18. Where She Went

    by Gayle Forman
    Adam, a successful musician, reunites with his ex-girlfriend Mia and confronts the pain and heartbreak that tore them apart years ago.

    It's been three years since the devastating accident... three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid ... (Goodreads)

  19. Lola and the Boy Next Door

    by Stephanie Perkins
    A teenage girl navigates the complexities of first love, while surrounded by a cast of eccentric and lovable characters.

    Alternate Cove edition for ISBN 9780525423287 Lola Nolan is a budding costume designer, and for her, the more outrageous, sparkly, and fun the outfit, the better. And everything is pretty perfect in ... (Goodreads)

  20. Anna and the French Kiss

    by Stephanie Perkins
    A romantic comedy of a teenage girl and her unexpected summer romance in Paris.

    Anna Oliphant is a senior in high school who is forced by her father to attend the fictional boarding school 'School of America in Paris' – nicknamed SOAP by students. She is heavily against having ... (Wikipedia)

  21. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

    by Matthew Quick
    A teenage boy's plan to take revenge on those he feels have wronged him, and his journey to self-forgiveness.

    Today is Leonard Peacock’s birthday. It is also the day he hides a gun in his backpack. Because today is the day he will kill his former best friend, and then himself, with his grandfather’s P-38 ... (Goodreads)

  22. Call Me By Your Name

    by André Aciman
    A tender story of first love, exploring the complexities of identity, sexuality and desire.

    The narrator, Elio Perlman , recalls the events of the summer of about 1987, when he was seventeen and living with his parents in Italy . Each summer, his parents would take in a doctoral student as ... (Wikipedia)

  23. Tell the Wolves I'm Home

    by Carol Rifka Brunt
    A young girl's journey of grief and healing as she discovers the secrets of her beloved uncle's life.

    June Elbus is a 14-year-old girl living in Westchester in 1986. She is in love with her gay uncle, Finn Weiss, a fact she is scared to admit even to herself. Finn is dying of AIDS. Being a ... (Wikipedia)

  24. A Little Life

    by Hanya Yanagihara
    A powerful tale of four friends navigating life's hardships and the devastating effects of trauma.

    The novel follows the lives of four friends in New York City from college through to middle-age. It focuses particularly on Jude, a lawyer with a mysterious past, ambiguous ethnicity, and unexplained ... (Wikipedia)

  25. Scarlet

    by Marissa Meyer
    A re-imagining of the classic story of Little Red Riding Hood set in a futuristic world.

    Scarlet Benoit is a young girl living on her grandmother's farm in Rieux, France. Her grandmother has gone missing for many weeks and Scarlet is sure that she has been kidnapped rather than left on ... (Wikipedia)

  26. Clockwork Princess

    by Cassandra Clare
    A thrilling conclusion to the Infernal Devices series, with a final battle between good and evil.

    Two months after the events of the previous book , Tessa Gray is in the midst of preparing for her wedding to Jem Carstairs. Gabriel Lightwood arrives at the Institute and requests help in taking ... (Wikipedia)

  27. The Sun Is Also a Star

    by Nicola Yoon
    An unlikely romance between two teenagers of different backgrounds, testing the limits of fate.

    Natasha lives in New York City with her parents Samuel and Patricia, and her brother Peter, all of whom are illegally in the country. Natasha and her family are set to be deported back to Jamaica. ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Winter

    by Marissa Meyer
    A young girl's battle to save her kingdom from the icy grip of a powerful queen.

    Due to Princess Winter's refusal to use the Lunar gift, the ability to manipulate what others see and do, she has Lunar sickness, a state of mental illness that causes occasional hallucinations. ... (Wikipedia)

  29. Daughter of Smoke & Bone

    by Laini Taylor
    A young woman discovers a secret world of angels, monsters, and a destiny she never knew was hers.

    Karou, a 17-year-old art student living in Prague , goes about her daily life attending classes and hanging out with her best friend Zuzana, while simultaneously trying to evade her ex-boyfriend ... (Wikipedia)

  30. An Abundance of Katherines

    by John Green
    A teenage boy's quest for love and self-discovery, learning to accept himself and find happiness.

    Colin Singleton, a child prodigy living in Chicago , fears he will not maintain his genius as an adult. Over the span of his life, Colin has dated nineteen girls named Katherine, all spelled in that ... (Wikipedia)