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Unbroken : 13 stories starring disabled teens
by Marieke Nijkamp
Edited by the best-selling author of This Is Where It Ends, an inspirational anthology of stories featuring disabled and neurodiverse teen main characters includes contributions by such leading authors as Kody Keplinger, Katherine Locke and Fox Benwell.
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Not so pure and simple
by Lamar. Giles
A first contemporary young adult novel by the two-time Edgar Award finalist and author of Fake ID finds a young mans efforts to win the heart of a longtime crush complicated by their churchs Purity Pledge.
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Patron saints of nothing
by Randy Ribay
When seventeen-year-old Jay Reguero learns his Filipino cousin and former best friend, Jun, was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, he flies to the Philippines to learn more
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Dig
by A. S. King
When their rags-to-riches grandparents decide against bequeathing the family fortune to their descendants, five teens confront difficult secrets and the realities of their disadvantages before uniting in the face of a terrible choice to save the family name. By the award-winning author of Still Life With Tornado.
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This is what I know about art
by Kimberly Drew
In this powerful and hopeful account, arts writer, curator, and activist Kimberly Drew reminds us that the art world has space not just for the elite, but for everyone.
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Lovely war
by Julie Berry
Meeting in a World War II-era Manhattan hotel for a forbidden tryst, immortals Ares and Aphrodite are caught by the latter's jealous husband before she defends her actions by imparting the tale of four young humans who became connected during World War I. By the author of the Splurch Academy series.
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Just mercy : adapted for young adults
by Bryan Stevenson
A young adult adaptation of the best-selling Just Mercy shares stories from the author's work as a lawyer and social advocate to reveal how racial and class biases in America are leading to false convictions and mass incarcerations. Simultaneous eBook
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Punching the air
by Ibi Aanu Zoboi
The award-winning author of American Street and the prison reform activist of the Exonerated Five trace the story of a young artist and poet whose prospects at a diverse art school are threatened by a racially biased system and a tragic altercation in a gentrifying neighborhood. 150,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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King and the dragonflies
by Kacen Callender
A 12-year-old boy spends days in the mystical Louisiana bayou to come to terms with a siblings sudden death, his grief-stricken family and the disappearance of his former best friend amid whispers about the latters sexual orientation. By the award-winning author of Hurricane Child. Illustrations.
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This place : 150 years retold
by Katherena Vermette
A graphic novel anthology depicts the last one hundred fifty years of Canadian history as seen through the eyes of the Indigenous peoples who inhabited the land before the Europeans arrived
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This is my America
by Kim Johnson
Sending weekly letters to an organization she hopes will save her innocent father from death row, 17-year-old Tracy uncovers racist community secrets when her track star brother is wrongly accused of murder.
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Pet
by Akwaeke Emezi
A girl and her best friend confront difficult choices in the face of a home city in denial when they meet a being who exposes the community's willful disbelief about the existence of monsters. A first young adult novel by the award-winning authors of Freshwater.
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Deeplight
by Frances Hardinge
Discovering the still-beating heart of a formidable deity believed long dead, 15-year-old Hark races to keep the dangerous object out of the hands of smugglers, scientists and cult fanatics in the hope of saving a best friends life. By the award-winning author of The Lie Tree.
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Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir
by Robin Ha
Moving abruptly from Seoul to Alabama, a Korean teen struggles in a hostile blended home and a new school where she does not speak English before forging unexpected connections in a local comic drawing class.
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They called us enemy
by George Takei
The iconic actor and activist presents a graphic memoir detailing his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the hard choices his family made in the face of legalized racism.
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Butterfly yellow
by Thanhha Lai
A Vietnam War refugee in Texas partners with a rodeo aspirant to track down the younger brother she was forced to leave behind before discovering that he no longer remembers her. By the award-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again.
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All boys aren't blue : a memoir-manifesto
by George M. Johnson
A first book by the prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist shares personal essays that chronicle his childhood, adolescence and college years as a Black queer youth, exploring subjects ranging from gender identity and toxic masculinity to structural marginalization and Black joy.
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Brave face : a memoir
by Shaun David Hutchinson
Describes the author's struggles as a teen and young adult growing up gay in an intolerant atmosphere in the 1990s, the factors that led him to attempt suicide, and how he ultimately found internal and external acceptance
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Shout : a poetry memoir
by Laurie Halse Anderson
A poetic memoir and urgent call-to-action by the award-winning author of Speak blends free-verse reflections with deeply personal stories from her life to rally today's young people to stand up and fight the abuses, censorship and hatred of today's world.
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Somebody give this heart a pen
by Sophia Thakur
A coming-of-age debut collection by the acclaimed spoken-word performance poet explores issues ranging from identity and perseverance to relationships and loss, in a volume that draws on the author’s experiences as a mixed-race woman in a lonely and complicated world.
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When the world didn't end : poems
by Caroline Kaufman
In her second book of poetry, Caroline Kaufman explores the shock, wonder, and beauty of an uncertain future. When the World Didn't End is a vivid account of trying to find a path forward while reckoning with the pain of the past, embracing imperfection, and unlearning the language of self-criticism. With vulnerability and insight, this powerful collection of short poems holds up a mirror to the doubt and longing inside us all.
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Black enough : stories of being young & black in America
by Ibi Zoboi
Edited by the National Book Award finalist and featuring contributions by a prestigious group of best-selling, award-winning and emerging African American young-adult authors, a timely literary collection shares modern insights into what it is like to be young and Black in today’s America.
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The grief keeper
by Alexandra Villasante
Wanting to enjoy an amazing life in America like her favorite television characters, an undocumented 17-year-old bargains for her asylum by becoming a grief keeper to save someone else's life.
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