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Up in Smoke
by Nick Brooks
After Cooper King is pressured by big brother figure Jason to go on a looting spree during a local march, the unthinkable happens: gunshots ring in the air and someone ends up dead. After Cooper flees, the news shows four teens in ski masks near the scene of the murder—Cooper and his friends. Cooper fears the cops will come knocking at his door, and the pressure only mounts when a suspect is taken into custody: Jason. Monique, Jason's sister and Cooper's longtime crush, is willing to go any length to clear her brother's name. When she teams up with Cooper, they fall down the investigation rabbit hole and start to fall for each other. But little does Monique know that within this web of deception, Cooper is shrouding the truth that he was there when the shots went off. If the pair fail to uncover the real murderer, Jason will get locked up for a crime he didn't commit—and drag down Cooper with him.
5/6/2025
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This Thing of Ours
by Frederick Joseph
After an injury ends Ossie Brown’s basketball career, Brown, a Black teen who doesn’t come from wealth or privilege, navigates his new place in his predominately white school, discovering the power of words and of finding his true voice.
5/6/2025
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Snowglobe 2
by So-young Pak
17-year-old Chobahm's discovery of the truth behind the Yibonn Media group sets off a chain of events that exposes dark secrets and raises the temperature, and when she is framed for murder, she must fight to clear her name with the help of Bonwhe, the disgraced Yibonn heir.
Snowglobe Duology, Book 2
5/6/2025
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The Survivor Wants to Die at the End
by Adam Silvera
Paz Dario stays up every night, waiting for the Death-Cast call that would mean he doesn’t have to keep faking his way through this lonely life. After a devastating day, Paz decides he’s done waiting around for Death-Cast. If they say he’s not dying, he’ll just have to prove them wrong. But right before Paz can die, a boy saves his life. Alano Rosa is heir to the Death-Cast empire that encourages everyone to live their best lives, but he doesn’t feel in control of his own existence thanks to his father. And with a violent organization called the Death Guard threatening Alano, his End Day might be closer than he thinks. Fate brings Paz and Alano together, but it’s now up to the boys to survive the tragic trials ahead so no one dies at the end.
Death-Cast, Book 3
5/6/2025
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Audre & Bash Are Just Friends
by Tia Williams
It’s the last day of school at Cheshire Prep, Brooklyn’s elite academy—and Audre Mercy-Moore’s life is a mess. Her dad cancelled her annual summer visit to his Malibu beach house. Now? She’s stuck in a claustrophobic apartment with her mom, stepdad, and one-year-old sister (aka the Goblin Baby). Under these conditions, she’ll never finish writing her self-help book—i.e., the key to winning over Stanford’s admissions board. Cut to Bash Henry! Audre hires him to be her “fun consultant.” His job? To help her complete the Experience Challenge—her list of five wild dares designed to give her juicy book material. She’ll get inspo; he’ll get paid. Everybody wins. He isn’t boyfriend material. And she’s not looking for one. Can they stay professional despite their obvious connection?
5/6/2025
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Home Has No Borders
by Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra (Eds.)
This contemporary fiction teen anthology features stories by best-selling South Asian authors about family dynamics, crushes, heartbreaks and more, exploring race, class, culture, language and the idea of home as a place and a feeling.
5/13/2025
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Shampoo Unicorn
by Sawyer Lovett
In the small town of Canon, West Virginia, most people care about three things: God, country, and football. Brian is more into Drag Race, Dolly Parton, and his gig as one of the mystery hosts of his podcast, Shampoo Unicorn. Greg’s life should be perfect as the town’s super-masc football star, but his secret is he’s just as gay as Brian. Leslie is a trans girl living in nearby Pennsylvania, searching for reasons to get out of bed every day. Her solace is listening to her favorite podcast. When a terrible accident occurs, it’s Shampoo Unicorn that brings the three teens’ lives together, and what begins as a search for answers becomes a story of finding connection.
5/13/2025
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Get Real, Chloe Torres
by Crystal Maldonado
Chloe Torres’ birthday has always marked the end of summer—but as she turns eighteen and prepares to leave for her freshman year of art school, it feels like the end of more than that. It’s the end of her adolescence, which means it’s time to leave the past behind… but can she really let go of the two estranged best friends she left there? NOPE. Chloe decides to take one more shot at healing the friend breakup she’s always regretted: planning the bucket-list trip neither girl can say no to. She’s taken care of everything: the car, the hotels, and concert tickets to see their favorite boy band’s reunion show in Las Vegas—stage seats, so close they can fangirl right in front of the boys’ faces. But first, her ex-BFFs have to say yes.
5/13/2025
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Death in the cards
by Mia P. Manansala
Danika Dizon is a high school tarot reader whose client vanishes shortly after they’re dealt a death card. When the client's sister asks her to investigate, Danika peels back layers of the secret life the girl was living.
5/13/2025
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Out of Air
by Rachel Reiss
After Phoebe “Phibs” Ray and her friends discover an underwater sea cave rumored to have buried treasure while scuba diving, they begin undergoing strange changes, like something has latched onto them and is transforming them from the inside out. When treasure hunters hold them for ransom, Phibs knows she'll do anything to keep her friends safe. In the process she learns that, of all the dreadful creatures of the sea, she might be the most terrifying of them all.
5/13/2025
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Let Them Stare
by Jonathan Van Ness and Julie Murphy
Gender-nonconforming 18-year-old Sully is stuck in their small town. After discovering a vintage bag at the local thrift store, they find themselves haunted by the ghost of a drag performer, prompting them to delve into the history of the town they want to escape.
5/20/2025
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Costumes for Time Travelers
by A. R. Capetta
Anyone who has hiked through time knows the town of Pocket. It’s the place travelers first reach after they stumble away from their hometime, passing through on their way to any other when. To Calisto, Pocket is home. They love their grandmother’s shop, which is filled with clothes from every era that are used to make costumes for time travelers. Calisto has no intention of traveling—it’s too dangerous. For Fawkes, traveling is life. He put on time boots when he was young and has been stumbling through eras ever since. When he floats into Pocket, Calisto meets him for the first time, though Fawkes has seen Calisto—in glimpses of what hasn’t happened yet. He’s also seen the villains chasing them both. Now Calisto and Fawkes must rush—from Shakespeare’s London to ancient Crete to California on the eve of a millennium—to save Pocket, and travelers, from being erased.
5/27/2025
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