Roadside Assistance Books in Order

Roadside Assistance is the non-Amish, young adult side of Amy Clipston's catalog, and it reads differently in a useful way. These books are built around teenagers and young adults trying to figure out who they are when grief, money problems, romance, and family expectations keep pushing them off course.

The first book introduces Emily Curtis, who is far more comfortable under the hood of a car than performing femininity for other people. Her mother's death, her family's financial collapse, and a move into a wealthier relative's home set the tone for the whole series. These stories care about class tension, embarrassment, longing, faith, and the small humiliations of being young.

Cars matter here, but they are really shorthand for freedom.

Later books keep that same coming-of-age energy while shifting the spotlight to other girls in Emily's orbit. Senior-year pressure, future plans, romantic confusion, friendship strain, and the fear of making the wrong choice all sit close to the surface. Clipston writes those feelings plainly, without turning them into speeches.

That makes the series a good fit for readers who want inspirational YA with a contemporary setting and a little more emotional mess than her Amish fiction usually allows. The tone is earnest, but not syrupy. Characters say the wrong thing, hide what they feel, and sometimes head straight for a mistake before they figure themselves out.

If you like stories about identity, first love, and learning how to keep moving when life has stalled out, this is the Amy Clipston series to browse. It is softer than a high-drama teen soap, but it still has enough heartbreak and uncertainty to keep the pages moving.