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Privacy Between the Pages: Selected Books for Older Children and Teens

Compiled by Megan Schliesman

Think you can take privacy for granted? Think again. These books for older children and teens offer thought-provoking perspectives on a range of privacy issues facing individuals and society. They include titles rooted in history, those that reflect contemporary life, and others that depict a distant—or not too distant—future.

When Personal and Political Collide: Historical Perspectives on Privacy

Stonewall: Breaking Out in the Fight for Gay Rights
by Bausum, Ann
Viking, 2015. 120 pages. Age 13 and older

Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights
by Blumenthal, Karen
Roaring Brook, 2020. 385 pages. Age 12 and older

The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy
by Giblin, James Cross
Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. 304 pages. Age 14 and older

The Story That Cannot Be Told
by Kramer, J. Kasper
Atheneum/Simon & Schuster, 2019. Ages 10-13

Last Night at the Telegraph Club
by Lo, Malinda
Dutton/Penguin Random House, 2021. 409 pages. Age 14 and older

Fire in the Streets
by Magoon, Kekla
Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, 2012. 321 pages. Age 12 and older

The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets
by Miller, Sarah
Penguin Random House/Schwartz & Wade, 2019. 320 pages. Age 11 and older

Cloud and Wallfish
by Nesbet, Anne
Candlewick, 2016. 385 pages. Ages 10-13

I Must Betray You
by Sepetys, Ruta
Penguin Random House/Philomel, 2022. 319 pages. Age 12 and older

Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
by Sheinkin, Steve
Roaring Brook, 2015. 384 pages. Age 14 and older

The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
by Sis, Peter
Illustrated by Peter Sis. Farrar Straus Giroux/Frances Foster Books, 2007. 48 pages. Age 9 and older

The Genius Under the Table
by Yelchin, Eugene
Illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. Candlewick, 2021. Age 9 and older

Personal Violations: Privacy in Contemporary Life

Bright Red Fruit
by Elhillo, Safia
Make Me A World/Random House, 2024. 368 pages. Age 13 and older

The Passing Playbook
by Fitzsimons, Isaac
Dial/Penguin Random House, 2021. 299 pages. Ages 11-15

Everyone Wants to Know
by Gilbert, Kelly Loy
Simon & Schuster, 2023. 374 pages. Age 13 and older

Out of the Pocket
by Konigsberg, Bill
Dutton, 2008. 264 pages. Age 13 and older

Want to Go Private?
by Littman, Sarah Darer
Scholastic Press, 2011. 332 pages. Age 12 and older

Asking for it
by O'Neill, Louise
Quercus, 2016. 339 pages. Age 14 and older

Look
by Romanoff, Zan
Dial/Penguin Random House, 2020. 352 pages. Age 14 and older

Goodbye Stranger
by Stead, Rebecca
Wendy Lamb Books, 2015. 298 pages. Ages 10-13

Running
by Sylvester, Natalia
Clarion/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 328 pages. Age 12 and older

On the Subject of Unmentionable Things
by Walton, Julia
Random House, 2022. 312 pages. Age 14 and older

Highly Illogical Behavior
by Whaley, John Corey
Dial, 2016. 249 pages. Age 14 and older

The Ping-Pong Queen of Chinatown
by Yang, Andrew
HarperCollins/Quill Tree, 2024. 341 pages. Age 13 and older

Privacy No More: Futuristic Fiction

Feed
by Anderson, M. T.
Candlewick, 2002. 237 pages. Age 14 and older

Candor
by Bachorz, Pam
Egmont, 2009. 256 pages. Age 13 and older

The Hunger Games
by Collins, Suzanne
Scholastic Press, 2008. 420 pages. Age 12 and older

The Silenced
by DeVita, James
Eos/HarperCollins/Laura Geringer Books, 2007. 504 pages. Age 13 and older

Little Brother
by Doctorow, Cory
Tom Dougherty Associates/Tor Teen, 2008. 382 pages. Age 13 and older

The Getaway
by Giles, Lamar
Scholastic/Scholastic Press, 2022. 382 pages. Age 14 and older

Rash
by Hautman, Pete
Simon & Schuster, 2006. 249 pages. Age 12 and older

The Unidentified
by Mariz, Rae
Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins, 2010. 296 pages. Age 13 and older

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