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| Nine Liars by Maureen JohnsonIn 1995: Nine Cambridge students staying at a country house were playing drunken hide-and-seek. Two ended up dead in a woodshed, and one survivor saw something she can't explain.
Enter: Stevie Bell, sleuth extraordinaire, visiting her boyfriend for a week as he studies abroad in London. Can she solve the cold case before the murderer finds her?
Series alert: This is the 5th entry in author Maureen Johnson's Truly Devious series, though it can be read on its own. |
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| We Are All So Good At Smiling by Amber McBrideWhat it is: an intense, hopeful novel in verse following a girl named Whimsy's journey with grief and clinical depression.
What happens: While hospitalized, Whimsy bonds with Faerry, a Fae boy. After she's discharged, the two team up to investigate their inexplicable fear of the forest at the end of their street.
Read it for: a dark adventure exploring trauma, racism, and thoughts of suicide, lightened by Whimsy and Faerry's encounters with characters from classic fairy tales and folk stories. |
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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
by Jen Ferguson
What it is: a journey of self-discovery for 18-year-old Métis girl Louisa "Lou" Norquay over a summer working at her uncles' ice cream shop on the Canadian prairie.
What happens: Lou grapples with threats against the family business from her father, newly released from prison. Meanwhile, a friend back in town introduces her to the concepts of asexuality and demisexuality.
Author alert: This sweet, nuanced novel about connection and community is the debut from Métis author Jen Ferguson.
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Strike the Zither
by Joan He
The setting: an alternate historical China, where the young empress Xin Bao is controlled by ruthless overlord Miasma. Within this fractured realm, warlordesses plot to take control of the continent.
Enter: Zephyr, the clever strategist serving honorable warlordess Xin Ren. Zephyr must create and execute a plan to rescue Xin Bao and let the Xin family maintain their dynasty.
Series alert: This riveting, gender-bent reimagining of the Chinese classic Three Kingdoms opens an immersive new series.
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| I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonThe search: for Shara Wheeler begins shortly before graduation, after she kisses Chloe Green and vanishes. Chloe needs her rival for valedictorian back so she can win fair and square.
The search party: Chloe plus two other students Shara kissed, who collect cryptic notes and untangle the mystery of Shara's disappearance and Shara herself.
Author alert: I Kissed Shara Wheeler is the YA debut from author Casey McQuiston, whose adult romcom Red, White & Royal Blue found a wide audience. |
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If We Kiss by Rachel VailIt's a problem: Charlotte is completely aware that he is off limits because her best friend has a crush on him and her mother is dating his father. And yet: she has a hard time keeping her feelings in check and often wonders what would happen if she dared to cross over the line of their invisible barrier. Think: Romeo and Juliet, minus the clan-wide blood feud . |
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Who I Kissed by Janet GurtlerWhat happens: Trying to make another boy jealous, Samantha, who recently ate a peanut butter sandwich, kisses Alex, who has a peanut allergy, and accidentally causes his death. Don't miss: Aunt Allie's fortune telling and hand reading; she's caring and helpful, and "out-there" in the best way. Read it for: Tragedy, hope, and hand-reading, not the dated cover. |
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