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For Lamb
by Lesa Cline-Ransome
In 1930s Jackson, Mississippi, quiet, studious and naïve girl Lamb tentatively accepts the friendly overtures of a white girl, which sets in motion a series of events that end in tragedy.
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The blood years
by Elana K. Arnold
"Based on the author's grandmother's true experiences during the Holocaust in Romania, this harrowing story follows Rieke Teitler as she must decide whether holding on to her life might mean letting go of everything that has ever mattered to her. Simultaneous eBook."
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Máeo and Bâe
by DoanPhuong Nguyen
In 1964, before the United States enters the Vietnam War, eleven-year-old Bâe and her three-footed kitten Máeo must rise above a broken home and the injustices of war to find the comfort, safety, and love of a found family
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All you have to do
by Autumn Allen
"Intertwining the stories of two Black students decades apart, this compelling and honest novel follows Kevin and Gibran as they navigate similar forms of insidious racism while discovering who they want to be instead of what society tells them they are. Simultaneous eBook."
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Yours from the tower by Sally Nicholls"In 1896, three best friends—Tirzah, Sophia and Polly—who are leading very different lives after boarding school share their dreams, hopes, frustrations and romances through a series of letters as they search for happiness and love near the dawn of the Edwardian era. "
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Artifice
by Sharon Cameron
To help her best friend Truus, who is smuggling Jewish babies out of Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, master forger Isa de Smit sells fake paintings to the Nazis, but soon discovers fake can be difficult to spot both in art and in people. Simultaneous eBook.
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Stateless
by Elizabeth Wein
Chosen to represent Britain in Europe's first air race for young people in 1937, Stella North is the only participating female pilot, and, while constantly having to prove herself as a worthy competitor, experiences turbulence when someone resorts to sabotage to get ahead of the game. Simultaneous eBook.
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Kill her twice
by Stacey Lee
"In 1932 Los Angeles, when the Chow sisters stumble upon the body of Lulu Wong, star of the silver screen and the pride of Chinatown, they set out to solve their friend's murder, putting them in the crosshairs of a killer. Simultaneous eBook."
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I'll tell you no lies
by Amanda McCrina
In 1955 New York, 18-year-old Shelby, the daughter of an Air Force intelligence officer, finds herself entangled with an escaped Soviet pilot and becomes an increasingly willing accessory as she learns his secrets, but must first learn to separate fact from fiction. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Only this beautiful moment by Abdi NazemianSet against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles, this sweeping intergenerational story, examining queer identity at the end of different decades, follows three boys in the same Iranian family as they each gain a new understanding of their history, culture—and themselves. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Escape '56 : a novel
by Richard Panchyk
"Based on the story of the author's mother and her family's experiences during the Hungarian revolution, this dramatic historical novel follows Elizabeth Molnár as she and her family start a new life in the United States after escaping Hungary in 1956. Simultaneous eBook. "
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Gallows Hill
by Lois Ruby
In 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, Thomas, a Quaker distrusted by Salem's Puritans, is taken in by an aged widow rumored to be a witch who draws him into a search for the truth surrounding a mysterious affliction striking Salem's girls, which causes him to question his faith.
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Charming young man
by Eliot Schrefer
"From New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer comes an exuberant YA historical coming-of-age novel about a rising star French pianist, navigating his way into high society as he explores his sexuality. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and The Gentleman's Gide to Vice and Virtue"
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A suffragist's guide to the Antarctic
by Yi Shun Lai
Told in journal entries, this historical novel follows suffragist Clara Ketterling-Dunbar, one of 28 crew members of The Resolute marooned on ice 100 miles from the shore of Antarctica, as she demonstrates what women are truly capable of. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Davenports by Krystal MarquisInspired by the real-life story of C.R. Patterson and his family, this sweeping novel is centered around the Davenports, one of the few Black families of immense wealth, and follows four determined and passionate young Black women who discover the courage to take charge of their lives—and love. Simultaneous eBook.
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Song of freedom, song of dreams : a novel in verse
by Shari Green
"Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a historical YA novel in verse that centers around a young pianist in East Germany trying to make sense of love, duty, and the pursuit of dreams during the unsettled months of protest that led to the fall of the BerlinWall in the late 1980s. Written in stunning lyrical verse, Song of Freedom, Song of Dreams is a story of hope, courage, romance, and the power of music not only to change lives, but to save them"
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Trajectory
by Cambria Gordon
"As WWII rages overseas, 17-year-old Eleanor, a once-in-a-generation math whiz, is recruited by the U.S. Army and tasked with the ultimate challenge: to fine-tune a top-secret weapon that could secure the world's freedom, but before she can do that, she must unlock an even bigger mystery: herself. Simultaneous eBook."
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The voice upstairs
by Laura E. Weymouth
"In 1920s England, when a maid at Lord Summerfield's estate dies in the same mysterious way as her own mother, Wilhelmina Price, who can see spirits, goes undercover to investigate whether they might have been murdered and faces cunning adversaries among the living and the dead. Simultaneous eBook."
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The final curse of Ophelia Cray
by Christine Calella
"When her half-sister Ophelia, the bastard child of a notorious pirate queen hanged by superstitious townsfolk, enlists in the navy under her name, nervous homebody Betsy must brave the dangers of the sea to get them both safely home and save the family business. Simultaneous eBook."
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Songs of Irie
by Asha Bromfield
During the political turmoil in 1976 Jamaica, Irie and Jilly must navigate their opposing upbringings as they fall in love and choose between the futures decided for them and the futures they desire
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Bellegarde
by Jamie Lilac
Told in alternating voices, in eighteenth-century France, popular ultra-wealthy teen, Beau Bellegarde, bets he can transform working-class Evie into school royalty
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