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Children of virtue and vengeance
by Tomi Adeyemi
A sequel to Children of Blood and Bone finds Zélie struggling to unite allies from Orïsha’s monarchy and military while protecting Amari’s throne from powerful enemies. Simultaneous Large Print and eBook.
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The goodbye summer
by Sarah Van Name
Taking a summer job at an aquarium camp so that she can save money to run away with her boyfriend, Caroline spends lonely work hours alongside camp counselor Georgia, forging a strong friendship that challenges her plans to leave. Original.
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Take the mic : fictional stories of everyday resistance
by Bethany C. Morrow
An anthology of young adult stories and poems conveys acts of resistance by people marginalized by racism, discrimination and hatred, offering contributions by diverse literary masters ranging from Jason Reynolds and Samira Ahmed to Laura Silverman and Sofia Quintero. Illustrations.
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Summer of '69
by Todd Strasser
Eighteen-year-old Lucas Baker's plans for a quiet summer and a trip to Woodstock are overshadowed by draft risks, tests to his fidelity, a bad LSD trip, a run-in with a motorcycle gang, and his parents' worsening estrangement
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Scars like wings
by Erin Stewart
Facially scarred by the home fire that ended the lives of her parents and best friend, Ava is pressured to return to school by her aunt and uncle before a friendship with a sarcastically blunt fellow survivor helps her take the first steps into her new life. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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Keep this to yourself
by Tom Ryan
Struggling to move on a year after an unknown serial murderer ended the lives of four community members, including his best friend and secret crush, Mac receives a cryptic message that draws him back to the search for the killer, who he comes to suspect may be among his own neighbors.
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Out of Salem
by Hal Schrieve
"Genderqueer fourteen-year-old Z Chilworth has to adjust quickly to their new status as a zombie after waking from death from a car crash that killed their parents and sisters. Always a talented witch, Z now can barely perform magic and is rapidly decaying. Faced with rejection from their remaining family members and old friends, Z moves in with Mrs. Dunnigan, an elderly witch and befriends Aysel, a loud would-be-goth classmate who is, like Z, a loner. As Z struggles to find a way to repair the broken magical seal holding their body together, Aysel fears that her classmates will discover her status as an unregistered werewolf. When a local psychiatrist is murdered by what seems to be werewolves, the town of Salem, Oregon, becomes even more hostile to "monsters," and Z and Aysel are driven together in an attempt to survive a place where most people wish that neither of them existed. Rarely has a first-time author created characters of such immediacy and power as Z, Aysel, Tommy (suspected fey) and Elaine (also a werewolf), or a world that parallels our own so clearly and disturbingly"
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Juliet takes a breath
by Gabby Rivera
"Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color"
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Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
by Laura Ruby
Featuring: fourteen-year-old Frankie, abandoned by her father in a Chicago orphanage during the lead-up to World War II; and Pearl, the ghost who watches over her.
What happens: While Pearl tries to reconcile her own tragic life and death, she watches Frankie grapple with poverty, family instability, falling in love, and the search for meaning in a harsh world.
Who it’s for: Fans of author Laura Ruby’s Bone Gap will enjoy this similarly subtle, strange, and thought-provoking story.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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