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Each of Us a Desert

Mark Oshiro - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author Mark Oshiro comes a powerful coming-of-age fantasy novel about finding home and falling in love amidst the dangers of a desert where stories come to lifeXochitl is destined to wander the desert alone, speaking her troubled village's stories into its arid winds....
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Trans Mission: My Quest to a Beard

Alex Bertie - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A brave first-hand account of online personality Alex Bertie's life, struggles, and victories as a transgender teen, as well as a groundbreaking guide for transitioning teen.I guess we should start at the beginning. I was born on November 2nd, 1995. The doctors in the hospital took...
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Making a Budget

Xina M. Uhl - Rosen Young Adult
Format: Library Binding

Learning careful money management does far more than allow young people to pay bills, save for emergencies, and meet long-term goals like home ownership. Using a budget also provides for a better quality of life. This easy-to-follow guide helps readers learn how to craft a budget that accounts...
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When We Were Strangers

Alex Richards - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Evie Parker is devastated in the wake of her father's sudden death. But she knows something her mother doesn't: the day of his heart attack, her dad was planning to move out. After finding his packed bags, an impulsive Evie puts everything away to spare her mom more...
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Nothing

Annie Barrows - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

"Remarkable." - New York Times Book ReviewFrom Annie Barrows, the acclaimed #1 New York Times-bestselling coauthor of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and the author of the award-winning and bestselling Ivy Bean books, this teen debut tells the story of Charlotte...
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We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures

Rob Costello - Running Press Kids
Format: Hardcover

An empowering cross-genre YA anthology that explores what it means to be a monster, exclusively highlighting trans and queer authors who offer new tales and perspectives on classic monster stories and tropes. . Be not afraid! These monsters, creatures, and beasties are not what they appear....
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None Shall Sleep

Ellie Marney - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In 1982, two teenagers--serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell--are recruited by the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers and provide insight and advice on cold cases. From the start, Emma and Travis develop a quick friendship, gaining information...
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Twice as Perfect

Louisa Onome? - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

A Young Adult novel by Louisa Onomé, Twice As Perfect follows a Nigerian Canadian girl dealing with an estranged older brother, helping her cousin plan a big Nigerian wedding, and pressure from her parents about her future.She thinks the only things worth doing are those that will lead...
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Juliet respira profundo

Gabby Rivera - Vintage Espanol
Format: Paperback

Una historia audaz sobre la transicin a la edad adulta de una chica queer que busca su lugar en el mundo. Juliet Milagros Palante es una adolescente lesbiana puertorriquea, nacida en el Bronx. Aun est "en el clset", aunque no tanto como ella cree. Una noche antes de viajar...
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The Chinese Invent Papermaking (Crazy Cool China)

SEAN BERGIN - Rosen Young Adult
Format: Library Binding

Where would we be without paper? We'd have no books or magazines, no paper money, and no material on which to paint or draw. But fortunately, paper has been around for thousands of years -- and we have ancient China to thank for that! This detailed volume explains the history of paper,...
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