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Beast Rider

Tony Johnston - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Manuel leaves his small town in Mexico to join his older brother in Los Angeles. To cross the US border, he must become a "beast rider" - someone who hops on a train. The first time he tries, he is stopped by the Mexican police, who arrest and beat him. When he tries...
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Woven in Moonlight

Isabel Ibañez - Page Street Kids
Format: Hardcover

A lush tapestry of magic, romance, and revolucin, drawing inspiration from Bolivian politics and history."A vibrant feast of a book." - Margaret Rogerson, NYT bestselling author of An Enchantment of Ravens"Wholly unique." - Adrienne Young, NYT bestselling...
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Spin

Lamar Giles - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered...
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All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa

RICHARD CONYNGHAM - ?Catalyst Press
Format: Paperback

All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa revives six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country's colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid. In six parts -- each of which is illustrated by a different South African artist -- All Rise...
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Magic Has No Borders

Samira Ahmed - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

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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The Rules of Us

Jennifer Nissley - ?Labyrinth Road
Format: Hardcover

Come out. Break up. Stay friends? In this heartwarming queer love story about love of all kinds, exes navigate new crushes, new feelings, and a newly uncertain future after unexpectedly coming out to each other on prom night turns their lives - and their friendship - upside down. Can they...
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The Sisters of Reckoning

Charlotte Nicole Davis - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

The Good Luck Girls are free. Aster's sister and friends have new lives across the border in Ferron, while Aster remains in Arketta, helping more girls escape. But news of a new welcome house opening fills Aster with a need to do more than just help individual girls. And an unexpected...
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The Story of More

Hope Jahren - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

Hope Jahren, acclaimed geochemist and geobiologist, details the science behind key inventions, clarifying how electricity, large-scale farming, and automobiles have both helped and harmed our world. Jahren explains the current and projected consequences of unchecked global warming, from...
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Gilded Serpent

Danielle L. Jensen
Format: Hardcover


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Bright Burns the Night

Sara B Larson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Ten years ago, King Lorcan of the Dark Kingdom Dorjhalon defeated Queen Evelayn and cut her conduit stone from her. Since then, he has kept her trapped in her swan form. With the loss of balance between Dark and Light, winter has descended and the Draolon of adrolan lose more power every...
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