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Writing in Color: Fourteen Writers on the Lessons We've Learned

Julie C. Dao - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Rethink the way you approach writing in this revolutionary and informative new anthology from fourteen diverse authors that demystifies craft and authorship based on their experiences as writers of color - perfect for fans of Fresh Ink and Our Stories, Our Voices.. So, you're thinking...
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Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

Dashka Slater - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times-bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes Accountable, a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult narrative nonfiction book about the revelation of a racist social media account that changes everything for a group of high school students and begs the question:...
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Thieves' Gambit

Kayvion Lewis - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

The Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world's best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life.. At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master...
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A Pretty Implausible Premise

Karen Rivers - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this touching novel, Hattie and Presley's instant connection seemed implausible - almost impossible - but falling in love is exactly what they needed to escape the ghosts of their pasts. Head-spinning, Taylor-Swift-song-level feelings. Their instant connection seems implausible,...
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Enlightened

Sachi Ediriweera - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A spirited young prince longing to learn more about the world grows into a man on a quest to find the cause of human suffering in this first-of-its-kind graphic novel retelling of the life of Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism.. Prince Siddhartha lives in a beautiful palace in the heart...
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Down Came the Rain

Jennifer Mathieu - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

From Jennifer Mathieu, the acclaimed author of Moxie - now a Netflix film - and Bad Girls Never Say Die, comes a bold novel about two young activists who find love and themselves as they tackle the threat of climate change. . After Eliza's home in Houston is destroyed by Hurricane Harvey,...
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An Impossible Thing to Say

Arya Shahi - Allida
Format: Hardcover

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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If I Have to Be Haunted

Miranda Sun - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Cemetery Boys meets Legendborn in this thrillingly romantic, irresistibly fun YA contemporary fantasy debut following a teenage Chinese American ghost speaker who (reluctantly) makes a deal to raise her nemesis from the dead.Cara Tang doesn't want to be haunted.Look, the dead have...
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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White - Peachtree Teen
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the transgressive gothic horror of our time!. Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all.. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal...
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The Only Girl in Town

Ally Condie - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

What would you do if everyone you love disappeared? What if it was your fault? A biting and breathless contemporary novel from Ally Condie, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Matched series.. For July Fielding, nothing has been the same since that summer before senior year.. Once,...
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