Books like Finally 12 by Wendy Mass

Raina Telgemeier tells the coming‑of‑age tale of a young girl who hurts her front teeth in a Girl Scout mishap, faces bullying after braces, and finds unexpected friendship among a quirky group of classmates.

When Fisherman Bear goes missing, Little Bear and Mother Bear spend a day reorganizing their home and having fun while searching for him, blending family life and playful adventure.

Seven‑year‑old Bean meets Ivy, the new neighbor, and together they discover that friendship can make even a mean trick feel better.

During a total solar eclipse at a remote campground, three teens – an observant dreamer, a fashionable outsider, and a shy wanderer – discover friendship and a sense of belonging in the beauty of the cosmos.

Jack of Giant's Hand teams up with a prince to rescue a hesitant princess and fight a nameless curse threatening a fairy-filled city.

Rory’s twelfth birthday opens a door to new adventures, but a school‑shot movie and a mysterious prediction test her limits and family bonds.

In the heart of Wisconsin's Big Woods, a young pioneer girl marks her fifth birthday after a long, somber week, bringing a moment of joy and family togetherness into frontier life.

Seventeen‑year‑old Caymen Meyers learns that love isn’t measured by money when she meets the richest guy of all.

Winnie chronicles her twelfth year, exploring how friendships, family life, and self‑perception shift as she navigates growing up.

Chris Carves for Kwanzaa During Father's Layoff

Cassie Hobbes has been working with the FBI since she was a teenager. Now twenty-three years old, she and her fellow Naturals have taken over running the program that taught them everything they know. As a unit, they're responsible for identifying new Naturals--and solving particularly impossible cases. When their latest case brings back a ghost from their past, Cassie and the other Naturals find themselves racing against the clock--and reliving their own childhood traumas.In a small, coastal town in Maine, there has been a rash of teen suicides--or at least, that's what the police believe. Mackenzie McBride, age twelve, thinks differently. Desperate to make herself heard, she stands at the top of a lighthouse, threatening to jump... unless the FBI agents who rescued her from a kidnapper at age six come to hear her out.Enter the Naturals. It doesn't take Cassie long to realize that Mackenzie isn't bluffing: she truly is convinced that the suicides are murder, and she really will jump if she can't get the FBI to believe her. To the outside world, Mackenzie is nothing more than a traumatized child. But so was Cassie, once upon a time. So were Michael, Dean, Sloane, Lia, and Celine. With a storm rolling in off the ocean and Mackenzie's position becoming more precarious by the moment, the Naturals have very little time to get to the truth about the deaths--and about twelve-year-old Mackenzie McBride.

Twelve follows White Mike, a clean‑skinned Manhattan teen who, after a short break from school, becomes a savvy drug dealer navigating life between Harlem’s projects and Park Avenue’s penthouses.

When their mother is accidentally turned into a twelve‑year‑old by a mysterious potion, brothers Patrick and his siblings investigate her disappearance while navigating school life and the unexpected magic that surrounds them.

Kira navigates a high‑school life disrupted by loss, forgiveness, and the reality of an alcoholic parent, learning that normal isn’t a destination but a series of small steps.