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Rani Patel In Full Effect

Sonia Patel · Cinco Puntos Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Almost seventeen, Rani Patel appears to be a kick-ass Indian girl breaking cultural norms as a hip-hop performer in full effect. But in truth, she's a nerdy flat-chested nobody who lives with her Gujarati immigrant parents on the remote Hawaiian island of Moloka'i, isolated from her high...
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

ERIKA L SNCHEZ · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover

National Book Award Finalist!The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes of growing up in a Mexican-American...
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LGBTQ: The Survival Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens

KELLY HUEGEL MADRONE · Free Spirit Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

LGBTQ is the indispensable resource for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning teens - and their allies. This fully revised and updated third edition includes current information on LGBTQ terminology, evolving understandings of gender identity and sexual identity, LGBTQ...
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When Friendship Followed Me Home

Paul Griffin · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 247
Format: Print book

A breathtaking middle-grade novel about happiness, loss, and an unforgettable dog named Flip"This story convinced me all over again that love and imagination are life's biggest magic." - Rebecca Stead, author of Newbery Award winner When You Reach Me Ben Coffin has never been...
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Nemesis

Brendan Reichs · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Orphan Black meets Lord of the Flies in this riveting new thriller from the co-author of the Virals series. It's been happening since Min was eight. Every two years, on her birthday, a strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood. But hours later, she wakes up in a clearing just...
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Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World

Winifred Conkling · Algonquin Of Chapel Hill
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb. In 1934, Irene Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the world: artificial radioactivity....
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Alice and the Fly

James Rice · Quercus Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Greg is cripplingly shy, afraid of spiders, and obsessed with Breakfast at Tiffany's. He's not exactly the most popular kid at his high school. In fact, he pretty much goes out of his way to avoid talking to anybody he doesn't have to. And it doesn't help that he has a severe...
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This savage song.

Victoria Schwab · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

There's no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from acclaimed author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young man must choose whether to become heroes or villains - and friends or enemies - with the future of their home at stake....
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Our Country's Presidents: A Complete Encyclopedia of the U.S. Presidency

Ann Bausum · Natl Geographic
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

National Geographic presents the 43 individuals who have led the U.S., plus America's newest commander-in-chief, in this up-to-date, authoritative, and lavishly illustrated family, school, and library reference. It features comprehensive profiles of the 43 former presidents along with...
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LGBTQ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality

Kirstin Cronn-Mills · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 104
Format: Print book

In 2015, the world watched as soccer star Abby Wambach kissed her wife after the US women's World Cup victory. Milwaukee Brewers' minor league first baseman David Denson came out as gay. And Caitlyn (born Bruce) Jenner, an Olympic decathlete, came out as transgender. It hasn't...
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The Hate U Give

A C THOMAS · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Eight Starred Reviews! #1 New York Times Bestseller!"Absolutely riveting!" - Jason Reynolds"Stunning." - John Green"This story is necessary. This story is important." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Heartbreakingly topical." - Publishers...
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The Astonishing Color of After

Emily X R Pan · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

"Emily X.R. Pan's brilliantly crafted, harrowing first novel portrays the vast spectrum of love and grief with heart-wrenching beauty and candor. This is a very special book."--John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down A stunning, heartbreaking...
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The Heartbreak Messenger

Alexander Vance · Square Fish; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Breaking up is hard to do—so why not pay someone to do it for you?Twelve-year-old Quentin never asked to be the Heartbreak Messenger. It just kind of happened, and he can’t let a golden opportunity pass him by. The valuable communication service he offers is simple: He delivers...
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The crimson skew

S E Grove · Viking
Pages: 428
Format: Hardcover

The stunning conclusion to S. E. Grove's New York Times-bestselling Mapmakers trilogy - a historical, fantastical adventure perfect for fans of Philip Pullman!It is late August 1892, and Sophia Tims is coming home from a foreign Age, having risked her life in search of her missing parents....
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The Impossible Vastness of Us

Samantha Young · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"I know how to watch my back. I'm the only one that ever has." India Maxwell hasn't just moved across the country - she's plummeted to the bottom rung of the social ladder. It's taken years to cover the mess of her home life with a veneer of popularity. Now she's living in one of Boston's...
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