14 Books Set in the 1980s, From Malibu Rising to Trust Exercise

In Tell the Wolves I'm Home ($10, originally $17), 14-year-old June loses her uncle, godfather, best friend, and confidant, Finn, in 1987 to AIDS. As she grapples with the loss of the only person she felt she could be herself around, she crosses paths with Toby, a friend of Finn's who also misses him and needs a new person to confide in in the wake of the loss.