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Four Eids and a funeral
by Faridah áAbâikâe-âIyâimâidâe
Returning home early for a funeral and for the summer, Said Hossain finds it hard to avoid facing his ex-best friend, Tiwa Olatunji, who pretends he doesn't exist, until they are brought together to save their Islamic center from demolition.
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| Looking for Smoke by K.A. CobellShortly after a giveaway ceremony on the Blackfeet Reservation, a girl named Samantha is found murdered. All four people in the giveaway group are suspects, and proving their innocence means spilling secrets and upending relationships. |
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| The Deep Dark by Molly Knox OstertagMagdalena’s routine involves caring for her grandmother, working at a diner, and making blood sacrifices to appease the monster in her basement. |
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| There Is A Door in This Darkness by Kristin CashoreAs if the year 2020’s widespread chaos wasn’t enough, Wilhelmina is also seeing strange visions. When she learns her friend James shares these wondrous experiences, the two unravel the magical clues and make sense of the message. This character-driven work of magical realism explores grief and healing. |
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Seasick
by Kristin Cast
While on a celebratory yacht trip to Bermuda, ex-best friends Naya and Yana, newly inducted into an exclusive society of top recent graduates, are plunged into a nightmare when a classmate is brutally murdered, and as the body count rises, they must team up to survive.
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10 things I hate about prom
by Elle Gonzalez Rose
There are more than 10 things to hate about prom, but the worst thing is when your lovable best friend wants to go with someone else.
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The immortal games
by Annaliese Avery
The Gods of Olympus randomly select humans as their tokens and then gamble with their lives. The stakes are high and survival is unlikely. 16-year-old Ara is seeking revenge on the Gods for allowing her sister to die in the games. She's determined to be selected as a token. With the odds stacked against her, it will take an unlikely hero to twist her rage into something much more complicated. Ara is playing in the games of life and death... and love.
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The ballad of Darcy & Russell
by Morgan Matson
Stranded at a bus station the day before she leaves for college, Darcy is convinced that nothing good can come of this night until she meets Russell and wonders if it's possible to fall in love in just one day.
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Thirsty : a novel
by Jas Hammonds
Having one goal: to join a sorority that promises lifelong connections to a network of powerful women of color, 18-year-old Blake finds courage in alcohol and as pledging intensifies, so does her drinking.
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Over the Boards : Lessons from the Ice
by Hayley Wickenheiser
In 'Over the Boards', the greatest womens hockey player of all time, Hayley Wickenheiser, shares the lessons that won her four Olympic gold medals, and hard-earned wisdom distilled from moments when she fell short.
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| Proud: Living My American Dream by Ibtihaj MuhammadIn this honest, straightforward memoir, Muslim American fencer and activist Ibtihaj Muhammad describes her young life and experiences as the first U.S. Olympian to compete (and medal) while wearing hijab. |
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Synchro boy
by Shannon McFerran
When Bart Lively becomes the first boy on the school's synchronized swimming team, he finds himself attracted to both his teammate Erika and a cute, mysterious boy on the diving team
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Gold medal winter
by Donna Freitas
Realizing her dream of competing in the Olympics after years of training and sacrifice, figure skater Espi is frustrated by intrusive media attention, a schedule that separates her from her friends and sophisticated teammates who doubt her abilities.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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