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    Hi wonderful people
    Can you please suggest me a book for a 15 year old boy who favours character driven stories not fantasy. Having looked through this subreddit I can see a lot of recs for fantasy for teens, but really looking for a book that shows teens experiencing hard stuff but things getting better. the gender of the protagonist doesn't matter, but something you think a 15 year old boy would get into.
    thanks for any ideas!!

    by Billy_Moon

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    1. Present-Tadpole5226 on

      *Monster*, by Walter Dean Myers

      *Tyrell*, by Coe Booth? I’m not sure if things so much get better as the protagonist’s understanding matures. It’s been a while.

    2. I’ve mostly read fantasy lately, but here are some non-fantasy books I’d recommend. They’re all very different from one another, so perhaps there’s one he’ll like.

      Beartown by Fredrik Backman (first in a trilogy)

      Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery (there’s a TV series and anime adaption as well)

      Six Impossible Things by Fiona Woods (first in a trilogy)

      The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (there’s also a movie adaption)

      The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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