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| Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha SaeedFeaturing: Jamie Goldberg (awkward, Jewish, politically passionate) and Maya Rehman (confident, Muslim, preoccupied with personal problems).
What happens: After their moms volunteer them to go door-to-door campaigning for a local Senate candidate, Jamie and Maya’s reluctant friendship turns into something deeper and a lot more complicated.
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The Winter Duke
by Claire Eliza Bartlett
When all of her family succumbs to a magical illness, Ekata Avenko reluctantly assumes the throne, seeking a cure and fending off unwanted suitors while seeking the culprit.
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The Light in Hidden Places
by Sharon Cameron
Secretly falling in love with the son of Jewish grocers in 1943 Poland, a young Catholic singer is devastated when the family is arrested by Nazis who requisition her house, complicating her effort to protect her beloved’s hidden brother.
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The Kingdom of Back
by Marie Lu
Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish--to be remembered forever. But even as she delights audiences with her masterful playing, she has little hope she'll ever become the acclaimed composer she longs to be.
And with each passing year, the talents of her beloved younger brother, Wolfgang, only seem to shine brighter. His brilliance begins to eclipse her own, until one day a mysterious stranger from a magical land appears with an irresistible offer. He has the power to make her wish come true--but his help may cost her everything.
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The Survival List
by Courtney Sheinmel
Devastated by her older sister’s inexplicable suicide, a teen searches for answers on a mysterious list of names and places in California, where she teams up with a boy who helps her uncover astonishing family secrets.
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Focus On: Australian Authors
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| Words in Deep Blue by Cath CrowleyWhat it’s about: After her brother's death, 18-year-old Rachel moves back to the Melbourne suburb where she grew up. Despite her devastating grief, she reconnects with Henry, her former best friend (and unrequited love), and finds solace in a job at his family's bookstore.
How it’s told: Rachel and Henry take turns narrating this thoughtful, moving story about pain, hope, and the power of words.
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Illuminae
by Amie Kaufman
Caught in the crossfire of a megacorporation rivalry in 2575, Kady and Ezra, who have just broken up, flee their home planet on an evacuation ship that is quickly overwhelmed by a fast-spreading plague.
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A Corner of White
by Jaclyn Moriarty
Fourteen-year-old Madeleine of Cambridge, England is struggling to cope with poverty and her mother's illness. Fifteen-year-old Elliot of the Kingdom of Cello is in a parallel world where colors are villainous and his father is missing. When they begin exchanging notes through a crack between their worlds, they find that they can be of great help to each other.
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Sabriel
by Garth Nix
Sabriel, daughter of the necromancer Abhorsen, must journey into the mysterious and magical Old Kingdom to rescue her father from the Land of the Dead.
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Wildlife
by Fiona Wood
Two sixteen-year-old girls in Australia come together at an outdoor semester of school, before university--one thinking about boys and growing up, the other about death and grief, but somehow they help each other to find themselves.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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Chester Library 250 W Main St. Chester, New Jersey 07930 (908) 879-7612
chesterlib.org
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