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New Young Adult Books 9/18/2024 |
The following books are new to shelves at Kendall Young Library. To reserve an item, click on the image or title to be taken to the library's catalog. (Detailed instructions at the end of the newsletter.) |
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Six of sorrow
by Amanda Linsmeier
On the night of their 16th birthday, six girls all born on the same day find their sisterhood as strong as it was years ago, but when one of them disappears, they feel it deep in their bones that something has come to claim them one by one. Simultaneous eBook.
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Six more months of June
by Daisy Garrison
Class valedictorian Mina and golden boy Caplan, whose friendship exists miraculously outside their high school's social order, find things changing between them when Mina starts dating Caplan's best friend, which brings up unresolved feelings as senior year comes to an end. Simultaneous and eBook.
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Powerful : a powerless story
by Lauren Roberts
Now alone, Adena learns the streets of Loot by herself and meets a mysterious Elite named Makoto who harbors a dangerous ability, but their love is quickly interrupted when Adena becomes Paedyn's seamstress for the Purging Trials
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Sleep like death
by Kalynn Bayron
Able to conjure weapons from nature, Princess Eve, who has been raised to destroy the Knight, an evil sorcerer, as she approaches her 17th birthday, learns a shocking truth about her past and must find the courage to fight, hoping it's enough to save her family and her queendom. Simultaneous eBook.
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Shift happens : the history of labor in the United States
by J. Albert Mann
This eye-opening and engaging history of the worker actions that brought us weekends, pay equality, desegregation, an end to child labor and more documents how the labor movement has shaped America and how it intersects with many of the major issues facing modern teens. Simultaneous eBook.
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Rules for camouflage
by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
When a bully targets the Lair?—?a safe haven for kids whose brains need some time away?—?neurodivergent teen Evvie must figure out how to find her place in the world while remaining true to herself after a shocking act of violence occurs at the school. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The wilderness of girls
by Madeline Claire Franklin
"After being placed in foster care, Rhi is hungry for a fresh start and begins working at the Happy Valley Wildlife Preserve. While in the woods, she stumbles upon a surreal sight: a pack of wolves guarding four feral and majestic girls. After Rhi gains their trust, they reveal that they're princesses from another land, raised by a magical prophet they call Mother--and they're convinced Rhi is their lost fifth sister. Unsure what to believe, Rhi ushers the girls to civilization, where they're met with societal uproar and scrutiny, dubbed by the ravenous media and true crime junkies as "The Wild Girls of Happy Valley." Desperate to return to their kingdom, the girls look to Rhi for help. Rhi knows the girls are deluded, but at the same time she's drawn in by their boldness and authenticity--traits she is afraid she has lost within herself. And when Rhi witnesses strange phenomena she can't quite explain, the line between fantasy and reality blurs. As the hunt for answers intensifies, Rhi must make a decision that will change the course of her life and the lives of her Wild Girls forever"
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The poisons we drink
by Bethany Baptiste
When her mother is murdered, Venus, who brews illegal love potions to support her family, is offered the chance to punish her mother's killer in exchange for brewing poisonous potions to enslave D.C.'s most influential politicians and soon finds the line between magic and power blurring. Simultaneous eBook.
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Eyes open
by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
Living under the Salazar dictatorship in 1960s Portugal, Sâonia must find her voice as a poet and an activist after the government arrests her boyfriend and shuts down her family's business
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True love and other impossible odds
by Christina Li
"Developing an algorithm to predict people's perfect matches, Grace Tang is confident it's accurate, but while trying to make things work with her own“perfect” match, she grows closer to co-worker Julia and questions who she's really attracted to. "
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The dare
by Natasha Preston
When a high school prank turns deadly, Marley and her friends must do everything they can to conceal the truth
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Out of left field
by Jonah Newman
"Ninth-grader Jonah is not a jock. On the contrary, he loves history class and nerdy movies, and his athletic ineptitude verges on tragic. So, what's he doing signing up for the baseball team? Could it have something to do with the cute shortstop, Elliot? For the rest of high school, Jonah faces challenges on and off the baseball field, from heteronormative social pressure to thrilling romance. Realizing who his real friends are, he figures out what really matters and finally recognizes and embraces his gay identity. Based on debut author-illustrator Jonah Newman's coming-of-age experiences, Out of Left Field is a big-hearted and funny YA graphic novel about learning to be yourself"
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Summer nights and meteorites
by Hannah Reynolds
"Swearing off boys for the summer while on her father's research trip to Nantucket, Jordan falls for her father's research assistant, Ethan, whom she's hated from afar for years, but when her summer job with a local astronomer turns up a centuries-old mystery, what she learns jeopardizes everything. Simultaneous eBook."
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Spin of fate
by A. A. Vora
In a universe that segregates beings based on the weight of their souls into upper realms of peace and lower realms of strife, three teenagers join a rebel group defying the powers that be by bringing aid to the inhabitants of the lower realms
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Sunhead
by Alex Assan
"Rotem is a Sunhead, a fan of the international smash hit Sunrise series of books and films. She's obsessed with the story's love interest, Edmund, and no one else gets it. But all that changes when she befriends Ayala, a shy classmate and avid book lover who's as swept away by the romance as she is. The two become fast friends, but as their deep connection grows stronger, Rotem starts to wonder: What exactly draws her to this story? Alex Assan's debut, Sunhead, is an earnest coming-of-age graphic novelthat explores how the stories we love help us understand our friendships, our relationships, and ourselves"
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The dangerous ones
by Lauren Blackwood
"Set during the American Civil War in 1863 Pennsylvania, Jerusalem, a fearless Saint with powerful demigod-style reflexes, endurance and strength, fights on the Union's side against the South, which is partnering with vampires who benefitted from slavery, and in order to fight for Black freedom and equality, Jerusalem teams up with an Ancient Vampire, also fighting on the side of the Union, to take down the vampire who destroyed everyone she loved. Simultaneous eBook."
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All items can be reserved through the Kendall Young Library catalog: - When viewing an item in the catalog, click "place hold" button.
- Enter your library card number (14 digits on the back of your card) with no spaces.
- Enter your PIN. If you don't know your PIN, try:
- Your 4-digit birth month and day (i.e. August 4 would be 0804), or
- The last 4 digits of your library card number.
- If neither of these options work, call the library at 832-9100.
- You will get a call from the library when the item is available.
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