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New Books --Check them Out!
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Infinity Alchemist
by Kacen Callender
Discovered practicing alchemy by apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash must help her find a sacred text of extraordinary power—a journey that forces him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he will go to seize it.
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Conditions of a heart
by Bethany Mangle
Suspended from school after trying to break up a fight, Brynn, who's been hiding a disability that's rapidly wearing her down, wonders if it's possible to reinvent her world by being the person she thought no one wanted: herself.
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Bright red fruit
by Safia Elhillo
Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet--until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. When Samira turns to a poetry forum for solace, she catches the eye of an older, charismatic poet named Horus. For the first time, Samira feels wanted. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before--one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her place in her community.
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Even if it breaks your heart
by Erin Hahn
Determined to follow the list his late best friend left behind of things he wants him to accomplish, 19-year-old bullrider Case Michaels is led to 18-year-old Winnie Sutton, whom he ropes into competing on the rodeo circuit and becoming his friend.
Also available on Hoopla.
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Nightshade revenge
by Anthony Horowitz
When Nightshade kidnaps his best friend, teen spy Alex Rider must enter the world of virtual reality gaming where the lines between what's real and what's digital are deliberately being blurred by a ruthless enemy.
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The getaway list : a novel
by Emma Lord
Moving to NY for the summer, Riley reunites with childhood best friend Tom, the co-creator of The Getaway List that enumerates all the adventures they've wanted to do together, and discovers the biggest adventure of all as they work their way through the list: love.
Also available on CloudLibrary.
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Sky's end
by Marc J. Gregson
To save the only family he has left from his murderous uncle, Conrad enters the Selection of the Twelve Trades where he overhears whispers of rebellion in the dark while enduring vigorous training, manipulative peers and the Gauntlet—a brutal final test.
Also available on CloudLibrary.
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The invocations
by Krystal Sutherland
To get what they want most, Zara and Jude search for Emer, an orphaned witch with dark and deadly powers, but when a serial killer targets Emer's clients, the three girls form an uneasy alliance to hunt the killer before they meet the same fate.
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This is how you fall in love
by Anika Hussain
When she agrees to pretend-date her best friend Adnan to help cover up his top-secret relationship, Zara, who is desperate to have her own great love story, finds things getting complicated when a new, exciting boy turns up in her life.
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Dead girls don't say sorry
by Alex Ritany
Months after surviving the accident that killed her best friend Julia, Nora Radford is still unraveling the lies Julia told, disguised as friendship, while everyone around her moves on with their lives.
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Daniel, deconstructed
by James Ramos
Photographer and film buff Daniel Sanchez learned a long time ago that the only way to get by in an allistic world is to mask his autism and follow the script. Which means he knows that boisterous, buff, and beautiful soccer superstars like his best friend, Mona Sinclair, shouldn't be wasting time hanging out with introverts...
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April is National Poetry Month
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Black girl you are Atlas
by Renâee Watson
This semi-autobiographical collection of poems recounts the New York Times best-selling author's experience growing up as a Black girl at the intersections of race, class and gender and provides an urgent call for Black girls to step into their power.
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The poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world.
Also available on Libby.
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Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
In the aftermath of his brother's murder, grieving 15-year-old Will boards the elevator in his building with a gun in his waistband. He knows The Rules: don't cry, don't snitch, just get your revenge. But can Will's resolve outlast the surprises of his ride to the ground floor? Popular author Jason Reynolds' spare, page-turning poetry delivers an emotional punch that you won't soon forget.
Also available on Libby.
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Shout
by Laurie Halse Anderson
A poetic memoir and urgent call-to-action by the award-winning author of Speak blends free-verse reflections with deeply personal stories from her life to rally today's young people to stand up and fight the abuses, censorship and hatred of today's world. A passionate poetry memoir about trauma, recovery, and finding your voice.
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These are the words
by Nikita Gill
Taking you on a journey through the seasons of the soul, in this collection Nikita gives you the words to help heal from your first breakup, to celebrate finding your family, to understand first love, to express your anger and your joy, to fight for what you believe in and to help you break some rules to be your truest self. Gorgeously illustrated throughout by Nikita herself and featuring seasonal astrological poetry, this collection is an achingly beautiful, stunningly warm and fearless expression of truth from one of the most influential and well-known voices in modern poetry.
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Somebody give this heart a pen
by Sophia Thakur
A coming-of-age debut collection by the acclaimed spoken-word performance poet explores issues ranging from identity and perseverance to relationships and loss, in a volume that draws on the author's experiences as a mixed-race woman in a lonely and complicated world.
Also available on Hoopla.
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Abuela, don't forget me
by Rex Ogle
In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on-to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life. Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself.
Also available on Libby
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And we rise : the Civil Rights Movement in poems
by Erica Martin
In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin's debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement--from the well-documented events that shaped the nation's treatment of Black people, beginning with the "Separate but Equal" ruling--and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were just as crucial to the Movement and our nation's centuries-long fight for justice and equality.
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Disappearing act : a true story
by Jiordan Castle
This memoir-in-verse tells of the author's reckoning with her father's incarceration as she wondered why she felt like she was the one disappearing when he was the one gone.
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You don't have to be everything : poems for girls becoming themselves
by Diana Whitney
Created and compiled just for young women, You Don't Have to Be Everything is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest, unafraid, and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming-of-age, from loneliness to joy, longing to solace, attitude to humor. These unintimidating poems offer girls a message of self-acceptance and strength, giving them permission to let go of shame and perfectionism.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up! |
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