Rising Class
How Three First-generation College Students Conquered Their First Year
Square Fish · Print & ebook · March 25, 2025
This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year—and ultimately a global pandemic.
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- Who it’s for
- A grounded campus read that follows first-year adjustment without sanding off the nerves.
- Genres
- School & Education for Teens, Class & Inequality for Teens, Cultural Heritage Lives
- Published
- Square Fish, March 25, 2025
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This eye-opening YA narrative nonfiction follows three first-generation college students as they navigate their first year—and ultimately a global pandemic. Making it through the first year of college is tough. What makes it even tougher is being the first in your family to do so. Who can you turn to when you need advice?
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Rising Class follows three first-generation freshmen, Briani, Conner, and Jacklynn, as they not only experience their first semester of college, but the COVID-19 pandemic that turned their Spring semester upside down. From life in the ivy league to classes at a community college, this nonfiction book follows these students' challenges, successes, and dreams as they tackle their first year of college and juggle responsibilities to their families back home. Eye-opening and poignant, Jennifer Miller writes a narrative nonfiction story that speaks to new beginnings, coming of age, and perseverance.
Campus Pressure
A grounded campus read that follows first-year adjustment without sanding off the nerves.
Come here for
- first-year college pressure, close to the ground
- layered coming-of-age momentum
Expect
- classroom-friendly, discussion-ready stakes
- a sustained narrative pace with YA energy
Where it sits
| School & Education for Teens | 67% |
|---|---|
| Class & Inequality for Teens | 39% |
| Cultural Heritage Lives | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Growth for Teens
- School & Education for Teens
- Class & Inequality for Teens
- Authors
- Jennifer Miller
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Published
- March 25, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Personal Growth for Teens