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Don't miss these YA award winners and honors!
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The hate u give
by Angie Thomas
After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died
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Dear Martin by Nic StoneProfiled by a racist police officer in spite of his excellent academic achievements and Ivy League acceptance, a disgruntled college youth navigates the prejudices of new classmates and his crush on a white girl by writing a journal to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the hopes that his iconic role model's teachings will be applicable half a century later.
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We are okay by Nina LaCourRunning back to college and shutting out everyone from her life in California after a traumatic summer that nobody else knows about, Marin is forced to confront what happened during a lonely, fateful winter break.
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Long way down by Jason ReynoldsDriven by the secrets and vengeance that mark his street culture, 15-year-old Will contemplates over the course of 60 psychologically suspenseful seconds whether or not he is going to murder the person who killed his brother.
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Strange the dreamer
by Laini Taylor
War orphan and junior librarian Lazlo Strange gets an unexpected opportunity to follow his dream of seeking the mythic lost city of Weep with the Godslayer and his band of legendary warriors
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Vincent and Theo : the Van Gogh brothers by Deborah HeiligmanA meticulously researched account of the relationship between brothers Theo and Vincent van Gogh draws on hundreds of letters written by the master artist that illuminate how Theo supported Vincent throughout the latter's creative and interpersonal struggles.
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Saints and misfits by S. K. AliStruggling to secure her identity as an Arab Indian-American hijabi teen who loves pop culture and aspires to a career in photography, Janna Yusuf falls for a boy she cannot date and considers exposing a person with a monstrous nature who is pretending to be a saint in their tightknit Muslim community.
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Starfish by Akemi Dawn BowmanA half-Japanese teen grapples with social anxiety and a narcissistic mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school before accepting an invitation to tour other art schools on the West Coast.
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The marrow thieves
by Cherie Dimaline
In a world where most people have lost the ability to dream, a fifteen-year-old Indigenous boy who is still able to dream struggles for survival against an army of "recruiters" who seek to steal his marrow and return dreams to the rest of the world
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Far from the tree by Robin BenwayFeeling incomplete as an adopted child after placing her own baby up for adoption, teen Grace tracks down her biological siblings and finds herself struggling with the dynamics of being a middle child between an embittered older brother and an outspoken younger sister.
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March. Book three by John LewisCongressman John Lewis, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement, joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation, urgently relevant for today's world.
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The serpent king : a novel by Jeff ZentnerStruggling through his senior year of high school, where he is targeted by bullies because of his father's extreme faith, Dill teams up with fellow outcast Lydia, who is determined to escape their tiny town by pursuing a career in fashion, and Travis, whose obsession with an epic book series and a fangirl turns his reality into real-life fantasy.
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The smell of other people's houses by Bonnie-Sue HitchcockIntertwined stories of love, tragedy, wild luck and salvation on Alaska's wild frontier in the 1970s follows the experiences of four very different teens whose lives become entangled and who try to save each other, sometimes succeeding when they least expect it.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton : a woman living history by Karen BlumenthalThe author of Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different presents an accessible, carefully researched portrait of the former first lady, senator and secretary of state that traces her unconventional upbringing, political achievements and devotion to activist causes.
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Samurai rising : the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
by Pamela S Turner
The award-winning author of Life on Earth—and Beyond documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and perfected his fighting skills.
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This Land Is Our Land : A History of American Immigration
by Linda Barrett Osborne
A history of how immigration has shaped America explores the ways government policies and popular responses to immigrant groups have evolved in the country, particularly between 1800 and 1965, and includes a profile of how today's immigration has become a hot-button issue.
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Sachiko : a Nagasaki bomb survivor's story
by Caren Barzelay Stelson
Tells the story of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki through the eyes of Sachiko Yasui, who was six when the devastation was wrought, describing her experiences in the aftermath of the attack as well as her long journey to find peace
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Asking for it by Louise O'NeillAfter beautiful eighteen-year-old Emma O'Donovan is found on her doorstep disheveled, bleeding, and disoriented, with no memory of the party she attended the night before, viral photographs from the party set off a criminal investigation that divides her quiet Irish town
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The sun is also a star by Nicola YoonA scientifically minded girl who avoids relationships to help keep her family from being deported and a dutiful student who endeavors to live up to his parents' high expectations unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. By the best-selling author of Everything, Everything.
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Scythe by Neal ShustermanForced to become trained killers in a disease-free world where people can only die if eliminated by professional assassins, teens Citra and Rowan reluctantly train under a master reaper who informs them that the one who successfully kills the other will become his apprentice. By the best-selling author of the Unwind dystology.
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The passion of Dolssa : a novel by Julie BerryRescuing a mystic healer who is being violently pursued by a rogue monk in 13th-century Provensa, scrappy matchmaker Botille is challenged to protect the entire village against the monk's crusade to burn heretics. By the award-winning author of All the Truth That's in Me.
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The Lie Tree
by Frances Hardinge
Concealing her curious nature behind the façade of a dull and respectable young lady, Faith acquires secrets gleaned from her inability to resist mysteries and resolves to avenge the murder of her scandal-fleeing scientist father. By the award-winning author of Cuckoo Song.
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The hired girl
by Laura Amy Schlitz
Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs chronicles her life in a journal when she leaves her family's farm in Pennsylvania to work as a hired girl in Baltimore in the summer of 1911
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Carry on : the rise and fall of Simon Snow by Rainbow RowellSimon Snow's final year at the Watford School of Magicks is overshadowed by a painful breakup, an overprotective mentor, a roommate's disappearance and a plethora of monsters.
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Charm & strange
by Stephanie Kuehn
Exiled to a remote Vermont boarding school in the wake of a family tragedy and harboring a secret dread that he will turn into a vicious wolf just like his father, Andrew struggles with violent impulses and battles painful memories of a fateful summer that led to his isolation. A first novel.
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The weight of feathers by Anna-Marie McLemoreWorking for rival traveling performance troupes in a magical world, Lace Paloma and Cluck Corbeau unexpectedly fall in love when disaster strikes in the village where their families have been staging their latest shows. A first novel.
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Enchanted air : two cultures, two wings : a memoir by Margarita EngleIn this poetic memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up in two cultures during a time of cold hostility between nations. This almost-war of words shaped a sensitive young girl into an award-winning poet who enriches the world with words of a far more hopeful kind.
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Bone Gap by Laura RubyKnowing that his sister has been kidnapped by a dangerous assailant and that she did not abandon the family like their mother did years earlier, Finn confronts town secrets to organize a search. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of Lily's Ghost.
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The porcupine of truth by Bill KonigsbergSpending his summer in Billings, Montana, to help care for the dying alcoholic father he never knew, Carson Smith meets a beautiful runaway and a pastor who holds a secret about Carson's long-missing grandfather.
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens agenda by Becky AlbertalliSixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity—and that of his pen pal—will be revealed.
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I'll give you the sun
by Jandy Nelson
A story of first love and family loss follows the estrangement between daredevil Jude and her loner twin brother, Noah, as a result of a mysterious event that is brought to light by a beautiful, broken boy and a new mentor.
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Grasshopper jungle : a history
by Andrew Smith
Diligently chronicling colorful versions of his family's history, 16-year-old Austin and his best friend, Robby, accidentally trigger a disaster that could potentially destroy humanity by unleashing an army of giant praying mantises on their small hometown, a catastrophe they evaluate from inside an underground bunker.
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And we stay
by Jenny Hubbard
Shattered by her boyfriend's gun attack at school, during which he threatened her with a stolen weapon before taking his own life, Emily transfers to a Massachusetts boarding school where she meets a ghost and receives support from two quirky girls before finding the strength to heal, in a story told in verse and prose. By the award-nominated author of Paper Covers Rock.
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The carnival at Bray
by Jessie Ann Foley
Uprooted from Chicago to rural Ireland, Maggie searches for her place in the country she now calls home before enduring a tragedy that sends her on a pilgrimmage to fulfill her uncle's request.
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This one summer
by Mariko Tamaki
The team behind Skim presents the sumptuous graphic tale of a young teen whose latest summer at a beach lake house is overshadowed by her parents' constant arguments, her younger friend's secret sorrows and the dangerous activities of older teens.
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Challenger deep by Neal ShustermanA brilliant but troubled high school student pretends to engage in sports activities and uses his artistic talents to document his voyage to the world's most southern point while his friends observe his increasingly unbalanced behavior.
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Egg & spoon : a novel
by Gregory Maguire
Enduring a brutal life of poverty in the Russian countryside, young Elena Rudina is swept up by a passing noble family into an escapade involving mistaken identity, an imprisoned monk, an anonymous prince and the mythological Baba Yaga. By the best-selling author of the Wicked Years series.
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Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell
A first young adult novel by the author of Attachments follows the year-long, star-crossed romance between two 1980s high school misfits whose intelligence tells them that first loves almost never last but whose feelings prevent them from remaining as practical.
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Midwinterblood
by Marcus Sedgwick
Seven linked vignettes of passion and love unfold on a Scandinavian island inhabited throughout various time periods by Vikings, vampires, ghosts and a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon.
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The book thief
by Markus Zusak
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
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Code name Verity
by Elizabeth Wein
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage and great courage as she relates what she must do to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
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Ask the passengers : a novel
by A. S. King
Imagining that she is sending love to passengers in airplanes flying overhead, Astrid Jones, a teen from a small town torn by gossip and narrow-mindedness, struggles with her family's dysfunction and hides her secret love for another girl. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of Please Ignore Vera Dietz.
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Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents and his family that he has never asked before.
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