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Even When Your Voice Shakes
Ruby Yayra Goka - Norton Young Readers
Format: Book
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A young woman speaks out against her wealthy abuser in this riveting YA novel from one of Ghana's most celebrated children's book authors. When Amerley is offered a job working for one of her mother's old school friends, she knows she has to accept. Her wages will feed her family,... |
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The Secrets We Keep
Gustafson, Cassie
Format: electronic resource
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In the vein of The Way I Used to Be and Kelly Loy Gilbert’s Conviction, this heartbreaking yet hopeful young adult novel follows a girl’s struggle to reconcile friendship, sexual abuse, and the secrets we bury deep down inside to survive.
High school freshman... |
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After the Ink Dries
Cassie Gustafson - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Sixteen-year-old Erica Walker is a webcomic artist who wants to fit in at her affluent new high school. Seventeen-year-old Thomas VanBrackel is an aspiring songwriter and reluctant lacrosse goalie who wants out from under his father's thumb. After their electric first kiss at Saturday's... |
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The Luis Ortega Survival Club
Sonora Reyes - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of the National Book Award Finalist The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School comes a revenge story told with nuance, heart, and the possibility of healing. An ideal next read for fans of Laurie Halse Anderson.Ariana Ruiz wants to be noticed. But as an autistic... |
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The Chandler Legacies
Abdi Nazemian - Balzer Bray
Format: Book
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A novel about the enclosed world of privilege and silence at an elite boarding school and the unlikely group of friends who dare challenge the status quo through their writing.
Beth Kramer is a “townie” who returns to her sophomore year after having endured... |
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Muted
Tami Charles - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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For seventeen-year-old Denver, music is everything. Writing, performing, and her ultimate goal: escaping her very small, very white hometown.So Denver is more than ready on the day she and her best friends Dali and Shak sing their way into the orbit of the biggest R&B star in the world,... |
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The Mirror Season
Anna-Marie McLemore
Format: Book
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When two teens discover that they were both sexually assaulted at the same party, they develop a cautious friendship through her family's possibly magical pastelería, his secret forest of otherworldly trees, and the swallows returning to their hometown, in Anna-Marie McLemore's The... |
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You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories
Janet Gurtler - Inkyard Press
Format: Hardcover
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A timely and heartfelt collection of essays inspired by the #MeToo movement, edited by acclaimed author Janet Gurtler. Featuring Beth Revis, Mackenzi Lee, Ellen Hopkins, Saundra Mitchell, Jennifer Brown, Cheryl Rainfield and many more.When #MeToo went viral, Janet Gurtler was among the millions... |
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Parachutes
Kelly Yang - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma. They're called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United... |
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A Quick & Easy Guide to Consent
Isabella Rotman
Format: Paperback
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How do you tell someone you want to do stuff with them? How do you ask if they want to do stuff with you? How do you know what stuff you want to do with each other? Enter: Sargeant Yes Means Yes from the Consent Cavalry, a beacon of clarity in a fuzzy minefield of questions. Sarge drops... |
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Off the Record
Camryn Garrett
Format: Book
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Ever since seventeen-year-old Josie Wright can remember, writing has been her identity, the thing that grounds her when everything else is a garbage fire. So when she wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she’s equal parts excited... |
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Real Talk About Sex and Consent: What Every Teen Needs to Know
Cheryl M. Bradshaw MA - Instant Help
Format: Paperback
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Let's get real: Sex is complicated. Like, really complicated. And as a teen, you need trusted resources to help you navigate sexual issues without shame, guilt, or judgment. But if you're like many teens, you may not have someone in your life that you can talk to openly about complicated... |
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No More Excuses: Dismantling Rape Culture
Amber J. Keyser - Twenty First Century Books
Format: Library Binding
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Soon after the sexual misconduct allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein became public in late 2017, the #MeToo movement went viral, opening up an explosive conversation about rape culture around the globe. In the US, someone is sexually assaulted every 98 seconds. More than... |
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Boy Toy
Barry Lyga - Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; None edition
Format: Hardcover
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Josh Mendel has a secret. Unfortunately, everyone knows what it is.Five years ago, Josh’s life changed. Drastically. And everyone in his school, his town—seems like the world—thinks they understand. But they don’t—they can’t. And now, about to graduate from... |
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Things We Haven't Said: Survivors of Sexual Violence Speak Out
Erin Moulton - Zest Books
Format: Paperback
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*A necessary and powerful resource. --Kirkus, Starred Review *This inclusive, poignant look at a diverse representation of sexual assault survivors tackles an extremely sensitive subject with hope, tools,... |
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Grown
Tiffany D Jackson - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Grown exposes the underbelly of a tough conversation, providing a searing examination of misogynoir, rape culture, and the vulnerability of young black girls. Groundbreaking, heart-wrenching, and essential reading for all in the #MeToo era." - Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times... |
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Deep Dark Blue: A Memoir of Survival
Polo Tate - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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A YA memoir of surviving sexual abuse in the Air Force academy. I want to be in the Air Force someday.These are the words Polo Tate engraved on her junior dog tags at age eleven. It was an unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work paid off and at age eighteen,... |
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The Music of What Happens
Bill Konigsberg - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Max: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his buddies. And a secret: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to breathe, one that he doesn't want to think about, ever.Jordan: The opposite of chill. Poetry. His "wives"... |
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Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
Echo Brown - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover
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Heavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited fearlessly explores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism -- all through the arc of a transcendent coming-of-age story for fans of Renee Watson's Piecing Me Together... |
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SHOUT
Laurie Halse Anderson - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans... |
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Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson - Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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Freshman year at Merryweather High is not going well for Melinda Sordino. She busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, and now her friends - and even strangers - all hate her. So she stops trying, stops talking. She retreats into her head, and all the lies and hypocrisies of high... |
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#MeToo: Women Speak Out Against Sexual Assault (In the Headlines)
The New York Times Editorial Staff - New York Times Edu Pub
Format: Paperback
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It started with an article and grew into a movement. #MeToo was born in the wake of a Pulitzer-prize winning New York Times investigative report on producer Harvey Weinsteins habitual sexual harassment of young women. The hashtag empowered women around the world to share their stories of sexual... |
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Saints and Misfits
S K ALI - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Saints and Misfits is an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life ... starring a Muslim teen.There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints, those special people moving the world forward. Sometimes you glaze over them. Or, at least,... |
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Symptoms of Being Human
Jeff Garvin - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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A sharply honest and moving debut perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Ask the Passengers.Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between... |
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The Way I Used to Be
Amber Smith - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn't change who she was. But the night her brother's... |
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Pointe
Brandy Colbert - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Theo is better now.She's eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction... |
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The Nowhere Girls
Amy Lynn Reed - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover
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"A call-to-action to everyone out there who wants to fight back." - Bustle "Subversive anti-sexism - just try to put it down." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Cuts straight to the core of rape culture - masterfully fierce, stirring, and deeply... |
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Blood Moon
Lucy Cuthew - Walker Books US
Format: Hardcover
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After school one day, Frankie, a lover of physics and astronomy, has her first sexual experience with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin - and gets her period. It's only blood, they agree. But soon a gruesome meme goes viral, turning an intimate, affectionate afternoon into something sordid,... |
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A Heart in a Body in the World
Deb Caletti - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover
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"This is one for the ages." - Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay "A book everyone should read right now." - The New York Times Book Review "A vital and heartbreaking story that brings together the #MeToo movement, the effects of gun violence,... |
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What I Leave Behind
Alison McGhee - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover
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"An artful exercise in melancholy ... Every reader will love openhearted Will." - BOOKLIST (starred review) "Haunting, introspective." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Emotionally raw ... [A] piercing narrative." - Publishers Weekly... |
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Foul is Fair: A Novel
Hannah Capin - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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Hannah Capin's Foul is Fair is a bloody, thrilling revenge fantasy for the girls who have had enough. Golden boys beware: something wicked this way comes.Jade and her friends Jenny, Mads, and Summer rule their glittering LA circle. Untouchable, they have the kind of power other girls... |
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Break the Fall
Jennifer Iacopelli - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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"This book makes you understand exactly what it is like to compete as a woman at the highest level in sport, and it is exhilarating and satisfying indeed." --Holly Sorensen, Television Creator/Showrunner, Make it or Break It, Step Up: High WaterAudrey Lee is going... |
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