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This Is Not the Jess Show by Anna CareyFrustrated by the drama that always finds her regardless of her efforts to keep her head down, a high school junior witnesses the spread of a mysterious illness in her 1998 community before discovering an iPhone from the future among her best friend’s possessions.
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The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds ReedEnjoying the luxuries of a privileged life in 1992 Los Angeles, a black high school senior is unexpectedly swept up in the vortex of the Rodney King Riots while her closest friends spread a rumor that could derail a fellow black student’s future.
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The Ocean In My Ears by Meagan MacvieIn small-town Alaska in the 1990s, high school senior Meri's determination to escape for a more exciting place wanes as she struggles with family, grief, friends, and hormones.
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Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. JacksonThree Brooklyn teens plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he is still alive, in a vibrant standalone novel by the NAACP Image Award-nominated author of Monday’s Not Coming.
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Forget This Ever Happened by Cassandra Rose ClarkeSet in 1993, teenage Claire navigates the eerie town of Indianola, Texas, where a fissure in time and space has made nothing is as it seems.
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We Were Promised Spotlights by Lindsay SproulHiding her sexual orientation behind the enviable persona of a popular homecoming queen, Taylor struggles to figure out how to stay true to herself and walk away from the limiting expectations that have been laid out for her future.
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We Are All That's Left by Carrie ArcosA generations-spanning tale set in Bosnia and the U.S. traces the fraught relationship between a passionate young photographer and her emotionally distant mother, who refuses to speak about her past in Bosnia, a situation that leaves the younger woman questioning her faith, history and prospects in the wake of a racially motivated attack.
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The Mall by Megan McCaffertyTaking a job in the pop-culture-infused retail and food court environment of a New Jersey mall during the summer of 1991, Cassie Worthy begins questioning her well-laid plans to join her boyfriend at college in New York City amid new friendships and personal discoveries.
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M DanforthIn the early 1990s, when gay teenager Cameron Post rebels against her conservative Montana ranch town and her family decides she needs to change her ways, she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyA rerelease of an acclaimed first novel by the screenplay writer for Rent finds misfit Charlie writing letters to an unidentified recipient that share intimate observations about a high school environment of first dates, relationship dramas and experimentations with sex and drugs.
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Baby & Solo by Lisabeth PosthumaHoping for a fresh start when his therapist recommends a part-time job, 17-year-old Joel forges a deep bond with a smart-mouthed co-worker before circumstances force him to share the truth about his past.
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Break In Case of Emergency by Brian FrancisA teen’s plan to escape her grandparents’ 1990s farming town are upended by the sudden return of her absentee father, a world-renowned female impersonator whose star is fading amid whispers and new friendships.
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