April 2021 list by K. Pearson
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American Betiya
by Anuradha D. Rajurkar
Secretly dating a boy her mother deems unsuitable, a young artist struggles with family boundaries, her evolving sense of identity and the complexities of a mixed-heritage relationship in the wake of her boyfriend’s home troubles and a visit to India.
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Bone Crier's Dawn
by Kathryn Purdie
A conclusion to the duology that began with Bone Crier’s Moon finds Ailesse challenging the rules of the afterlife to break her soul bond with Bastien, while Sabine fights the violent jackal power that complicates her leadership responsibilities.
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Bones of a Saint
by Grant Farley
A teen who has never known life outside his dead-end hometown becomes compelled to save his community and loved ones from the grip of a past tragedy and gang members who would force him to commit crimes against vulnerable neighbors.
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Down Comes the Night
by Allison Saft
A talented but disgraced Queen’s Guard healer becomes snowed in at the estate of a reclusive lord before discovering that her patient, a servant with a mysterious illness, is a sworn enemy of the kingdom.
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Fadeaway
by E. B. Vickers
When a high school basketball star goes missing overnight after thousands watched him secure the title for his team, his best friend, his conflicted ex-girlfriend and his devastated younger brother search for clues that expose deeply hidden community secrets.
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The Fairies' Path
by Ava Corrigan
At the Alfea International School, students come from all over the Otherworld to train. To learn magic. To discover how to control their powers. Inside the school's castle, five students-complete strangers-are assigned as roommates.
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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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Good Girl, Bad Blood
by Holly Jackson
Pip reluctantly dons her detective cap once again when the police refuse to help search for a friend who goes missing on the night their community hosts a memorial for the victims of the murder case she and Ravi solved a year earlier.
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The Last Secret You'll Ever Keep
by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Reaching out to an online support community six months after escaping an abduction attempt that nobody believes, a teen encounters other survivors with stories eerily like her own, before finding herself trapped at the bottom of a deep well.
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Namesake
by Adrienne Young
A conclusion to the duology that began with Fable finds the young leader of the newly emancipated Marigold ship forced to assist a notorious thug’s scheme to secure an alliance with a powerful gem trader who is more than she seems.
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Once Upon a Quinceañera
by Monica Gomez-Hira
Accepting a humiliating unpaid internship working as a party princess in a ball gown, romance-minded Carmen embarks on a summer that is shaped by blistering Miami heat, an unexpected attraction and a spoiled cousin’s quinceañera.
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Our Last Echoes
by Kate Alice Marshall
Lured by mysterious forces back to her childhood home, Sophia investigates the unsolved disappearances of several community members, including the mother who saved her from a near-drowning.
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Ravage the Dark
by Tara Sim
After escaping the city of Moray, Amaya and Cayo head to the port city of Baleine to find the mysterious Benefactor and put a stop to the counterfeit currency that is spreading Ash Fever throughout the kingdoms.
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The Seventh Raven
by David Elliott
Turned into a raven along with his six brothers, Robyn places his fate in his sister’s years-long effort to break the curse and restore their humanity, before realizing that he feels more himself while flying. By the best-selling author of Nobody’s Perfect.
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Sing Me Forgotten
by Jessica S. Olson
A reimagining of The Phantom of the Opera finds a young woman, born with the supernatural ability to manipulate memories through song, fighting against an outside world that fears her and threatens the man she loves.
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Spin With Me
by Ami Polonsky
Told in two voices, seventh-graders Essie, in North Carolina for just one semester, and Ollie, a non-binary, "gender weird" classmate, develop a gentle romance while Essie ponders her label.
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The Stolen Kingdom
by Jillian Boehme
Using forbidden magic to help her family vineyard, Maralyth discovers her claim to the throne only to be pitted in a deadly game of cat and mouse against an alluring prince who sees her as a usurper.
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The Theft of Sunlight
by Intisar Khanani
A sequel to Thorn finds a young woman breaking silence when children throughout her community begin disappearing, before a visit to the palace leads to an unlikely relationship and a life-risking confrontation.
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Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger
by Margarita Engle
Coming of age against a backdrop of Cuba’s “Special Peacetime” severe economic depression, Liana is emboldened by starvation to skip a summer of forced farm labor and team up with a quiet boy and a mysterious dog to search for alternate food sources.
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