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Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

Gabe Cole Novoa - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Book

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This bittersweet Pride & Prejudice remix follows a trans boy yearning for the freedom to live...

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Icarus

K. Ancrum - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, this suspenseful queer YA romance from critically acclaimed author K. Ancrum reimagines the tale of Icarus as a star-crossed love story between a young art thief and the son of the man he's...
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A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea)

Hafsah Faizal - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame comes the first book in a hotly-anticipated fantasy duology teeming with romance and revenge, led by an orphan girl willing to do whatever it takes to save her self-made kingdom.. On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir...
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Off With Their Heads

Zoe Hana Mikuta - Disney Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Chloe Gong and Judy I. Lin will devour this Korean-inspired Alice in Wonderland retelling about two very wicked girls, forever bonded by blood and betrayal . . .. In a world where Saints are monsters and Wonderland is the dark forest where they lurk, it's been five years since...
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We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures

Rob Costello - Running Press Kids
Format: Hardcover

An empowering cross-genre YA anthology that explores what it means to be a monster, exclusively highlighting trans and queer authors who offer new tales and perspectives on classic monster stories and tropes. . Be not afraid! These monsters, creatures, and beasties are not what they appear....
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A Crane Among Wolves

June Hur - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

June Hur, bestselling author of The Red Palace, crafts a devastating and pulse-pounding tale that will feel all-too-relevant in today's world, based on a true story from Korean history.Hope is dangerous. Love is deadly.. 1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant...
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Escaping Mr. Rochester

L.L. McKinney - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Jane Eyre has no interest in a husband. Eager to make her own way in the world, she accepts the governess position at Thornfield Hall. Though her new employer, Edward Rochester, has a charming air—not to mention a handsome face—Jane discovers that his smile can sharpen in an instant....
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Stay with My Heart

Tashie Bhuiyan - Inkyard Press
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Counting Down with You and A Show for Two comes a new YA contemporary about a girl who accidentally sabotages an up-and-coming local band and falls for the guitarist while secretly trying to make up for her mistake.. Liana Sarkar lives and breathes music, hoping to follow...
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I Will Never Leave You

S. M. Thayer - Thomas & Mercer
Format: Hardcover

For one couple, getting what they want comes at a devastating price in this gripping debut thriller.Banking heiress Trish and her husband, James, seem to have it all, from a lavish lifestyle to a historic mansion in the nation's capital. The only thing that's missing to make their family...
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I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Ann Liang - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Unforgettable, snarky, and romantic, I Hope This Doesn't Find You is Never Have I Ever meets To All the Boys I've Loved Before if Lara Jean wrote hate emails instead of love letters.Sadie Wen is perfect on paper: school captain, valedictorian, and a "pleasure to have in class."...
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ASAP

Axie Oh - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Axie Oh's ASAP is the much anticipated companion novel to beloved romance XOXO, following fan favorites Sori, the wealthy daughter of a K-pop company owner, and Nathaniel, her K-pop star ex-boyfriend, in a swoon-worthy second chance love story.Sori...
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Better Left Buried

Mary E. Roach - Disney Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

KNIVES OUT meets A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER in Mary E. Roach's debut YA mystery Better Left Buried, in which two girls try to get to the bottom of a town full of secrets, a family full of mystery and an abandoned amusement park where people keep turning up dead.. Lucy Preston...
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Have You Seen This Girl

Nita Tyndall
Format: electronic resource

Fans of Courtney Summers and Tess Sharpe will devour this standalone YA thriller following a nonbinary teen investigating a series of copycat murders targeting girls in their small town—murders based on their serial killer dad's MO.Another girl has gone missing in Cardinal Creek.Sid knows...
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When Haru Was Here

Dustin Thao
Format: electronic resource

We Are Okay meets Wandavision in this novel about loneliness, complicated friendships, and what it means to let go. After the death of his best friend, Eric Ly creates imaginary scenarios in his head to deal with his grief. Until one of them becomes real when a boy he met last summer in Japan...
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The No-Girlfriend Rule

Christen Randall
Format: electronic resource

An instant USA TODAY bestseller Julie Murphy meets Casey McQuiston in this unforgettable queer romance about a teen girl whose foray into fantasy tabletop roleplaying brings her new confidence, true friends, and a shot at real, swoon-worthy love.Hollis Beckwith isn't trying to get a girl—she's...
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The Fall of Whit Rivera

Crystal Maldonado - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Could you plan the Fall Formal with your (hot) nemesis? Whit Rivera is about to find out.. Frenemies Whit and Zay have been at odds for years (ever since he broke up with her in, like, the most embarrassing way imaginable) , so when they're forced to organize the fall formal together,...
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Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute

Talia Hibbert - Joy Revolution
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters trilogy, comes a laugh-out-loud story about a quirky content creator and a clean-cut athlete testing their abilities to survive the great outdoors - and each other.Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football...
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Always the Almost

Edward Underhill - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

A trans pianist makes a New Year's resolution on a frozen Wisconsin night to win regionals and win back his ex, but a new boy complicates things in Edward Underhill's heartfelt debut YA rom-dram, Always the Almost.. Sixteen-year-old trans boy Miles Jacobson has two New Year's...
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Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

Elise Bryant - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

From the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Happily Ever Afters comes a dual POV rom-com about Reggie and Delilah, who fall in love through missed connections and chance meetings on holidays over the course of a year. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han, with crossover appeal...
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The Love Match

Priyanka Taslim - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

To All the Boys I've Loved Before meets Pride and Prejudice in this delightful and heartfelt rom-com about a Bangladeshi American teen whose meddling mother arranges a match to secure their family's financial security - just as she's falling in love with someone else.Zahra Khan...
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Planning Perfect

Haley Neil - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

In this charming, heartfelt YA romcom about being on the asexual spectrum, a girl tries to craft the perfect wedding for her mother but discovers that sometimes the best parts of life can't be planned.Felicity Becker loves watching an event come together. Whether it's prom, graduation,...
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When the Vibe Is Right

Sarah Dass - ‎Balzer Bray
Format: Book

From the author of Where the Rhythm Takes You comes a delightful enemies-to-lovers, contemporary romance set during Trinidad's Carnival celebration. There are two things Tess Crawford knows for sure: She's destined to be a great Trinidadian Carnival costume designer...

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Last Chance Dance

Lakita Wilson - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An utterly charming YA romance perfect for fans of Elise Bryant and Leah Johnson. . "An ode to love in all its beautiful chaos. Leila is funny, irreverent, and next-level charming, and her story is an actual joyride. Sheer delight through and through."--Becky Albertalli, New York...
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Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales

Rebecca Barrow
Format: Hardcover

Fake relationships. Enemies to lovers. Love triangles and best friends, mistaken identities and missed connections. This collection of genre-bending and original stories celebrates how love always finds a way, featuring powerful flora, a superhero and his nemesis, a fantastical sled race...
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The One True Me and You: A Novel

Remi K. England - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

"A breezy, snappy story about fandom, friendships, and being true to yourself." -- TJ KluneOne small fandom convention. One teen beauty pageant.One meet cute waiting to happen. Up and coming fanfic author Kaylee Beaumont is internally screaming at the chance to finally meet her fandom...
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Counting Down with You

Tashie Bhuiyan
Format: Hardcover

In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school's resident bad boy.How do you make one month last a lifetime?Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through...
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Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

Laekan Zea Kemp - Little Brown & Co
Format: Hardcover

has always dreamed of opening her own pastelera next to her father's restaurant, Nacho's Tacos. But her mom and dad have different plans-leaving Pen to choose between disappointing her traditional Mexican American parents or following her own path. When she confesses a secret she's...
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating

Adiba Jaigirdar - Page Street Kids
Format: Book

Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan -- she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can't be bi if she's only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she's...
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Love from A to Z

S. K. Ali - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes an unforgettable romance that is part The Sun Is Also a Star mixed with Anna and the French Kiss, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing....
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In Deeper Waters

F.T. Lukens - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family's kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey,...
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More Than Just a Pretty Face

Syed M. Masood - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA debut about falling in love, family expectations, and being a Renaissance Man.Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef...
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