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2020 Teen Summer Reading Suggestions
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Children of blood and bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her brother Tzain, and princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy
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The candle and the flame
by Nafiza Azad
Fatima, who was infused with the powers of a djinn when she was four years old, finds herself drawn into the intrigues of court, the affairs of the djinn, and the very real dangers of a magical battlefield
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Felix ever after
by Kacen Callender
Worrying that his combination of such marginalizing qualities as being black, queer and trans are too impossible to allow happiness, Felix turns vengeful in the face of transphobic hate messages before finding himself in a quasi-love triangle.
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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
by Suzanne Collins
A prequel set in the world of Panem 64 years before the events of The Hunger Games begins on the morning of the reaping of the Tenth Hunger Games. By the award-winning author of the Underland Chronicles.
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Ruinsong
by Julia Ember
In a world where magic is sung, two young women from rival factions must work together to reunite their country, as they wrestle with their feelings for each other
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When we were magic
by Sarah Gailey
Four teen witches whose secret abilities have forged their friendship find their close bond tested by complicated love, jealousy and a magical accident that ends a boy’s life.
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Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
Separated from her mother in the years following a painful ICE raid, Sia drives into the desert and lights prayerful candles on every new moon before an astonishing night when her mother emerges from a blue spacecraft that crashes in front of her car. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.
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The girl in the white van
by April Henry
Told in multiple voices, sixteen-year-old Savannah Taylor is abducted after her kung fu class and must figure out how to escape and rescue fellow prisoner Jenny Dowd
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The devouring gray
by Christine Lynn Herman
An unsuspecting founding family member in mourning for her sister, a boy determined to keep his birthright in spite of not inheriting family powers, a girl who would exact revenge and the youth responsible for her accident become rivals and then allies against a brutal interdimensional monster.
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They went left
by Monica Hesse
Navigating injuries and trauma after being liberated from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in 1945 Germany, 18-year-old Zofia joins other survivors to keep a promise to find her brother. By the award-winning author of Girl in the Blue Coat. 75,000 first printing.
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The silence of bones
by June Hur
In Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, sixteen-year-old Seol, an indentured servant within the police bureau, becomes entangled in a politically-charged investigation into the murder of a noblewoman
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Woven in moonlight
by Isabel Ibañez
When the usurper Atoc demands the Condesa's hand in marriage, the decoy Condesa, Ximena, seizes the opportunity to find the ancient relic and return La Ciudad's true leader to their rightful place
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Darius the Great is not okay
by Adib Khorram
Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.
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Chaos walking : the complete trilogy
by Patrick Ness
Follows the adventures of teenagers Todd and Viola in the space colony New World, where residents can hear each other's thoughts, as they are pursued by dangerous adversaries during their quest for answers about the colony's past.
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Witches of ash & ruin
by E. Latimer
Struggling with Somatic OCD, her premature outing as a bisexual and the return of her long-absent mother, 17-year-old Dayna concentrates on her growing witch powers before members of a dark coven share dire predictions.
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The Madness Blooms
by Mackenzi Lee
In 17th century Holland, the flower shop where two orphaned siblings were apprenticed was supposed to be their future. But when their master died, there wasn’t even money to pay for his coffin. The two hatch a dangerous plan. She would dress as a man, take a new name, and attempt to sell a fake Semper Augustus bulb, the rarest and most valuable flower of all time, to the wealthiest man in town it. But she didn't expect to fall for the rich merchant's daughter...
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The degenerates
by Jennifer Ann Mann
Labeled and institutionalized for life by the discriminatory social mores of early 20th-century Massachusetts, four young women support one another in the face of abusive guardians while resolving to escape at any cost.
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Dark and deepest red
by Anna-Marie McLemore
Trapped in a pair of red shoes that compel her to dance uncontrollably, Rosella is drawn to a youth of questionable intent whose family was blamed for witchcraft centuries earlier. By the award-winning author of When the Moon Was Ours.
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One of us is next : The Sequel to One of Us Is Lying
by Karen M. McManus
A sequel to the best-selling One of Us Is Lying finds the Bayview friends targeted by an anonymous adversary who uses an increasingly dangerous truth-or-dare app to keep the late Simon’s gossip legacy alive.
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The Life and Medieval Times of Kit Sweetly
by Jamie Pacton
Working as a Wench-i.e. waitress-at a cheesy medieval-themed restaurant in the Chicago suburbs, Kit Sweetly dreams of being a Knight like her brother. She has the moves, is capable on a horse, and desperately needs the raise that comes with knighthood so she can help her mom pay the mortgage and hold a spot at her dream college.Company policy allows only guys to be Knights. So when Kit takes her brother's place, clobbers the Green Knight, and reveals her identity at the end of the show, she rockets into internet fame and a whole lot of trouble with the management. But this Girl Knight won't go down without a fight. As other Wenches and cast members join her quest, a protest forms. In a joust before Castle executives, they'll prove that gender restrictions should stay medieval-if they don't get fired first.
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I hope you get this message
by Farah Naz Rishi
When Earth receives messages from another world, claiming that the planet is their created colony and that they are planning to destroy it within a week, three teens are forced to confront the mistakes of their past before they run out of time.
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The Fell of Dark
by Caleb Roehrig
Trying to keep his head down in a supernaturally charged community that is populated mostly by vampires, August is unexpectedly attracted to a mysterious vampire boy who draws him into a conflict with an ancient and terrible power. By the author of White Rabbit.
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The Arc of a Scythe Trilogy : Scythe / Thunderhead / the Toll
by Neal Shusterman
A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Scythes are the only ones who can end life, and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe, a role that neither wants. They must master the art of taking a life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean l osing their own. In this award winning trilogy, Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes with a price.
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Ink in the blood
by Kim Smejkal
In a lushly dark fantasy debut, two members of a highly respected religion discover after a decade of servitude that their faith is built on deceptions that strip away individual freedoms, a realization that compels them to escape with a traveling theater troupe.
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