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LGBTQIA+ Rainbow Reads January 2023
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Elle Campbell wins their weekend
by Ben Kahn
"Landing in Saturday detention, which shatters their dream of meeting nonbinary icon Nuri Grena, Elle Campbell embarks on a madcap adventure across town to find their hero when their two best friends bust them out of school. Simultaneous eBook."
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Kween
by Vichet Chum
"Soma Kear's verses have gone viral. Trouble is, she didn't exactly think her slam poetry video through. All she knew was that her rhymes were urgent. On fire. An expression of where she was, and that place...was a hot mess. Following her Ba's deportation back to Cambodia, everything's changed. Her Ma is away trying to help Ba adjust to his new life, and her older sister has taken charge with a new authoritarian tone. Meanwhile, Soma's trending video pushes her to ask if it's time to level up. With her school's spoken word contest looming, Soma must decide: Is she brave enough to put herself out there? To publicly reveal her fears of Ba not returning? To admit that things may never be the same? With every line she spits, Soma searches for a way to make sense of the world around her. The answers are at the mic"
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The crimson fortress by Akshaya RamanThis exciting, adventure-filled sequel and conclusion to the critically acclaimed Ivory Key duology finds royal siblings Vira, Ronak, Kaleb and Riya dispersing across Ashoka and beyond, as they each attempt to decode the key to saving their country—and themselves—from ruin. Simultaneous eBook.
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The spells we cast
by Jason June
Sparks fly when eighteen-year-old Nigel meets Ori during the Culling, a competition that determines whether a magician is stripped of their powers or joins the magical society known as the Guild, but they soon realize the connection growing between them threatens their future, the Guild, and all of humanity
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Everyone's thinking it
by Aleema Omotoni
When photos from her camera are stolen and displayed around her elite boarding school in the English countryside, exposing students' secrets, aspiring photographer Iyanu must find the real culprit amidst the chaos. Simultaneous eBook.
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Into the bright open : a Secret garden remix
by Cherie Dimaline
In this queer reimaging of The secret garden, fifteen-year-old orphan Mary sets off to live in the Georgian Bay wilds where she discovers family secrets both wonderful and horrifying
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Beholder
by Ryan La Sala
"The only survivor of a NYC penthouse party massacre where dead bodies were arranged into disturbingly elegant sculpture, Athan becomes the prime suspect and, desperate to prove his innocence, must confront an ancient evil compelling its victims toward violence, chaos and self-destruction. Simultaneous eBook."
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Songs of Irie
by Asha Bromfield
During the political turmoil in 1976 Jamaica, Irie and Jilly must navigate their opposing upbringings as they fall in love and choose between the futures decided for them and the futures they desire
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This dark descent
by Kalyn Josephson
To save her family's ranch, Mikira Rusel, the daughter of a famous breeder of enchanted horses, enters the Illinir, a treacherous, cross-country horserace, and recruits Ari, an unlicensed enchanter, and Damien, a lord bent on vengeance, to help her win. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Monstrous
by Jessica Lewis
When seventeen-year-old Latavia is presented as a human sacrifice to an ancient beast, she is determined to do whatever it takes to survive--even if that includes making a deal with the monster and endangering her crush and family
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Charming young man by Eliot Schrefer"They say Léon Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, there's no way an impoverished musician can make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron. Young gossip columnist Marcel Proust takes Léon under his wing, and the boys game their way through an extravagant new world. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-Fézensac offers his patronage, Lâeon's dreams are made real. But the closer he gets to becoming France's next great thing, the further he strays from his old country life he shared with his family and his best friend Félix. . . a boy he might love. With each choice Lâeon makes, he must navigate a fine line between two worlds-or risk losing them both"
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The pirate and the porcelain girl
by Emily Riesbeck
"Cursed with porcelain skin and on the run from a zealous knight, Ferra has no choice but to trust the disgraced pirate captain Brig to keep her safe and reunite her with her ex-girlfriend in a faraway city. Together, they bicker across the high seas, dodge nefarious obstacles, and accidentally fall in love"
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