| Call of the Dragon by Natasha BowenWhen the corrupt king of Kwa offends the dragon gods, they revoke their blessings, allowing malicious shadow spirits to threaten the land. Now Moremi, her crush Nox, and her bully Zaye must locate the gods and reestablish their protection. This fast-paced Afrofantasy explores the role of the “chosen one.”
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| The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay by Ryan DouglassNick Carrington III flees Tulsa, Oklahoma after the 1921 massacre, landing at New York’s West Egg Academy. There he meets Jay, and their blossoming relationship challenges Nick’s entire worldview. This richly detailed spin on The Great Gatsby uses the Harlem Renaissance as a backdrop for its thought-provoking examination of prejudice.
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| I Don't Wish You Well by Jumata EmillFour years ago, four football stars were slain by a masked assailant in Pryce’s hometown. When Pryce investigates the crime for a podcast, he discovers that the true killer might still be at large. Read-alikes: Mindy McGinnis’ A Long Stretch of Bad Days; Kacen Callender’s We Are Villains.
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| Few Blue Skies by Carolina IxtaMegacorporation Selva is allegedly responsible for the air pollution that's making Paloma’s father ill. When Paloma’s ex-boyfriend Julio unexpectedly invites her to collaborate on a research project about the pollution, her rekindling feelings throw her life into even more upheaval. This issue-oriented novel invites readers to deeply examine their own morals.
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Love Me Tomorrow
by Emiko Jean
Seventeen-year-old Emma Nakamura-Thatcher doesn’t believe in love, not after her parents’ bitter divorce. So when she attends the festival of Tanabata, her wish is simple: proof that love is real and can last. Emma starts receiving letters from her true love in the future and attempts to uncover the identity of the sender in the past. She discovers that love is more than real—it’s the most powerful force in the universe.
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Red Star Rebels
by Amie Kaufman
It's 2067, and the Graves family has transformed Mars from a lifeless rock into a chaotic patch of settlements. You can buy a one-way ticket to a new life--if you're rich. Enter Hunter Graves, the handsome, ambitious grandson of the man who settled Mars. With spectacularly bad timing, Hunter arrives at the United Nations base just as an emergency evacuation sends everyone scurrying for safety. Except he's left behind. Also stranded: Cleo, a sharp-tonged stowaway with no intention of dying today, and even less patience for overconfident trust fund boys. But the enemy of your enemy might just help you survive, so here we are. It turns out the evacuation is just a cover for the mercenaries who come next, and the plan to blow up the base--and every trace of their crime--in eight hours. The clock is ticking.
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| Queen of Faces by Petra LordIn Caimor, a person’s consciousness can be transferred into a fabricated body, effectively evading death. When Annabelle is caught trying to steal a body for herself, she must choose between dying and becoming an assassin for people trying to quash rebellion. |
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Run Home: A Graphic Memoir
by Alyssa Bermudez
It's 2002, and 14-year-old Alyssa is a freshman at a new high school where she knows NO ONE and the uniforms are hideous! What a disaster... Even worse? Her parents are forcing her to join the cross-country team. No one needs to run, or sweat, this much! Over time though, Alyssa actually starts to like running. She's getting better with practice, and some of the girls on the team are really nice. Alyssa begins to find a steady rhythm with high school, cross country, and her new stepfamily. But Alyssa's dad is sick, and she doesn't know what to do. When the worst thing imaginable happens, Alyssa will need to count on her friends, family, and herself to keep running forward.
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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.
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Friedel and Gina: A True Story of Sisterhood and Survival During the Holocaust
by Jeremy Dronfield
Through trials and tribulations, hardships and disasters, the bond between twin sisters Friedel and Gina Rosenthal was unshakable. They were only nine years old when the Nazis came into power in Germany. When the girls were fourteen, they, along with their family, were deported to a refugee camp in Poland. After the Nazis invaded Poland, the family suffered even more heartache...and Friedel and Gina soon found themselves alone. Through the atrocities that followed - the ghetto and the concentration camps - they helped each other stay alive. They grieved their losses and learned to survive together.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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