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President of the Anime Club: A Graphic Novel
by Stephanie Evangelista Fukuda
This manga-style YA graphic novel tells a charming tale of friends, crushes, and rivalries within a high school anime club. Perfect for fans of Fangirl: The Manga and The new Girl It's the first day of high school, and Cherie is unsure how to find her place. But then she meets Naomi, a fellow freshman and fan of Orange High School Bakery Club--Cherie's favorite anime. Naomi's warmth and confidence ignite confusing feelings in Cherie. Their duo becomes a trio when they befriend Miro, a boy in their class with an interest in learning about anime. Enter Jenny: a charismatic upperclassman and president of the school's anime club. When she invites the three friends to join, it creates tension between them. As Cherie, Naomi, and Miro deal with complicated feelings, can their special bond survive? And will their love of anime endure?
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Fight Song
by Kirk Van Brunt
A talented yet cynical Indigenous teen hockey player escapes a dangerous situation in the foster care system in this powerful and timely YA novel. It's not easy to miss Nokes Lasley, especially when she's on the ice. Towering over the competition at over six feet tall, she routinely dominates on the right wing--and her no-nonsense approach and fiery temper have helped to solidify her reputation as a hockey superstar. Despite her tenuous situation at home, she dreams of hitting the Olympics one day and proving that she can compete in the big leagues. But suddenly, Nokes's life is turned upside-down when her father is arrested for murder and she's forced to enter the foster care system. Nokes bounces from home to home, from one dangerous setting to the next . . . until she decides to escape across the border to Minnesota, where the promise of a family friend with professional hockey connections far outweighs the abuse she's experiencing in her home province of Ontario. Through careful lies, and with the help of Aiden, an attractive new friend, Nokes is able to start a new life in a new country--and, most importantly, keep playing hockey. But the past has a nasty way of catching up to her, and soon Nokes has to make a terrible choice: keep running or face her past head-on . . . and maybe even come to terms with her Indigenous heritage.
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Hawk & Sparrow
by Ayana Gray
Journalist Vesper attended the art museum’s exhibition to interview a famed inventor. Instead, she found him dead. Now she’s posing as a couple with sorcerer Maximilian, the main suspect, in order to infiltrate high society and catch the killer. This atmospheric mystery features a Victorian setting sprinkled with magic.
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The House of Gardenias
by Isabel Cañas
This is gothic storytelling with teeth: a lyrical and devastating tale of one maid caught in a spiderweb of loyalty, courage, revolution, and monsters both dead and alive. --Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The House Saphir A stunning young adult debut from gothic master Isabel Ca as, bestselling author of The Hacienda, Vampires of El Norte, and The Possession of Alba D az. Growing up in a city wracked by political violence and a home where she's more likely to receive a beating than a meal, Minerva Trevi o's cowardice has kept her alive for sixteen years. But even she has a limit. Hungry and desperate, she musters enough courage to run away and take a job as lady's maid to a wealthy widow who supports the deposed viceroy. Minerva is happy serving Encarnaci n del Valle. She has food in her belly and the safety of a warm house lit by magical chispa. Why should she care who runs the country or how her employer affords the magic? When the viceroy sweeps back into power, Minerva retreats with her gleeful employer to the family's mountainside stronghold to wait out the inevitable rebel slaughter. At la Casa de las Gardenias, Minerva faces new threats in the haughty servants and cruel, scheming del Valles.But the living residents of the house are the least of her worries. As Minerva quickly discovers, the ancient estate is home to forces far older and more bloodthirsty than anything she could have imagined.
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An Illustrated History of Magic
by Adam Allsuch Boardman
Everything you ever wanted to know about the mysterious, mystical world of magic. The latest in the series of Illustrated History books from Adam Allsuch Boardman, An Illustrated History of Magic covers everything from prehistoric ritual, magicians as entertainment and the occult, through to Wicca and new age, crystals and mail-order magic tricks.
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The Secret to Belonging
by Megan E. Freeman
Three starred reviews A neglected teen travels to Norway for a fresh start in this lush...aching (Publishers Weekly, starred review) coming-of-age novel in verse about longing, love, and the courage to create joy from the ashes of despair by award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Megan E. Freeman. You are invisible in your own family. Your parents spend all their care and attention on your brother, who is addicted to drugs. Your dreams don't matter to anyone but you. Your only ticket out is a college fund left by your grandfather--until your parents use it to pay for your brother's drug rehab. Just when your future seems about to collapse, you are offered a lifeline: a scholarship to become an exchange student in a remote part of Norway. It's an invitation to begin a new life in a new place with new people...a place where you might finally feel like you belong.
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When the World Was Happy
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Surrounded by adoring family, art, and books, siblings CheChe and Emma love their lives. Everything changes when shooters attack their El Paso high school, targeting Mexicans. This reflective, character-driven novel explores how people handle friendship, healing, and romance in the wake of catastrophe.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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