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Refugee 87
by Ele Fountain
A gifted student from a loving family loses everything on the day that soldiers arrive at his door, catapulting him into the horrors of refugee life.
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The voice in my head
by Dana Davis
When a mysterious voice claiming to be God instructs her to bring her terminally ill twin to a remote location in the Arizona desert, Indigo, fearing she is losing her mind, organizes a trip with her dysfunctional family that reveals shocking truths about those closest to her.
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| Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. JacksonWhat it’s about: After up-and-coming rapper Stephon is murdered, his sister, Jasmine, and his best friends, Quadir and Jarrell, keep his talent alive by promoting his music under a different name. Yet the closer they get to success -- and to finding Steph’s killer -- the harder it is to keep their secret.
Read it for: convincing characters, emotional depth, and a vivid 1990s Brooklyn setting.
You might also like: Lamar Giles’ Spin or Angie Thomas’ On the Come Up. |
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| If It Makes You Happy by Claire KannStarring: Winnie, who’s fat, proud, and excited to spend the summer working at her granny’s diner and hanging out with her family and her queerplatonic ungirlfriend, Kara.
What happens: Winnie is appointed Summer Queen of her small town, a role that comes with obligations as well as complications -- such as her feelings for the Summer King, Dallas.
Is it for you? If you prefer inclusive stories that focus on characters and relationships, you don’t want to miss this warmhearted read. |
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Fake it till you break it
by Jenn P. Nguyen
Constantly pushed together by their matchmaking moms, teens Mia and Jake start a fake relationship to prove how wrong they are for each other and orchestrate a spectacular breakup before realizing that they do not hate each other as much as they thought.
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For Fans of Karen M. McManus
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| Time Bomb by Joelle CharbonneauWhat it's about: A bombing at their high school leaves students Frankie, Rashid, Tad, Z, Diana, and Cas trapped together, dependent on each other to survive but all too aware that any of them could be the bomber.
Read it for: multiple perspectives, shifting alliances, and steadily building suspense.
Reviewers say: "a powerful page-turner that doesn’t let up until its explosive finale" (Publishers Weekly). |
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The body in the woods
by April Henry
While helping the Portland County Sheriff's Search and Rescue team search for a missing autistic man, teens Alexis, Nick and Ruby find the dead body of a girl and join forces to find the girl's murderer, forging an unlikely friendship in the process.
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| Truly Devious by Maureen JohnsonWhat it's about: Sixteen-year-old true crime enthusiast Stevie Bell arrives at Ellingham Academy (an unusual school for exceptional students) with one goal: to solve a kidnapping that took place there in 1936. Cracking the cold case proves complicated, however, when a present-day murderer begins targeting Ellingham students.
Series alert: Hold on tight and prepare for some cliffhangers in this atmospheric, multilayered mystery: Truly Devious is just the 1st in a trilogy. |
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| People Like Us by Dana MeleThe setting: Bates Academy, an elite prep school where Kay Donovan has reinvented herself as a popular soccer star, leaving her shady past behind.
The set-up: Kay’s past catches up to her, however, when a murdered classmate leaves behind a digital scavenger hunt that forces Kay to expose her new friends’ darkest secrets...or else have her own secrets revealed.
Read it for: backstabbing, revenge, and an intricate plot that will keep you guessing. |
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| The Truth Beneath the Lies by Amanda SearcyStarring: Betsy, who's starting over in a small Texas town but can't escape the shadow of her past or the sinister calls from the burner phone hidden under her bed; and Kayla, who's working hard to get out of government housing in Washington and can't escape the suspicion that she's being targeted by a serial killer.
Why you might like it: Dual narrators (who might not be trustworthy) and simmering tension will keep you glued to every twist in this suspenseful story. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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Henrico County Public Library Administrative Offices1700 North Parham Road | Henrico, Virginia 23229 (804) 501-1900henricolibrary.org |
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