August 2020 list by L. Buehler
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Agnes at the End of the World
by Kelly McWilliams
Dutifully embracing her faith while tirelessly caring for her younger siblings, including one who needs forbidden insulin to survive, a teen who is unaware that she lives within a strict cult meets an Outsider boy and begins to question what is and is not a sin.
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The Archer at Dawn
by Swati Teerdhala
Using the coverage of the Sun Mela competition to infiltrate King Vardaan’s treacherous court, Kunal assumes the role of a dedicated soldier while his fellow rebel spy, Esha, searches for allies to help rescue the Princess Reha.
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Forest of Souls
by Lori M. Lee
Sirscha Ashwyn comes from nothing, but she's intent on becoming something. After years of training to become the queen's next royal spy, her plans are derailed when shamans attack and kill her best friend, Saengo. And then Sirscha, somehow, restores Saengo to life. Unveiled as the first soulguide in living memory, Sirscha is summoned to the domain of the Spider King. For centuries, he has used his influence over the Dead Wood—an ancient forest possessed by souls—to enforce peace between the kingdoms. Now, with the trees growing wild and untamed, only a soulguide can restrain them. As war looms, Sirscha must master her newly awakened abilities before the trees shatter the brittle peace, or worse, claim Saengo, the friend she would die for.
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My Calamity Jane
by Cynthia Hand
A side-splitting follow-up to My Plain Jane finds Wild Bill’s Traveling Show performer Calamity Jane incurring a suspicious bite in the wake of a garou hunt gone wrong before seeking a cure in Deadwood, where she encounters a life-threatening surprise.
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Seasons of the Storm
by Elle Cosimano
Granted immortality in exchange for becoming a physical embodiment of one of the Earth’s four seasons, two magical rivals representing Winter and Spring fall unexpectedly in love before finding themselves in a battle against their creator to end the seasonal cycles that keep them apart.
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Sisters of Sword & Song
by Rebecca Ross
Looking forward to reuniting with her older sister, who has been proudly serving in the queen’s army, Eva volunteers to serve part of her sister’s brutal sentence when she is wrongly charged with murder.
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A Song Below Water
by Bethany C. Morrow
A metaphorical tale follows the experiences of a black teen siren and her haunted best friend, who find themselves targeted by violence when they are unable to hide their supernatural identities in an alternate world that discriminates against magic.
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
by Jason Reynolds
A timely reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America while explaining their endurance and capacity for being discredited.
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You Say It First
by Katie Cotugno
Volunteering at a voter registration call center, a teen who has planned out her entire Ivy League life clashes with an underprivileged caller with opposing political views over a series of conversations that gradually lead to a friendship and something more.
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