January 2019 list by L. Buehler
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As She Ascends
by Jodi Meadows
A follow-up to Before She Ignites finds Mira on the run with her friends after a fiery escape that marks her renewed efforts to halt dragon trafficking and safeguard the Fallen Isles from enemy forces.
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Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree
by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant novel tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival.
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Cadaver & Queen
by Alisa Kwitney
Elizabeth Lavenza's attempts to get ahead in her medical program by fixing a faulty Bio-Mechanical are stalled when she realizes that it is the body of a former student and finds herself drawn into his world of dark secrets.
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The Continent
by Keira Drake
Granted a rare tour of the war-torn Continent, 16-year-old apprentice cartographer Vaela Sun sees the trip as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve and correct her maps, a perspective that is transformed by the harsh realities of battle when she becomes stranded in the middle of a war zone.
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The Disasters
by M. K. England
Nax and a handful of other space Academy washouts are the only surviving pilots after the school is hijacked by terrorists, but in order to spread the truth about the attack, Nax and his fellow failures must execute a dangerous heist.
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Golden Hour
by Chantel Guertin
Trying to navigate her senior year, Pippa Greene sets out to prove herself worthy of the photography program she was waitlisted for and encounters her first love, Dylan McCutter.
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How to Hang a Witch
by Adriana Mather
After moving to Salem, Samantha Mather, a descendent of witch-hunter Cotton Mather, finds herself bullied by a group of students at her new school who are claiming to be descendants of the Salem Witch trial victims.
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Miles Away From You
by A. B. Rutledge
Eighteen months after Vivien, his beloved transgender girlfriend, slipped into a coma after a suicide attempt, eighteen-year-old Miles begins healing while photographing her empty shoes against the stark landscapes of Iceland. Told through a series of instant messages.
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Pulp
by Robin Talley
Two gay teens, one coming of age in the closet in 1955 and the other who is openly out in the present day, are unexpectedly connected by their shared interest in the literary legacy of lesbian pulp fiction.
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Your Own Worst Enemy
by Gordon Jack
Three young candidates for student body president at Lincoln High School are forced to sink to unprecedented levels of rivalry in a campaign that is shaped by popularity, duplicity and a love of chocolate milk.
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