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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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Scavenge the stars
by Tara Sim
Rescuing a mysterious stranger from drowning, a vengeful captive on a debtor ship is offered a means to escape by the man she saved, only to find herself in a perilous region of old-world opulence and desperate gamblers. By the author of the Timekeeper trilogy.
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The Queen's assassin
by Melissa De la Cruz
A first entry in a planned duology finds a royal assassin and a secret magical apprentice teaming up to reclaim their land’s stolen magic from an adversarial sect only to confront dangerous lies that bring everything they believe into question. By the best-selling author of the Blue Bloods series. Simultaneous eBook.
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The King of Crows
by Libba Bray
In a conclusion to the best-selling series, the Diviners pursue Isaiah’s vision of a mysterious girl who could shift the balance in their struggle for peace, while an escaped Jericho reveals a harrowing plot by the malevolent King of Crows. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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American Ace
by Marilyn Nelson
A riveting novel in verse tells the history of the Tuskegee Airmen through the eyes of a teenage boy who realizes that he has a unique connection to them. By a three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor-winning author. Simultaneous eBook.
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The dating game
by Kiley Roache
Three college freshmen taking a tough class are forced to work together on a project and shockingly create a successful dating app, a situation that sends more problems their way
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| How (Not) to Ask a Boy to Prom by S.J. GosleeWhat it’s about: Sixteen-year-old wallflower Nolan has never kissed anyone and doesn’t care about the prom, but he caves to his sister’s pressure and agrees to find a date. His promposal, however, goes horribly wrong, leaving Nolan stuck with his former bully, Bern, as his fake boyfriend.
Why you might like it: Romantic complications pile up as the prom draws closer in this clever, angsty story packed with on-point dialogue. |
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Love, hate & other filters
by Samira Ahmed
Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents' world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever
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Always never yours
by Emily Wibberley
Between rehearsals for the school play and managing her divided family, seventeen-year-old Megan meets aspiring playwright Owen Okita, who agrees to help her attract the attention of a cute stagehand in exchange for help writing his new script
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As you wish
by Chelsea Sedoti
In Madison, a small town in the Mojave Desert, everyone gets one wish that will come true on his or her eighteenth birthday, and Eldon takes his very seriously
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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