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Teen eReads: the Best of hoopla: Part 2
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Looking for something to read? Our teen services staff are here to help. We’ve selected some of our favorite digital content just for you! All titles are available through one or more of our digital collection eResources.
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I hope you're listening
by Tom Ryan
Seventeen-year-old Dee secretly hosts a popular true-crime podcast but when a missing child seems linked to the disappearance of her best friend ten years ago, she considers revealing her identity to uncover the truth.
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Dating Makes Perfect
by Pintip Dunn
The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because they’re not allowed. Until now.
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The Dark Tide
by Alicia Jasinska
Every year on St. Walpurga's Eve, Caldella's Witch Queen lures a boy back to her palace. An innocent life to be sacrificed on the full moon to keep the island city from sinking. After offering herself to save her brother Finley and secret crush Tomas from capture by Caldella's Witch Queen, Lina Kirk and the witch soon face a terrible choice
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Pretty Funny for a Girl
by Rebecca Elliott
A candid and laugh-out-loud journey of family, friends, and fierce mistakes. Haylah Swinton is an ace best friend, a loving daughter, and an incredibly patient sister to a four-year-old nutcase of a brother. Best of all, she’s pretty confident she’s mastered making light of every situation—from her mom’s new boyfriend to unsolicited remarks on her plus-sized figure. Haylah’s learning to embrace all of her curvy parts and, besides, she has a secret: one day, she’ll be a stand-up comedian star.
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Furia
by Yamile Saied Méndez
Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego
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Even if we break
by Marieke Nijkamp
A group of friends, bound together by years of history, embark on a visit to a cabin before dangerous secrets and unknown threats reveal a sinister plot that compromises their safety. By the best-selling author of This Is Where It Ends. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Perfect Escape
by Suzanne Park
Thinking about committing grade fraud to help support his proud but struggling Korean family, Nate Jae-Woo teams up with a freedom-seeking young actress for a survivalist competition that is complicated by their growing feelings for each other.
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Raybearer
by Jordan Ifueko
Raised in isolation by a mysterious mother known only as The Lady, lonely Tarisai is dispatched to become a member of the Crown Prince’s trusted council, whose members forge deep bonds with each other, before her mother directs her to commit an assassination.
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Deeplight
by Frances Hardinge
Discovering the still-beating heart of a formidable deity believed long dead, 15-year-old Hark races to keep the dangerous object out of the hands of smugglers, scientists and cult fanatics in the hope of saving a best friend’s life. By the award-winning author of The Lie Tree.
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If We Were Us
by K.L. Walther
Sage Morgan and Charlie Carmichael prove to everyone at Bexley School that their close friendship does not hide a romance when new student Nick Morrissey and Charlie's twin brother, Nick, stir things up.
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My real name is Hanna
by Tara L Masih
Forced into hiding when Hitler's army arrives in the village of Kwasova, Hanna must find a way to keep her family alive after her father goes missing while scavenging for food.
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How to Deal : tarot for everyday life
by Sami Main
Presents an introduction to fortune telling using tarot cards and offers information on how the cards interact with each other and what questions to ask.
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The future of science is female : the brilliant minds shaping the 21st century
by Zara Stone
"Take a look at what the future holds-and how women are making it better. In The Future of Science is Female, author and award-winning journalist Zara Stone shares the fascinating, complicated stories of how a diverse group of powerful women got started-from the perspective of those still working it out as they go along. Take 22-year old Dominique Barnes, a female hero of the oceans. She was worried about all the dolphins and whales killed during shrimp farming, so the marine biologist created a tasty, affordable plant-based shrimp alternative. And she's just one of the sheroes you will discover in The Future of Science is Female"
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Swamp thing : twin branches
by Maggie Stiefvater
"Twins Alec and Walker Holland have a reputation around town. One is quiet and the other is the life of any party, but the two are inseparable. For their last summer before college, Alec and Walker leave the city to live with their rural cousins, where they find that the swamp holds far darker depths than they could have imagined. While Walker carves their names into the new social scene, Alec recedes into a summer-school laboratory, slowly losing himself to a deep, dark experiment. This season, both brothers must confront truths, ancient and familial, and as their lives diverge, tensions increase and dormant memories claw to the surface"
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Mooncakes
by Suzanne Walker
When teen witch Nova Huang discovers that her childhood crush, Tam Lang, is a werewolf, they team together to face dark forces who are eager to claim the magic of wolves.
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Fence. Volume one
by C. S Pacat
Nicholas, the illegitimate son of a fencing champion, gets his chance to prove himself in the sport when he is accepted to an elite private school, but he must compete against his annoying roommate and his half brother.
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Teen Titans Beast Boy
by Kami Garcia
Seventeen-year-old Garfield Logan finally impresses the social elite at his high school, but popularity comes at a price when he undergoes sudden physical changes as the dares from his new friends escalate.
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Black Panther : a nation under our feet. Book three
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
A graphic-novel anthology containing Black Panther Issues 9-12 finds T'Challa valiantly defending his nation at the side of one of his most trusted allies during an ultimate battle that puts Wakanda's history and monarchy at risk.
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With the Fire on High
by Elizabeth Acevedo
Emoni knows she doesn’t have enough time for her school’s new culinary arts class, doesn’t have the money for the class’s trip to Spain — and shouldn’t still be dreaming of someday working in a real kitchen. But even with all the rules she has for her life, once Emoni starts cooking, her only real choice is to let her talent break free.
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All boys aren't blue
by George M. Johnson
A first book by the prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist shares personal essays that chronicle his childhood, adolescence and college years as a Black queer youth, exploring subjects ranging from gender identity and toxic masculinity to structural marginalization and Black joy.
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They both die at the end
by Adam Silvera
Receiving word from Death-Cast that they are about to die, Mateo and Rufus meet for the first time via an End Day friendship app that facilitates their meeting and a final grand adventure that triggers unexpected changes.
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Echo : Library Edition
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Decades after a man is entwined in a prophecy-based quest involving three mysterious sisters and a harmonica, three individuals from different areas of the world confront daunting challenges involving the same harmonica.
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All Your Twisted Secrets
by Diana Urban
Invited to a school scholarship dinner, a queen bee, a star athlete, a valedictorian, a stoner, a misfit and a music geek find themselves trapped in a room where one of them must die to save the lives of the others.
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