May 2021 list by L. Buehler
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All Our Hidden Gifts
by Caroline O'donoghue
After Maeve finds a pack of tarot cards while cleaning out a closet during her in-school suspension, she quickly becomes the most sought-after diviner at St. Bernadette’s Catholic school. But when Maeve’s ex–best friend, Lily, draws an unsettling card called The Housekeeper that Maeve has never seen before, the session devolves into a heated argument that ends with Maeve wishing aloud that Lily would disappear. When Lily isn’t at school the next Monday, Maeve learns her ex-friend has vanished without a trace.
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The Betrayed
by Kiera Cass
Can you follow your heart when it's already broken? After fleeing Coroa and leaving the memory of her beloved Silas behind, Hollis is unsteadily adjusting to life in Isolte. The Eastoffe family's affection is a balm on her weary spirit, though Etan, a surly cousin with a deep distaste for Coroans, threatens to upset the uneasy peace she's found. While tensions at home ratchet up, disquiet in the kingdom of Isolte is reaching a fever pitch. The Eastoffes may have the power to unseat a tyrannical king—but only with Hollis's help. Can a girl who's lost it all put the fate of her adopted homeland over the secret longings of her heart?
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Dustborn
by Erin Bowman
Hiding a map branded onto her back that nobody she knows can read, Delta attempts to rescue loved ones from attacking raiders before uncovering a secret that upends the foundation of her postapocalyptic world.
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Hurricane Summer
by Asha Bromfield
A first novel by the actress best known for her performances in Riverdale follows the experiences of a girl whose efforts to reconnect with her absent father at his home in Jamaica are upended by a dangerous storm.
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The Infinity Courts
by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Waking up in the afterlife after being murdered en route to her graduation party, Nami discovers that the world where consciousness goes after death has been taken over by a genocidal artificial-intelligence entity.
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Kiss and Repeat
by Heather Truett
Using his father’s lessons in the scientific method to begin a kissing experiment that quickly turns messy, a boy with Tourette syndrome begins to question how he treats girls and whether or not his tics are really the problem.
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The Prison Healer
by Lynette Noni
Tasked with keeping a captured and terminally ill Rebel Queen alive long enough to survive the formidable elemental Trial by Ordeal, death prison healer Kiva Meridan receives a coded message from her family before risking her life to take the queen’s place.
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Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
by Laekan Zea Kemp
An ambitious girl who fears disappointing her traditional Mexican-American parents finds her world upended by a long-held secret before she bonds with a boy who would protect his immigration status and newfound family.
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