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Yesterday is history
by Kosoko Jackson
Traveling back and forth in time after a life-saving surgery, Andre bonds with one boy from the 1960s and another from present-day Boston before confronting a difficult choice. A first novel.
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Muted
by Tami Charles
A tale inspired by true events traces the experiences of a talented singer who wants to escape her all-white community before catching the attention of an R&B star who gives her access to fame and luxury in exchange for unscrupulous sacrifices
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Mazie
by Melanie Crowder
Leaping at a chance for a Broadway audition, a teen from 1950s Nebraska endures brutal but thrilling auditions, before dwindling resources and a challenge to her personal beliefs force her to reevaluate her priorities. By the author of Audacity.
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Tell me my name
by Amy Lynn Reed
Feeling more alive and understood than ever before when she meets a newcomer to wealthy Commodore Island, Fern discovers her famous new friend’s painful secrets during a time of devastating community setbacks. By the award-winning author of The Nowhere Girls.
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Can't take that away
by Steven Salvatore
When Carey Parker, a genderqueer teen who dreams of being a diva like their hero Mariah Carey, is cast as the female lead in the school musical, they must fight against discrimination and injustice from their closed-minded school administration
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The Seventh Raven
by David Elliott
Turned into a raven along with his six brothers, Robyn places his fate in his sister’s years-long effort to break the curse and restore their humanity, before realizing that he feels more himself while flying. By the best-selling author of Nobody’s Perfect.
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Nubia : real one
by L. L. McKinney
Nubia has always stood out because of her Amazonian strength, but even though she uses her ability for good she is seen as a threat, so when her best friend Quisha is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia risks everything to become the hero society tells her she is not
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List of ten
by Halli Gomez
A suicidal teen fighting the symptoms of Tourette syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder creates a bucket list of 10 goals to achieve by the 10th anniversary of his diagnosis, before a newcomer with her own troubled history unknowingly offers him more hopeful perspectives.
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Firekeeper's daughter
by Angeline Boulley
Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player places her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy. A first novel.
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Can't stop won't stop : a hip-hop history
by Jeff Chang
Revised for young-adult readers, a top-reviewed history of hip-hop draws on interviews with rappers, DJs, activists and gang members to provide biographical information about prominent artists and insights into the genre’s world-changing influence.
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