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Staff Picks for Teens August 2020
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Estranged
by Ethan M Aldridge
After being switched at birth, Edmund lives as a changeling with unsuspecting parents and a sister in the human world, while Childe lives with the fae as a curiosity at the royal palace
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Crush
by Svetlana Chmakova
When the group dynamic among Jorge's friends starts to shift, he must learn to balance what his friends expect of him and what he really wants
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The breaking news
by Sarah Lynne Reul
When devastating news rattles a young girl's community, her normally attentive parents and neighbors are suddenly exhausted and distracted. At school, her teacher tells the class to look for the helpers-the good people working to make things better in big and small ways. She wants more than anything to help in a BIG way, but maybe she can start with one small act of kindness instead ... and then another, and another. Small things can compound, after all, to make a world of difference. Both timely and timeless, this charmingly illustrated debut picture book from Sarah Lynne Reul touches on themes of community, resilience, and optimism with an authenticity that will resonate with readers young and old
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Misfit City. Volume one
by Kirsten Smith
Wilder feels stifled by her tiny hometown of Cannon Cove and is desperate to leave, until she discovers a centuries-old pirate treasure map, landing Wilder and her friends in more adventure than they ever dreamed of
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Muse of nightmares
by Laini Taylor
"As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected"
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The poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world. A first novel. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The cheerleaders
by Kara Thomas
The surviving sister of a cheerleader who was one of five girls who died violently years earlier realizes during a memory-laden memorial that the tragedies may have been more sinister. By the author of Little Monsters. Simultaneous eBook
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