Books like Back Talk by Alex Richards

Harry Potter is forced to leave Privet Drive and confront the Dark Lord, journeying to locate and destroy the remaining Horcruxes in a final battle that will determine the fate of magic.

In the sixth entry of the Harry Potter saga, Dumbledore’s arrival at Privet Drive uncovers a threat to Hogwarts and forces Harry, aided by friends, to uncover Voldemort’s darkest secrets.

Ari, a fifteen‑year‑old Mexican‑American with a brother in prison, meets Dante and a friendship sparks that forces him to confront his identity, family, and sexuality.

Danny Walker, a 13-year-old boy from Middletown, is selected to join the Right Way Basketball Camp. There, he must compete against the country's top players to prove that he can hold his own against the giants.

Downsiders follows 14‑year‑old Lindsay as she discovers the hidden community of Downsiders living in New York’s subway tunnels, navigating friendship and cultural differences in a coming‑of‑age adventure.

In the final chapter of the Alice series, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor follows Alice through university life and into the highlights of her adulthood, tracing her development over many decades.

Seventeen‑year‑old Janey King's life pivots when her parents separate and a senior asks her out, forcing her to re‑evaluate track, friendships, family and her own future.

Teenage Brit Hemphill is locked away in Red Rock, a center for rebellious teens, where she must navigate harsh therapy and make unlikely friends; together they fight to keep their sanity and sisterhood intact.

Eighteen-year-old Lu plans to leave her Kentucky town after graduation, but family bonds, lingering grief, and a budding romance challenge her path to independence.

Gemma balances school webzine journalism with her alter‑ego, Jessica Jupiter, a popular Cupid, as she navigates love, rivalry, and teenage drama at Green Park.

What would you do if you had twenty minutes alone with your idol? Gemma Fox is a self-confessed unlucky-in-love geek treating herself to a weekend at a pop-culture convention on Australia’s sunny Gold Coast. Drawn there by the temptation of seeing her celebrity crush, Everett Rhodes, the last thing she expects is to wind up trapped in an elevator with him. Parting ways, Gemma has no reason to suspect that their paths will cross again. After all, he’s a celebrity. She’s just a fan who lives on the other side of the planet. Besides, her life is not a rom-com. (At least, that’s what she keeps telling herself.) However, life has other plans. And Everett -stupidly charming, frustratingly handsome Everett- is hard to resist. But when things get complicated, Gemma and Everett are both faced with the same dilemma: How can they make things work when they live in completely separate worlds?

Akilah and Victoria, raised in Queens, New York, are inseparable best friends—until Victoria returns from a Nigerian summer, where she participates in a coming‑of‑age ceremony. Now she behaves differently, raising questions about identity and change.

When her cousins shine on stage, Gemma lands an acting role in a local theatre—until her mother’s sudden news forces her to choose between family and her budding career.

Wheelchair‑bound middle schooler Jamie Grimm wins a comic contest and becomes the star of a sitcom based on his life, learning to juggle fame with keeping his friends' trust.