THE THINGS WE LEAVE UNFINISHED
by Rebecca Yarros
Middle grade · ages 14–18 · grades 9–12 · 780L · 448 pages · 2022
Why we'd hand it over
A genuinely gripping dual timeline that treats WWII and teenage identity as equally weighty—the romance feels earned, the historical detail is vivid, and the moral ambiguity doesn't resolve too neatly.