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Behind Five Willows
by June Hur
In this swoonworthy YA homage to Jane Austen set in historical Korea, two teens secretly waging a war against government book banning find themselves irresistibly drawn together.
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The Black Girls Left Standing
by Juliana Goodman
Sixteen-year-old Beau Willet has dreams of being an artist and one day leaving the Chicago projects she's grown up in. But after her older sister, Katia, is killed by an off-duty police officer, Beau knows she has to clear her sister's name by finding the only witness to the murder; Katia's no-good boyfriend, Jordan, who has gone missing. If she doesn't find him and tell the world what really happened, Katia's death will be ignored, like the deaths of so many other Black women who are wrongfully killed. With the help of her friend, Sonnet, Beau sets up a Twitter account to gather anonymous tips. But the more that Beau finds out about her sister's death, the more danger she finds herself in. And with a new relationship developing with her childhood friend, Champion, and the struggle to keep her family together, Beau is soon in way over her head. How much is she willing to risk to clear her sister's name and make sure she's not forgotten?
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Being Aro: A Collection of Aromantic Fiction about Love, Connection, and Empowerment
by Madeline Dyer
These twelve stories showcase aromantic people breaking generational curses, finding acceptance, and protecting the vulnerable while highlighting the infinite ways people find connection and love without romance. A high school matchmaker learns a lesson about love. A rebellious spaceship pilot defies his culture's compulsory coupling. A boy magically transforms banned romance novels into living dragons. A teen immune to romance, and the zombie virus, fights to survive the apocalypse. Being Aro is full of stories throughout real and imagined worlds that cross genres and disrupt the status quo.
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Body Count
by Codie Crowley
Seven years ago, Sundae Valentine made a deal with a monster she met at the bottom of a motel pool. She didn't know the wishes he offered had a price--or that the third wish, the one she still hasn't made, will cost her life. Back then, she barely escaped Wildwood alive. Now, the cheerleaders and football players are headed to the Jersey Shore for prom weekend--leaving Sundae no choice but to return to the scene of her sun-bleached nightmares. Sundae tries to forget, throwing herself into the rides on the pier, the tequila-fueled dance parties, and the guitar-strumming girl she can't quite look away from. She hopes the beast has forgotten, too. But there are eyes like silver coins watching from the shadows, and teeth like a rusty saw glinting in the light of the boardwalk. Because Sundae still owes a debt. And whatever it takes, whoever he has to kill, this time the monster's determined to collect.
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Calypso's Odyssey: A Star-Crossed Lovers Slow-Burn Summer Romance in This Odyssey Tale Reimagined
by Anna Ellison
Callie Quinn has never left Catalina Island. Her world is a crumbling cliffside inn, a father who's more prison guard than parent, and a curse she believes she's doomed to repeat: every summer brings a boy, a spark--and then a goodbye. Until one summer everything changes. A storm. A shipwreck. A boy washed ashore. Odie is secretive, wounded, and desperate to disappear. Callie offers him shelter, a place to heal, and slowly, something more. But Odie is no ordinary castaway. He carries secrets that could destroy them both. On Catalina, Callie shows him another way to live. A life of freedom and belonging. An everlasting life where he could be anyone--even himself. But when Odie's world crashes back into their paradise, both Odysseus and Calypso must make impossible choices: one between legacy and love. The other, between holding on and setting herself free. Inspired by the tale of Odysseus and Calypso from Homer's The Odyssey, this fresh retelling gives star-crossed lovers a chance to defy fate. Full of longing, first love, and impossible choices, it's a story where, at last, they find their happily ever after.
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City of the Beasts
by Isabel Allende
When Alexander Cold has the chance to join his fearless journalist grandmother on an expedition to the dangerous, remote world of the Amazon, he's not sure it's the best idea. Especially when their mission from the International Geographic is to document the legendary Yeti of the Amazon known as the Beast. But under the dense canopy of the jungle, Alexander is amazed to discover much more than he ever could have imagined about the hidden worlds of the rainforest. Drawing on the strength of the jaguar, the totemic animal Alexander finds within himself, and the eagle, his new friend Nadia's spirit guide, both young people are led by the invisible People of the Mist on a thrilling and unforgettable journey. What they discover just might change their world forever.
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The Cove
by Claire Rose
Seventeen-year-old Lindsay Weinberg has just gotten kicked out of another prep school, and has consequently found herself shipped to her Uncle Levi's farm in the cold, isolated town of Marbury, Maine. When Lindsay arrives at a big, old farmhouse miles from civilization, she is greeted by her uncle's new wife, a goy with a little too much Jesus decor for Lindsay's taste--with Uncle Levi mysteriously away on a business trip. Not only that, but Lindsay isn't the only teen staying there. In fact, there is a small group of teens going through some kind of reform program. Up at dawn. Manual labor all day. No phones, computers or tablets. Things start to feel hopeless until Lindsay meets the twins, Phin and Cass. They live on an island off the Peninsula's coast--and they have internet. Lindsay convinces the others at Haven House to sneak out for a party on the island, and the night is incredible. At least...what they can remember of it. All of them wake up in their beds with sea-shell mementos, no memory of how they got home, and wicked hangovers. All of them except one. And as the disappearances and mysteries pile up, Lindsay and the others realize that they have become involved in a terrifying fight to survive, before the Cove claims them all.
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Echostar Is Always Listening
by Melinda Salisbury
Ruby and her best friend Deva have won free places at the Ash Tree Foundation Performing Arts Camp over the summer. There's just one problem: they won't be able to attend unless their grades seriously improve. When Deva suddenly starts getting high marks in all their subjects, a confused and hurt Ruby feels left behind. Then she finds out Deva's success is due to EchoStar, a new app that's helping her get ahead. Ruby is desperate to start using it too, but there is much more to EchoStar than she has imagined. Because EchoStar is always watching and listening.
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The Electric Life of Lavender Lewis
by Kara Storti
In this contemporary romance full of magic and hope, a grieving teen with severe epilepsy scours New England for answers about her mystifying connection with a stranger.
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Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore
by Diana Peterfreund
For as long as she can remember, sixteen-year-old Ellen Poe's family has claimed to be long-lost descendants of Edgar Allan Poe. But when she moves in with her aunt in a Poe-themed B&B, the nightmares that have always haunted her begin bleeding into Ellen's waking hours. When she stumbles upon a journal in the house, none other than Edgar Allan Poe himself begins visiting her. Has the journal somehow released his ghost? And what does he want with Ellen? Through secret messages in his writings, she learns that the two share the same psychic ability to interact with spirits--which is what ultimately drove him mad. This thrilling series for young adult readers follows Ellen on her quest to learn more about her abilities, the afterlife, and the clues Poe has left for her (ciphers and cryptograms galore), in an effort to not suffer his same fate.
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Estela, Undrowning
by René Peña-Govea
Seventeen-year-old Estela grapples with racial tensions after placing second to a non-Latino student in a Latinâe poetry contest, all while battling anxiety over her family's looming eviction.
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Every Exquisite Thing
by Laura Steven
Hoping to follow in her supermodel mothers footsteps, eighteen-year-old Penny attends the elite Dorian Drama School, where she seizes the chance to gain immortal beauty through a mysterious artists portrait, but when her mentor is murdered and students begin to die, she must uncover the deadly secret behind the paintings before she becomes the next victim.
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An Expanse of Blue
by Kauakanilehua Mahoe Adams
Aouli Elizabeth Smith is adrift: unheard at home and an unbeliever at church, fighting her sister and losing her best friend. Overflowing with feeling, she pours her secrets and herself into her song journal when the world threatens to sweep her away. The one place she feels tied down to earth is at her Aunty Ehu's house. Those joyous Saturdays with her extended Native Hawaiian community living in Western Washington are precious to her. Under the maple trees, the fragments of her life fit together, if only for an afternoon. Then, an unspeakable truth about her father shatters this one perfect corner of her life. As Aouli's world constricts around what others wish she could be, language fails her. But when a new boy, Nalu, turns up with eyes that seem to pierce right into her soul, maybe it's love that can give her the words to set herself free.
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365 Days to the Wedding Vol. 11
by Tamiki Wakaki
Honjouji Rika and Oohara Takuya have been through a lot together in the past year. From their colluding to avoid getting transferred to Siberia to their struggles over what kind of marriage suits them best. All that's left is for Rika to finally have a heart-to-heart with her evasive mother. Meanwhile, the couple's coworkers have been invited to the quiet countryside wedding and have their own plans to make it a day to remember. It's not an ending--it's a new beginning.
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Akira Failing in Love, Vol. 1
by Shinta Harekawa
Akira returns to the countryside for high school with a foolproof scheme to win the heart of her childhood crush, Hajime. Too bad they're both fools in love. Highlights of Akira's carefully orchestrated strategy to court Hajime include covering his eyes with her hands, tricking him into saying her name, and making his heart race. But she might have better luck impressing him with her academic and athletic prowess. Or not. Because he's too dense to figure out she likes him. And she's too dense to figure out he likes her back
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Defying China: A Memoir
by Tsultrim Dolma
Tsultrim Dolma, born in a tiny village in the stunning mountains of eastern Tibet, always knew there had to be more than the life expected of her: More than no education, because her family was poor. More than being married off at a young age, because she was a girl. More than barely getting by under oppressive Chinese occupation, because she was Tibetan. When she was sixteen, Tsultrim found more, joining protests for the Tibetan independence movement, the call for her beloved country's liberation from the People's Republic of China. Shortly after, she was arrested and sent to Gutsa Detention Center, notorious for its brutal torture of political prisoners like Tsultrim. This young adult memoir follows Tsultrim's courageous coming of age through her time at Gutsa, being heavily surveilled by the government after her release, and, ultimately, her escape to the U.S. It also underscores the bravery it takes to speak up, and the power to be found in sharing one's story.
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101 Lessons from the Dugout: What Baseball and Softball Can Teach Us about the Game of Life
by Harley A. Rotbart
Every pitch, hit, and play on the baseball and softball field is its own life lesson. From homework and humility to good judgment and self-discipline, this book connects baseball to real-world challenges and life skills, giving teenagers a new way of looking at the game of life and setting them up for success no matter what comes their way.
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Design Your Own Manga & Anime Characters
by Shashwati Vahadane
In Design Your Own Manga & Animé Characters, acclaimed artist Sasha Vahadane will provide you with a complete roadmap for creating your own original characters from scratch. Filled with step-by-step demonstrations, expert guidance and advice and tips and tricks, this book will teach you everything you need to bring your unique characters to life.
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Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice: A Teen Girl's Guide to Unlearning the Rules
by Meredith Walker
As the co-founder of Smart Girls, Meredith Walker has spent years making ideas feel real, relevant, and approachable to young people. Now she's written a whole guide devoted to helping teen girls discover who they are, feel their feelings, develop their confidence--and figure out what to do next. Compact, insightful, and full of warm wisdom, Be Yourself and Other Bad Advice is the perfect book for any reader letting go of the old rules to create a life that's truly their own.
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