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Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Tomi Adeyemi · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could've imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too.

Now, Zélie...
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The Weight of Our Sky

Hanna Alkaf · Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

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...
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The Queen of Nothing

Black, Holly

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Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over t
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All-American Muslim Girl

Nadine Jolie Courtney

Allie Abraham has it all going for her--she's a straight-A student, with good friends and a close-knit family, and she's dating cute, popular, and sweet Wells Henderson. One problem: Wells's father is Jack Henderson, America's most famous conservative shock jock...and Allie hasn't
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Gravity

Deming, Sarah

A. S. King meets Chris Crutcher in boxing journalist Sarah Deming's YA novel about a young female boxer who learns to fight for what she wants.

When Gravity Delgado walks into Cops 'n Kids, a no-frills Brooklyn boxing gym, and starts working with the legendary Coach Thomas
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Day Zero

Kelly deVos · Inkyard Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Don't miss the exhilarating new novel from the author of Fat Girl on a Plane, featuring a fierce, bold heroine who will fight for her family and do whatever it takes to survive. Fans of Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life As We Knew It series and Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave series will cheer for this...
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I Know You Remember

Jennifer Donaldson · Razorbill
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Jennifer Donaldson is back with another twisted thriller perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Sadie.

Zahra Gaines is missing.

After three long years away, Ruthie Hayden arrives in her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska to this devastating news. Zahra was Ruthie's...
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Crown of Oblivion

Julie Eshbaugh · HarperTeen
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

In this mesmerizing YA fantasy mash-up of The Road meets The Amazing Race, one girl chooses to risk her life in a cutthroat competition in order to win her freedom. In Lanoria, Outsiders, who don't have magic, are inferior to Enchanteds, who do. That's just a fact for Astrid,...
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Gogor Volume 1

Ken Garing · Image Comics
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback

Among the floating islands of Altara, deep underground, the mystical creature Gogor sleeps. But above ground, trouble brews as soldiers of the Domus invade the land and impose their will on the people of Altara. Now, a young student of the natural arts, named Armano, must awaken Gogor and begin...
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Watch Over Me

Mila Gray

From the author of Come Back to Me comes a striking new novel about a young woman - desperately trying to protect her family from their violent father - who finds safety, and a passionate romance, with an ex-Marine.

Ever since Zoey was a kid she's been caring for he
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The How & the Why

Cynthia Hand · HarperTeen
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

A poignant exploration of family and the ties that bind, from New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand.

Cassandra McMurtrey has the best parents a girl could ask for; they've given Cass a life she wouldn't trade for the world. She has everything she needs - but she has questions,...

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Stranger Things: SIX

Houser, Jody

A prequel comic from Netflix' award-winning series, delving into the mysterious workings of Project MKUltra and the weird science that opened the door to the Upside Down.

Francine, a teenage girl with precognition, has struggled through a lifetime of exploitation: first by
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Color outside the Lines: Stories about Love

Sangu Mandanna

This modern, groundbreaking YA anthology explores the complexity and beauty of interracial and LGBTQ+ relationships where differences are front and center.

When people ask me what this anthology is about, I'm often tempted to give them the complicated answer: it's about rac
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Reverie

Ryan La Sala

Inception meets The Magicians in this wildly imaginative story about about what happens when the secret world's that people hide within themselves come to light.

All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can't remember a

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Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters

Emily Roberson

Greek mythology meets the Kardashians in Emily Roberson's Lifestyles of Gods and Monsters, a fresh, fast-paced debut young adult novel about celebrity culture, family dynamics, and finding love amidst it all.

Sixteen-year-old Ariadne's whole life is curated and sha

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The Bookworm Crush

Lisa Brown Roberts · Entangled
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

This spinoff of The Replacement Crush featuring Amy and Toff is sure to melt your heart.Shy bookworm Amy McIntyre is about to compete for the chance to interview her favorite author, who hasn't spoken to the press in years. The only way to win is to step out of the shadows and into...
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The Athena Protocol

Shamim Sarif

Bourne Identity meets Karen McManus in this action-packed series opener about a spy gone rogue, perfect for fans of Ally Carter and Killing Eve.

Jessie Archer is a member of the Athena Protocol, an elite organization of female spies who enact vigilante justice around the

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OtherLife

Segel, Jason

Return to the series BuzzFeed compared to Ready Player One with the third book in the fast-paced trilogy from New York Times bestselling authors Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller that's perfect for fans of HBO's Westworld.

Simon, Kat, Busara, and E
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Tarnished Are the Stars

Rosiee Thor · Scholastic Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The Lunar Chronicles meets Rook in this queer #OwnVoices science-fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer and Sharon Cameron.

A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply...
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Adventures of the Super Sons Vol. 2

Peter J. Tomasi · DC Comics
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The Super Sons are back! Damian Wayne and Jon Kent, the sons of Batman and Superman, take to the past to reveal a secret adventure in which Superboy and Robin find themselves targets of an interstellar team of young badasses called the Gang!

Locked in an intergalactic juvenile detention...
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