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Back to School Reads for Teens
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Anger Is a Gift
by Mark Oshiro
A young adult debut by the popular social media personality and critic reflects the racial and economic struggles of today's teens in the story of high school junior Moss, who in the face of a racist school administration decides to organize a protest that escalates into violence. Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award.
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A Match Made in Mehendi
by Nandini Bajpai
A 15-year-old girl from a family of Indian vichole matchmakers accidentally sets up a cousin with a law student before struggling to convince her loved ones to support her dreams of becoming an artist.
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Birthday
by Meredith Russo
Two kids, Morgan and Eric, are bonded for life after being born on the same day at the same time. We meet them once a year on their shared birthday as they grow and change: as Eric figures out who he is and how he fits into the world, and as Morgan makes the difficult choice to live as her true self. Over the years, they will drift apart, come together, fight, make up, and break up—and ultimately, realize how inextricably they are a part of each other.
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Easy Prey
by Catherine Lo
A desperate MIT hopeful, a star athlete with a bad reputation and a good girl turned rebel are targeted with suspicion when a teacher's racy photos that only the three had access to go viral on the Internet. By the author of How It Ends
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Frankly in Love
by David Yoon
Torn between his love for his white girlfriend and his sense of duty to the matchmaking parents who made hard sacrifices to move to the United States, a Korean American teen looks for solutions along with a friend who has a similar problem.
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Girls with Sharp Sticks
by Suzanne Young
A new series set in a subversive near future follows a group of students at the Girls of Innovations Academy, where lessons about obedience and troublesome personal interests give way to dark secrets and the truth about their identities.
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Love, Jacaranda
by Alex Flinn
When a video of her singing goes viral, a foster teen is plucked out of obscurity and given a life of privilege at a private performing arts school, where she hides the truth about her mother’s imprisonment and struggles to identify her anonymous benefactor.
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Most Likely
by Sarah Watson
Ava, CJ, Jordan, and Martha (listed in alphabetical order out of fairness) have been friends since kindergarten. Now they're in their senior year, facing their biggest fears about growing up and growing apart. But there's more than just college on the horizon. One of these girls is destined to become the president of the United States. The mystery, of course, is which girl gets the gig.
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Six Angry Girls
by Adrienne Kisner
When her promising senior year is upended by devastating setbacks, including her expulsion from the Mock Trial team that voted girls out after she spent three years leading it to success, Raina finds a new sense of purpose at a politically active craft store, where she becomes inspired to create a rival all-girls team.
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The Fascinators
by Andrew Eliopulos
Living in a small town where magic is frowned upon, Sam needs his friends James and Delia—and their time together in their school's magic club—to see him through to graduation. But as soon as senior year starts, little cracks in their group begin to show. Sam may or may not be in love with James. Delia is growing more frustrated with their amateur magic club. And James reveals that he got mixed up with some sketchy magickers over the summer, putting a target on all their backs.
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The Queen's Rising
by Rebecca Ross
Wanting nothing more than to master her creative abilities and be chosen by a patron, 17-year-old Brienna of the southern kingdom of Valenia is rejected by all except a disgraced lord, whose big plans for her future embroil her in a dangerous plot to overthrow the king and restore a rightful ruler.
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Truly Devious
by Maureen Johnson
A first entry in a new series by the best-selling author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes introduces sharp and funny detective Stevie Bell, whose first year at an elite boarding school finds her unraveling two mysteries, including one from the school's past and one in the present.
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We Are the Wildcats
by Siobhan Vivian
A tale spanning 24 hours and the diverse perspectives of six insiders follows the efforts of a group of high school female athletes who turn the tables on a coach who seeks to reclaim the toxic glory of his own student years.
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Dumplin'
by Julie Murphy
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
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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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Looking for Alaska
by John Green
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
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S.T.A.G.S.
by M. A. Bennett
Ignored and bullied at an elite boarding school where privileged students dictate the social order, a token scholarship student is unexpectedly invited by a ruling clique to an exclusive weekend retreat of outdoor hunting as part of her initiation into the group, a situation that turns deadly when she discovers that she is the intended prey.
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Tiny Pretty Things
by Sona Charaipotra
Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance—but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of her ballet-star sister brings out a dangerous edge in her. And perfectionist June needs to land a lead role this year or her controlling mother will put an end to her dancing dreams forever. Soon to be a Netflix TV show!
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