Best Young Adult Kickstarter projects to watch
10 live Young Adult projects ranked by Lens Score — a 0-100 composite of funding velocity, backer momentum, target completion, and Kickstarter staff-pick signal.
Pulled from 14 live Young Adult projects (category averages 100% of goal, $15K total pledged across the category). Updated September 2026.
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Leave Before The Final Whistle
A Young Adult Mystery/Thriller about an old town urban legend and four high school seniors who went searching for a mystery.
$418 raised139% funded14 backers0.0% 24h30LENS SCORE - 02US
Paperboys and Bicycle Thieves: A Young Adult Novel
Three Friends, Two Summers, One Incredible Coming-of-Age Adventure
$4K raised88% funded111 backers+3.8% 24h28LENS SCORE - 03US
AETHERIA ON EARTH: A NOVEL
A whimsical sci-fi fantasy novel in which Windermere, Merriweather, and Tinsel of the planet Aetheria return to Earth after 300 years
$2K raised70% funded21 backers0.0% 24h19LENS SCORE - 04US
THY KINGDOM COME—The Audiobook
Two opposing monarchs trapped in a death race for their kingdoms' fates—narrated by Sofia Wardell and Clinton Woodhams.
$3K raised40% funded51 backers+1.3% 24h16LENS SCORE - 05US
Publishing Diverse Books For a Better Tomorrow
A storytelling adventure featuring Why the Birds Fly Back
$5K raised32% funded39 backers+2.2% 24h15LENS SCORE - 06US
Eric Shwabbington and the Genie's Gem
A young-adult novel about finding family and identity in a brand new world.
$850 raised14% funded10 backers0.0% 24h8LENS SCORE - 07US
Liora: The Royal Line, Book Two of The Shadow Crown Saga
Fund the final edit, printing, and Highland tartan for Liora, Book Two of a Scottish inspired YA fae fantasy saga.
$294 raised12% funded5 backers0.0% 24h6LENS SCORE - 08US
The Ivy League
The Ivy League is an academic flavoured YA fantasy following Ivy as she discovers a magical world and finds her voice.
$168 raised11% funded4 backers0.0% 24h5LENS SCORE - 092LENS SCORE
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How this list is built
We pull all live Young Adult projects on Kickstarter (refreshed every 8 hours), then rank them by either Lens Score (for projects with at least 24 hours of data) or Early Momentum (for projects in their first 72 hours). The top 10 land here.
No editorial weighting — the ranking is the math. The list updates automatically every hour, so the projects on this page next week may not be the same ones you see today.
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