This was a harder list for me to create as I don’t read as much YA as I do middle grade. And I’ve probably missed some. But I hope you find it interesting.
OREGON
A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier
Eyes of the Forest and Girl, Stolen are just a couple of April Henry’s many books.
Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw
KANSAS
Crossing the Tracks by Barb Stuber
WASHINGTON
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
Lovely, Dark, and Deep by Justina Chen
Tell Me a Secret and Don’t Breathe a Word by Holly Cupala
The Year We Were Famous by Carole Estby Dagg
States I’m missing are Colorado and New Jersey. When I lived in those places, my kids were very young which influenced my reading. But I recently found this interesting list: “YA Books Set in Each US State” with a form to add any books you’ve written set in a specific state.
Tell Me a Secret (Harper Teen, 2010) by Holly Cupala is a memorable story about choices. Rand (Miranda) doesn’t know exactly how her bad-girl sister died 5 years ago. Mom disappeared into “drama and the prayer chain” and “Dad into his construction business.” But, of course, when she gets in trouble, her mother thinks she should have learned something “after all we went through with Xanda.” Like Rand knows what happened then.