Books about siblings for teens

Brothers and sisters – can’t live with them, can’t live without them. This selection of engaging, thought-provoking books about siblings will grip you from start to finish.

  • Black Brother, Black Brother

    by Jewell Parker Rhodes 

    2021 9 to 14 years 

    • Coming-of-age
    • Historical

    Donte has had enough of being treated worse than his lighter-skinned brother. He finds a way to beat the bullies by becoming an expert at fencing. A unique, unforgettable novel with plenty of pointers for further reading and learning.

  • Needle

    by Patrice Lawrence 

    2022 11 to 14 years 

    • Coming-of-age

    How come, if there’s any kind of incident’ at school, at home, at the shopping centre, it’s always the Black kid in care who gets the blame?

  • We Played With Fire

    by Catherine Barter 

    2021 11 to 14 years 

    • Ghost story
    • Historical
    • Horror

    Based on a true story, this chilling tale follows the lives of Kate and Maggie Fox – two sisters who convince their parents, and then the world, that they can communicate with the dead. It starts as an elaborate hoax, but then the dead begin to talk back…

  • Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel

    by Jason Reynolds, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff 

    2020 11 to 14 years 

    • Coming-of-age
    • Graphic novels

    Will’s older brother Shawn is shot dead in front of him, leading Will to the conclusion that revenge is his only option. This hard-hitting tale, based on an award-winning novel in verse by the same author, is extremely accessible in graphic novel format.

  • One

    by Sarah Crossan 

    2016 11 to 14 years 

    • Poetry and rhyme

    This is a book that goes straight into your heart and once it is there, won’t leave. One is a brilliant, beautiful, and heart-wrenching novel that is not to be missed.

  • Little Women

    by Louisa May Alcott 

    2014 11 to 14 years 

    • Classics
    • Coming-of-age

    The novel follows the lives of four sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March—detailing their passage from childhood to womanhood

    The story begins at Christmas time. The March girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, are unhappy because they have agreed to give up their Christmas presents.

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