Books like The girl in the well is me by Karen Rivers

At Culver Creek Boarding School, Miles "Pudge" Halter leaves his uneventful home life to find adventure, only to be drawn into the complex world of Alaska Young – a brilliant, enigmatic student whose presence challenges and changes him forever.

A coming‑of‑age epistolary novel that follows introverted teen Charlie through his freshman year in a 1990s Pittsburgh suburb as he navigates high school, friendship and the challenges of adolescence.

A high‑school freshman, Melinda, isolates herself after a traumatic encounter with a classmate. Through art and the courage to speak, she confronts her past and begins healing.

When Clay Jenkins discovers 13 tapes left by his classmate Hannah Baker, who recently committed suicide, he must confront the 13 reasons that drove her to end her life—one of which is him.

Eleanor & Park follows two sixteen‑year‑old high school misfits who, across a single school year, find an extraordinary first love that pushes them to confront their insecurities and the challenges of adolescence.

Two teens on the brink of heartbreak and despair find an unlikely friendship that turns their worlds upside‑down, teaching them that hope can bloom even beside the darkest thoughts.

Seventeen‑year‑old Mia faces a life‑altering medical crisis after a family car crash—she must decide whether to live a new life in the present or return to her former world as a coma patient.

A transgender middle‑school girl navigates her identity and friendship when she strives to play Charlotte in her class theater production, with help from her best friend to reveal her true self.

A story of bullying and fear in a series of Goosebumps books, focusing on a boy's struggle to overcome a mysterious phone call.

When the city’s beloved Roza disappears, 18‑year‑old Finn becomes the sole witness—yet his difficulty distinguishing faces turns an investigative opportunity into a trial of ridicule and bullying.

In "The Bully from the Black Lagoon," a new student’s fearsome reputation is challenged, revealing a kinder truth beneath the bullying rumors.

When Samantha Kingston suddenly dies, she wakes to the uncanny ability to relive her final day seven times over. Each repetition reveals new twists that force her to re‑evaluate friendships, love, and the choices she prized most.

A grieving teen learns to move forward when a sudden job at a catering business introduces her to new friends and unexpected challenges.

Winning a place on the Olympic Figure Skating Team has always been Becky's dream. She knows she's sacrificed a lot - no parties, early curfews, and endless hours of training. She prays it will all be worth it. If only Jed could understand! Jed wants a girl who cares about something other than ice skating. But if he can't accept her dream, then he'll have to find another girl . . . . Becky knows what is right for her, but it hurts, anyhow! Now, if only she is chosen for the team! [text from book jacket]

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A young rat named Montague lives beneath New York City, struggling to protect friends from exterminators while learning about self‑perception through his mischievous uncle.

Cameron Wolfe, a self‑conscious underdog, seeks purpose and unexpectedly connects with the girl he and his popular brother Rube once shared a history with.

High school junior Noelle faces bullying and a neglectful home life while dealing with a classmate’s suicide that pushes her to a breaking point.

New Zealand teen Ellis returns home for a summer, encounters an old friend, transforms himself, falls in love, and saves a kidnapped baby—all within one dramatic twenty‑four hours.

Eighteen‑year‑old James Sveck grapples with family, identity, and love in a brief, fiery summer in Manhattan, refusing conventional paths while exploring a secret online alter‑ego and the pull of an older coworker.

A witty YA rom‑com about two seventh‑grade kids navigating friendship, first love, and self‑discovery as they untangle missteps and hidden feelings in a middle‑school setting.

Alexis Jones guides young women toward self‑actualization, encouraging them to find passion, purpose, and confidence. Her message empowers readers to stop doubting themselves and to live boldly, inspire others, and dream big.

In her powerful new book, critically acclaimed author Melissa Febos examines the narratives women are told about what it means to be female and what it takes to free oneself from them. When her body began to change at eleven years old, Febos understood immediately that her meaning to other people had changed with it. By her teens, she defined herself based on these perceptions and by the romantic relationships she threw herself into headlong. Over time, Febos increasingly questioned the stories she'd been told about herself and the habits and defenses she'd developed over years of trying to meet others' expectations. The values she and so many other women had learned in girlhood did not prioritize their personal safety, happiness, or freedom, and she set out to reframe those values and beliefs. Blending investigative reporting, memoir, and scholarship, Febos charts how she and others like her have reimagined relationships and made room for the anger, grief, power, and pleasure women have long been taught to deny. Written with Febos' characteristic precision, lyricism, and insight, Girlhood is a philosophical treatise, an anthem for women, and a searing study of the transitions into and away from girlhood, toward a chosen self.