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Warrior Girl Unearthed
by Angeline Boulley
With the rising number of missing Indigenous women, her family's involvement in a murder investigation and grave robbers profiting off her Anishinaabe tribe, Perry takes matters into her own hands to solve the mystery and reclaim her people's inheritance.
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Golden Boys
by Phil Stamper
"Gabriel, Reese, Sal, and Heath are best friends, bonded in their small rural town by their queerness, their good grades, and their big dreams. They are about to embark on the summer before senior year of high school, where each is going on a new, big adventure, from attending a design school in Paris to interning on Capitol Hill for a U.S. Senator. What will this summer of new experiences and world-expanding travel mean for each of them--and for their friendship?"
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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
by Jen Ferguson
Louisa, a teenage Mâetis girl living on the Canadian prairie, expects to spend her summer before university scooping ice cream at her family's shop, but things quickly become complicated as former friends resurface, family secrets are revealed, and the father she wanted to stay behind bars forever begins to contact her
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Starfish
by Lisa Fipps
A debut novel-in-verse follows the experiences of a girl who tries to change her behavior when she is bullied for her weight, before a swimming hobby, a kind therapist and an accepting new neighbor help her embrace her true self.
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Girl, Unframed
by Deb Caletti
Reluctantly returning to her film star mother's home in California, Sydney finds herself the object of unwanted attention before a thrilling night gone wrong calls her loyalties into question.
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Love & Other Carnivorous Plants
by Florence Gonsalves
Discouraged by a harder-than-anticipated freshman year at Harvard, Danny becomes attracted to an older, edgy girl she met in rehab while undergoing treatment for an eating disorder, developing a relationship that becomes shaped by a tragedy and Danny's struggles with self-destructive tendencies.
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What I Lost
by Alexandra Ballard
When sixteen-year-old Elizabeth is sent to the Wallingfield Psychiatric Facility's Residential Treatment Center, she encounters girls whose problems seem much greater than her own anorexia
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All the Bright Places
by Jennifer Niven
Meeting on the ledge of their school's bell tower, misfit Theodore Finch and suicidal Violet Markey find acceptance and healing that are overshadowed by Finch's fears about Violet's growing social world.
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Holding Up the Universe
by Jennifer Niven
After years of homeschooling and a surgery that helped her lose hundreds of pounds, Libby enters high school but soon becomes entangled in a cruel game with Jack, a boy whose disability prevents him from recognizing faces
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Turtles All the Way Down
by John Green
Aza Holmes, a high school student with obsessive-compulsive disorder, becomes focused on searching for a fugitive billionaire.
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Can't Take That Away
by Steven Salvatore
When Carey Parker, a genderqueer teen who dreams of being a diva like their hero Mariah Carey, is cast as the female lead in the school musical, they must fight against discrimination and injustice from their closed-minded school administration
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Big Boned
by Jo Watson
A new girl at Bay Water High, artist Lori Palmer finds her plans of blending into the background going awry when a new artistic release ignites a powerful movement that casts her into the spotlight.
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All My Rage
by Sabaa Tahir
When his attempts to save his family's motel spiral out of control, Salahudin and his best friend Noor, two outcasts in their town, must decide what their friendship is worth and how they can defeat the monsters of their past and in their midst.
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Muted
by Tami Charles
A tale inspired by true events traces the experiences of a talented singer who wants to escape her all-white community before catching the attention of an R&B star who gives her access to fame and luxury in exchange for unscrupulous sacrifices.
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The Getaway List
by Emma Lord
Moving to NY for the summer, Riley reunites with childhood best friend Tom, the co-creator of The Getaway List that enumerates all the adventures they've wanted to do together, and discovers the biggest adventure of all as they work their way through the list.
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Speak for Yourself
by Lana Wood Johnson
While trying to win State at the Scholastic Exposition with her brilliant new app, Skylar is asked to play matchmaker for her teammates Zane and Joey, but finds herself falling for Zane in the process.
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A Scatter of Light
by Malinda Lo
The summer of 2013 in the Bay is a momentous one for eighteen-year-old Aria Tang West, for the working-class queer community she finds herself in, and for her artist grandmother.
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Thirteen Reasons Why
by Jay Asher
When high school student Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.
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The 9:09 Project
by Mark H. Parsons
Seventeen-year-old Jamison finds hope after the loss of his mother, and recognizes the role that family, friends, and even strangers can play in the healing process if you are open and willing to share your experience with others
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative voice in contemporary fiction. This is the story of what it's like to grow up in high school. More intimate than a diary, Charlie's letters are singular, hilarious, and devastating.
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Kiss & Tell
by Adib Khorram
On boy band Kiss & Tell's first major tour, lead singer Hunter Drake grapples with a painful breakup with his first boyfriend, his first rebound, and the stress of what it means to be queer in the public eye
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Be Dazzled
by Ryan La Sala
Seventeen-year-old Raffy is determined to win a cosplay competition that could lead to art school admission and respect for his talent, but being paired with his main competitor, ex-boyfriend Luca, complicates things
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Brown Boy Nowhere
by S. Briones Lim
Labeled“brown boy” by the popular kids, 16-year-old Filipino American Angelo Rivera, an outcast in his new school, becomes the leader of a group of fellow misfits who are determined to hold their own. Simultaneous.
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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.
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The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
by Maya MacGregor
An autistic nonbinary eighteen-year-old moves to a new town and school with the support of their loving father and finds friends in an LGBTQ-plus club, but they all must come together to solve the decades-old murder of a teenage boy and confront the demons lurking in Sam's past
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Ophelia After All
by Racquel Marie
Seventeen-year-old Ophelia Rojas, well known for her rose garden and her dramatic crushes on every boy in sight, begins to question her sexuality and sense of self when she starts to fall for cute, quiet Talia Sanchez in the weeks leading up to their high school prom and graduation
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Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster
by Andrea Mosqueda
In need of a date for her sister's quinceaänera, Maggie Gonzalez confronts new and old feelings for her best friend Amanda, her ex-boyfriend Matthew, and Dani, a new girl with her own romantic baggage
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Pumpkin
by Julie Murphy
Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves
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