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social belonging

Books about social belonging for readers of all ages.

Cover of Girls in love

Girls in love

Jacqueline Wilson

Ages 12–16friendshiplove and crushes

Cover of Betsy in Spite of Herself (Betsy-Tacy #6)

Betsy in Spite of Herself (Betsy-Tacy #6)

Maud Hart Lovelace

Ages 9–14self-discoveryidentity

Cover of She's so dead to us

She's so dead to us

Kieran Scott

Ages 13–18friendshipsocial belonging

Cover of Party girl

Party girl

D. K. Akers

Ages 5–9friendshipsocial belonging

Cover of Getting to First Base with Danalda Chase

Getting to First Base with Danalda Chase

Matt Beam

Ages 10–14first lovefriendship

Cover of The Vandals

The Vandals

John Vikara, John A. Vikara

Ages 14–18identityfriendship

Cover of Sweet 16

Sweet 16

Kate Brian

Ages 12–16self-discoveryfriendship

Cover of Freshman

Freshman

Corinne Mucha

Ages 12–15coming-of-agefriendship

Cover of Winter white

Winter white

Jen Calonita

Ages 12–16sistersfriendship

Cover of The boy on the bridge

The boy on the bridge

Natalie Standiford

Ages 13–18self-discoveryindividuality

Cover of The Maze

The Maze

Monica Hughes

Ages 10–15self-discoverymagic

Cover of Mall rats

Mall rats

Martyn Godfrey

Ages 11–15peer pressurefriendship

Cover of In-between days

In-between days

Vikki Wakefield

Ages 14–18self-discoveryidentity

Cover of Dealing with feeling left out

Dealing with feeling left out

Don Middleton

Ages 6–12friendshipsocial belonging

Cover of Pretty Ugly

Pretty Ugly

Karyn Langhorne Folan

Ages 13–18friendshipself-acceptance

Cover of Jean and Johnny

Jean and Johnny

Beverly Cleary

Ages 12–16first lovefriendship

Cover of As dead as it gets

As dead as it gets

Katie Alender

Ages 12–16supernatural mysteryfriendship

Cover of Jake, Reinvented

Jake, Reinvented

Gordon Korman

Ages 10–14identitypopularity

Cover of Bian diao de qing ren jie 7

Bian diao de qing ren jie 7

Jeff Kinney

Ages 8–13friendshipfamily

Cover of How to win at high school

How to win at high school

Owen Matthews

Ages 13–18self-discoveryfamily relationships

Cover of Elspeth Hart and the school for show-offs

Elspeth Hart and the school for show-offs

Sarah Forbes

Ages 7–11humilityself-acceptance

Cover of Accidentally Fabulous (The Fashion-Forward Adventures of Imogene)

Accidentally Fabulous (The Fashion-Forward Adventures of Imogene)

Lisa Barham

Ages 12–16self-discoveryfashion and identity

Cover of Fifteen

Fifteen

Beverly Cleary

Ages 12–16first loveteenage identity