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| The Silence Between Us by Alison GervaisWhat it’s about: After unwillingly transferring from a Deaf school to a hearing school, 17-year-old Maya has to deal with lip-reading, working with an interpreter, and stereotyped assumptions of her classmates -- including Beau, the popular guy who seems interested in her.
Why you might like it: whether Maya’s experiences feel familiar to you or offer new insights, her coming-of-age story (inspired by the author’s own) is both honest and absorbing.
Try this next: Whitney Gardner’s You’re Welcome, Universe. |
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| The Merciful Crow by Margaret OwenWhat it’s about: When a routine job takes an unexpected turn, Fie -- future chief of the Crows, Sabor’s lowly caste of undertakers and mercy-killers -- has to decide if the promise of protection for the Crows is worth the risk of a dangerous quest.
Read it for: diverse characters, pulse-pounding adventure, and an intriguing system of magic.
Series alert: This debut fantasy is the 1st in a duology. |
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| Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim WellsWhat it’s about: Maren ben Gao never wanted any trouble, but after her girlfriend Kaia is kidnapped and forced to become one of the Emperor’s prophets, Maren hatches a reckless plan to steal one of Emperor’s dragons and rescue Kaia.
For fans of: the dragon lore, politics, and diverse characters in Rachel Hartman’s Seraphina books.
Series alert: This gripping fantasy will leave you longing for the planned sequel. |
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Signs point to yes
by Sandy Hall
A superstitious fangirl is thwarted in her efforts to win the heart of her crush, who searches for his birth father in the hopes of finding a less awkward home, while the fangirl's sister fears her parents' negative response to her coming out as a bisexual. Original.
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The square root of summer
by Harriet Reuter Hapgood
When the fabric of the universe surrounding her sleepy seaside town begins to fray, 17-year-old Gottie is sent through wormholes to her past, causing her to reshape the experiences of attending her grandfather's funeral, falling in love and saying goodbye to a friend. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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What goes up
by Katie Kennedy
Teenagers Rosa and Eddie, trainees in a top-secret space exploration and research program, must thwart the aliens' Earth-destroying mission by stealing their spacecraft and traveling extra-dimensionally to an alternate Earth
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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Culpeper County Library 271 Southgate Shopping Center Culpeper, Virginia 22701 540-825-8691
www.cclva.org
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