May 2020 list by L. Buehler
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Almost American Girl
by Robin Ha
Moving abruptly from Seoul to Alabama, a Korean teen struggles in a hostile blended home and a new school where she does not speak English before forging unexpected connections in a local comic drawing class.
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The Deck of Omens
by Christine Lynn Herman
Unable to convince her preoccupied fellow Founders that a new threat is lurking in Four Paths, May Hawthorne is forced to turn for help to her despised father at the same time family history complicates Isaac and Violet’s efforts to destroy the Gray.
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Dragon Hoops: From Small Steps to Great Leaps
by Gene Luen Yang
An introverted reader starts understanding local enthusiasm about sports in his school when he gets to know some of his talented athletic peers and discovers that their stories are just as thrilling as the comics he loves.
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Goodbye from Nowhere
by Sara Zarr
Kyle Baker thought his family was happy. Happy enough, anyway. That's why, when Kyle learns that his mother has been having an affair and his father has been living with the secret, his reality is altered. He quits baseball, ghosts his girlfriend, and generally checks out of life as he's known it. With his older sisters out of the house and friends who don't get it, the only person he can talk to is his cousin Emily—who is always there on the other end of his texts but still has her own life, hours away.
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A Phoenix First Must Burn
by Patrice Caldwell
Featuring contributions by best-selling and award-winning authors, an anthology of 16 science-fiction and fantasy stories explores the Black and gender nonconforming experience in worlds ranging from folktale environments to futuristic societies.
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Rules for Being a Girl
by Candace Bushnell
The best-selling author of Sex and the City and the best-selling author of 99 Days present a feminist tale about a girl who fights to expose sexism at her school after a devastating encounter with a predatory teacher.
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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.
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We Didn't Ask for This
by Adi Alsaid
Central International School's annual lock-in is legendary — and for six students, this year's lock-in is the answer to their dreams. The chance to finally win the contest. Kiss the guy. Make a friend. Become the star of a story that will be passed down from student to student for years to come.
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