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A Book About Family or Chosen Family
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I'll give you the sun
by Jandy Nelson
A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor. Simultaneous eBook.
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We deserve monuments
by Jas Hammonds
"Forced to move to Georgia to live with her hostile, terminally ill grandmother, 17-year-old Avery discovers that the racist history of this town is rooted in her family in ways she can't even imagine, jeopardizing her newfound romance with her next-door neighbor, Simone. 75,000 first printing."
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I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
by Erika L. Sánchez
After the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed
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We were liars
by E. Lockhart
A modern, sophisticated suspense tale by the National Book Award finalist author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks follows the revolutionary activities of four friends who turn against each other in the wake of trauma, differing political views and a devastating secret. Simultaneous eBook.
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Love & gelato
by Jenna Evans Welch
Reluctantly spending the summer in Tuscany in order to fulfill her mother's dying wish that she get to know her absent father, Lina is inspired to follow in her mother's footsteps after reading her journal and, in the process, uncovers a long-hidden secret. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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This place is still beautiful
by XiXi Tian
Victims of a hate crime, the estranged Flanagan sisters reunite in their small Midwestern town, where tensions are running high, and navigate an unexpected summer during which an explosive secret threatens to tear them apart forever. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Let me hear a rhyme
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Three Brooklyn teens plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he is still alive, in a vibrant standalone novel by the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Monday's Not Coming. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The bone spindle
by Leslie Vedder
When she pricks her finger on a bone spindle, treasure hunter Fi is stuck with the spirit of Briar Rose, a prince under a sleeping curse, and must team up with a tough-as-dirt girl warrior to free the prince—and herself. Simultaneous eBook.
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Some mistakes were made
by Kristin Dwyer
When a rash decision lands her halfway across the country to finish her senior year, Ellis' relationship with her best friend is thrown into chaos until a visit home forces her to confront the heartache, betrayal and anger she left behind. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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If I can give you that
by Michael Gray Bulla
Seventeen-year-old Gael, a trans boy, learns to let his walls down while finding community, discovering his sexuality, falling in love, and navigating difficult family situations
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The rest of the story
by Sarah Dessen
Unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her late mother's estranged relatives at scenic North Lake, a teen finds herself torn between her mother's working-class relatives and her father's wealthier associates
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Six of crows
by Leigh Bardugo
Six dangerous outcasts must learn to work together after they are offered an impossible heist that can save the world from destruction
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The gilded wolves
by Roshani Chokshi
Keeping close secrets in the wake of the Exposition Universelle in 1889 Paris, a wealthy hotelier and treasure-hunter is tapped by a powerful order to lead an elite team on a quest to track down an ancient artifact of world-changing significance. By the best-selling author of The Star-Touched Queen. Simultaneous eBook.
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On a sunbeam
by Tillie Walden
An award-winning cartoonist presents the graphic-novel story of a crew member who travels to the ends of the universe to find a long-lost love while helping her team rebuild beautiful, broken-down historical structures on faraway planets. Simultaneous.
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Aurora Rising by Amie KaufmanThe graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch, from a sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates to an alien warrior with anger management issues. But Ty's biggest problem is Aurora Jie-Lin O'Malley, who he just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time-- but she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making. -- adapted from jacket
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