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The Alex Awards are given to ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18. |
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Black Sun by Rebecca RoanhorseA trilogy debut by the Nebula Award-winning author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn is inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and follows the unbalancing of the holy city of Tova amid a fateful solstice eclipse.
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Plain Bad Heroinesby Emily M. DanforthA highly anticipated adult debut from the award-winning author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post follows the release of a best-selling book about an early 20th-century New England boarding school where gender-diverse students died under suspicious circumstances.
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Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio by Derf BackderfA commemorative 50th anniversary graphic-novel account of the May 4, 1970 shootings of Vietnam War college student protesters by the Ohio National Guard draws on in-depth interviews to profile the tragedy’s four victims. By the award-winning author of Trashed.
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Riot Baby by Tochi OnyebuchiThe author of the award-winning young-adult novel Beasts Made of Night tackles youth, race and the carceral state with magical flair, in his adult-science-fiction debut.
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The Kids Are Gonna Ask by Gretchen AnthonyAfter their mother’s death, a pair of twins launch a podcast in an effort to find the biological father they never knew, only to get caught in a national debate as their show gains popularity.
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Solutions and Other Problems by Allie BroshThe creator of the award-winning Hyperbole and a Half presents a new collection of comedic, autobiographical and deceptively illustrated essays on topics ranging from childhood and very bad pets to grief, loneliness and powerlessness in modern life.
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The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ KluneGiven a curious classified assignment to evaluate the potential risks posed by six supernatural orphans, a case worker at the Department in Charge of Magical Youth bonds with an enigmatic caregiver who hides dangerous secrets.
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The Only Good Indiansby Stephen Graham JonesFour American Indian men, who shared a disturbing event during their youth, are hunted down years later by an entity bent on revenge that forces them to revisit the culture and traditions they left behind.
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We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan BarryNearly three centuries after their coastal community’s witch trials, the women athletes of the 1989 Danvers Falcons hockey team combine individual and collective talents with 1980s iconography to storm their way to the state finals.
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