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Stream
by Aida Salazar
Two teens are sent to Mexico for the summer to unplug in this hilarious and heartwarming dual narrative, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Kwame Alexander, Adib Khorram, Erin Entrada Kelly, and Meg Medina.The dual narration slips fluidly between one consciousness and the other, a neat split-screen effect that brings alive each character's experiences inside and out. --The New York Times A powerful contemporary coming-of-age story.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Relatable and] vivid. --Booklist, starred reviewAn accessible, heartwarming story. --Publisher's WeeklyIt's finally summer--heck, yeah With eigth grade done, Elio Solis plans to lock in on his gaming and show the fellas what he's got.Celi Rivera and her bestie are headed to Hawaii to sun, skate, and search content for her channel.But those dreams end when a catfishing incident rocks their Oakland community. Suddenly, parents are nosing in posts, taking phones, and laying down lectures about screen-time safety and well-being. Suddenly, Celi and Elio find themselves sent to rural Mexico, without internet, electricity, or even running water save for a dying stream that could wipe out the whole pueblo in the coming summer rains.Helping curanderas in a healing clinic... carting sticks to rehabilitate the arroyo... turn summer dreams to misery But day by day, in nature, beauty, and community, with crushes blooming, can they find their way to each other--and slowly back to themselves?
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Honor
by Susan McClelland
When Nataliia, a teenager in Ukraine, uncovers a mysterious box of letters written during the Holocaust, she is drawn into the story of Eliezer, a Jewish boy in hiding during World War II. As Nataliia reads, past and present begin to echo each other in unexpected ways. The letters raise questions her family has never fully answered and point toward a history that feels strangely close to home. Told through dual perspectives, Honor is a true story of resilience, moral courage, and the quiet choices that shape generations. As the world once again faces conflict, Nataliia's search for understanding reveals how the past can resurface when we least expect it and why remembering matters.
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Force of Nature
by Melissa Clark
This fresh, smart, and funny young adult debut with a speculative twist asks the question: What if Mother Nature was a teenage girl?
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Shapes of Love
by L. V. Peñalba
When nineteen-year-old Sasha becomes famous for her love songs, she feels pressured to enter a fake relationship with her estranged best friend while hiding the fact that she identifies as aroace from her fans.
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| Thornbird by E. KennedyRyan Mayfair’s assumed name separates her from her father, serial killer Gabriel Thorn. She’s back in her hometown, where Thorn’s crimes loom large. As his execution draws near, the search for his victims intensifies, pulling Ryan in. Read-alikes: April Henry’s In the Blood; Sami Ellis’ Dead Girls Walking. |
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You, Me, and Infinity
by Deb Caletti
When Margaret sees Mars for the first time, it doesn't feel like love at first sight so much as future at first sight--she just knows right away that he will loom large in her life. When her job delivering pizzas brings Margaret right to Mars's doorstep, she can't deny their connection, even as the anxious voice in her head warns her about everything that could go wrong. Soon they're giving in to fate as their romance deepens over stargazing and moments under the endless night sky, where Mars shares his passionate interest in the Voyager's Golden Record--a time capsule of humanity preserved indefinitely in space. Together, they are absorbed by the unknowable questions we all face: How will we be remembered? What will we leave behind? And can anything truly be infinite? But even for someone who can't help but anticipate the worst, when the worst actually happens, Margaret is shattered. How can she move forward from tragedy when it feels like the world has stopped spinning? Somehow, she has to let go of the gravity of grief pulling her down and find her way back to the stars. But only if she can let the whole of the universe in--all the beauty and all the pain.
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Monarchs in the Wild
by Israel Moya
After witnessing the tragic death of a classmate, seventeen-year-old Cal desperately searches for a way out of his blink-and-you'll-miss-it rural town of La Sombra, California--before he, too, becomes a nobody-migrant statistic.
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Last to Leave
by Teresa Richards
Up-and-coming online streamer, Fallon, earns a coveted spot in the new murder mystery reality show SleuthIt, but when the game takes an unexpected turn, Fallon must figure out what she is willing to sacrifice in pursuit of fame and fortune-- Provided by publisher.
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