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The poetry of secrets
by Cambria Gordon
Set against a backdrop of the Spanish Inquisition, a young Jewish woman in 1481 Trujillo is forced to convert to Catholicism and tolerate the unwanted courtship of a powerful local in spite of her love for another man, whose noble family regards her as tainted.
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A time of fear : America in the era of red scares and Cold War
by Albert Marrin
Featuring black-and-white historical photographs, a timely examination of the Cold War and the relevance of Communism in today’s world includes coverage of the McCarthy hearings, the Hollywood Ten and the cases of the Rosenbergs and the Scottsboro Boys. By the National Book Award finalist author of Flesh and Blood So Cheap.
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Luck of the Titanic
by Stacey Lee
Stowing away aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage when her British-Chinese heritage bars her from joining her twin in America, a young acrobat struggles to hide and then survive when the unthinkable happens.
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Coming up for air
by Nicole B. Tyndall
Avoiding relationships in the wake of a parent’s health scare and a sibling’s broken heart, a teen with creative aspirations focuses on her education while unexpectedly bonding with an understanding boy whose encouragement leads to a troubling revelation.
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Wings of ebony
by J. Elle
Taken away from her Houston neighborhood by the father she never knew in the aftermath of her mother’s murder, a Black teen arrives on a hidden island of magic, where she discovers her half-god identity and responsibility in helping protect the mortal and immortal worlds.
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Good girl, bad blood
by Holly Jackson
Pip reluctantly dons her detective cap once again when the police refuse to help search for a friend who goes missing on the night their community hosts a memorial for the victims of the murder case she and Ravi solved a year earlier.
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Bones of a saint
by Grant Farley
A teen who has never known life outside his dead-end hometown becomes compelled to save his community and loved ones from the grip of a past tragedy and gang members who would force him to commit crimes against vulnerable neighbors.
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Delicates
by Brenna Thummler
"Marjorie Glatt's life hasn't been the same ever since she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family's laundromat. Wendell, who died young and now must wander Earth as a ghost with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie's only friends. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she begins to worry that if anyone learns about her secret ghost friends, she'll be labeled as "a freak who sees dead people." With Marjorie's insistence on keeping Wendell's ghost identity a secret from her new friends, Wendell begins to feel even more invisible than he already is. Eliza Duncan feels invisible too. She's an avid photographer, and her zealous interest in finding and photographing ghosts to get her labeled as "different" by all the other kids in school. Constantly feeling on the outside, Eliza begins to feel like a ghost herself. Marjorie must soon come to terms with the price she pays to be accepted by the popular kids. Is it worth losing her best friend, Wendell? Is she partially to blame for the bullying Eliza endures?"
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