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10 things I hate about Pinky
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Sandhya Menon
A latest entry in the series that includes There’s Something About Sweetie finds Ashish’s friends, Pinky and Samir, pretending to date each other to achieve respective goals during a Cape Cod summer, with disastrously uproarious results.
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Accidental
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Alex Richards
Sixteen-year-old Jo must decide whether to trust her estranged father or the grandparents who raised her but hid the truth about the way her mother died when Jo was only two.
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All These Monsters
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Amy Tintera
Joining an international monster-fighting squad to escape an abusive home, 17-year-old Clara exhaustively trains in battle skills before discovering that the monsters may not be the biggest evil in the world. By the best-selling author of the Reboot series.
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The black flamingo
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Dean Atta
A fierce coming-of-age novel about identity and the liberating power of drag follows the experiences of a mixed-race teen in London who struggles to connect with his heritage before coming out and establishing his place in Drag Society.
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The Boundless
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Anna Bright
A conclusion to the duology that began with The Beholder finds an exiled Selah unwillingly setting aside her feelings for Prince Torden of Norway to fulfill the Beholder’s secret mission to transport weapons to rebels fighting against the brutal tsarytsya.
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Burn our bodies down
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Rory Power
Growing up alongside a mother who refuses to speak about the past, a teen who longs for a family discovers a photograph that leads to her mother’s hometown, where she encounters disturbing revelations. By the best-selling author of Wilder Girls.
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Cinderella is dead
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Kalynn Bayron
Queer black girls team up to overthrow the patriarchy in the former kingdom of Cinderella
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Court of miracles
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Kester Grant
Set in the post-Revolution alternate world of 1828 Paris, a debut entry in a historical adventure series follows the experiences of a hardscrabble thief who finds herself confronting the leaders of the city’s criminal underground to protect an innocent girl.
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The damned
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Renée Ahdieh
A sequel to The Beautiful finds Celine confronting difficult truths and struggling to recover from injuries sustained on a night she cannot fully remember, before she and Bastien uncover dangerous forces that have been hiding for centuries. By the author of The Wrath and the Dawn.
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The empire of dreams
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Rae Carson
The award-winning author of The Girl of Fire and Thorns presents a standalone tale in which a foundling orphan with a veiled past is barred from being adopted into the royal family before she becomes a first woman recruit into the legendary Royal Guard.
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The Faithless Hawk
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Margaret Owen
When a leader’s death launches a ruthless bid for the throne by Queen Rhusana, chieftain Fie investigates a prophecy about a protective god to safeguard her fellow Crows against false allegations that blame them for a deadly plague.
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Felix ever after
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Kacen Callender
Worrying that his combination of such marginalizing qualities as being black, queer and trans are too impossible to allow happiness, Felix turns vengeful in the face of transphobic hate messages before finding himself in a quasi-love triangle.
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Girl, serpent, thorn
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Melissa Bashardoust
Cursed to be poisonous to the touch, Princess Soraya endures a life in seclusion before making fateful decisions about her twin’s upcoming wedding, a young man who is not afraid of her and a demon who holds the answers she seeks.
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I killed Zoe Spanos
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Kit Frick
Hoping for a new start when she accepts a summer nanny job in the Hamptons, Anna is drawn into the disappearance case of a local teen who she eerily resembles while a local podcaster searches for answers, in a tale of suspense inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca.
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I'll Be the One
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Lyla Lee
A nuanced celebration of body positivity by the author of the Mindy Kim series follows the experiences of a plus-sized teen girl who shatters expectations on a televised competition to become the next big K-pop star.
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The life and (medieval) times of Kit Sweetly
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Jamie Pacton
Working as a Wench--i.e., waitress--at a cheesy medieval-themed restaurant in the Chicago suburbs, Kit Sweetly wishes she could be a Knight like her brother. She has the moves, is capable on a horse, and desperately needs the raise that comes with knighthood, so she can hold a spot at her dream college and help her mom pay the mortgage. Company policy allows only guys to be Knights. So when Kit takes her brother's place, clobbers the Green Knight, and reveals her identity at the end of the show, she rockets into Internet fame and a whole lot of trouble with the management. But this Girl Knight won't go down without a fight. As other Wenches and cast members join her quest, a protest forms. In a joust before Castle executives, they'll prove that gender restrictions should stay medieval--if they don't get fired first.
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Mad, bad & dangerous to know
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Samira Ahmed
It's August in Paris, but 17-year-old Khayyam-American, Desi, Muslim, the only child of Chicago-based academics with a summer apartment on the Ile de la Cite-is at a crossroads. Uncertain of her relationship with Zaid, the boy back home, she can't hold on to the past. Stung by her dream college's rejection of the essay she wrote to apply early, she doesn't see a clear future. Khayyam is alone in her belief that the mysterious "raven-tressed lady" in the poems of Alexandre Dumas not only inspired the paintings of Eugène Delacroix, they were based on a real person named Leila. A chance encounter with a descendant of Alexandre Dumas plunges Khayyam back into her research and the hunt for the truth. Interstitials offer a tantalizing glimpse of Leila's lifeas it could have been-defined by a high-wire balance of privileged status, servitude, and survival as a Muslim woman subject to European patriarchy and colonialism. As the stakes rise for both, Khayyam and Leila must ultimately wrestle with desires and expectations outside of their control to determine their own fates
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More than maybe
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Erin Hahn
The spotlight-avoiding son of a famous punk rocker and his fellow music blogger, a girl who aspires to work for Rolling Stone magazine, struggle with growing crushes on each other that they do not realize are mutual.
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My Calamity Jane
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Cynthia Hand
A side-splitting follow-up to My Plain Jane finds Wild Bill’s Traveling Show performer Calamity Jane incurring a suspicious bite in the wake of a garou hunt gone wrong before seeking a cure in Deadwood, where she encounters a life-threatening surprise.
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Night Spinner
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Addie Thorley
After being exiled to a monastery for losing control of her powers, Enebish's sister Ghoa returns from the war front with an offer Enebish just cannot refuse
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The princess will save you
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Sarah Henning
When her warrior father, King Sendoa, mysteriously dies, Princess Amarande of Ardenia is given what would hardly be considered a choice: marry a stranger at sixteen or lose control of her family's crown. But Amarande was raised to be a warrior-not a sacrifice. In an attempt to force her choice, a neighboring kingdom kidnaps her true love, stable boy Luca. With her kingdom on the brink of civil war and no one to trust, she'll need all her skill to save him, her future, and her kingdom.
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Rebel spy
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Veronica Rossi
A reimagining of the story of a New York society girl-turned-Revolutionary War spy follows a young woman’s effort to pass herself off as a shipwreck victim before using her assumed identity to eavesdrop on British soldiers and convey important information to George Washington.
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The Stepping Off Place
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Cameron Kelly Rosenblum
Devastated by the suicide death of a best friend who supported her through her social anxiety, Reid is driven by loyalty and a desperate need to understand to investigate what happened, before uncovering painful secrets.
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A song below water
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Bethany C. Morrow
A metaphorical tale follows the experiences of a black teen siren and her haunted best friend, who find themselves targeted by violence when they are unable to hide their supernatural identities in an alternate world that discriminates against magic.
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A song of wraiths and ruin
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Roseanne A. Brown
A first entry in a planned duology inspired by West African folklore finds a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee on a collision course to destroy each other despite their growing attraction.
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Unravel the dusk
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Elizabeth Lim
A sequel to Spin the Dawn finds a heartbroken Maia returning to a kingdom on the brink of war, where she is forced to help keep the peace by impersonating the emperor’s bride-to-be in her hand-sewn dress of the sun, a deception that is complicated by her evolving demonic nature.
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The voting booth
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Brandy Colbert
Preparing to vote for the first time, Marva is indignant when she observes a fellow teen turned away from the voting booth and teams up with him to fight a corrupt system and search for a missing cat. By the award-winning author of Finding Yvonne.
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You should see me in a crown
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Leah Johnson
A black, underprivileged misfit from a wealthy, prom-obsessed midwestern community carefully plans to attend a prestigious medical college before the unexpected loss of her financial aid forces her to compete for her school’s prom-queen scholarship.
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