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Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters
by Miriam Zoila Pérez
With so many new experiences, Cuban American Camila Núñez's anxiety is off the charts. So when Camila's best friend gives her a tarot card reading for her 16th birthday, she believes it when the cards predict terrible things to come. As the year unfolds, the cards seem to be spot-on--in the worst way. Whether she's ready or not, Camila must deal with all the ways her fear about the future is ruining her life and learn to find peace amidst it all.
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| Coldwire by Chloe GongNileCorp’s virtual reality service is the alternative to a harrowing world of extreme weather and disease. Eirale and Lia, soldiers in NileCorp’s military, risk it all to expose injustice in their worlds, real and virtual. Fans of Marie Lu's Warcross and Marissa Meyer's Renegades will enjoy this action-packed cyberpunk trilogy opener.
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| The House Saphir by Marissa MeyerArmand hires Mallory, who can talk to ghosts, to exorcise his ancestral estate. Mallory plans to swindle him out of his money. Instead she finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation--and Armand is a suspect. This creepy novel is a witty retelling of the Bluebeard myth.
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If We Survive This
by Racquel Marie
A global outbreak of a rabies mutation has struck, creating zombie-like creatures. Flora Braddock Paz and her brother journey to a secluded cabin in Northern California in search of safety. There they confront familiar faces, hidden truths, painful memories, and the inescapable presence of death.
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| A Time Traveler's History of Tomorrow by Kendall KulperAt the 1934 Chicago World’s Fair, Genevieve and Ash misuse their scientific powers and accidentally travel to 1893. If they return to their own time, will it be the same? This inventive romp is a standalone story with companion novels Murder for the Modern Girl and A Starlet’s Secret to a Sensational Afterlife.
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| All the Noise at Once by DeAndra DavisStar quarterback Brandon is happy to have his autistic brother Aiden on the football team. When a post-game fight results in Brandon’s unjust arrest, it’s up to Aiden to prove his older brother’s innocence. Read-alikes: Sonora Reyes’ The Luis Ortega Survival Club; Christina Hammonds Reed’s The Black Kids.
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| First Love Language by Stefany ValentineAlthough Catie loves her adoptive mother, she is curious about her biological mother’s Taiwanese culture. Given the chance to learn Mandarin from her coworker Toby, she happily provides him with dating advice, despite her own inexperience. This sweet, thoughtful romance delves into the complexities of transracial adoption.
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| Honeysuckle and Bone by Trisha TobiasDespite Carina’s mother forbidding travel to her home island of Jamaica, Carina takes a temporary job there nannying for a wealthy family. As strange things start happening in the house, Carina fears a tormented spirit may be after her. Read-alikes: Kyrie McCauley’s All the Dead Lie Down; Trang Thanh Tran’s She Is a Haunting.
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| A Language of Dragons by S.F. WilliamsonAfter accidentally fanning the flames between the government and the rebels, Vivian makes a bargain. She’ll exchange her knowledge of dragon languages for her parents’ freedom. This gripping historical fantasy, set in an alternate London in 1932, reimagines the dilemmas code breakers faced during World War II.
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| Salvación by Sandra ProudmanThe magical sal negra Lola’s mother uses to cure maladies draws travelers to their home--and attracts threats. That’s why Lola adopts the guise of Salvación, a masked vigilante protecting her people from colonizers and deadly magic. This swashbuckling tale takes inspiration from the character Zorro.
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