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New Books --Check them Out!
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Powerful / : A Powerless Story
by Lauren Roberts
Now alone, Adena learns the streets of Loot by herself and meets a mysterious Elite named Kai Azer who harbors a dangerous ability, but their love is quickly interrupted when Adena becomes Paedyn's seamstress for the Purging Trials.
Also available on Libby.
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Not like other girls
by Meredith Adamo
When her former best friend Maddie disappears after coming to her for help, Jo-Lynn, an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked, finds a way back inside the clique where she is forced to confront everything she'd rather forget to find the girl who betrayed her.
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Prom babies
by Kekla Magoon
A multi-generational novel beginning with three teen girls who become pregnant on prom night, and picking up as their three teens head to prom eighteen years later.
Also available on Hoopla.
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Arya Khanna's Bollywood moment
by Arushi Avachat
Determined to keep the peace at home and at school, Arya discovers life doesn't always work out like her beloved Bollywood movies until the person she least expects gives her a glimpse of her dream sequence just when she needs it most.
Also available on cloudLibrary.
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Bad like us
by Gabriella Lepore
While at a private beach lodge with her popular classmates when an anonymous letter leads to murder, Eva places her trust in Colton and together they uncover secrets that upend everything they thought they knew about their fellow spring breakers.
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The boyfriend wish
by Swati Teerdhala
When her grandmother gifts her a jasmine flower, Deepa Josyula wishes for her dream boyfriend, which sets in motion a chain of events that makes her question what her heart truly wants—the perfect boy brought by magic or the uncertainty of the boy next door.
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Bunt! : striking out on financial aid
by Ngozi Ukazu
Molly Bauer's first year of college is not the picture-perfect piece of art she'd always envisioned. On day one at PICA, Molly discovers that-through some horrible twist of fate-her full-ride scholarship has vanished! But the ancient texts (PICA's dusty financial aid documents) reveal a loophole. If Molly and 9 other art students win a single game of softball, they'll receive a massive athletic scholarship. Can Molly's crew of ragtag artists succeed in softball without dropping the ball?
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Clever creatures of the night
by Samantha Mabry
When Case arrives at her best friend Drea's isolated West Texas home and finds her missing, she embarks on a search for clues about Drea's disappearance while facing the unsettling, cult-like and possibly murderous behavior of Drea's roommates.
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Conditions of a heart
by Bethany Mangle
Suspended from school after trying to break up a fight, Brynn, who's been hiding a disability that's rapidly wearing her down, wonders if it's possible to reinvent her world by being the person she thought no one wanted: herself.
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Cupid's revenge
by Wibke Brueggemann
Unlike her friend Teddy, sixteen-year-old Tilly is not looking for a girlfriend, but when Teddy forms a crush on Katherine Cooper-Bunting, his co-star in their community theater production, Tilly finds herself also swooning over her.
Also available on cloudLibrary.
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The dark fable
by Katherine Harbour
Able to turn invisible, orphan Evie Wilder joins The Dark Fable, a legendary group of thieves known for stealing obscure and occult artifacts, and soon discovers her new family's past is linked to her own—and the price of uncovering The Dark Fable's secrets could be death.
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Girls on the verge
by Sharon Biggs Waller
Learning on the same day she is accepted into a prestigious theater program that she is pregnant, a Texas teen is unable to find support in her home or community and plans a trip in the wake of a difficult choice that is supported by one friend and dissuaded by another. By the author of The Forbidden Orchid.
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Plan A
by Deb Caletti
Hitting the road with her boyfriend to the West Coast where she can legally obtain an abortion, 16-year-old Ivy encounters women who share their stories and help her chip away at the stigma, silence and shame surrounding reproduction rights.
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One of the good ones : Shouldn't Being Human Be Enough?
by Maika Moulite
When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered.
Also available on Hoopla and Cloud Library.
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This one's for you
by Kate Sweeney
Two ex-best friends, Cass and Syd, embark on a life-altering road trip as they follow the reunion tour of the band Cass's mom was in when she died, experiencing the power of music as they decide what they really mean to each other.
Also available on cloudLibrary.
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How Moon Fuentez fell in love with the universe
by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland
When she takes a job as a“merch girl” on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers, Moon Fuentez, the twin sister of a social media star, questions her destiny as the unnoticed, unloved wallflower she always thought she was.
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Everyone hates Kelsie Miller
by Meredith Ireland
When Kelsie Miller's best friend stops speaking to her and Eric Mulvaney Ortiz is ghosted by his girlfriend, the two rivals embark on a road trip together to win back their exes, but come to an unexpected realization along the way.
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Four for the road
by K. J. Reilly
When seventeen-year-old Asher embarks on a road trip from New Jersey to Graceland to get revenge on the drunk driver who killed his mom, he brings along three new friends from his bereavement groups.
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Heartbreak boys
by Simon James Green
Taking to Instagram to prove to their exes they're just fine, Jack and Nate take a road trip with Nate's midlife crisis-bound parents and end up in one hilarious situation after another, leading to an unexpected realization for the pair.
Also available on Libby.
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Hello girls
by Brittany Cavallaro
Fed up with their controlling, manipulative and abusive families, two teen girls bond over a local fire and consider turning in their relatives before embarking on a road trip to Vegas in a stolen convertible.
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Boys of the beast
by Monica Zepeda
Three teenage boy cousins on a road trip through California and the Southwest come to terms with truths about their families and themselves.
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Exactly where you need to be
by Amelia Diane Coombs
When she wins tickets to see her favorite true-crime podcasts live show in California, Florie uses the opportunity to sneak away from her overbearing parents and go on a road trip with her best friend, which changes everything.
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Five survive
by Holly Jackson
Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend - the older brother - his perfect girlfriend - a secret crush - a classmate - and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure out which of them is the target. But is there a liar among them? Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels. Not all of them will survive the night.
Also available on Libby.
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10 hours to go
by Keely Parrack
Desperate for a ride home, Lily embarks on a tense road trip with her estranged ex-best friend Natasha and Elke, a girl Lily got expelled from their school years ago, and as tensions rise, past grievances and surrounding wildfires make the journey increasingly perilous.
Also available on Hoopla and cloudLibrary.
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