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The Missing Season
by Gillian French
Welcome to: Pender, Maine, where legend has it that a monster known as the Mumbler steals kids on Halloween.
What happens: Newcomer Clara doesn’t believe in the Mumbler, but the missing kids are real enough, and as Halloween approaches and her new friends’ prank war intensifies, Clara can’t ignore the creeping suspicion that she’s in danger.
Reviewers say: “A spare, spectral thriller that catches like a hook and doesn’t let go” (Booklist).
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| Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love by Elsie Chapman, editorWhat it is: a flavorful collection of interconnected, food-themed stories set at Hungry Hearts Row, where you can find multicultural meals of all kinds…with a bit of magic served on the side.
What’s inside: a witch who cooks up vengeance, a girl who speaks through baked goods, a boy who meets a ghost at a food festival, and much more.
Featuring: stories by Sandhya Menon, Sara Farizan, Anna-Marie McLemore, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Jay Coles, to name just a few. |
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When We Were Lost
by Kevin Wignall
When their plane crashes in a remote rainforest, killing all the adults, a group of high school students confront human and natural threats to their survival that pit them against one another.
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| Like a Love Story by Abdi NazemianThe setting: New York City during the AIDS crisis, 1989.
The characters: talented fashion designer Judy; her best friend Art, the only out gay student at their high school; new student Reza, who’s petrified by the idea of coming out; and Stephen, Judy’s HIV-positive activist uncle.
Read it for: complicated romance, chosen families and an emotionally charged glimpse into not-so-distant LGBTQIA history. |
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| Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy RibayWhat it’s about: Filipino American Jay is shocked and grief-stricken by the murder of his Filipino cousin, Jun -- how could someone like Jun get mixed up in the vigilante violence of President Duterte’s war on drugs? Fed up with his secretive family, Jay travels from the U.S. to the Philippines in search of answers.
Who it’s for: readers in search of gripping family drama and unflinching, own voices insights into Filipino politics and growing up bicultural. |
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Better Than the Best Plan
by Lauren Morrill
Planning a carefree summer with her friends in the aftermath of her mother's abandonment, 17-year-old Ritzy finds herself in foster care and forging promising new bonds before an unexpected reunion forces her to choose between her old life and her new one.
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| Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret RogersonWelcome to: Summershall, one of the Great Libraries of Austermeer, where sword-wielding apprentice librarian Elizabeth guards the grimoires, magical books that can transform into deadly monsters.
What happens: After a horrifying attack on the library leaves Elisabeth branded a traitor, she reluctantly teams up with sorcerer Nathaniel Thorn and his demonic servant, Silas, to uncover and confront the true threat.
For fans of: epic adventures, inventive systems of magic, and smoldering love stories. |
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This Time Will Be Different
by Misa Sugiura
What it’s about: Despite years of pressure from her high-achieving mother, C.J. Katsuyama’s only ambition is to hone her flower-arranging skills at the family flower shop. Yet when her mom threatens to sell the shop to a family that once took advantage of C.J.’s grandparents, C.J. finally finds her own determination.
Read it for: realistically complicated characters, family secrets, a slice of Japanese American history, and a touch of romance.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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