17 YA Books That Will Make You Shed a Tear Every Time

"Hi, I'm Rachel, and I cry about fictional characters! Honestly, it doesn't even have to be a sad story for me to cry. I cried over Ted Lasso just a week or two ago. There's nothing quite like a good cry about people who don't exist IRL (or, in one case on this list, people who do exist but do so in a world I don't usually connect with: sports). So here are some of my favorite reads that got me teary-eyed, starting with the happy tears variety and moving into the gut punches." - Rachel Strolle/BuzzFeed contributor