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New Books --Check them Out!
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The reappearance of Rachel Price
by Holly Jackson
When her mother, who disappeared 16 years before, reappears while a true crime documentary about her case is being filmed, 18-year-old Bel, not buying her mom's unbelievable story about what happened to her, must uncover the real reason Rachel Price is back from the dead.
Also available on Libby and CloudLibrary.
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The breakup lists
by Adib Khorram
Keeping his romantic exploits limited to the breakup lists he makes for his sister, which chronicle every flaw of her various exes, Jackson wonders why the idea of eventually writing a breakup list feels so impossible when his sister sets her sights on Liam.
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Hearts still beating
by Brooke Archer
Mostly dead and placed in an experimental resettlement program, 17-year-old Mara is sent to live with the best friend she hasn't seen since the world ended, and as the girls struggle with their pasts and the people they've become, they must lean on each other to survive.
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Draw down the moon
by P. C. Cast
Manifesting magical powers on her 18th birthday, Wren Nightingale is sent to the mystical Academia de la Luna where she is thrown into the school's grueling trials with a boy from her childhood, and together they navigate a web of secrets, prophecies and murder to survive.
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Fate be changed : a twisted tale
by Farrah Rochon
Determined to chart her own path, Merida eats a magic pastry intended for her mother and is transported back in time to when the Clans MacCameron and DunBroch were bitter enemies—and the timing of her arrival has kept her parents from meeting.
Also available on CloudLibrary.
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Your blood, my bones
by Kelly Andrew
During the final walkthrough of her family's farmhouse that she's just inherited before she burns it to the ground, Wyatt discovers Peter, a childhood friend, strung up in chains and left for dead and learns he is cursed—and the only way to break free is to kill Wyatt.
Also available on CloudLibrary.
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The misdirection of fault lines
by Anna Gracia
During one week at the elite Bastille Invitational tennis tournament, three teen girls—Alice, on her own for the first time; Violetta, a social medial influencer and coach's pet; and Leylah, ready for a life of professional tennis—compete for a shot at their dreams.
Also available on CloudLibrary.
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The Black girl survives in this one : horror stories
by Desiree S. Evans
Featuring contributions from best-selling and acclaimed authors including Monica Brashears, Vincent Tirado and Daka Hermon, this thought-provoking collection of 15 terrifying tales centers around Black girls who are heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits and face down death.
Also available on CloudLibrary.
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Something kindred
by Ciera Burch
Forced to spend the summer before senior year in Coldwater, Maryland, where her estranged and dying grandmother lives, Jericka makes a chilling discovery that causes her to question everything she thought she knew about her mother, her childhood, and the lines between the living and the dead.
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Breathing underwater
by Abbey Lee Nash
Seventeen-year-old competitive swimmer Tess Cooper grapples with the upheaval of her carefully planned future following an epilepsy diagnosis, and works to get back in the pool despite her doctor's advice or her distracting feelings for the new guy.
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The boy lost in the maze
by Joseph Coelho
Blending the ancient myth of Theseus with the quest of a modern-day teen searching for his father, this unputdownable novel-in-verse follows 17-year-old Theo as he realizes he must be resourceful and strong like his mythical hero after he is tricked and double-crossed by a search-agency scam artist and a depraved lawyer.
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We are mayhem
by Beck Rourke-Mooney
Seventeen-year-old Birdie must overcome her desire to blend in so she can help new friend Abigail Rose take her family's amateur wrestling promotion in a new, more feminist direction
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Radio silence
by Alice Oseman
Finally able to be herself with Aled, the shy genius behind her favorite podcast, overachiever Frances finds their trust broken when Aled's podcast goes viral, forcing her to finally live her truth by speaking up, not staying silent.
Also available on Libby.
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Every time you hear that song
by Jenna Voris
Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel... Now Decklee's televised funeral marks the unveiling of her long-awaited time capsule. But when it's revealed to be empty, a trail of scavenger-hunt clues unfolds, leading to a whopping cash prize for whoever finds the real capsule. Darren knows there's a story there-and she's going to be the one to break it. Told in alternating perspectives, Every Time You Hear That Song is a queer coming-of-age story celebrating country music, complicated women, and living authentically. There's more to Decklee's story than Darren ever could have guessed, but the real story she has to tell is her own.
Also available on CloudLibrary.
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Skater boy
by Anthony Nerada
Stonebridge High's resident bad boy, Wesley 'Big Mac' Mackenzie, is failing senior year--thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding...So when his mom drags him to a production of The Nutcracker, Wes isn't interested at all...until he sees Tristan Monroe...Wes realizes that being himself means taking a stand---and blowing up the bad-boy reputation he never wanted in the first place.
Also available on CloudLibrary.
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Most ardently : a Pride & prejudice remix
by Gabe Cole Novoa
While exploring the city dressed as a young gentleman in 1812 London, trans boy Oliver meets and falls in love with Darcy, forcing him to choose between a life of pretending to be something he's not or risking everything for a life that is truly his own.
Also available on Libby.
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The absinthe underground
by Jamie Pacton
In the Belle Epoque city of Severon, Sybil Clarion and Esme Rimbaud, best friends with a secret crush on each other, find themselves drawn into a risky heist proposition from a mysterious Green Faerie named Maeve, which could offer financial security but may endanger their carefully constructed lives.
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This delicious death
by Kayla Cottingham
Ex-zombies living in Southern California, four best friends attend a musical festival in the desert, as a last hurrah before graduation, where they soon discover someone is drugging ghouls and reawakening their hunger for flesh and must work together to stop the carnage.
Also available on Hoopla.
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The Minus-One Club
by Kekla Magoon
Joining a secret group called the “Minus-One Club,” whose members have all suffered the tragic loss of someone they loved, 15-year-old Kermit finds his crush Matt's headstrong approach to life helping to relieve his constant despair.
Also available on Libby.
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Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues
by H. S. Valley
Tim Te Maro and Elliott Parker - classmates at Fox Glacier High School for the Magically Adept - have never gotten along. But when they both get dumped the day before the big egg-baby assignment, they reluctantly decide to ditch their exes and work together. Soon, a no-strings-attached hook-up seems like a good idea. Just for the duration of the assignment. After all, they don't have feelings for each other ...so what could possibly go wrong?
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Who we are in real life
by Victoria Koops
Becoming friends with new girl Darcy, a fellow gamer, Art must find the courage to take a stand against his influential and conservative father who is trying to stop Darcy and her friends from starting a queer-straight alliance at school.
Also available on Hoopla.
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Breakup, makeup
by Stacey Anthony
Eli Peterson, a self-taught makeup artist, juggles their makeup brushes and complicated feelings for their ex, Zach, as they both compete in a cosplay competition to win a scholarship to a prestigious special effects school.
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Riley Weaver needs a date to the Gaybutante Ball
by Jason June
Femme, gay podcaster Riley Weaver, a member of the Gaybutante Society, makes a bet with his femmephobic classmate that he can find a masc date for the annual Gaybutante Ball and documents his search in a brand-new podcast.
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