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| All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie CourtneyWhat it’s about: Allie Abraham easily keeps her family's Muslim heritage under the radar, since her hazel eyes and pale skin don't "look Muslim" to most people in her Georgia town. Yet as she digs deeper into her faith -- and begins dating Wells, the son of an anti-Muslim TV personality -- Allie finds it more and more difficult to keep quiet.
You might also like: Sheba Karim’s That Thing We Call A Heart, another thoughtful, own voices look at faith, identity, and romance. |
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Gravity
by Sarah Deming
Gravity "Doomsday" Delgado is good at breaking things. Maybe she learned it from her broken home. But since she started boxing with a legendary coach at a gym in Brooklyn, Gravity is finding her talent for breaking things has an upside. With Olympic dreams, Gravity will have to decide what is worth fighting for.
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Song of the Crimson Flower
by Julie C. Dao
Regretting her refusal of a poor physician apprentice’s marriage proposal, a wealthy nobleman’s daughter rescues her love’s prized flute before discovering that his soul has been trapped inside of it. By the author of Forest of a Thousand Lanterns.
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The Gentleman's Guide to Getting Lucky
by Mackenzi Lee
A follow-up to The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue finds Monty’s first intimate steps with Percy complicated by self-doubt, high anticipation and the romantic allure of Santorini.
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When You Ask Me Where I'm Going
by Jasmin Kaur
A debut collection of poetry, prose and artwork is divided into six sections that trace the experiences of an undocumented woman’s efforts to escape abuse and raise her daughter in a world that discriminates against women, assault victims and immigrants.
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The Library of Lost Things
by Laura Taylor Namey
Escaping into books to cope with her mother’s hoarding disorder, literary genius Darcy Wells faces the loss of the only home she has ever known and considers confiding in a former teen pilot, who is navigating his own diminishing prospects.
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Jackpot : All Bet$ /Are Off
by Nic Stone
The best-selling author of Dear Martin presents the story of a romance between an overworked high school senior and a rich, popular classmate in the wake of an unclaimed winning lottery ticket.
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The Last True Poets of the Sea
by Julia Drake
Sent to a Maine community founded by her ancestor in the aftermath of a sibling’s suicide attempt, musical Violet teams up with an amateur historian, Liv, to search for a long-lost shipwreck, forging new bonds along the way.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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