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| Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha SaeedFeaturing: Jamie Goldberg (awkward, Jewish, politically passionate) and Maya Rehman (confident, Muslim, preoccupied with personal problems).
What happens: After their moms volunteer them to go door-to-door campaigning for a local Senate candidate, Jamie and Maya’s reluctant friendship turns into something deeper and a lot more complicated.
About the authors: This is the first team-up between Becky Albertalli (author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda) and Aisha Saeed (author of Amal Unbound). |
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| Layoverland by Gabby NooneWelcome to: the Memory Experience Department in Layoverland, an airport-like purgatory where recently deceased souls can unpack their emotional baggage and try to catch a flight to heaven.
What happens: Cynical, sharp-tongued Bea learns that in order to get to heaven, she’ll have to help 5,000 other souls get there first, starting with Caleb, the guy who caused her fatal accident.
For fans of: TV’s The Good Place, and other snarky yet heartfelt stories about second chances in the afterlife. |
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| The Gravity of Us by Phil StamperStarring: 17-year-old social media journalist Cal, who has to abandon his dream internship when his family moves across the country so that his dad can be an astronaut for NASA’s Mars mission.
What happens: While a reality TV crew follows the astronauts and their families, Cal hangs on to his ambition even as he starts falling for neighbor and fellow “Astrokid” Leon.
About the author: This quietly charming own voices romance is the 1st book by author Phil Stamper. |
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Beyond the black door
by A. M Strickland
What it's about: Everyone has a soul. Some are beautiful gardens, others are frightening dungeons. Soulwalkers—like Kamai and her mother—can journey into other people's souls while they sleep. Tragedy strikes after Kamai opens a mysterious black door that follows her into every soul she journeys through.
Try it if you like: dark fantasy and romance.
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Eight will fall
by Sarah Harian
What it's about: Sent on a mission to rid their kingdom of monsters, a girl from a world where magic is illegal leads a band of magical outlaws into an underground world of unspeakable horrors before discovering that their team was never meant to survive.
Try it if you like: dark, high-octane adventure or authors Kendare Blake and Leigh Bardugo.
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Infinity Son
by Adam Silvera
What it’s about: NYC vlogger Brighton Rey dreams of joining the Spell Walkers, vigilantes who use their celestial magic to battle the specters, who steal their power from magical creatures. Yet it’s Brighton’s twin, Emil, who manifests phoenix-fire abilities, plunging both brothers into an epic conflict for control of the city.
Book buzz: The first fantasy by popular author Adam Silvera, this series-starter delivers all the intriguing ideas, diverse characters, and gripping emotions his fans expect, alongside cinematic action.
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Sick kids in love
by Hannah Moskowitz
What it's about: When Isabel, who has rheumatoid arthritis, meets Sasha, a boy with a chronic illness, she considers breaking her no dating rule for him.
Don't worry: They don't die in this one. (No need for a spoiler alert! It's on the front cover!)
Try it if you like: Romantic comedies or stories about embracing your whole self.
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We used to be friends
by Amy Spalding
What it's about: At the start of their senior year in high school, James (a girl with a boy's name) and Kat are inseparable, but by graduation, they're no longer friends. James prepares to head off to college as she reflects on the dissolution of her friendship with Kat while, in alternating chapters, Kat thinks about being newly in love and having a future that feels wide open.
Try it if: You've experienced the heartbreak of losing a friend (haven't we all?)
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Don't read the comments
by Eric Smith
What it's about: An elite gamer who uses her rising-star status to secure sponsorships to help her struggling family and a fellow player who resists his mom’s ambitions for his future find their virtual worlds and blossoming romance challenged by gaming trolls and malicious doxing.
Read it if: You've ever felt like the downsides of engaging on the internet might just be overtaking all the positives.
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The blossom and the firefly
by Sherri L Smith
What it's about: A talented violinist in 1945 Japan spends his final eight days before a fatal kamikaze mission in the company of a young woman who has been struggling with trauma after being buried alive in a bombing raid.
Why you might like it: This is a wartime romance that will have you stressing and swooning, and it's full of details of Japanese life and culture.
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