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Girl on fire
by Alicia Keys
The New York Times bestselling and Grammy Award-winning artist presents a new, authentic, honest, coming-of-age novel about finding the strength from within when your whole world changes in an instant. 175,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Inheritance : a visual poem
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Interweaving a powerful message of self-love, an award-winning author and poet celebrates the beauty and meaning of natural Black hair through her most famous spoken-word poem brought to a lushly illustrated picture book form. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations
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Eliza and Her Monsters
by Francesca Zappia
When the anonymous teen creator of a wildly popular webcomic is tempted by a school newcomer to pursue real-world relationships, everything she has worked so hard to build crumbles in the wake of their highly publicized romance. By the author of Made You Up. Simultaneous eBook.
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Ain't burned all the bright
by Jason Reynolds
This smash-up of art and text visually captures what it is to be Black in America—and what it means to REALLY breath. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Across a field of starlight
by Blue Delliquanti
Lu and Fassen are from different worlds and separate solar systems, so when the war of Fassen's world invades Lu's peaceful home, they find themselves at the forefront of a battle they hoped would never happen
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Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir
by Robin Ha
Moving abruptly from Seoul to Alabama, a Korean teen struggles in a hostile blended home and a new school where she does not speak English before forging unexpected connections in a local comic drawing class. 15,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.
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Long way down
by Jason Reynolds
As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know
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In limbo by Deborah J. J. LeeSet between New Jersey and Seoul, this coming-of-age story follows the author as she goes to South Korea, where she realizes something that changes her perspective on her family, her heritage and herself. 10,000 first printing. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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Home. Vol. 1
by Julio Anta
"After being separated from his mother at the US border, a young Guatemalan immigrant must lean to harness his emerging super-human abilities while being hunted by the federal government"
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Wind daughter
by Joanna Ruth Meyer
To save the North after her father exchanges his power for mortality because of his love for her mother, Sanu embarks on a dangerous quest to reclaim her father's magic, pitting her against the Winter Lord who wants the North Wind's destructive powers for himself. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Family style : memories of an American from Vietnam
by Thien Pham
Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author's childhood immigration to America where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous. Illustrations.
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The fox and the star
by Coralie Bickford-Smith
From the award-winning designer of the Penguin Hardcover Classics comes an illustrated fable about loss, friendship and courage. Illustrations.
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Nimona
by Noelle Stevenson
A graphic novel debut based on the author's critically acclaimed Web comic follows a nefarious plot by an impulsive young shapeshifter and a vengeful villain who want to defame their kingdom's Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics. Simultaneous. 15,000 first printing.
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