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| This Book Won't Burn by Samira AhmedUpon moving from Chicago to small-town Illinois, Noor planned to keep a low profile until graduation. Instead, she risks becoming the target of racist and Islamophobic hate when she and her new friends challenge their school’s book bans. Read-alikes: Julia Walton’s On the Subject of Unmentionable Things; Xixi Tian’s This Place is Still Beautiful. |
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Thirsty : A novel
by Jas Hammonds
"Having one goal: to join a sorority that promises lifelong connections to a network of powerful women of color, 18-year-old Blake finds courage in alcohol and as pledging intensifies, so does her drinking, and she must decide how far she's willing to go to achieve her dream."
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| It Waits in the Forest by Sarah DassSelina wishes for a life outside her Caribbean island home. Still, she is compelled to investigate a string of mysterious local murders, reuniting Selina with her ex Gabriel and uncovering secrets that test her doubt in the supernatural. Read-alikes: Vanessa Montalban’s A Tall Dark Trouble; Angeline Boulley’s Firekeeper’s Daughter. |
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Boy Like Me
by Simon James Green
It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in UK schools. When a kind librarian leads Jamie to a disguised novel in the library that reflects his own confused feelings towards boys, Jamie sees that he's not the only one who has checked the book out. Will Jamie and this mystery boy have the courage to meet and if they do, what will it take to hold on to each other?
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| Kill Her Twice by Stacey LeeIn 1932, movie star Lulu Wong’s body is discovered in Los Angeles’ Chinatown. Fearing the police may not deliver justice, three Chinese American sisters endeavor to solve their friend’s murder themselves. This noir-tinged historical mystery will appeal to fans of immersive settings and twisty plots. |
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A Crane Among Wolves
by June Hur
"In 1506 Joseon (Korea), Iseul sets out to steal her sister back after she's been kidnapped by tyrant King Yeonsan and collides with Prince Daehyun, the king's half-brother, to discover that their contempt for each other is transcended only by their mutual hatred for the king."
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| Blood at the Root by LaDarrion WilliamsMalik has been suppressing his powers since his mother vanished ten years ago. But when his grandmother enrolls him in the historically Black and magical Caiman University, he can embrace his magic and find out what happened to her. Read-alikes: Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn; J. Elle’s Wings of Ebony. |
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Twelfth Knight
by Alexene Farol Follmuth
From the NYT bestselling author of 'The Atlas Six' (under the penname Olivie Blake) comes 'Twelfth Knight', a YA romantic comedy and coming of age story about taking up space in the world and learning what it means to let others in.
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Beastly Beauty
by Jennifer Donnelly
"To break the curse that has kept her trapped for years, Arabella must find a boy who loves her for her true self: a cruel task for a girl who's been told she's impossible to love, until hope arrives in the form of a handsome thief. "
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The Ballad of Darcy & Russell
by Morgan Matson
"Stranded at a bus station the day before she leaves for college, Darcy is convinced that nothing good can come of this night until she meets Russell and wonders if it's possible to fall in love in just one day, in an encounter that changes both their lives forever."
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Bite me, Royce Taslim
by Lauren Ho
"After an accident takes away her hope of winning a track scholarship, Agnes Chan enters an international stand-up comedy contest and finds herself up against her #1 archnemesis, Royce Taslim — but who will get the last laugh when romance makes the competition heat up? "
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Everything we never said
by Sloan Harlow
Guilt-ridden and grieving seventeen-year-old Ella falls for her dead best friend Hayley's boyfriend Sawyer, but when she reads Hayley's journal, she discovers Sawyer has a much darker side
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Age 16
by Rosena Fung
In 2000 Toronto, 16-year-old aspiring photographer Roz feels that certain things would be better if she were thinner and finds her life upended by the arrival of her estranged grandmother, and with three generations under one roof, relationships become frayed and long suppressed family secrets start to surface.
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Karate Prom
by Kyle Starks
"In this loving homage to‘80s teen comedies and badly dubbed Kungfu films, it's love at first knockout for Don, who must punch his way through various opponents in the name of love. Simultaneous. Illustrations. "
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Young Hag and the Witches Quest
by Isabel Greenberg
"One of the last witches in Britain according to her grandmother, Young Hag turns her back on magic when tragedy strikes, until she finds a changeling baby and, confronted with real magic at last, sets off on a life-changing quest to bring magic back to Britain "
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The Witches of Silverlake (1)
by Simon Curtis
When Elliot Green starts high school in one of LA’s most prestigious private schools, he's quickly taken in by the school’s outcasts. He soon learns they are witches, and Elliot ends up joining his new friends’ coven. During one of their magical experiments, they accidentally release a bloodthirsty demon that starts murdering their classmates and teachers. Elliot and his coven realize that the fun and games of playing with crystals and candles is over, that magic is powerful, real, and that it might be more dangerous than they’d ever imagined.
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World's Finest: Teen Titans (1)
by Mark Waid
"Spinning out of the pages of the runaway hit Batman/Superman: World's Finest comes a modern retelling of the early adventures of the original Teen Titans! Led by Robin, the Boy Wonder, a new super-team has burst onto the scene--meet the Teen Titans, DC's grooviest group filled with super-teens with super-problems. When they're not fighting alongside their Justice League mentors, they're managing their image and cultivating the rabid fan base that helps them save the world...as, all the while, a danger from the shadows intends to tear these friends apart before they ever reach the big time"
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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