Start with high-confidence ya family stories books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds
Paul Zindel
Cracking the Bell
Geoff Herbach
Stuck in Neutral
Terry Trueman
Return to Me
Justina Chen
Tex
S. E. Hinton
The Cardturner
Louis Sachar
Again Again
E. Lockhart
Sugar Town Queens
Malla Nunn
Reality Boy
A.S. King
Starbird Murphy and the World Outside
Karen Finneyfrock
Frankie
Shivaun Plozza
No Place
Todd Strasser
When I Was the Greatest
Jason Reynolds, Michael Frost
Swimming on the Lawn
Yasmin Hamid
Training Days
May-lee Chai
Soundtrack: a Novel
Jason Reynolds
