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YA Picks from CFPL June 2017
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Wonderful feels like this
by Sara Lövestam
The interest in Scandanavian lit has reached American YA at long last! Steffi, a bullied misfit at her high school, finds solace in jazz music and Alvar, a senior citizen jazz musician who endured persecution in World War II. Their developing friendship provides Steffi with the ambition to audition for Stockholm's prestigious music schoo
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A face like glass
by Frances Hardinge
Hardinge is a big deal in British YA fiction and this tale of an underground world with some nasty secrets, rival families battling to rule it, and an outcast girl trying to escape into the sunlight is a great introduction to her work.
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Sherlock : A Study in Pink
by Steven Moffat
Sherlock Manga— presented in its original right-to-left reading order, and in the full chapters as originally serialized on television. This was taken out of our hands on its first day in circulation by an eager reader, and hasn't been seen on the shelves since, one to put a hold on for sure!
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We are okay
by Nina LaCour
Alone in her NYC dorm during winter break, Marin reflects on the events, big and small, that brought her there. Then Mabel comes to visit and Marin has to face some truths. Sometimes big issues can be communicated in quiet books and this cult book does the job.
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Girl code : gaming, going viral, and getting it done
by Andrea Gonzales
The two teens behind the viral video game "Tampon Run" reveal their rise to success, sharing insider perspectives on startups, the challenges for women in tech and the influence they have found in coding.
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Spy vs spy : missions of madness
by Antonio Prohias
A blast from the Mad Magazine past, when Cuban exile and cartoonist Prohias skewered politics, secret squirrels and the foreign relations game. History and humor blended in the sharpest of satires from one the masters!
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Crossing Ebenezer Creek
by Tonya Bolden
Mariah and her brother Zeke are running from their slave past and join Sherman's March through Georgia. She meets many people along their journey, but can she allow herself to hope for a safe, happy future with Caleb? Beautifully written but devastating.
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Selections by Fiona Stevenson of the Kids & Young Adult Departments.
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