| Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger; illustrated by Rovina CaiIn a modern-day U.S. infused with magic, aspiring paranormal investigator Ellie looks into her cousin's murder. Using both her know-how and her ability to wake the ghosts of animals (a power inherited from her Lipan Apache ancestors), Ellie uncovers something truly sinister. Intricate illustrations by Rovina Cai heighten the atmosphere of this suspenseful read.
You might also like: Akwaeke Emezi's Pet, another own voices fantasy that's absolutely outside the box. |
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| We Are Not Free by Traci CheeConnections change between 14 Japanese American teens in the 1940s as they and their families are forced out of their San Francisco homes and into prison camps. Told through the voices of all 14 characters (both separately and together), as well as through poetry, drawings, postcards, maps, and more. From family discord to enduring friendship, the wide variety of relationships in this story offer powerful insights into a horrific moment in U.S. history. |
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| Raybearer by Jordan IfuekoTarisai was raised by The Lady with a specific destiny: to become one of the eleven elite councilors to the Crown Prince of Aritsar, gain the Prince's trust, and assassinate him. Tarisai's love for the Prince contradicts her deadly mission, but how can she declare her true loyalty when she's bound by The Lady's magic?
Try this next: Roseanne A. Brown's A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, another lush Afrofantasy about the tension between desire and duty. |
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| Grown by Tiffany D. JacksonEnchanted Jones's singing dreams come true when R&B superstar Korey Fields takes her under his wing. As Korey's behavior becomes disturbing, Enchanted begins to fear the price of fame -- and that's before she wakes up with Korey's blood on her hands. While Grown's unflinching look at abuse and exploitation might not be for everyone, readers in search of an intense, socially aware thriller won't be able to put it down. |
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Punching the Air
by Ibi Zoboi
The award-winning author of American Street and the prison reform activist of the Exonerated Five trace the story of a young artist and poet whose prospects at a diverse art school are threatened by a racially biased system and a tragic altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood.
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National Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15 |
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Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Separated from her mother in the years following a painful ICE raid, Sia drives into the desert and lights prayerful candles on every new moon before an astonishing night when her mother emerges from a blue spacecraft that crashes in front of her car.
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Miss Meteor
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
A teen who secretly arrived with the meteor that gave her small hometown its name discovers that she is turning back into stardust and teams up with her best friend in an effort to secure her human existence by entering a local beauty pageant that has always been won by thin, blonde, white girls.
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Furia
by Yamile Saied Méndez
Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego. A powerful, #ownvoices contemporary YA for fans of The Poet X and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.
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Sanctuary
by Paola Mendoza
In 2032, when sixteen-year-old Vali's mother is detained by the Deportation Forces, Vali must flee Vermont with her little brother, Ernie, hoping to reach their Tia Luna in the sanctuary state of California.
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How to Build a Heart
by Maria Padian
Forced to endure frequent moves after the death of her soldier father, 16-year-old Izzy begins feeling at home for the first time in her life when she bonds with others at a new school in Virginia, where her family is chosen to receive a Habitat for Humanity house.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for age 14 and up!
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