The new year is always a time for new beginnings. We all make resolutions and goals for the upcoming year to better ourselves. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t, but we always try to change and evolve. It’s normal for people to want to keep improving – hey, everybody has something they don’t like about themselves or habits they want to work on in some way.
Sometimes when making a fresh start, it’s helpful to read about others who have made a new beginning. We thought it might be helpful to share a list of books where the characters are making a major life change and starting over in some way – being more kind while starting a new school, or stealing somebody’s identity. Normal stuff.
Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh
The Fixer by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
Together at Midnight by Jennifer Castle
The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall
Learning to Swear in America by Katie Kennedy
The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury
Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
Up to This Pointe by Jennifer Longo
Warcross by Marie Lu
The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna
Tracked by Jenny Martin
Maid of Secrets by Jennifer McGowan
Pretending to be Erica by Michelle Painchaud
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith
Here Lies Daniel Tate by Cristin Terrill
She, Myself, and I by Emma Young