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Maybe he just likes you
by Barbara Dee
A girl who receives repeated unwanted attention from the boys in her school begins doubting herself before rediscovering her voice in the mutually respectful environment of a new karate class. By the author of Star-Crossed. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The how & the why
by Cynthia Hand
A novel told from the viewpoints of an adoptee and the teen mother who gave her up 18 years earlier follows Cassandra’s search for clues about her true identity in the letters left behind by her birth mother. By the best-selling author of the Unearthly trilogy. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The liar's daughter
by Megan Cooley Peterson
Desperate to escape deprogramming after being rescued from a cult, seventeen-year-old Piper wants to rejoin her family, but the truth about that family, her past, and herself cannot be denied
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Genesis begins again
by Alicia Williams
A 13-year-old girl who is so oppressed by low self-esteem that she keeps a list of the things she hates about herself must overcome internalized racism and a verbally abusive family to learn to love herself. A first novel. 25,000 first printing.
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Revenge of the Red Club
by Kim Harrington
When middle school journalist Riley Dunne learns that an important and beloved club is being shut down, she uses the power of the pen to instigate much-needed social change
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The exact opposite of okay
by Laura Steven
Bullied with vulgar labels after being caught in a compromising position with the son of a politician, 18-year-old Izzy struggles to avoid a national scandal in the face of rumors and public opinions. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Dear Haiti, love Alaine
by Maika Moulite
Told in epistolary style through letters, articles, emails and diary entries, a debut novel by sister authors follows the experiences of a Haitian American teen who is sent to work in a Haitian nonprofit, where she learns about local culture and her family heritage. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Slay
by Brittney Morris
Hiding her identity as the developer of an elite online role-playing game, a talented teen, one of the only black students in her school, is targeted with violent racism when an in-game dispute escalates into a player’s murder. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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SUSPENSE, HORROR, SUPERNATURAL
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The Athena protocol
by Shamim Sarif
As a member of the Athena Protocol, an elite organization of female spies who enact vigilante justice around the world but are prohibited from using deadly force, Jessie Archer is forced to go rogue after breaking the rules and must fight not only a dangerous human trafficker she’s been hunting but also members of her former team who have been ordered to bring her down. Simultaneous eBook.
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One of us is next : The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying
by Karen M. McManus
A sequel to the best-selling One of Us Is Lying finds the Bayview friends targeted by an anonymous adversary who uses an increasingly dangerous truth-or-dare app to keep the late Simon’s gossip legacy alive. Simultaneous eBook.
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Where the World Ends
by Geraldine McCaughrean
An award-winning young adult novel by the best-selling author of Peter Pan in Scarlet traces the story of eight boys who participate in an annual bird-hunting expedition on a remote island only to become stranded when nobody arrives to take them home. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. Maps.
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Now Entering Addamsville
by Francesca Zappia
When Zora Novak is framed for a crime she didn’t commit, she must track down the true culprit and clear her name before it’s too late, but in a small town obsessed with ghosts, getting people to believe the truth might prove to be impossible. By the acclaimed author of Eliza and Her Monsters. Simultaneous eBook.
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The stars and the blackness between them
by Junauda Petrus
Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness
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The silence between us
by Alison Gervais
Maya has reservations about transferring to a hearing school after studying in a school for the deaf for years, but grows closer to Beau Watson, the student body president, who starts learning sign language to communicate with her
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Frankly in love
by David Yoon
High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all
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Sick kids in love
by Hannah Moskowitz
When Isabel, who has rheumatoid arthritis, meets Sasha, a boy with a chronic illness, she considers breaking her no dating rule for him
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Crying Laughing
by Lance Rubin
Fearing her comedic ambitions are beyond her reach after a disastrous stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie is invited to join her school’s improv troupe before her efforts are shaped by epically bad dates, frustrating performances and a parent’s failing health. Simultaneous eBook.
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Someday we will fly
by Rachel DeWoskin
Fleeing 1940 Poland when her mother disappears, the 15-year-old daughter of circus performers struggles to care for a dangerously malnourished sibling in Shanghai, one of the few places that accepts Jewish refugees without visas, before the war arrives at the hands of the Japanese. Simultaneous eBook.
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