In this Issue

Fiction
Graphic Novels
Nonfiction
New This Week: Teens
January 20th -  January 26th 
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Fiction
The Same Backward as Forward (Standard Edition) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Same Backward as Forward
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

A tragic love story unfolds, told in two parts, between a charismatic heir with no memories and the woman nursing him back to health who has every reason to hate him.
 
The Secret Astronomers by Jessica Walker
The Secret Astronomers
by Jessica Walker

In Green Bank, West Virginia, two teens--grieving, artistic Copernicus and Kepler, a small-town overachiever--become secret pen pals through a forgotten astronomy textbook and join forces to unravel a decades-old mystery tied to Copernicus's late mother.
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
by Mahogany L. Browne

In this poignant mixed voice, mixed form collection of interconnected prose, poems and stories, teen characters, their families, and their communities grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Graphic Novels
Fustuk: A Graphic Novel by Robert Mgrdich Apelian
Fustuk: A Graphic Novel
by Robert Mgrdich Apelian

The odd one out in a family of talented chefs, seventeen-year-old Katah and his siblings strike a deal with a powerful div to save their mother's life in exchange for a dish that rivals their late father's.
The Flip Side: A Graphic Novel by Jason Walz
The Flip Side: A Graphic Novel
by Jason Walz

After losing his best friend to cancer, grieving Theo navigates a haunting alternate reality that embodies his depression, where he faces a shapeshifting monster and teams up with a mysterious girl to survive in a world where everyone has vanished.
Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs
Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
by Alex L. Combs

Diversity in human sex and gender is not a modern phenomenon, as readers will discover through illustrated stories and records that introduce historical figures while exploring societal roles played by trans people going back to ancient times.
 
Nonfiction
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming
Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown
by Candace Fleming

A chronicle of one of American history’s most notorious cults, a book including first-person accounts follows Jim Jones from humble origins to “Jonestown” in Guyana, South America, and traces his transformation of Peoples Temple into a nefarious experiment in mind control.
 

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