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| Be Dazzled by Ryan La SalaWhat it's about: Geeky perfectionist crafter Raffy has his sights set on winning this year's Controverse cosplay championship. Not only because it could offer a way into art school, but also because it might help him get over his ex-turned-competitor, Luca.
Reviewers say: "a sequin-filled romance that’s also a love letter to the craft and creativity of cosplay" (Publishers Weekly).
You might also like: Cecil Castelluci's Don't Cosplay with My Heart, another pop culture savvy story about relationships, fandom, and creation. |
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| One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza MouliteWhat it's about: After activist and up-and-coming YouTuber Kezi dies as a result of police violence, her shattered sisters join her best friend and her secret girlfriend on a road trip that Kezi planned using a vintage copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Read it for: multiple perspectives on family, loss, connection, and so-called respectability.
Try this next: For another own voices journey through grief and sisterhood, try Elizabeth Acevedo's Clap When You Land. |
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| Influence by Sara Shepard and Lilia BuckinghamFeaturing: viral video star Delilah, ambitious YouTuber Fiona, former child actress Jasmine, and Instagram celebrity Scarlet.
What happens: A murder only complicates the swirling rumors, fierce competition, and shocking betrayals the girls face online and in person.
About the authors: In this gossipy mystery, Pretty Little Liars author Sara Shepard teams up with 17-year-old internet personality Lilia Buckingham to take readers inside the merciless world of influencers. |
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| Concrete Rose by Angie ThomasWhat it's about: As the son of one of Garden Heights' most notorious King Lords, Maverick Carter has a legacy to uphold. But when he's hit by fresh tragedy and unexpected fatherhood, Maverick has to decide what kind of man he wants to be.
Book buzz: Set in the 1990s, this prequel to the mega-popular The Hate U Give is bound to make a splash.
On the hold list? Try books by Coe Booth or Tupac Shakur (author Angie Thomas' inspiration) while you wait. |
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| The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene GooStarring: troublemaker Clara Shin, who thinks everything's a joke.
What happens: Forced to spend the summer working in her dad's Korean Brazilian food truck alongside her overachieving nemesis, Rose, Clara finds unexpected friendship, as well as hesitant romance with a super-sincere guy named Hamlet. Maybe some things are worth taking seriously?
You might also like: Julie Murphy's Puddin', another funny, angsty, and ultimately upbeat story about bonding with a former enemy. |
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Tweet Cute
by Emma Lord
A reimagining of You’ve Got Mail follows the unlikely romance between an overachiever from a successful family and the class clown, who exchange snarky tweets that escalate into a viral Twitter war.
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Late to the Party
by Kelly Quindlen
Preferring to hang out with her best friends rather than pursue relationships, a gay teen finds her perspectives changed by an unexpected secret relationship with a beautiful senior who may or may not also like girls.
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The Mall
by Megan McCafferty
Taking a job in the pop-culture-infused retail and food court environment of a New Jersey mall during the summer of 1991, Cassie Worthy begins questioning her well-laid plans to join her boyfriend at college in New York City amid new friendships and personal discoveries.
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My Eyes are Up Here
by Laura Zimmermann
Desperately avoiding contact and wearing baggy clothes when she begins to be objectified for her large breasts, a math-minded teen finds unexpected community on the volleyball team before making a friend with a school newcomer who seems to care more about her mind.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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