| 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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| 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. Read-alikes: Angeline Boulley's Warrior Girl Unearthed; Jenny Ferguson's Those Pink Mountain Nights. |
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| Moonstorm by Yoon Ha LeeAlthough an Imperial attack left Hwajin orphaned, she wants to pilot the giant humanoid robots that destroyed her home. Can she adopt the empire’s required conformity, or will her rebel upbringing prevail? This thrilling space opera will draw fans of action-packed space battles and sharp social commentary. |
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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. The romance blossoming between Magdalena and her childhood friend Nessa makes Magdalena’s deadly secret increasingly hard to keep. Read-alikes: Bones Leopard’s Save Yourself!. |
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| Louder Than Words by Ashley Woodfolk and Lexi UnderwoodJordyn is starting fresh at Edgewood High after being expelled from the elite Hartwell Academy. When the gossipy Tomcat Tea podcast targets her, she takes on the anonymous bullies behind it and proves to herself that she has changed for the better. Read-alikes: Dhonielle Clayton’s The Rumor Game; Joya Goffney’s Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry. |
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Proud : living my American dream
by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Shares the life story of the Olympic fencer, including how she overcame feeling out of place in her sport and how she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics wearing a hijab
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Inaugural ballers : the true story of the first U.S. Women's Olympic basketball team
by Andrew Maraniss
Twenty years before women's soccer became an Olympic sport and two decades before the formation of the WNBA, the '76 US women's basketball team laid the foundation for the incredible rise of women's sports in America at the youth, collegiate, Olympic, and professional levels. Though they were unknowns from small schools such as Delta State, the University of Tennessee at Martin and John F. Kennedy College of Wahoo, Nebraska, at the time of the '76 Olympics, the American team included a roster of players who would go on to become some of the most legendary figures in the history of basketball. From Pat Head, Nancy Lieberman, Ann Meyers, Lusia Harris, coach Billie Moore, and beyond--these women took on the world and proved everyone wrong. Packed with black-and-white photos and thoroughly researched details about the beginnings of US women's basketball, Inaugural Ballers is the fascinating story of the women who paved the way for girls everywhere
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