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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.
About the authors: This is the first team-up between Becky Albertalli (author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda) and Aisha Saeed (author of Amal Unbound). |
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Red Hood
by Elana K. Arnold
Living a quiet life with her grandmother in Seattle, Bisou Martel is attacked by a mysterious wolf on the night of her school’s homecoming before confronting difficult questions about her past and her growing sense of empowerment.
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Crying Laughing
by Lance Rubin
Fearing her comedic ambitions are beyond her reach after a disastrous stand-up set at her own bat mitzvah, Winnie is invited to join her school’s improv troupe before her efforts are shaped by epically bad dates, frustrating performances and a parent’s failing health.
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Only Love Can Break Your Heart
by Katherine Webber
Escaping into the endless sky and the electric colors of the Californian desert to take breaks from her increasingly claustrophobic family responsibilities, Reiko pursues a transformative relationship with a boy who shares her dream of a different life.
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The Blossom and the Firefly
by Sherri L. Smith
A talented violinist in 1945 Japan spends his final eight days before a fatal kamikaze mission in the company of a young woman who has been struggling with trauma after being buried alive in a bombing raid. By the author of Flygirl.
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| The Gravity of Us by Phil StamperStarring: 17-year-old social media journalist Cal, who has to abandon his dream internship when his family moves across the country so that his dad can be an astronaut for NASA’s Mars mission.
What happens: While a reality TV crew follows the astronauts and their families, Cal hangs on to his ambition even as he starts falling for neighbor and fellow “Astrokid” Leon.
About the author: This quietly charming own voices romance is the 1st book by author Phil Stamper. |
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Deathless Divide
by Justina Ireland
A sequel to the best-selling Dread Nation finds a devastating loss throwing everything Jane believes into question, before encounters with familiar faces in Summerland enmeshes her in a maelstrom of deception and private demons.
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We Unleash the Merciless Storm
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
A sequel to We Set the Dark on Fire finds La Voz operative, Carmen, forced to choose between the girl she loves and the success of a rebellion that has escalated to the point of civil war.
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The Queen's Secret
by Melissa De la Cruz
A first entry in a planned duology finds a royal assassin and a secret magical apprentice teaming up to reclaim their land’s stolen magic from an adversarial sect only to confront dangerous lies that bring everything they believe into question. By the best-selling author of the Blue Bloods series.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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