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| Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn BowmanWhat it's about: A visit with her aunt in Hawaii holds no excitement for Rumi Seto after the death of her sister and songwriting partner, Lea. Grief-stricken and detached from the music she loves, Rumi finds solace and strength with her aunt's neighbors, teen surfer Kai and prickly old Mr. Watanabe.
Who it's for: readers in search of sophisticated, emotionally charged stories and characters with intersecting identities.
Try this next: Jandy Nelson's The Sky is Everywhere. |
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| Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib KhorramStarring: Persian American Darius Kellner, a depressed, geeky tea enthusiast who's bullied at school and misunderstood by his family.
What happens: A visit to Iran introduces Darius to a new side of himself, as well as to his first real friend, Sohrab.
Why you might like it: You'll be immersed in Darius's experiences as he digs deeper into Persian culture, grows closer to Sohrab, and grapples with mental illness and identity. |
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| The Sacrifice Box by Martin StewartWhat it's about: In 1982, Sep, Arkle, Lamb, Hadley, and Mack cement their friendship by sealing treasured objects inside an old stone box. By 1986, none of them are still friends -- but someone has reopened the box, and the consequences are devastating.
Read it for: snarky humor paired with horror so gruesome you can practically smell the rotting flesh.
For fans of: zombies, TV's Stranger Things, or '80s-era Stephen King books. |
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A Blade So Black by L. L. McKinney"An urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland ... The first time the nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew. Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice's handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she's ever gone before. And she'll need to use everything she's learned in both worlds to keep from losing her head--literally" -PUBLISHER MARKETING
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Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens
by Marieke Nijkamp, editor
What it is: an intersectional, multi-genre short story collection about teens with disabilities, written by authors with disabilities.
Featuring: authors such as Dhonielle Clayton, Corinne Duyvis, Kody Keplinger, and Francisco X. Stork.
What's inside: a wheelchair-user on a rescue mission in a creepy carnival; an agoraphobic coder trying to protect her planet; a boy with chronic pain who reanimates a famous spirit; an advice columnist with irritable bowel syndrome; a wish-granting girl with autism; and more.
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Tales from the inner city
by Shaun Tan
A collection of illustrated short stories, each one about the relationship of humans and the animals, both wild and domestic, that share the urban environment of the inner city
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Skyward
by Brandon Sanderson
When a long-term attack against her world by the alien Krell escalates, Spensa's dream of becoming a pilot may come true, despite her deceased father being labeled a deserter
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The Boneless Mercies
by April Genevieve Tucholke
Four female mercenaries known as Boneless Mercies, weary of roaming Vorseland, ignored and forgotten until they are needed for mercy killings, decide to seek glory by going after a legendary monster in this reimagining of Beowulf
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The defiant : a Valiant novel
by Lesley Livingston
A sequel to The Valiant finds Fallon and her warrior sisters pressed into a vicious conflict with a rival gladiator academy, a battle that places her relationship with Cai and the heart of the Roman Empire at risk. By the award-winning author of the Wondrous Strange trilogy. Simultaneous eBook.
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Swing by Kwame Alexander"In bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess' Swing, Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and find love. With the help of old love letters, Noah feels he can finally woo Sam, the girl he's loved for years. But just as his love life and Walt's baseball career begin, outside factors alter everything." -PUBLISHER MARKETING
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