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Anger is a Gift by Mark OshiroA young adult debut by the popular social media personality and critic reflects the racial and economic struggles of today's teens in the story of high school junior Moss, who in the face of a racist school administration decides to organize a protest that escalates into violence.
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The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara SullivanFrantically working to escape punishment by their overseers, Ivory Coast child slaves Amadou and Seydou befriend a slave newcomer whose constant attempts to escape compel the brothers to plan their own flight. By the award-winning author of Golden Boy.
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Code of Honor by Alan Gratz When Iranian-American Kamran Smith learns that his big brother, Darius, has been labelled a terrorist, he sets out to piece together the codes and clues that will save his brother's life and his country from a deadly terrorist attack.
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Exo by Fonda LeeDonovan Reyes is a loyal member of an alien security force on Earth, but after a routine search and seizure goes bad, Donovan finds himself a captive of the human revolutionary group, Sapience, terrorists who seem to prefer war to alien rule.
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The Fixes by Owen MatthewsUnder pressure to live up to his father's expectations, Eric is seduced by a free-spirited classmate to join a group of wealthy teenagers plotting to punish the vapid, entitled populace of their West Coast town through a series of destructive "Fixes."
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi LeeTwo friends on a Grand Tour of 18th-century Europe stumble across a magical artifact that leads them from Paris to Venice in a dangerous manhunt shaped by pirates, highwaymen and their growing attraction to one another.
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Grasshopper Jungle: A History by Andrew SmithAustin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong.
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Hiding: A Novel by Henry TurnerWhen a teen boy who excels at being unseen finds himself hiding in his ex-girlfriend's house, he uncovers carefully concealed truths about her, her family, and himself.
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I Felt a Funeral, In My Brain by Will WaltonFor most of his young life Avery has dealt with his alcoholic mother with the help of his grandfather Pal--he immerses himself in poetry and popular music, and now that high school is over for the summer, he makes out with his best friend Luca (who understands about alcoholic mothers), but the death of his grandfather creates a hole in his life that he can not seem to crawl out of.
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If I Ever Get Out of Jere by Eric L GansworthLewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and whites.
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The Inexplicable Logic of my :ife by Benjamin Alire SáenzCertain of his place in the loving Mexican American family he shares with his adoptive gay father, Sal begins questioning everything when his senior year arrives and he realizes he wants to know more about his biological origins.
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Mapping the Bones by Jane YolenIn Poland in the 1940s, the lives of twins Chaim and Gittel feel like a fairy tale torn apart as they must rely on each other to endure life in a ghetto and the horrors of a concentration camp where they lose everything but each other.
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The Music of What Happens by Bill KonigsbergWhen Maximo and Jordan find themselves attracted to one another while working the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, their relationship is threatened by personal secrets, racism, and homophobia.
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The Oddling Prince by Nancy SpringerWhen a mysterious fey stranger arrives to save the dying king of Calidon from a cursed ring that cannot be removed from his finger, a dangerous secret is revealed involving the royal family and two brothers raised worlds apart whose love and loyalty become their primary shields against war, hate and time.
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Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D SchmidtTwelve-year-old Jack narrates the story of foster teen Joseph, who after serving time in a juvenile facility has been placed with a family on a rural Maine farm and who resolves to track down the daughter he has never met.
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Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy GilbertDaniel, a Chinese-American teen, must grapple with his plans for the future, his feelings for his best friend Harry, and his discovery of a family secret that could shatter everything.
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The Secrets we Bury by Stacie RameyRather than be placed in a special school for psychologically-challenged students, Dylan, six months from turning eighteen, sets out on the Appalachian Trail, where he makes surprising connections with other hikers.
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Sometime After Midnight by L. PhilipsForging a brief but intense connection with a famous social media star over a shared love of the same indie band, gay music prodigy Nate flees when he discovers his crush's connection to the record label that destroyed his father's life, only to become the subject of a romantic viral manhunt.
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Synchro Boy by Shannon McFerranWhen Bart Lively becomes the first boy on the school's synchronized swimming team, he finds himself attracted to both his teammate Erika and a cute, mysterious boy on the diving team.
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Swing by Kwame AlexanderNoah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything.
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What If It's Us by Becky AlbertalliThe award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and the best-selling author of They Both Die in the End present the story of two very different boys who cannot decide if the universe is pushing them together or pulling them apart.
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Words We Don't Say by K. J. ReillyA boy haunted by grief and performing mandatory community service in a soup kitchen unexpectedly bonds with his fellow servers and the people they assist, discovering how the world extends beyond his own pain.
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Ginger Kid: Mostly True Tales From a Former Nerd by Steve HofstetterIn Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter grapples with life after seventh grade . . . when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his readers through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of the bullied nerds. This YA nonfiction is sure to be the beloved next volume for the first generation of Wimpy Kid fans who are all grown up and ready for a new misfit hero.
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Black Panther vs. Deadpool by Daniel Kibblesmith When Deadpool's attempt to steal some Vibranium leads to a startling new development in Wakandan technology, everything T'Challa thought he knew about being a ruler and everything Deadpool thought he knew about being a mercenary gets thrown out the window. But make no mistake: they still remember how to fight each other.
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Black Torch by Tsuyoshi TakakiJiro Azuma is descended from a long line of ninja, and he can talk to animals. One day he rescues a unique black cat named Rago, a supernatural being, and is dragged into a mystical war. Although he may appear rough-and-tumble, Jiro Azuma's compassionate side emerges when it comes to the furry critters he can communicate with. But Jiro's soft spot for animals gets him in major trouble when a suspicious stray cat fuses with him, granting him exceptional power but also dragging him into humanity's hidden battle against powerful demons.
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Check please! Book 1, #Hockey by Ngozi UkazuHockey player and amateur vlogger Eric Bittle chronicles his freshman and sophomore year at Samwell University, where he joins the school hockey team and falls for its very attractive but moody captain, Jack Zimmerman.
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Demon slayer. 1, Cruelty by Koyoharu GotogeAfter his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters most of his family and turns his little sister Nezuko into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to save his sister and avenge his family.
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Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz After the death of the uncle who had been his guardian, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider is coerced to continue his uncle's dangerous work for Britain's intelligence agency, MI6.
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Scythe by Neal ShustermanA world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now 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. These teens must master the 'art' of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own. Scythe is the first novel of a thrilling newseries by National Book Award-winning author Neal Shusterman in which Citra and Rowan learn that a perfect world comes only with a heavy price.
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Infinity by Sherrilyn KenyonWhen fourteen-year-old Nick Gautier's best friends try to kill him, he is saved by a mysterious warrior and introduced to a world of malevolent supernatural beings and those who fight them, the immortal Dark-Hunters.
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Revenge of the Witch by Joseph DelaneyDespite knowing the doomed outcome of the apprentices before him, twelve-year-old Thomas Ward is determined to learn everything he will need to know to stay alive when his time comes to ward off boggarts, witches, ghosts, and other evil-spirited creatures from the land that he was born to protect.
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The Maze Runner by James DashnerSixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 by Richard Paul EvansMichael Vey, a fourteen-year old who has Tourette's syndrome and special electric powers, finds there are others like him, and must rely on his powers to save himself and the others from a diabolical group seeking to control them.
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The Thief: A Queen's Thief Novel by Megan Whalen TurnerGen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of the gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone.
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SYLO by D. J MacHaleWhen everyone is quarantined on a once-peaceful island off the coast of Maine, Tucker questions a secret branch of the military claiming that residents have been infected by a deadly virus.
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