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The Gone Away Place
Barzak, Christopher
2018, 304 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Present    Ohio
Protagonist Gender: female

Hope Was Here
Bauer, Joan
2000, 191 pages
Newbery Honor
Present    Wisconsin
Protagonist Gender: female

This Wicked Fate
Bayron, Kalynn
2022, 320 pages
Fiction, Other Present    New York
Protagonist Gender: female

This Poison Heart
Bayron, Kalynn
2021, 384 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Present    New York
Protagonist Gender: female

The Mosaic
Berkhout, Nina
2017, 272 pages
Present    Montana
Protagonist Gender: female

The Gathering Dark
Bovalino, Tori
2022, 272 pages
Whippoorwill Award
other, Folktales various    various

Clockwork Curandera (Vol. 1, The Witch Owl Parliment)
Bowles, David
2021, 112 pages
Whippoorwill Award

Protagonist Gender: female

Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
Brown, Jaye Robin
2018, 448 pages
Present    Georgia
Protagonist Gender: female

No Place to Fall
Brown, Jaye Robin
2016, 384 pages
Present    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

The Key to You and Me
Brown, Jaye Robin
2021, 368 pages
Present    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Shiner
Burns, Amy Jo
2020, 272 pages
Present    West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

The Good Demon
Cajoleas, Jimmy
2018, 320 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Present    Mississippi
Protagonist Gender: female

Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions About Small-Town America
Carpenter, Nora Shalaway
2020, 336 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Fiction, Historical
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Edge of Anything
Carpenter, Nora Shalaway
2020, 368 pages
Present    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

All that I Can Fix
Chan, Crystal
2018, 320 pages
Present    Indiana
Protagonist Gender: male

The House Girl
Conklin, Tara
2013, 400 pages
Present/Past (1800s)    Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

My Dearest Darkest
Cottingham, Kayla
2022, 368 pages
Fiction, Other Present    Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

Three Things I Know Are True
Culley, Betsy
2020, 480 pages
Present    Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Danforth, Emily
2012, 480 pages
Present    Montana
Protagonist Gender: female

I’ll Meet You There
Demetrios, Heather
2015, 416 pages
Fiction, Historical Present    California
Protagonist Gender: female

The Rest of the Story
Dessen, Sarah
2019, 448 pages
Present  
Protagonist Gender: female

Winter, White and Wicked
Dittemore, Shannon
2020, 384 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Present  
Protagonist Gender: female

The Art of Saving the World
Duyvis, Corinne
2020, 384 pages
Whippoorwill Award
 Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: female

This Is Our Story
Elston, Ashley
2017, 320 pages
Present    Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female

The Wicked Deep
Ernshaw, Shea
2018, 320 pages

Protagonist Gender: female, male

Winterwood
Ernshaw, Shea
2019, 333 pages

Protagonist Gender: female, male

What We Harvest
Fraistat, Ann
2022, 336 pages
Fiction, Other Present    Midwest
Protagonist Gender: female

Apple: Skin to the Core
Gansworth, Eric
2020, 352 pages
American Indian Youth Literature Award
Memoir    New York
Protagonist Gender: male

Give Me Some Truth
Gansworth, Eric
2018, 432 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Past (1980)    New York
Protagonist Gender: male

If I Ever Get Out of Here
Gansworth, Eric
2013, 368 pages
Past (1975)    New York
Protagonist Gender: male

Kate’s Ring
Grassby, Donna
2018, 276 pages
Past (1920s)    Nova Scotia
Protagonist Gender: female

An Abundance of Katherines
Green, John
2006, 227 pages
Present    Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: male

Wild Is the Witch
Griffin, Rachel
2022, 320 pages
Fiction, Other Present    Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

It’s Not Summer Without You
Han, Jenny
2010, 288 pages
Fiction, Historical Present    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

The Summer I Turned Pretty
Han, Jenny
2009, 288 pages
Present    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

We’ll Always Have Summer
Han, Jenny
2011, 304 pages
Fiction, Historical Present    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Last Exit to Normal
Harmon, Michael
2008, 288 pages
Present    Montana
Protagonist Gender: male

The Reckless Kind
Heath, Carly
2021, 336 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Fiction, Historical Past(1904)    Norway
Protagonist Gender: female

Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town
Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue
2021, 208 pages
Past (1990s)    Alaska, American West
Protagonist Gender: n/a

The Smell of Other People’s Houses
Hitchcock, Bonnie-Sue
2017, 240 pages
Past (1970s)    Alaska
Protagonist Gender: female, male

This is the Part Where You Laugh
Hoffmeister, Peter Brown
2016, 352 pages
Present    Oregon
Protagonist Gender: male

Too Shattered for Mending
Hoffmeister, Peter Brown
2017, 384 pages
Present    Idaho
Protagonist Gender: male

The Weight of Blood
Jackson, Tiffany D.
2022, 416 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Fiction, Realistic Present    Georgia
Protagonist Gender: female

Hillbilly Queer
Jamison, J.R.
2020, 242 pages
Memoir    Indiana
Protagonist Gender: male

You Should See Me in a Crown
Johnson, Leah
2020, 336 pages
Present    Indiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Johnston, EK
2016, 272 pages
Present    Canada
Protagonist Gender: female

A Little Bit Country
Kennedy, Brian D.
2022, 352 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: male

Cloud Hopper
Kephart, Beth
2020, 328 pages
Present    Oklahoma
Protagonist Gender: female

Undercover
Kephart, Beth
2007, 288 pages
Present    Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: female

That’s Not What Happened
Keplinger, Kody
2018, 336 pages
Present    Indiana
Protagonist Gender: female

The Secret Life of Bees
Kidd, Sue Monk
2003, 352 pages
Past (1964)    South Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Dear Rachel Maddow
Kisner, Adrienne
2019, 288 pages
Present    Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: female

Pearl
Knowles, Jo
2011, 224 pages
Present  
Protagonist Gender: female

Read Between the Lines
Knowles, Jo
2015, 336 pages
Present  
Protagonist Gender: n/a

Rotters
Kraus, Daniel
2012, 464 pages
Present    Iowa
Protagonist Gender: male

Scowler
Kraus, Daniel
2013, 464 pages
Past (1980s)    Iowa
Protagonist Gender: male

The MonsterVariations
Kraus, Daniel
2009, 256 pages
Present  
Protagonist Gender: male

Sawkill Girls
Legrand, Claire
2018, 464 pages
Present  
Protagonist Gender: female

Elatsoe
Little Badger, Darcie
2020, 368 pages
American Indian Youth Literature Award; Whippoorwill Award
Fiction, Historical Present  
Protagonist Gender: female

Tell it True
Lockette, Tim
2021, 192 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Present    Alabama
Protagonist Gender: female

Like Other Girls
Lundin, Britta
2021, 384 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Present    Oregon
Protagonist Gender: female

Afterward
Mathieu, Jennifer
2016, 320 pages
Present    Texas
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Moxie
Mathieu, Jennifer
2017, 352 pages
Present    Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

The Liars of Mariposa Island
Mathieu, Jennifer
2019, 352 pages
Past (1986)    Texas
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Camp So-and-So
McCoy, Mary
2017, 424 pages
Present    Appalachian Mountains
Protagonist Gender: female

The Female of the Species
McGinnis, Mindy
2016, 352 pages
Present    Ohio
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek
McLaughlin, Rhett & Neal, Link
2019, 336 pages
Past (1992)    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: male

Miss Meteor
Mejia, Tehlor Kay & McLemore, Anna-Marie
2020, 400 pages
Present    New Mexico
Protagonist Gender: female

The Work of Wolves
Meyers, Kent
2004, 407 pages
Past    South Dakota
Protagonist Gender: male

Famous in a Small Town
Mills, Emma
2019, 320 pages
Present    Midwest
Protagonist Gender: female

First and Then
Mills, Emma
2015, 272 pages
Present    Florida
Protagonist Gender: female

This Adventure Ends
Mills, Emma
2016, 320 pages
Present    Florida
Protagonist Gender: female

Larkin on the Shore
Mills, Jean
2020, 312 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Present    Nova Scotia
Protagonist Gender: female

The Last Buffalo Hunter
Mosher, Jake
2001, 308 pages
Present    Montana
Protagonist Gender: male

Dairy Queen
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
2007, 274 pages
Present    Wisconsin
Protagonist Gender: female

Front and Center
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
2009, 281 pages
Present    Wisconsin
Protagonist Gender: female

The Off Season
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert
2007, 304 pages
Present    Wisconsin
Protagonist Gender: female

Dumplin’
Murphy, Julie
2015, 400 pages
Present    Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

Puddin’
Murphy, Julie
2018, 448 pages
Present    Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

Pumpkin
Murphy, Julie
2021, 336 pages
Present    Texas
Protagonist Gender: male

Ramona Blue
Murphy, Julie
2018, 448 pages
Present    Mississippi
Protagonist Gender: female

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
Namey, Laura Taylor
2020, 320 pages
Present    England
Protagonist Gender: female

At the End of Everything
Nijkamp, Marieke
2022, 400 pages
Fiction, Other Present  
Protagonist Gender: female

How to build a heart
Padian, Maria
2020, 352 pages
Present    Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

The Monument
Paulsen, Gary
1991, 151 pages
Present    Kansas
Protagonist Gender: female

The Complicated Calculus (and Cows) of Carl Paulsen
Peter, Gary Eldon
2022, 164 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: male

Pretend You Love Me
Peters, Julie Anne
2005, 304 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    Kansas
Protagonist Gender: female

The Fear
Preston, Natasha
2022, 368 pages
Fiction, Other Present    fishing town
Protagonist Gender: female

Apple in the middle
Quigley, Dawn
2018, 264 pages
American Indian Youth Library Association
Present    North Dakota
Protagonist Gender: female

The secrets we bury
Ramey, Stacie
2018, 304 pages
Present    Appalachian Trail
Protagonist Gender: male

Fum
Rapp, Adam
2018, 416 pages
Present    Illinois
Protagonist Gender: female

Sinister Graves
Rendon, Marcie
2022, 240 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: female

Girl Gone Missing
Rendon, Marcie
2019, 208 pages
Present    Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: female

Murder on the Red River
Rendon, Marcie
2017, 320 pages
Present    Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: female

Man Made Monsters
Rogers, Andrea L.
2022, 336 pages
Whippoorwill Award, American Indian Youth Library Association Award
Fiction, Other various    Georgia

Pumpkinheads
Rowell, Rainbow
2019, 224 pages
Present    Nebraska
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Bone Gap
Ruby, Laura
2015, 345 pages
National Book Award Finalist
Present    Illinois
Protagonist Gender: female, male

A sky for us alone
Russell, Kristin
2019, 336 pages
Present    Appalachia
Protagonist Gender: male

Angel Falls
Rust, Julia and Surface, David
2022, 318 pages
Fiction, Other Present    Northeast
Protagonist Gender: female

Dark and Shallow Lies
Sain, Ginny Myers
2021, 432 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Fiction, Historical Present    Lousiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Orbiting Jupiter
Schmidt, Gary
2015, 192 pages
Present    Maine
Protagonist Gender: male

Trouble
Schmidt, Gary
2008, 304 pages
Present    Maine
Protagonist Gender: male

The stone rainbow
Shaw, Liane
2019, 288 pages
Present  
Protagonist Gender: male

Something like gravity
Smith, Amber
2019, 400 pages
Present    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The last to let go
Smith, Amber
2018, 400 pages
Present  
Protagonist Gender: female

Love, Stargirl
Spinelli, Jerry
2007, 288 pages
Present    Arizona
Protagonist Gender: male

Stargirl
Spinelli, Jerry
2000, 208 pages
Present    Arizona
Protagonist Gender: male

Golden Boys
Stamper, Phil
2023, 384 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    Ohio
Protagonist Gender: male

Forgive Me If I’ve Told You This Before
Stetz-Waters, Karelia
2014, 304 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    Oregon
Protagonist Gender: female

Dress codes for small towns
Stevens, Courtney
2017, 337 pages
Present    Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: female

Faking Normal
Stevens, Courtney
2014, 352 pages
Present    Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: female

The blue-haired boy
Stevens, Courtney
2014, 71 pages
Present    Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: male

Sadie
Summers, Courtney
2018, 336 pages
Present    Colorado
Protagonist Gender: female

Anne of Greenville
Tamaki, Mariko
2022, 304 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present  
Protagonist Gender: female

Knights of the Hill Country
Tharp, Tim
2013, 240 pages
Present    Oklahoma
Protagonist Gender: male

Lost in the Never Woods
Thomas, Aiden
2021, 384 pages
Present    Oregon
Protagonist Gender: female

Who I Was With Her
Tyndale, Nita
2020, 352 pages
Present    North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Small Town Hearts
Vale, Lillie
2019, 336 pages
Present    Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

Copyboy
Vawter, Vince
2018, 240 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Past (1966)    Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: male

Muckers
Wallace, Sandra Neil
2015, 288 pages
Past (1950s)    Arizona
Protagonist Gender: male

The Restless Dark
Waters, Erica
2022, 400 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    Georgia
Protagonist Gender: female

Grave Things Like Love
Waters, Sara Bennett
2022, 352 pages
Fiction, Other Present    Illinois
Protagonist Gender: female

Beauty of the Broken
Waters, Tawni
2014, 368 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    New Mexico
Protagonist Gender: female

The Queen of Kentucky
Whitaker, Alecia
2013, 384 pages
Present    Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: female

Weeping willow
White, Ruth
1992, 256 pages
Past (1950s)    Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Like sisters on the homefront
Williams-Garcia, Rita
1995, 224 pages
Coretta Scott King Honor
Present (1995)    Georgia
Protagonist Gender: female

Bull Rider
Williams, Suzanne
2009, 241 pages
Present    Nevada
Protagonist Gender: male

Someday We’ll Find It
Wilson, Jennifer
2022, 400 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present    Illinois
Protagonist Gender: female

Wildlord
Womack, Philip
2022, 214 pages
Fiction, Other Present    England
Protagonist Gender: male

Smoke
Woods, Darcy
2021, 384 pages
Present    Michigan
Protagonist Gender: female

Funny How Things Change
Wyatt, Melissa
2009, 196 pages
Present    West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Gold Mountain
Yee, Betty G.
2022, 288 pages
Fiction, Historical Past (1860s)    California
Protagonist Gender: female

In the Wild Light
Zentner, Jeff
2021, 432 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Fiction, Historical Present    Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: male

Serpent King
Zentner, Jeff
2017, 400 pages
Present    Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: female, male