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Fiction

The epic crush of Genie Lo
by F. C. Yee

Sixteen-year-old Genie's focus on getting into a top-tier college is destroyed when an enigmatic transfer student, Quentin, helps her transform into a demon-fighter.
Powwow Summer
by Nahanni Shingoose

Eighteen and just out of high school, River travels to Winnipeg to spend the summer with her Indigenous father and grandmother, where she sees firsthand what it means to be an "urban Indian." The highlight of her summer is attending the annual powwow with her new friends.
At the powwow after party, however, River drinks too much and posts photos online that anger people and she has her right to identify as an Indigenous person called into question.
Can River ever begin to resolve the complexities of her identity?
The wicked ones
by Robin Benway

Attending the royal debut party, their one chance to impress the Prince and live up to their cruel and bitter mother's expectations, sisters Drizella and Anastasia get a taste of freedom, pitting them against a mother whose greatest power lies in manipulation.
The field guide to the North American teenager
by Ben Philippe

When Norris, a Black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as clichés from "a bad 90s teen movie."
Chain of gold
by Cassandra Clare

A new series by the best-selling author of the Dark Artifices trilogy returns to the world of the Shadowhunters, where a young warrior immerses herself in elite supernatural salons before an outbreak of demon attacks places London under quarantine. 
Breakup from hell
by Ann Dávila Cardinal

When she realizes there is something off about her new boyfriend, Mica Angeles finds herself living in a horror novel and must find a way to leave him without bringing an end to everything she knows and loves. 
Walking in two worlds
by Wab Kinew

When Bugz, who is caught between the worlds of life on the Rez and the virtual world, meets Feng, they form an instant bond as outsiders and gamers and must both grapple with the impact of family challenges and community trauma. 
Gideon Green in black and white
by Katie Henry

Gideon Greens short-lived run as a locally famous boy detective ended when middle school started and everyone else, including his best friend Lily, moved on. Now that he's 16 and officially retired, Lily shows up asking for Gideon's help.
Nine liars
by Maureen Johnson

While studying abroad, intrepid sleuth Stevie Bell is introduced to an unsolved double-murder cold case involving nine friends from Cambridge University and soon discovers the killer hasn't finished what was started back in 1995.
Non-Fiction

Flights of fancy : defying gravity by design & evolution
by Richard Dawkins

The Wonder of Flight. The Science of Evolution. From both, Richard Dawkins weaves a fascinating and beautifully illustrated account of how nature and humans have learned to overcome the pull of gravity and take to the skies.
The game master's book of random encounters / : 500+ Customizable Maps, Tables and Story Hooks to Create 5th Edition RPG Adventures on Demand
by Jeff Ashworth

Designed to provide Game Masters with the information they need to "fill in the holes" in their campaign play, The Game Master's Book of Random Encounters enables fantasy RPG referees to instantly add depth, color and expanded gameplay to unexpected or underwritten people, places and things at a moment's notice.
A mighty long way : my journey to justice at Little Rock Central High School
by Carlotta Walls LaNier

The youngest member of the Little Rock Nine at 14 years old, Carlotta Walls shares her courageous story as she integrated the all-white Little Rock Central High School, ultimately becoming the first Black female ever to walk across its stage and receive a diploma.
Seen and unseen : what Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake, and Ansel Adams's photographs reveal about the Japanese American incarceration
by Elizabeth Partridge

Weaving together powerful photographs, firsthand accounts and stunning original art, this important work of nonfiction examines the history, heartbreak and injustice of the Japanese American incarceration.
The teen witches' guide to spells
by Xanna Eve Chown

Practical tips and techniques will help you to achieve the creative state of mind necessary for magic. You'll learn the secrets of potions and candles; spoken and written spells; and the power of your own feelings. Find out what your castings can reveal about your personality and destiny, learn how to bless and protect your friends and family-- and find your own twist on an ancient tradition.
Official Fortnite how to draw
by Kirsten Murray

Offers step-by-step instructions on how to draw thirty-five of the game's most popular outfits, weapons, and vehicles.
Uneducation 1 : A Residential School Graphic Novel
by Jason Eaglespeaker

What began as a handmade scrapbook, "UNeducation, Vol 1: A Residential School Graphic Novel" is now used in school curriculum, university syllabus', government agencies and educational trainings worldwide. Gain a full and proper education about a dark episode in North American history.
Improve : how I discovered improv and conquered social anxiety
by Alex Graudins

Alex has crippling social anxiety. All day long, she is trapped in a web of negative thoughts and paralyzing fear. To pull herself free of this endless cycle, Alex does something truly terrifying: she signs up for an improv comedy class. By forcing herself to play silly games and act out ridiculous scenes, Alex confronts the unbearable weight of embarrassment, makes new friends, rediscovers parts of herself that she'd hidden away.
Graphic Novels/Manga
Heartstopper. Volume 1
by Alice Oseman

A heartwarming celebration of friendship, first love and coming out follows the unlikely relationship between a shy teen and a popular rugby player who become more than friends while navigating the ups and downs of high school. 
Coming back
by Jessi Zabarsky

Preet and Valissa live peacefully together in a magical village until they are soon divided by different paths, insecurities, and distance, getting sent on separate adventures and trying to find their way back to each other.
Spy x family. 1
by Tatsuya Endo

Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn't know is that the wife he's chosen is an assassin and the child he's adopted is a telepath.
You can't kill Snow White
by Béatrice Alemagna

A retelling of Snow White from the point of view of the stepmother queen, whose blinding obsession and insatiable jealousy lead inexorably to her own violent undoing.
Crumbs
by Danie Stirling

Ray, a young seer struggling with her powers, discovers first love and friendship in her town's magic bakery.
Demon in the wood : a shadow and bone graphic novel
by Leigh Bardugo

In this graphic novel prequel to the international Netflix sensation Shadow and Bone, Eryk and his mother, the deadliest and rarest of their kind, must hide their true abilities wherever they go, but they soon discover deadly secrets have a way of revealing themselves.
Lifetime passes
by Terry Blas

In this darkly comedic young adult graphic novel, a group of teens starts a program to bring senior citizens to a local theme park to take advantage of the unofficial park policy: If someone dies on the property, the rest of their party is given lifetime passes!
A girl called Echo. : Road Allowance Era Vol. 4, Road allowance era
by Katherena Vermette

Echo's story picks up again when she travels back in time to 1885. For Echo, the plight of her family is apparent. Burnt out of their home when their land is cleared for pasture, they make their way to Rooster Town. In this final instalment of Echo's story, she is reminded of the strength and resilience of her people, forged through the loss and pain of the past, as she faces a triumphant future.
 

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