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After the shot drops
by Randy Ribay
Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood
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All Out : The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages
by Saundra Mitchell
An anthology of 17 historical and diverse short stories includes contributions by such leading LGBTQ authors as Alex Sanchez, Dahlia Adler and Kody Keplinger and includes such diverse tales as a retelling of "Little Red Riding Hood" set in war-torn 1870s Mexico and a story of forbidden love in a 16th-century Spanish convent. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The beauty that remains
by Ashley Woodfolk
Bonding over a shared love a music, an artist, a twin and a writer of love songs suffer heartbreaking losses that compel them to seek solace in their musical activities and wonder how to pick up the pieces. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Belles
by Dhonielle Clayton
Born one of the revered Belles in the opulent world of Orleans, where people are naturally born gray and seek the talented Belles to transform themselves with beauty, Camellia dreams of being declared the queen's favorite before her arrival at court exposes dark and dangerous realities within the palace walls. 100,000 first printing.
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Blood water paint
by Joy McCullough
In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible
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The Book of Pearl
by Timothee De Fombelle
Trapped in a Parisian marshmallow shop on the eve of World War II, a youth who anticipates great romance in the fairy-tale homeworld from which he originates struggles to find the elements of his own story before his memory and love are lost forever. By the author of A Prince Without a Kingdom.
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Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
Coming of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, Zélie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical abilities. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Emergency contact
by Mary H. K Choi
"After a chance encounter, Penny and Sam become each other's emergency contacts and find themselves falling in love digitally, without the humiliating weirdness of having to see each other"
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Fragile like us
by Sara Barnard
Inseparable best friends Caddy and Rosie find their longtime bond tested by the arrival of newcomer Suzanne, whose determination to break free from her past is marked by an unsettling downward spiral that triggers shifting alliances and perspective changes. Simultaneous eBook.
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Genesis
by Brendan Reichs
"Min, Noah, and the sophomores of Fire Lake must fight to survive in the second phase of Project Nemesis"
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A girl like that
by Tanaz Bhathena
Labeled as a troublemaker in spite of her bright mind, 16-year-old Zarin, a teen growing up in Saudi Arabia, engages in a forbidden relationship with a Parsi boy before a tragic accident brings everything others believed about the girl into question. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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I stop somewhere
by T. E. Carter
Looking for nothing more than to stay below the radar at the beginning of high school, a bullied girl is abducted and violently raped by someone who repeatedly gets away with it, a situation that forces her to both acknowledge her own humanity and rescue herself. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Like Vanessa
by Tami Charles
It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but with a dysfunctional family (mother in jail, father withdrawn, drunken grandfather, gay cousin) the odds are against her--until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter
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Live in infamy
by Caroline Tung Richmond
It has been eighty years since the Axis won World War II, and America was divided between the victors: the Nazis in the East and Imperial Japan in the West; but now resistance is growing in the Eastern territories and sixteen-year-old Chinese American Ren Cabot, who has every reason to hate the Japanese who executed his mother, finds himself drawn into a resistance group and confronted with choices that could lead to freedom--or death
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Mapping the bones
by Jane Yolen
In Poland in the 1940s, the lives of twins Chaim and Gittel feel like a fairy tale torn apart as they must rely on each other to endure life in a ghetto and the horrors of a concentration camp where they lose everything but each other
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More than we can tell
by Brigid Kemmerer
When Rev Fletcher and Emma Blue meet, they both long to share secrets, his of being abused by his birth father, hers of her parents' failing marriage and an online troll who truly frightens her
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Not if I save you first
by Ally Carter
Six years ago Maddie lived in Washington D.C. with her father, a Secret Service agent assigned to the President's family, and her best friend was Logan, the President's son; but after her father was wounded in an attempted kidnapping the two of them moved to a remote cabin in Alaska and Logan never replied to her letters--but now he has suddenly turned up on her doorstep, and, while she has no attention of forgiving him for his silence, she soon realizes that first she has to save him from the winter wilderness and the men who are pursuing him
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The place between breaths
by Na An
Grace, sixteen, fears that she will succumb to the schizophrenia that took her mother away, while she and her father work for a genetics lab rushing to find a cure
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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Time bomb
by Joelle Charbonneau
"Six students are trapped in their school after a bomb goes off, and must fight to survive while discovering who among them is the bomber"
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The traitor's game
by Jennifer A Nielsen
Embroiled in a cruel immortal king's palace politics in spite of having spent three years in exile, the daughter of a high-ranking official is kidnapped by a group of rebels who require her to search for a lost weapon capable of destroying the throne, a plan that she endeavors to sabotage despite conflicting loyalties. By the best-selling author of the Ascendance Trilogy.
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Twelve steps to normal
by Farrah Penn
Forced to leave everything behind when her alcoholic father enters rehab, Kira prepares 12 rules for living like a "normal" kid when she and her father are reunited, a situation that tests her friendships and capacity for forgiveness. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Tyler Johnson was here
by Jay Coles
"When Marvin Johnson's twin brother, Tyler, is shot and killed by a police officer, Marvin must fight injustice to learn the true meaning of freedom"
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The way the light bends
by Cordelia Jensen
Although best friends as children, Linc and her adopted sister have drifted apart as Holly excels at school, sports, and pleasing their mother, while Linc struggles academically and yearns to be a photographer
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Zenith
by Sasha Alsberg
The all-girl crew of the starship Marauder is tested by a bounty hunter from their powerful mercenary leader's past; while across the galaxy, a ruthless tyrant waits in the shadows to exact revenge for the destruction of her people. Simultaneous eBook. 150,000 first printing.
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Batgirl. Volume 3, Mindfields
by Cameron Stewart
When a hacker breaks into her brain, stealing her secrets and creating haunting nightmares, Batgirl assembles a band of allies and friends to stop the enemy
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The Flash : Lightning Strikes Twice Volume 1, Lightning strikes twice
by Joshua Williamson
"A new storm brews over Central City and disproves the old adage about lightning never, well ... you know. Just as Barry begins to feel overwhelmed fighting crime, a new speedster debuts--but just where did this amazing new friend come from? Spinning directly out of the epic events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH, the Fastest Man Alive finds himself at the center of a DC Universe at a crossroads--and reeling from the reemergence of his protegee, Wally West"
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The Flash : Speed of Darkness Vol. 2, Speed of darkness
by Joshua Williamson
"A new storm brews over Central City and disproves the old adage about lightning never, well...you know. Just as Barry begins to feel overwhelmed fighting crime, a new speedster debuts--but just where did this amazing new friend come from? Spinning directly out of the epic events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH, the Fastest Man Alive finds himself at the center of a DC Universe at a crossroads"
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The Flash : Rogues Reloaded Vol. 3, Rogues reloaded
by Joshua Williamson
"A part of DC Universe Rebirth! In the story "Rogues Reloaded," the Flash's old foes, the Rogues, have abandoned Central City, pulled off that big score they've been after for years and are living it up in a beachside mansion. The only problem? They ripped off the wrong people--and now, some truly evil people are out for revenge. If the Rogues are going to have any chance of surviving, they'll need the help of their least favorite person alive: the Flash. From up-and-coming writer Joshua Williamson (Illuminati, Red Skull) and illustrator Carmine Di Giandomenico comes THE FLASH VOL. 3!"
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Queer, There, and Everywhere : 23 People Who Changed the World
by Sarah Prager
A LGBTQ chronicle for teens shares hip, engaging facts about 23 influential gender-ambiguous notables from the era of the Roman Empire to the present, exploring how they defied convention to promote civil rights, pursue relationships on their own terms and shape culture. A first book. Simultaneous eBook. 35,000 first printing.
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Voices in the air : poems for listeners
by Naomi Shihab Nye
A collection of almost 100 original poems written by an award-winning poet and author of the National Book Award Finalist 19 Varieties of Gazelle honors the artists, writers, poets, historical figures, ordinary people and diverse luminaries, past and present, who strengthen and motivate us to create, to open our hearts, and to live rewarding and graceful lives. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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