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Ain't Burned All the Bright
by Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds and his best bud, Jason Griffin, had a mind-meld. And they decided to tackle it, in one fell swoop, in about ten sentences, and 300 pages of art, this piece, this contemplation-manifesto-fierce-vulnerable-gorgeous-terrifying-WhatIsWrongWithHumans-hope-filled-hopeful-searing-Eye-Poppingly-Illustrated-tender-heartbreaking-how-The-HECK-did-They-Come-UP-with-This project about oxygen. And all of the symbolism attached to that word, especially NOW.
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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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Azar on fire
by Olivia Abtahi
To enter a local Battle of the Bands concert, 14-year-old songwriter Azar, whose vocal cords are shredded, discovers she has a lot of talking to do and friends to make for the chance to stand on stage with her crush.
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The door of no return
by Kwame Alexander
From New York Times best-selling author comes the first book in a searing, breathtaking trilogy that tells the story of 11-year-old Kofi Offin, a village, and the epic odyssey of an African family.
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The Honeys
by Ryan La Sala
After his twin sister Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars takes her place at the elite Aspen Conservancy Summer Academy where he finds himself hunted by something toying with his mind that leads him to the Honeys, a group of beautiful and terrifying girls.
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The Silence That Binds Us
by Joanna Ho
Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May prefers hoodies over dresses and wants to become a writer. When asked, her mom can't come up with one specific reason for why she's proud of her only daughter. May's beloved brother, Danny, on the other hand, has just been admitted to Princeton. But Danny secretly struggles with depression, and when he dies by suicide, May's world is shattered.
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Skin of the sea
by Natasha Bowen
Simi, a Mami Wata a type of mermaid who collects the souls of those who die at sea goes against an ancient decree by saving the life of a living boy and must now make amends in order to save the fate of all Mami Wata and the world as she knows it.
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The Sunbearer Trials
by Aiden Thomas
"Chosen to participate in The Sunbearer Trials, where the loser is sacrificed to refuel the Sun Stones, Teo, the 17-year-old trans son of the goddess of birds, must compete against more powerful and better trained opponents for fame, glory and his own survival.
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Vinyl moon
by Mahogany L. Browne
After an incident, Angel finds herself in Brooklyn, far from her California home, where she finds solace and healing in a revolutionary literature course in which her classmates share their own stories of pain, joy and fortitude.
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The Weight of Blood
by Tiffany D. Jackson
While at Springville Highs first integrated prom, Maddie, a constantly bullied biracial teenager, is tormented by her classmates until her secret is revealed? one that will cost them their lives.
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