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Teen Realistic Fiction Books Click on title for availability
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Dragging Mason County by Curtis CampbellWhile helping his best friend Alan (aka teen drag queen Aggie Culture) produce Mason County's debut Drag Extravaganza against a backdrop of backlash and bigotry, Peter Thompkins begins to wonder if his already damaged reputation?—?and friendship?—?can survive past curtain call.
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I am not alone
by Francisco X. Stork
A suspect in a terrible crime, Alberto, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico with developing schizophrenia, learns he's not alone when Grace, a girl with whom he forms an immediate?—?and electric?—?connection sets out to prove his innocence. Simultaneous eBook.
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Phoebe's diary
by Phoebe Wahl
Based on her own teenage diary, the author melds truth with fiction and art in this candid look at adolescence that is full of invaluable friends and heartbreaking crushes, awesome playlists and vintage outfits, drama nerds and art kids, old wounds and new love. 60,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Pritty by Keith F. MillerJay is a soft soul in a world of concrete. While his older brother is everything people expect a man to be...Jay simply blends into the background to everyone, except when it comes to Leroy. Unsure of what he could have possibly done to catch the eye ofthe boy who could easily have anyone he wants, Jay isn't about to ignore the surprising but welcome attention. But as everything in his world begins to heat up, especially with Leroy, whispered rumors over the murder of a young Black journalist and long-brewing territory tensions hang like a dark cloud over his neighborhood. And when Jay and Leroy find themselves caught in the crossfire, Leroy isn't willing to be the reason Jay's life is at risk.
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The search for us : a novel by Susan Azim BoyerWhen a DNA test matches strangers Samira Murphy and Henry Owen to each other, they combine efforts to search for their father and unravel the difficult truth of their shared past, forming a connection that only siblings can have. Simultaneous eBook.
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Tethered to other stars by Elisa Stone LeahySeventh grader Wendy Toledo knows that black holes and immigration police have one thing in common: they can both make things disappear without a trace. When her family moves to a new all-American neighborhood, Wendy knows the plan: keep her head down, build a telescope that will win the science fair, and stay on her family's safe orbit. But that's easier said than done when there's a woman hiding out from ICE agents in the church across the alley--and making Wendy's parents very nervous. As bullying atschool threatens Wendy's friendships and her hopes for the science fair, and her family's secrets start to unravel, Wendy finds herself caught in the middle of far too many gravitational pulls. When someone she loves is detained by ICE, Wendy must find the courage to set her own orbit--and maybe shift the paths of everyone around her.
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