April 2024 list by L. Buehler
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Dragonfruit
by Makiia Lucier
Forced into a life of exile, Hanalei of Tamarind is reunited with her childhood best friend Sam to find a rare dragonfruit whose magic can save his mother, the princess?—?offering Hanalei the chance to return home and right a terrible wrong.
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Komi Can't Communicate. Volume 29
by Tomohito Oda
Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi's greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool reserve. Luckily she meets Tadano, a timid wallflower who decides to step out of his comfort zone in order to help her achieve her goal of making 100 friends. Itan High is in danger! Proxy Chair Icho has accidentally placed the school on the chopping block, but the students still have one way to save their beloved institution-study camp! There's another school at the camp, though, and their star pupil is someone special from Tadano's past. How will Komi handle the scholastic and romantic competition?!
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Fate Be Changed
by Farrah Rochon
Determined to chart her own path, Merida eats a magic pastry intended for her mother and is transported back in time to when the Clans MacCameron and DunBroch were bitter enemies?—and the timing of her arrival has kept her parents from meeting.
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My Isekai Life 12: I Gained a Second Character Class and Became the Strongest Sage in the World!
by Shinkoshoto
Yuji Sano was a normal guy working a soul-sucking nine-to-five job when he suddenly found himself transported to a fantasy world where he restarted his life as a Monster Tamer. After befriending the Slimes, Yuji is quickly able to gain a second character class, ranking up his stats and learning new skills as he encounters one surprise after another. After talking with Father Steyl, Yuji realizes there might still be a chance for him to take down a Truedrake. His journey as he tries to figure out how to do so leads him to Evildominus Island, home to a precious natural fertilizer known as Mother Earth’s Tears. In order to complete his next quest, he’ll have to find the guild...which ends up being on a gigantic ship! What monsters await on the notoriously fearsome island?!
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The Ultimate Middle School Survival Guide
by Jonathan Catherman
With real-life hacks, clever illustrations, and practical advice, this survival guide will help kids navigate the do's and don'ts of middle school with confidence.
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Cancelled
by Farrah Penn
High school senior Brynn Whittaker faces a school-wide scandal when a viral video wrongly implicates her, prompting her and her friends to confront the school's misogynistic culture, while Brynn grapples with the decision to expose the true culprit.
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The Lady of Rapture
by Sarah Raughley
An African tightrope dancer who cannot die and who has no memories of her past, Iris Marlow, a Hiva destined to destroy the world, is murdered by her friends, but there's one more Hiva out there, and unlike Iris, this one has no love for humanity.
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A Whisper in the Walls
by Scott Reintgen
To exact revenge on House Brood, who stole her father's life, Ren joins forces with the dangerous, yet useful, House Tin'Vori siblings and must figure out a way to unleash them against House Brood without hurting Theo Brood, with whom she's fallen in love.
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Wrath of the Talon
by Sophie Kim
Everyone thinks the Reaper of Sunpo-eighteen-year-old assassin Shin Lina-is dead. The only ones who know the truth are her cherished little sister and Haneul Rui, the icily gorgeous Dokkaebi Emperor, who she was sent to kill...and kissed instead. Now, with the potent Imugi venom surging in her veins, Lina's returned to right all wrongs. Already her body is changing, growing stronger, stealthier, and more agile, with serpentine scales she can call at will. She is living vengeance, seeking retribution forthe massacre of the Talons. She'll become the sword who cuts down the rival Blackbloods gang, along with their ruthless crime-lord leader. And when she is through, she will take the kingdom as her own. But there is a mysterious side to Lina's growing power, a dark voice inside her that whispers and guides her as she slips through the shadows of Sunpo's streets. One that warns her not to trust the Dokkaebi, especially Rui. Because if her destiny isn't to love him...it must be to destroy him.
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Homebody
by Theo Parish
In this intimate and defiantly hopeful graphic novel memoir, the author shares their journey to find a home within themself, taking readers through the experiences and everyday moments that all led up to them finding the term“nonbinary,” which finally struck a chord.
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