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New Young Adult April 2021
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Victories Greater than Death
by Charlie Jane Anders
The Nebula Award-winning author of All the Birds in the Sky presents a young-adult debut that finds a brilliant alien commander’s human clone teaming up with her best friend and crewmates to protect a world that does not yet know that alien life exists.
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What Beauty There Is
by Cory Anderson
A boy living in harsh poverty during a brutal Idaho winter searches for the drug money that sent his father to prison to keep his brother out of foster care, while a teen under the control of a merciless father makes a wrenching choice to help the brothers survive.
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Thoughts & prayers : A Novel in Three Parts
by Bryan Bliss
Coping with trauma a year after a school shooting takes the lives of classmates and a teacher, three students who hid under the same staircase struggle to move on when the reporters leave and the news cycle shifts to another story. By the author of We’ll Fly Away.
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The Infinity Courts
by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Waking up in the afterlife after being murdered en route to her graduation party, Nami discovers that the world where consciousness goes after death has been taken over by a genocidal artificial-intelligence entity. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Go the Distance
by Jen Calonita
Challenged to prove her worthiness of becoming a Mount Olympus god at Hercules’ side, an unsure Meg embarks on a soul-risking mission to rescue her loathed ex’s new wife from the Underworld. By the award-winning author of the Secrets of My Hollywood Life series.
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Winterkeep
by Kristin Cashore
Queen Bitterblue of Monsea must head to the nation of Winterkeep after her envoys drown in suspicious circumstances, and somewhere there, Lovisa Cavenda waits and watches while tragedy with devastating political and personal ramification strikes.
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Chain of Iron
by Cassandra Clare
A high-suspense, romantic sequel to Chain of Gold finds Cordelia struggling with the realities of her engagement before teaming up with the Merry Thieves to stop a knife-wielding killer who is targeting Shadowhunters throughout London.
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The Sky Blues
by Robbie Couch
Organizing an over-the-top invitation to ask his crush to the prom, an openly gay high school senior is targeted by an anonymous homophobic viral e-blast, before friends encourage him to fight back by exposing his attacker.
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Take Three Girls
by Cath Crowley
A popular girl from an unhappy home, an academic whiz who dreams of studying music and a reluctant athlete in love with the wrong boy become unlikely teammates in an effort to fight back against a school cyberbully.
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A Better Bad Idea
by Laurie Devore
Evelyn Peters is desperate. Desperate for a way out of McNair Falls, the dying southern town that's held her captive since the day she was born. Desperate to protect her little sister from her mother's terrifying and abusive boyfriend. And desperate to connect with anyone, even fallen golden boy Ashton Harper, longtime boyfriend of the girl Evelyn can never stop thinking about - beautiful, volatile, tragically dead Reid Brewer.
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Find Layla : A Novel
by Meg Elison
SoCal fourteen-year-old Layla Bailey isn't used to being noticed. Then a school competition calls for a biome. Layla chooses her own home, a hostile ecosystem of indoor fungi and secret shame. With a borrowed video camera, she captures it all. When Child Protective Services comes to call, Layla loses her family and her home. Now she has to figure out how to stay whole and stand behind the truth she has shown the world.
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Wings of Ebony
by J. Elle
Taken away from her Houston neighborhood by the father she never knew in the aftermath of her mother’s murder, a Black teen arrives on a hidden island of magic, where she discovers her half-god identity and responsibility in helping protect the mortal and immortal worlds.
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Things That Grow
by Meredith Goldstein
The Boston Globe “Love Letters” columnist and author of Chemistry Lessons follows the experiences of a girl who learns about life and love while on a road trip to scatter her late grandmother’s ashes in favorite gardens.
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The Hill We Climb : An Inaugural Poem for the Country
by Amanda Gorman
On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope toviewers around the globe. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry.
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Your Corner Dark
by Desmond Hall
A teen on the brink of winning the heart of his crush and accepting a scholarship that will help him escape poverty in Jamaica is instead forced to join his uncle’s gang to pay for medical expenses in the aftermath of his father’s shooting. A first novel.
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From Darkness : A Novel
by Kate Hazel Hall
Sixteen-year-old Ari Wyndham lost her best friend in the sea. Everybody told her it was an accident, but Ari can't forgive herself. Her own life is cut short when a tiger-snake delivers a deathly bite, and a beautiful, ghostly and strangely familiar young woman appears, summoning Ari's soul to the underworld. Ari, however, refuses to go. Though she knows there will be a terrible price to pay for her transgression, the mysterious guide chooses to save Ari. Their rebellion upsets the balance of life and death in Ari's remote coastal village. A rift opens from the underworld, unleashing dark magic: savage dog packs emerge at night, fishermen catch ghostly bodies in their nets, and children go missing.
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The Girl Who Wasn't There
by Penny Joelson
Ill and housebound, fifteen-year-old Kasia Novak spends her time making up stories about the outside world--so no one believes her when she sees a mysterious girl in the window across the road.
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Hello, Cruel Heart
by Maureen Johnson
An original novel inspired by Cruella, the Disney live-action film, follows the experiences of a talented teen fashion designer whose shattered dreams lead to her life on the streets alongside amateur thieves Jasper and Horace. Movie tie-in.
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Kisses and Croissants
by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau
Attending an elite summer program in Paris in the hope of landing an audition with one of the world’s leading dance companies, a 16-year-old ballerina bonds with a charming local who introduces her to the City of Lights and its unexpected mysteries.
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A Vow So Bold and Deadly
by Brigid Kemmerer
Emberfall is torn between supporters of Rhen and Grey, who agreed not to attack for two months, while Lia Mara struggles to rule Syhl Shallow well and is beginning to question her alliance with Grey.
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Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
by Laekan Zea Kemp
An ambitious girl who fears disappointing her traditional Mexican-American parents finds her world upended by a long-held secret before she bonds with a boy who would protect his immigration status and newfound family.
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Zara Hossain is Here
by Sabina Khan
Enduring racism when her Pakistani family moves to Texas, 17-year-old Zara resolves to keep her head low while her family awaits green-card approval, before a bullying classmate vandalizes her home, leading to a crime that puts Zara’s entire future at risk.
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Between the Bliss and Me
by Lizzy Mason
Disappointing her family with college ambitions that position her closer to an impossible crush, Sydney uncovers devastating truths about her father’s genetic mental illness and related homelessness. By the author of The Art of Losing.
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The Mary Shelley Club
by Goldy Moldavsky
Struggling to fit in as a scholarship student at an elite prep school, newcomer Rachel Chavez is caught up in a prank gone wrong before attracting the attention of a secret club of students who compete with each other for the best scary pranks.
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Middletown
by Sarah Moon
Left to fend for themselves in the wake of their father’s abandonment and their mother’s enforced rehab, 13-year-old Eli and her older sister embark on a desperate effort to stay out of foster care. By the author of Sparrow.
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It's Kind of a Cheesy Love Story
by Lauren Morrill
Accepting a much-needed job from a local pizzeria where she was suddenly born 16 years earlier, Beck discovers an unanticipated sense of belonging among her less-popular co-workers before a disaster compels her to fight for the family restaurant that has become like a home.
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The Cost of Knowing
by Brittney Morris
Struggling with constant visions of the future whenever he touches an object or person, 16-year-old ice-cream shop employee Alex Rufus finds his life upended when he has a premonition about the imminent death of his brother.
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The Prison Healer
by Lynette Noni
Tasked with keeping a captured and terminally ill Rebel Queen alive long enough to survive the formidable elemental Trial by Ordeal, death prison healer Kiva Meridan receives a coded message from her family before risking her life to take the queen’s place.
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Pride and Premeditation
by Tirzah Price
A first entry in a murder-mystery trilogy inspired by three of Jane Austen’s classic novels follows the efforts of an aspiring lawyer who would prove herself to the heir of a prestigious firm. A first novel.
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The Flipside of Perfect
by Liz Reinhardt
Transitioning between straitlaced student perfectionism at her mother’s Michigan home and free-spirited wild child summers at her father’s home in Florida, a teen is challenged to reconcile the two halves of herself when a sibling and crush discover the truth.
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Where the Road Leads Us
by Robin Reul
Told in separate voices, Jack and Hallie, eighteen-year-olds facing separate crises, discover who they are meant to be while taking a spontaneous road trip together
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My Epic Spring Break (Up)
by Kristin Rockaway
Deciding to enjoy her spring break after a disappointing setback, talented coder Ashley considers relationships with a longtime crush and a childhood friend turned prankster. By the author of How to Hack a Heartbreak.
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House of Hollow
by Krystal Sutherland
Reappearing in their Scotland suburb a month after going missing, three sisters with no memory of what happened begin to transform, while strange phenomena begin occurring around them in ways that impact their coming-of-age a decade later.
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Sweet & Bitter Magic
by Adrienne Tooley
Exiled and cursed never to love, the most powerful witch in a generation steals small amounts of love from others before encountering a rare girl who offers to use her own secret magic to stop the dark witch behind a deadly plague.
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Zoe Rosenthal is Not Lawful Good
by Nancy Werlin
A straitlaced overachiever with established career and marital ambitions discovers her boyfriend’s disdain for her pop-culture fandom, before a flirtation at a fantasy convention challenges her to reevaluate her happiness. By the Edgar Award-winning author of The Killer’s Cousin.
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