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Mall Goth
Kate Leth - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me gets a Y2K twist in this coming-of-age young adult graphic novel from acclaimed comic artist Kate Leth about a 2000s goth teen whose favorite part of her new town is the mall.. Liv Holme is not exactly thrilled to be moving to a new town with her mother.... |
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Sunday Money: A Novel
Maggie Hill - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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It's 1971, but for Claire Joyce and girls' basketball, it might as well be 1871. Stilted rules (three-bounce dribbling, two roving players for full-court games, and uniforms that include bloomers) set their play unfairly apart from the boys' basketball Claire's older brother... |
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The Carnival at Bray
Jessie Ann Foley - Elephant Rock Books
Format: Print book
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ALA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Chicago Weekly Best Books of 2014 A Michael L. Printz Honor Award Winner Winner, 2014 Helen Sheehan YA Book Prize Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2014 Finalist, William C. Morris Award It's 1993, and Generation X pulses to the beat of Kurt Cobain... |
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Everything We Never Had
Randy Ribay - Kokila
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally charged, moving novel about four generations of Filipino American boys grappling with identity, masculinity, and their fraught father-son relationships.. Watsonville, 1930. Francisco Maghabol... |
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The Color of a Lie
Kim Johnson - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a "Whites Only" town in the suburbs. Caught between two worlds, a teen boy puts his family at risk as he uncovers racist secrets about his suburb. A new social justice thriller from the acclaimed author of This Is My America!.... |
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All the Truth I Can Stand
Mason Stokes - Calkins Creek
Format: Hardcover
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A gay teenager in 1990s Wyoming must contend with the violent loss of a loved one in this historical YA novel that draws from the tragic murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998.. Juniper, Wyoming, high school student Ash is still reeling from his mother's death and ostracization by his friends... |
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Rana Joon and the One and Only Now
Shideh Etaat - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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This lyrical coming-of-age novel for fans of Darius the Great Is Not Okay and On the Come Up, set in southern California in 1996, follows a teen who wants to honor her deceased friend's legacy by entering a rap contest.. Perfect Iranian girls are straight A students, always polite,... |
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My Father, The Panda Killer
Jamie Jo Hoang - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant coming-of-age story told in two alternating voices: a California teenager railing against the Vietnamese culture, juxtaposed with her father as an eleven-year-old boat person on a harrowing and traumatic refugee journey from Vietnam to the United States.. San Jose, 1999. Jane... |
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Freedom Swimmer
Wai Chim - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields.When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't... |
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All You Have to Do
Autumn Allen - Listening Library
Format: Hardcover
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Powerful, thought-provoking, and heartfelt, this debut YA novel by author Autumn Allen is a gripping look at what it takes (and takes and takes) for two Black students to succeed in prestigious academic institutions in America.In ALL YOU HAVE TO DO, two Black young men attend prestigious... |
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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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Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win: A Novel
Susan Azim Boyer - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover
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Most Anticipated YA by BuzzfeedA fresh spin on the cult-classic Election meets Darius the Great Is Not Okay in Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win when an international incident crashes into a high school election, and Jasmine is caught between doing the right thing and chasing her dream.It's... |
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The Turning Pointe
Vanessa L. Torres - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A bold and emotionally gripping novel about a teenage Latinx girl finding freedom through dance and breaking expectations in 1980s Minnesota. When sixteen-year-old Rosa Dominguez pirouettes, she is poetry in pointe shoes. And as the daughter of a tyrant ballet Master, Rosa seems destined... |
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Torch
Lyn Miller-Lachmann - Carolrhoda Lab ®
Format: Hardcover
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Three teens struggle to carve out futures for themselves under a totalitarian regime.Czechoslovakia, 1969Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of the Soviet Union's invasion. He's seen his own dreams disappear too. In a desperate,... |
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Destination Unknown
Bill Konigsberg - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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From Stonewall Award winner Bill Konigsberg, a remarkable, funny, sexy, heartbreaking story of two teen boys finding each other in New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic.The first thing I noticed about C.J. Gorman was his plexiglass bra. So begins Destination Unknown -- it's... |
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Dead flip
Sara Farizan - Algonquin
Format: Hardcover
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Edge-of-your-seat YA horror perfect for fans of Stranger Things Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for Halloween, arcade games, and one another. Now it's 1992, Sam has been missing for five years, and Cori and Maz aren't speaking... |
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Music from Another World
Talley, Robin - INKYARD PR
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It's summer 1977 and closeted lesbian Tammy Larson can't be herself anywhere. Not at her strict Christian high school, not at her conservative Orange County church and certainly not at home, where her ultrareligious aunt relentlessly organizes antigay political campaigns. Tammy's... |
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All My Rage: A Novel
Sabaa Tahir - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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Lahore, Pakistan. Then.Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Cloud's Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Juniper, California. Now.Salahudin and Noor... |
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The Peach Rebellion
Wendelin Van Draanen - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of The Running Dream comes a heart-swelling historical tale of friendship, family, and the power of sisterhood to help heal the wounds of the past and step boldly into the future.Ginny Rose and Peggy were best friends at seven, picking peaches on hot summer days. Peggy's... |
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When the Ground Is Hard
Malla Nunn - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Edgar Award nominee stuns in this heartrending tale set in a Swaziland boarding school where two girls of different castes bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre.Adele Joubert loves being one of the popular girls at Keziah Christian Academy. She knows the upcoming semester at school... |
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The House of One Thousand Eyes
MICHELLE BARKER - Annick Press
Format: Hardcover
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Who can Lena trust to help her find out the truth?Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most people, but for Lena, it's particularly hard. After the death of her parents in a factory explosion and time spent in a psychiatric hospital recovering from the trauma, she is sent... |
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All These Bodies
Kendare Blake - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover
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Sixteen bloodless bodies. Two teenagers. One impossible explanation. In this edge-of-your-seat mystery from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake, the truth is as hard to believe as it is to find. Summer 1958. A gruesome killer plagues the Midwest, leaving behind a trail of bodies... |
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Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger
Margarita Engle - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The people of Cuba are living in el perodo especial en tiempos de paz - the special period in times of peace. That's what the government insists that this era must be called, but the reality behind these words is starvation. Liana is struggling to find enough to eat. Yet hunger has also... |
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Kent State
Deborah Wiles - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War.May 4, 1970.Kent State University.As protestors roil the campus, National Guardsmen... |
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo
Format: Hardcover
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"That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other." And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: "Have you ever heard of such a thing?"Seventeen-year-old... |
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Let Me Hear a Rhyme
Tiffany D Jackson - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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In this striking new novel by the critically acclaimed author of Allegedly and Monday's Not Coming, Tiffany D. Jackson tells the story of three Brooklyn teens who plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he's still alive. Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right:... |
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The Black Kids
Christina Hammonds Reed - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"Infused with honesty, heart, and humor, The Black Kids is a true love letter to Los Angeles, highlighting the beauty and flaws of the city, and the people who call it home." - Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of Little & Lion Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this... |
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The Weight of Our Sky
Hanna Alkaf - Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A music loving teen with OCD does everything she can to find her way back to her mother during the historic race riots in 1969 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in this heart-pounding literary debut.Melati Ahmad looks like your typical movie-going, Beatles-obsessed sixteen-year-old. Unlike most other... |
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Don't Breathe a Word
Jordyn Taylor - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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"A fast-paced, exhilarating story about a boarding school shrouded in secrecy and the girl who will do anything to right the institution's wrongs." - Jessica Goodman, Indiebound bestselling author of They Wish They Were UsCritically acclaimed author Jordyn Taylor weaves an addictive... |
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Give Me Some Truth
ERIC GANSWORTH - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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Carson Mastick is entering his senior year of high school and desperate to make his mark, on the reservation and off. A rock band -- and winning Battle of the Bands -- is his best shot. But things keep getting in the way. Small matters like the lack of an actual band, or his brother getting... |
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The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, unforgettable portrait of love, silence, and secrets amidst a Spanish dictatorship.Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco,... |
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Before We Were Free
Julia Alvarez
Format: Paperback
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Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her To Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government's secret police terrorize her remaining fa |
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Girls Like Us
Randi Pink - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
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In Girls Like Us, Randi Pink masterfully weaves four lives into a larger story-as timely as ever-about a woman's right to choose her future.Four teenage girls. Four different stories. What they all have in common is that they're dealing with unplanned pregnancies.In rural Georgia,... |
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea
NOT AVAILABLE. - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature!From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice.It's 2002, a year after... |
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