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Serwa Boateng's guide to vampire hunting
by Roseanne A. Brown
Staying with her hippie aunt and cryptic-obsessed cousin in Nowheresville, Maryland, after a witch destroys her family's home, 12-year-old vampire slayer Serwa must prepare for the biggest battle of her life, while also dealing with mean girls and algebra. 75,000 first printing.
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The storm runner
by Jennifer Cervantes
A contemporary adventure inspired by Maya mythology follows the experiences of an avid explorer with a disabled leg who discovers that the dormant volcano near his home in New Mexico is a gateway to another world. 25,000 first printing.
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The lords of night : a shadow bruja novel
by Jennifer Cervantes
"The most powerful godborn of them all, a bruja with a unique combination of DNA, 14-year-old Renata Santiago must stop five renegade godborns from awakening the nine Aztec Lords of Light??an impossible challenge that leaves her questioning her very existence. 75,000 first printing."
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Aru Shah and the end of time
by Roshani Chokshi
Telling fibs in order to fit in better with her wealthier peers, 12-year-old Aru Shah spends her school break at the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, where her decision to light a cursed lamp unwittingly releases an ancient demon. By the author of The Star-Touched Queen.
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Winston Chu vs. the whimsies
by Stacey Lee
"After inadvertently stopping a robbery at an oddities shop in Chinatown, 12-year-old Winston Chu is gifted a broom and dustpan that somehow take his most beloved possessions and decides it's time to fight magic with magic to sweep away evil. Simultaneous eBook. "
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Ballad & dagger
by Daniel Josâe Older
While performing for a music legend on the night of the Grand Fete, piano prodigy Mateo witnesses a brutal murder that awakens a power within him, linking him to the killer and possibly unlocking the dark mystery behind his lost homeland. 100,000 first printing.
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Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky
by Kwame Mbalia
Haunted by the bus accident that ended his best friend’s life, seventh grader Tristan Strong dreads a visit to his grandparents’ Alabama farm before a bizarre living doll snatches away his friend’s notebook and draws him into a world of burning seas, iron monsters and exhausted black folk heroes. 75,000 first printing.
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Dragon Pearl
by Yoon Ha Lee
Longing for adventure in the Thousand Worlds, away from the strict rules that force her to hide her descendancy from fox spirits, 13-year-old Min embarks on a quest to find her brother, who has been accused of abandoning his post to search for a mystical object of power.
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Race to the sun
by Rebecca Roanhorse
Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms
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The last fallen star : a Gifted clans novel
by Graci Kim
Looking forward to her older sister’s initiation into their family’s powerful lineage of healing witches, an adopted Korean American girl born without magic triggers unexpected consequences while attempting to participate in her sister’s ceremony. 150,000 first printing.
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Tiger Honor
by Yoon Ha Lee
To restore honor to the Juhwang clan after Uncle Hwan is declared a traitor, Sebrin sets out to clear Hwan’s name, but nothing goes as planned as he is sabotaged and betrayed by someone he thought he could trust. 100,000 first printing.
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Paola Santiago and the forest of nightmares
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Plagued by nightmares centered around her estranged father and set in a terrifying forest, Paola sets out to find hima dangerous journey that is rife with monsters, ghosts, betrayals and the forest of her nightmares.
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