18 books like On The Come Up

What to read after On The Come Up — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

I Was Born for This Alice Oseman · 2018 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate From the bestselling creator of HEARTSTOPPER and LOVELESS, a deeply funny and deeply moving exploration of identity, friendship, and fame. For Angel Rahimi life is about one thing: The Ark -- a boy band that's taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark's fandom has given her everything she loves -- her friend Juliet, her dreams, her place in the world. Her Muslim family doesn't understand… Shares: Performing Arts, Music, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Burn baby burn Meg Medina · 2016 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer named Son of Sam who shoots young women on the streets. Nora s family life isn t going so well either: her bullying brother, Hector, is growing more threatening by the day, her mother is helpless and falling behind on the rent, and her father calls only… Shares: People & Places, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Midnight War of Mateo Martinez Robin Yardi · 2016 · ★ 3.8 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Life is confusing for Mateo Martinez. He and Johnny Ramirez don't hang out anymore, even though they used to be best friends. He and his new friend Ashwin try to act like brave, old-time knights, but it only gets them in trouble. And last night, two skunks stole Mateo's old trike. Wait—two skunks stole his trike? Mateo is too big for that rusty kid toy. He has a cool, shiny new bike anyway. But… Shares: People & Places, Children's fiction

Petar's Song Pratima Mitchel · 2003 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Book Band: Dark Blue (Ideal for ages 9+) The story of a family of fishermen doing their best to make ends meet in a small Indian village Hari's family make their living from fishing, but with no fish left in the bay, times are really hard. To catch the fish further away they need a better boat, but to get a better boat they need to sell fish… Despite family feuds and village superstitions… Shares: Music, Children's fiction

Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman · 2015 · ★ 4.1 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A captivating novel about mental illness that lingers long beyond the last page, Challenger Deep is a heartfelt tour de force by New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman. Caden Bosch is on a ship that's headed for the deepest point on Earth: Challenger Deep, the southern part of the Marianas Trench. Caden Bosch is a brilliant high school student whose friends are starting to notice his… Shares: Social Themes, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Aunt Jane's nieces abroad L. Frank Baum · 1906 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The book and the series were designed to appeal to the same audience as Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and Little Men. This was expressly stipulated in Baum's contract with Reilly & Britton, which stated: Baum shall deliver to the Reilly and Britton Co. on or before March 1, 1906 the manuscript of a book for young girls on the style of the Louisa M. Alcott stories, but not so good, the… Shares: Music, Children's fiction

Banner in the Sky James Ramsey Ullman · 1954 · ★ 3.9 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Rudi dreams of climbing to the summit of the Citadel, the highest mountain in Switzerland. His father was the only man who dared to approach the top and he died in the pursuit. Now Rudi yearns to complete the quest. Adolescence. Shares: Music, Young Adult, Children's fiction

The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson · 2024 · ★ 4.1 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Moderate 18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead. The case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. But then Rachel Price reappears, and… Shares: Young Adult, Children's fiction

Tender Morsels Margo Lanagan · 1998 · ★ 3.6 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Tender Morsels is a dark and vivid story, set in two worlds and worrying at the border between them. Liga lives modestly in her own personal heaven, a world given to her in exchange for her earthly life. Her two daughters grow up in this soft place, protected from the violence that once harmed their mother. But the real world cannot be denied forever--magicked men and wild bears break down the… Shares: Social Themes, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Dragons in a Bag Zetta Elliott · 2018 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate When Jaxon is sent to spend the day with a mean old lady his mother calls Ma, he finds out she s not his grandmother but she is a witch! She needs his help delivering baby dragons to a magical world where they ll be safe. Shares: African Americans, Children's fiction

The Music of Zombies Vivian French · 2012 · ★ 4.1 · 298p · ≈ 9h · Moderate When planning for Cockenzie Rood Day, Prince Albion gets kidnapped because a zombie wants to play his fiddle in the talent contest. Trueheart, a prince and Gubble the troll must stop the zombie before real damage is done to the Five Kingdoms. Shares: Music, Children's fiction

Legendary Stephanie Garber · 2018 · ★ 4.3 · 481p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Having made a deal with a criminal to save her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage, Tella must win Caraval and uncover Legend's identity, or risk losing everything, including her life. Swept up in the magical world of Caraval, Donatella Dragna has finally escaped her father and saved her sister Scarlett from a disastrous arranged marriage. But Tella isn't yet free. She made a… Shares: Performing Arts, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Downsiders Neal Shusterman · 1999 · ★ 3.8 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate When fourteen-year-old Lindsay meets Talon, who lives in the secret Downsider community that evolved in the subterranean passages of the subway built in New York in 1867, she and her new friend try to bridge the differences between their two cultures. Shares: Social Themes, Young Adult, Children's fiction

The Program Suzanne Young · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In this “gripping tale for lovers of dystopian romance” (Kirkus Reviews), true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program. Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child;… Shares: Social Themes, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Eleventh grade burns Z Brewer · 2010 · ★ 4.3 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Things have taken a darker turn for the half-human teenager with an appetite for blood. Joss, a vampire slayer and Vlad's former friend, has moved back to Bathory. A mysterious and powerful new vampire, Dorian, appears with a shocking secret and an overwhelming desire to drink Vlad's blood. And Vlad's arch enemy, D'Ablo, has a sinister plan to eliminate Vlad once and for all. With death… Shares: Social Themes, Young Adult, Children's fiction

After Tupac and D Foster Jacqueline Woodson · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate D Foster showed up a few months before Tupac got shot that first time and left us the summer before he died.The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend's lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world vastly different from their safe Queens neighborhood, and through her, the girls see another side of life that includes loss, foster families and an amount of freedom that makes the… Shares: African Americans, Young Adult, Children's fiction

An Abundance of Katherines John Green · 2006 · ★ 3.5 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Katherine V thought boys were gross Katherine X just wanted to be friends Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail K-19 broke his heart When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up… Shares: Social Themes, Young Adult, Children's fiction

Dread Nation Justina Ireland · 2018 · ★ 4.3 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Civil War era America derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain children to attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. But there are also… Shares: African Americans, Young Adult, Children's fiction

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