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All American Boys by Jason ReynoldsWhen sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.
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All the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenMeeting on the ledge of their school's bell tower, misfit Theodore Finch and suicidal Violet Markey find acceptance and healing that are overshadowed by Finch's fears about Violet's growing social world. \
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Allegedly: A Novel by Tiffany D. JacksonRelocated to a violent group home after enduring years in prison for allegedly killing a white baby, black teen Mary B. Addison falls in love with a fellow resident and becomes pregnant before finding the courage to set the record straight about what really happened.
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American Street by Ibi ZoboiSeparated from her detained mother after moving from Haiti to America, Fabiola struggles to navigate the home of her loud cousins and a new school on Detroit's gritty west side, where a surprising romance and a dangerous proposition challenge her ideas about freedom.
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The Beginning of Everything by Robyn SchneiderIn the wake of a tragic accident, former star athlete and prom king Ezra Faulkner finds his life irreparably transformed in ways that cause him to forge an unexpected bond with eccentric newcomer, Cassidy Thorpe.
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Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell
A first young adult novel by the author of Attachments follows the year-long, star-crossed romance between two 1980s high school misfits whose intelligence tells them that first loves almost never last but whose feelings prevent them from remaining as practical.
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Everything, Everything by Nicola YoonA girl confined to her house by rare and profound allergies falls hopelessly in love with her new neighbor, in a story told through vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists and illustrations.
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Fangirl by Rainbow RowellBeing consummate fans of the Simon Snow series helped Cath and her twin sister, Wren, cope as little girls whose mother left them, but now, as they start college but not as roommates, Cath fears she is unready to live without Wren holding her hand--and without her passion for Snow.
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The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenDespite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few more years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis, but when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. By the award-winning author of Looking for Alaska.
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The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasSixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does or does not say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.
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He Said, she Said: A Novel by Kwame AlexanderStaging a civil protest at school, football star Omar T-Diddly Smalls and politically minded Claudia Clark overcome respective differences to work together and then discover an unexpected attraction. A first young adult novel by the author of Indigo Blume and the Garden City.
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How It Went Down by Kekla MagoonWhen sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson is shot to death, his community is thrown into an uproar because Tariq was black and the shooter, Jack Franklin, is white, and in the aftermath everyone has something to say, but no two accounts of the events agree.
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I Am Her Revenge by Meredith MooreA debut novel inspired by Great Expectations follows the experiences of a girl whose manipulative mother has raised her to assume a range of alternate identities in order to exact revenge at a gothic boarding school on the English moors.
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If I Stay by Gayle FormanWhile in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
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Infinite in Between by Carolyn MacklerMaking a pact to reunite at graduation after meeting during freshman orientation, five teens struggle with family dynamics, heartbreak and shifting senses of identity while changing in unanticipated ways.
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Little Wrecks by Meredith MillerKeenly aware of the secrets, indifference and violence toward women that occur within the private homes of their Long Island town, three girls refuse to become complacent and begin fighting against the abuse and discrimination until an opportunity challenges their bonds and determination to leave the community.
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Openly Straight by Bill KonigsbergTired of being known as "the gay kid", Rafe Goldberg decides to assume a new persona when he comes east and enters an elite Massachusetts prep school--but trying to deny his identity has both complications and unexpected consequences.
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Reality Boy by A. S. KingHaunted by his past as a child reality television celebrity, teen Gerald Faust struggles with violent anger that has relegated him to a very lonely world and the special education program at school, where he starts to feel dangerously close to snapping--until he chooses to create possibilities for himself that he never knew he deserved.
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Royce Rolls by Margaret StohlHaving endured years with her narcissistic, media-obsessed family, 16-year-old Bentley Royce looks forward to her reality show's cancellation only to discover that she must save the show against her own judgment in order to keep her family strong, a situation that is complicated by a tragic disaster.
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The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy NelsonEnjoying her life in the shadow of a fiery older sister, 17-year-old bookworm Lennie Walker is shattered by her sister's sudden death, a tragedy that causes her relationships with her sister's equally grief-stricken boyfriend and a French newcomer to change in ways she never could have imagined.
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Stranger than Fanfiction by Chris ColferWhen four fans jokingly invite a world-famous kid actor on a cross-country trip, his surprising acceptance leads to a paparazzi-laden adventure of friendship, loss and revelations.
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The Swap by Megan ShullA tale inspired by Freaky Friday finds Ellie, who has been ditched by her bullying best friend, and athletic Jack, who trains under a hard-to-please dad, switching bodies (and lives) and enduring sleepovers and popularity contests while gradually falling for each other.
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This Impossible Light: A Novel by Lily MyersThe YouTube slam poetry star of Shrinking Women presents a novel in verse centering around the challenges of body image, tracing the experiences of a teen who develops bulimia in her effort to find purpose, control and confidence in response to her family's dysfunction and a best friend's estrangement.
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We Were Liars by E. LockhartA modern, sophisticated suspense tale by the National Book Award finalist author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks follows the revolutionary activities of four friends who turn against each other in the wake of trauma, differing political views and a devastating secret.
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Well, That Was Awkward by Rachel VailSetting aside her crush on a boy who prefers her best friend, Gracie plays Cyrano de Bergerac to help her friend write clever texts to the boy, whose equally witty replies suggest that he may be getting assistance with his own romantic communiqués.
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When we Collided by Emery LordResigning himself to another summer of just getting by, a young man overwhelmed by family responsibilities meets a vibrant, beauty-loving girl whose zest for life turns dangerous when she pursues increasingly high-risk adventures.
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Why we Broke Up by Daniel HandlerWriting a letter to her ex-boyfriend about the reasons for their breakup, Min Green assembles items from their relationship to put into a box of mementos including a movie ticket from their first date, an old cookbook and a comb from a motel room.
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Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve TucholkeLies, secrets and social dynamics impact a triangle involving a wild redhead, a bullying queen bee and the sweet but uncertain boy caught between them.
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Awkward by Svetlana ChmakovaAfter shunning Jaime, the school nerd, on her first day at a new middle school, Penelope Torres tries to blend in with her new friends in the art club, until the art club goes to war with the science club, of which Jaime is a member.
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Food wars! Shokugeki no soma. Volume 1 by Yuto TsukudaSoma Yukihira seeks to become the greatest chef in the world, but when his father enrolls him in an elite culinary school he has to prove himself and his skills to his snobby peers.
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A Silent Voice. 1 by Yoshitoki ŌimaShoya Ishida seeks redemption years after bullying Shoko Nishimiya, an elementary school classmate with impaired hearing whom he taunted to such a degree that she was forced to change schools.
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Your Lie in April. 1 by Naoshi ArakawaAbandoning the piano following his mother's death, prodigy Kosei Arima's world becomes colorless and bland until violinist Kaori Miyazono arrives in his life.
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