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.
In The Mermaid’s Mirror (Houghton Mifflin, 2009) by L.K. Madigan, Lena has spent her whole life near the ocean, but isn’t allowed to surf like her friends because her dad had a surfing accident years ago, but now that she’s almost 16 she wants to learn. Dad and her stepmom are adamant about her not learning. Which, of course, doesn’t make sense. When she sees a mermaid, Lena has to learn, and only then will she find out why she’s to stay out of the ocean.