February 2021 list by L. Buehler
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Bone Crier's Dawn
by Kathryn Purdie
Bone Criers have been ferrying the dead into the afterlife for centuries, a dangerous duty only possible with the powers they gain from sacrificing their amourés, the men destined to love them and die. But Bone Criers Ailesse and Sabine, along with Ailesse’s love, Bastien, are working to chart their own course and rewrite the rules of the afterlife.
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Chain of Iron
by Cassandra Clare
A high-suspense, romantic sequel to Chain of Gold finds Cordelia struggling with the realities of her engagement before teaming up with the Merry Thieves to stop a knife-wielding killer who is targeting Shadowhunters throughout London.
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Dangerous Secrets: The Story of Iduna and Agnarr
by Mari Mancusi
A romantic prequel to Frozen and Frozen 2 follows the adventures of an inexperienced royal who navigates overwhelming odds, while the woman he loves struggles to survive with secrets that could lead to her doom in a world very different from her own.
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A Dark and Hollow Star
by Ashley Shuttleworth
A queer cast of characters-a half-fae teenager, a temperamental ex-Fury, a fae prince, and his brooding guardian-must track down a serial killer whose disturbing murders are threatening to expose the hidden faerie courts to the human world.
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Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player places her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy.
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Hot British Boyfriend
by Kristy Boyce
Joining a study trip to England after a humiliating public rejection, Ellie partners with an overachieving classmate to help him with his crush in exchange for his assistance in winning the affections of an attractive British youth.
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Kingdom of Ice & Bone
by Jill Criswell
Lira and Reyker have lost everything. Including each other. Lira of Stone watched her home burn and her clan fall beneath the sword of the warlord known as the Dragon. She believes the man she loves, a warrior who defected from the Dragon's army, is dead. Alongside her exiled brother and his band of refugees, she will fight the forces that conquered her island. But the greatest danger may come from Lira herself--with the blood of banished gods running through her veins, she's become a weapon, and no oneis safe from the power of her wrath.
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Once Upon a Quinceanera
by Monica Gomez-hira
Carmen Aguilar just wants to make her happily ever after come true. Except apparently 'happily ever after' for Carmen involves being stuck in an unpaid summer internship. Now she has to perform as a party princess! In a ball gown. During the summer. In Miami. But if Carmen can manage dancing in the blistering heat, fending off an oh-so-unfortunately attractive ex, and stopping her spoiled cousin from ruining her own quinceanera, Carmen might just get that happily ever after, after all.
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A Pho Love Story
by Loan Le
Avoiding each other most of their lives because of a mysterious rivalry, two Vietnamese-American teens from competing pho restaurants fall in love by chance while uncovering the reason behind their families’ generations-old feud.
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Sweet & Bitter Magic
by Adrienne Tooley
When seventeen-year-old Tamsin, a cursed witch who must steal love from others, meets Wren, a girl hiding her own dangerous magic, they strike a love bargain with life-or-death consequences.
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To Look a Nazi in the Eye
by Kathy Kacer
Recounts the true story of nineteen-year-old Jordana Leibowitz, who witnessed the trial of Oskar Groening, known as the bookkeeper of Auschwitz, a man charged with being complicit in the death of hundreds of thousands of Jews.
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Yolk
by Mary H. K. Choi
Struggling with emotional problems and an eating disorder, Jayne, a Korean American teenager living in New York City, is estranged from her accomplished older sister June, until June gets cancer.
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