Books like Made of stars by Kelley York

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.

Two strangers receive a call that they will die today and use an app to befriend each other, sharing a single unforgettable day that turns into a profound journey of love, friendship, and acceptance.

When a copied email threatens to expose his hidden identity, sixteen‑year‑old Simon Spier must decide whether to protect his secret, save his friend, and risk a new, unexpected romance.

Junior, a budding cartoonist from the Spokane Indian Reservation, transfers to an all‑white farm‑town high school, where the only other Indian is the school mascot.

Petals on the Wind, released in 1980, continues the Dollanganger family saga after their escape from the attic in 1960, chronicling their trials and secrets through 1975.

Aaron Soto, a Bronx teen haunted by poverty and loss, seeks memory‑altering hope at Leteo Institute, finding unexpected love and a path to self‑acceptance.

A young man wakes up in different bodies over the years, falling in love with the person they love in each one.

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.

Cameron Post, a gay teen from a conservative Montana ranch town, is sent to a conversion therapy center after her family demands she change her sexual orientation.

A collection of three romance tales where a rare blue moon unlocks secrets, desires, and supernatural powers, turning love lives wild and erotic in a small town and beyond.

Rory Deveaux, scarred by a Jack the Ripper copycat, returns to London where her ability to vanish ghosts puts her at odds with the city’s secret police as new mysterious deaths threaten the city.

During a spring break trip to Aruba, a young girl finds herself accused of killing her best friend and must confront betrayal, friendship, and the pressures of a murder trial in a foreign land.

Detective Lenny Norbeck and his friends investigate a mysterious death at a Phillies game.

When her police‑dog puppy disappears, third‑grader Judy Moody starts a detective agency to find him, channeling her idol Nancy Drew.

"Hide and Seek" is a teen‑fiction mystery about sisters and twins navigating high‑school drama, family secrets, and a homicide that turns the family upside down.

A teenage girl with a seeing‑gift is drawn into a murder mystery when a friend’s death and her brother’s suspicious powers intersect, forcing her to confront family, revenge, and hidden secrets on Cape Cod.

Two young detectives in Switzerland chase a dog bank robber who is actually a Professor Sardine, a clever sleuth in the style of Professor Challenger.

In 1930s England, boarding‑school friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells crack a murder mystery when a dead science teacher is found at their school.

In the quiet town of Gill Creek, teen Maggie Larsen’s life is jolted when a serial killer targets young girls, forcing her, new friends Pauline and Liam, to confront shocking danger.

Patricia A. McKillip’s acclaimed Riddle Master trilogy blends science‑fiction wonder with fantasy adventure, spanning three tales: The Riddle Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, and Harpist in the Wind.

A tale of the petticoats between sisters and the haunting secrets of the dollager family, this novel will keep you on the edge of your seat with its psychological tension and spine-tingling plot twists.

The Dollanganger Family Series: A Thriller with Family Secrets and Unpredictable Villains

"From the author of The Day We Met ("As with Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes, I couldn't put this book down."--Katie Fforde) comes a beautiful, life-affirming novel that sparkles with love and wonder. We Are All Made of Stars is an unforgettable story about second chances, the power of words, and the resilience of the heart"-- "Hospice nurse Stella prefers the night shift after Afghanistan left her veteran husband a changed man, haunted at night by memories he can't bring himself to share. Writing final letters for her hospice patients to their loved ones gives Stella the chance to help others communicate as she cannot. She only has one rule: she mails the letter only once her patient is no longer alive. When she meets a patient with a chance at redemption, she finds herself torn between respecting a dying woman's wishes and reuniting her with the son she abandoned years ago"--