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| Be Dazzled by Ryan La SalaWhat it's about: Geeky perfectionist crafter Raffy has his sights set on winning this year's Controverse cosplay championship. Not only because it could offer a way into art school, but also because it might help him get over his ex-turned-competitor, Luca.
Reviewers say: "a sequin-filled romance that’s also a love letter to the craft and creativity of cosplay" (Publishers Weekly).
You might also like: Cecil Castelluci's Don't Cosplay with My Heart, another pop culture savvy story about relationships, fandom, and creation. |
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Lost roads
by Jonathan Maberry
A follow-up to Broken Lands finds Gutsy, Benny and their companions surviving a massive Night Army attack on New Alamo only to discover that the residents of Gutsy’s own town have been used as lab rats in a biological testing facility linked to the Raggedy Man zombie.
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| Concrete Rose by Angie ThomasWhat it's about: As the son of one of Garden Heights' most notorious King Lords, Maverick Carter has a legacy to uphold. But when he's hit by fresh tragedy and unexpected fatherhood, Maverick has to decide what kind of man he wants to be.
Book buzz: Set in the 1990s, this prequel to the mega-popular The Hate U Give is bound to make a splash.
On the hold list? Try books by Coe Booth or Tupac Shakur (author Angie Thomas' inspiration) while you wait. |
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Girls save the world in this one
by Ash Parsons
Looking forward to the panels, photo ops and celebrity appearances at the ZombieCon fan convention, June and her girl-power friends discover that real zombies have taken over the event, prompting a daring plan to save the world. By the award-winning author of Still Waters.
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Sometimes You Have to Laugh
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| Strangers Assume My Girlfriend Is My Nurse by Shane BurcawWhat it is: A hilarious and honest memoir from Shane Burcaw, who writes about life with muscular dystrophy and how he navigates family, work, love, sex, drugs, and condescending people who pat him on the head.
Why you might like it: With raw humor and sharp insight, Burcaw skewers ableist assumptions.
About the author: Burcaw is also the co-founder of a nonprofit and co-creator of the Squirmy and Grubs YouTube channel, which he runs with his wife, Hannah. |
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| Layoverland by Gabby NooneWelcome to: the Memory Experience Department in Layoverland, an airport-like purgatory where recently deceased souls can unpack their emotional baggage and try to catch a flight to heaven.
What happens: Cynical, sharp-tongued Bea learns that in order to get to heaven, she’ll have to help 5,000 other souls get there first, starting with Caleb, the guy who caused her fatal accident.
For fans of: TV’s The Good Place, and other snarky yet heartfelt stories about second chances in the afterlife. |
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| The Field Guide to the North American Teenager by Ben PhilippeStarring: smart, sarcastic, hockey-loving Montreal transplant Norris Kaplan, who's sweating through eleventh grade in Austin, Texas, as the only Haitian French Canadian person in his class.
Read it for: Norris' fish-out-of-water observations and sitcom-based stereotypes about Americans (which might just make you question your own assumptions about the people around you).
Book buzz: This 1st book by Canadian author Ben Phillipe won the 2020 William C. Morris Award for a debut novel; if you like this one, don't miss Philippe's equally funny follow-up, Charming As a Verb. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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Twin Falls Public Library201 4th Ave. ETwin Falls, Idaho 83301208-733-2964
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