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Chasing Pacquiao
Rod Pulido - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Experience the extreme joys, sorrows, and triumphs of a queer Filipino-American teenager struggling to prove himself in an unforgiving world. A poignant coming-of-age story, perfect for fans of Patron Saints of Nothing and Juliet Takes a Breath.. Self preservation. That's Bobby's... |
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The Ping-Pong Queen of Chinatown
Andrew Yang - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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Perfect for fans of Ben Philippe and Mary H. K. Choi, this charming, insightful YA novel follows two high school students who form a complicated, ground-shifting bond while filming a movie.High school junior Felix Ma wants to prove to his parents that he's not a quitter. After crashing... |
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Meet Me in Mumbai
Sabina Khan - PUSH
Format: Hardcover
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Two generations, eighteen years apartAyesha is a world away from home when she meets the boy of her dreams. Like her, Suresh is from India but going to high school in Illinois. Once they get together, they are inseparable... until a twist of fate takes Suresh back to India right when Ayesha... |
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Love & Other Natural Disasters
Misa Sugiura - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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This delightfully disastrous queer YA rom-com is a perfect read for fans of Jenny Han, Morgan Matson, and Sandhya Menon. When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer romance, a fake one wasn't what she had in mind. That was before she met the perfect girl. Willow is gorgeous, glamorous,... |
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Magic Has No Borders
Samira Ahmed - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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SamiraAhmedis theNew York Timesbestselling and award winning author of the young adult novelsLove, Hate, & Other Filters,Internment, Mad, Bad, & Dangerous to Know and Hollow Fires.She is also the author of the middle grade fantasy duologyAmira & Hamzaand theMs. Marvel: Beyond theLimitcomic... |
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Rani Choudhury Must Die
Adiba Jaigirdar - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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In this sapphic dual POV romance by Adiba Jaigirdar, Meghna and Rani (ex-best-friends-turned-rivals) realize they're dating the same guy, so they team up to beat and expose him at a big science competition! . Meghna Rahman is tired of constantly being compared to her infuriatingly... |
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This Place Is Still Beautiful
XiXi Tian - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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A sweeping debut novel about first love, complicated family dynamics, and the pernicious legacy of racism. Perfect for fans of Tahereh Mafi, Jandy Nelson, and Emily X.R. Pan, with crossover appeal for readers of Brit Bennett's The Vanishing Half and Celeste Ng's Everything I Never... |
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Lunar New Year Love Story
Gene Luen Yang - First Second
Format: Hardcover
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Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love.. She was destined for heartbreak. Then fate handed her love.. Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's... |
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Only This Beautiful Moment
Abdi Nazemian - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover
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From the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay. 2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant... |
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Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim
Patricia Park - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A multicultural teen struggles to fit into her elite prep school, her diverse Queens neighborhood, and even her own home. A hilarious, poignant, and powerful YA novel from the award-winning author of Re Jane.
"Simply brilliant!" - David Yoon, New York Times best-selling author... |
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Kween
Vichet Chum - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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A searing, joyful YA debut about a queer Cambodian American teen's journey to find her voice and step into her legacy, perfect for fans of Ibi Zoboi and Elizabeth Acevedo.Soma Kear's verses have gone viral. Trouble is, she didn't exactly think her slam poetry video through.... |
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An Impossible Thing to Say
Arya Shahi - Allida
Format: Hardcover
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The Poet X meets A Very Large Expanse of Sea in a bold novel-in-verse starring a Persian American teen navigating his first crush, his family's post-9/11 dynamics, andthe role of language in defining who we are."A dazzling story with a whole lot of heart. Read it." - Michael... |
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Clementine and Danny Save the World (and Each Other)
Livia Blackburne - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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You've Got Mail gets a fresh YA twist in this irresistible rom-com that spotlights the power of activism and community organizing in the face of gentrification, perfect for fans of Tweet Cute and Yes No Maybe So.Clementine Chan believes in the power of the written word. Under the pseudonym... |
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This Is Not a Personal Statement
Tracy Badua - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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Admission meets American Panda in this propulsive, poignant YA contemporary novel about a teen who, after getting rejected from her dream college, forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie. Perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi! At sixteen, Perla is the youngest graduating senior... |
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The Boy You Always Wanted
Michelle Quach - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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From Not Here to Be Liked author Michelle Quach comes a smartly funny, heartfelt story told in dual POV about a young woman roping in her childhood crush to act as an honorary male heir to fulfill her grandfather's dying wish. A story about first love, familial duties, and finding yourself... |
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Stay with My Heart
Tashie Bhuiyan - Inkyard Press
Format: Hardcover
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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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While You Were Dreaming
Alisha Rai - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this debut contemporary YA romance by bestselling author Alisha Rai, a girl with undocumented family members goes viral after saving her crush's life in disguise. A must read for fans of Sandhya Menon and Nicola Yoon. It's a classic story: girl meets boy, girl falls for boy,... |
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The Cartographers
Amy Zhang - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover
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Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with her own deep ambivalence about her place in the world, seventeen-year-old Ocean Sun takes her savings and goes off the grid. A haunting and romantic novel about family, friendship, philosophy, fitting in, and love from... |
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House of Yesterday
Deeba Zargarpur - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Taking inspiration from the author's own Afghan-Uzbek heritage, this contemporary YA debut is a breathtaking journey into the grief that lingers through generations of immigrant families, and what it means to confront the ghosts of your past.Struggling to deal with the pain of her parents'... |
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Throwback
Maurene Goo - Zando Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Back to the Future meets The Joy Luck Club in this YA contemporary romance about a Korean American girl sent back to the '90s to (reluctantly) help her teenage mom win Homecoming Queen.Being a first-generation Asian American immigrant is hard. You know what's harder? Being the daughter... |
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My Big, Fat Desi Wedding
Prerna Pickett - Page Street YA
Format: Hardcover
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Drama. Food. Fashion. More drama. More food. Nosey aunties and uncles -- and, of course, the universal language of love. These elements are a must-have for any Desi wedding, inclusive of people indigenous to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. In this anthology, authors from... |
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TJ Powar Has Something to Prove
JESMEEN KAUR DEO - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A charming rom-com about high school debater TJ Powar who - after becoming the subject of an ugly meme - makes a resolution to stop shaving, plucking, and waxing, and prove that she can be her hairy self and still be beautiful...but soon finds this may be her most difficult debate yet.... |
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It All Comes Back to You
Farah Naz Rishi - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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Two exes must revisit their past after their siblings start dating in this rom-com perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon and Morgan Matson.After Kiran Noorani's mom died, Kiran vowed to keep her dad and sister, Amira, close - to keep her family together. But when Amira announces that she's... |
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Telesā
Lani Wendt Young
Format: Book
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When Leila moves to Samoa, all she wants is a family, a place to belong. Instead she discovers the local ancient myths of the telesa spirit women are more than just scary stories. The more she finds out about her heritage, the more sinister her new home turns out to be. Embraced by a Covenant... |
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More Than Just a Pretty Face
Syed M. Masood - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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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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Himawari House
Harmony Becker - First Second
Format: Hardcover
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Living in a new country is no walk in the park -- Nao, Hyejung, and Tina can all attest to that. The three of them became fast friends through living together in the Himawari House in Tokyo and attending the same Japanese cram school. Nao came to Japan to reconnect with her Japanese heritage,... |
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The Knockout
Sajni Patel
Format: Hardcover
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"A rising star in Muay Thai figures out what (and who) is worth fighting for in this #ownvoices YA debut full of heart. If seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar is going to alienate herself from the entire Indian community, she might as well do it gloriously. She's landed the chance... |
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The Magic Fish
Trung Le Nguyen - Random House Graphic
Format: Paperback
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Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tin still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tin, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents... |
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Patron Saints of Nothing
Randy Ribay - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder.Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall.... |
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Super Fake Love Song
David Yoon - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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When Sunny Dae--self-proclaimed total nerd--meets Cirrus Soh, he can't believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakes Sunny's older brother Gray's bedroom--with its electric guitars and rock posters--for Sunny's own, he sort of, kind of, accidentally winds... |
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Teine Smoa
Dahlia Malaeulu - 978-0-473-52749-5
Format: Paperback
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Teine Smoa means Smoan girl. It's a label that carries with it an unspoken duty to obey, serve and respect your family and Smoan culture. But who can be teine Smoa? When should you be teine Smoa? And how can you be teine Smoa outside of Smoa?Lani is an afakasi, and is unsure of her Smoan... |
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Darius the Great Is Not Okay
ADIB KHORRAM - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Hilarious and heartbreaking, this unforgettable debut introduces a brilliant new voice in contemporary YA.Winner of the William C. Morris Debut Award"Heartfelt, tender, and so utterly real. I'd live in this book forever... |
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