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Clap when you land by Elizabeth AcevedoAn evocative novel in verse by the Printz and National Book Award-winning author of The Poet X follows the experiences of two grieving sisters who navigate the loss of their father and the impact of his death on their relationship.
Also available on Libby/Overdrive in ebook and audiobook and on Hoopla in audiobook.
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Six of crows by Leigh BardugoSix dangerous outcasts must learn to work together after they are offered an impossible heist that can save the world from destruction.
Also available in ebook on Libby/Overdrive.
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We ride upon sticks: a novel 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. Also available in ebook on Libby/Overdrive.
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The cruel prince by Holly BlackJude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade.
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Felix ever after by Kacen CallenderWorrying that his combination of such marginalizing qualities as being Black, queer and trans are too impossible to allow happiness, Felix turns vengeful in the face of transphobic hate messages before finding himself in a quasi-love triangle.
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Even as we breathe : a novel
by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
Nineteen-year-old Cowney Sequoyah yearns to escape his hometown of Cherokee, North Carolina, in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. When a summer job at Asheville's luxurious Grove Park Inn and Resort brings him one step closer to escaping the hills that both cradle and suffocate him, he sees it as an opportunity. With World War II raging in Europe, the inn is the temporary home of Axis diplomats and their families, who are being held as prisoners of war. Soon, Cowney's refuge becomes a cage when the daughter of one of the residents goes missing and he finds himself accused of abduction and murder.
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Golden arm by Carl DeukerWhen his pitching talents land him a spot on a wealthier team where he has a chance to be drafted into the majors, a teen navigating poverty and a speech challenge struggles with leaving behind a brother who is increasingly influenced by drug gangs. Also available in ebook on Libby/Overdrive and in audiobook on Hoopla.
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The evening and the morning by Ken FollettA prequel to the best-selling The Pillars of the Earth follows the experiences of a young boatbuilder, a scholarly monk and a Norman noblewoman against a backdrop of the Viking attacks at the end of the 10th century in England.
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They went left by Monica Hesse Navigating injuries and trauma after being liberated from the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in 1945 Germany, 18-year-old Zofia joins other survivors to keep a promise to find her brother.
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Klara and the sun by Kazuo IshiguroWaiting to be chosen by a customer, an Artificial Friend programmed with high perception observes the activities of shoppers while exploring fundamental questions about what it means to love.
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A good girl's guide to murder by Holly JacksonFive years after the shattering murder and suicide of two popular teens, a skeptical high school student reexamines the case before uncovering disturbing clues about what really happened.
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You should see me in a crown by Leah JohnsonA Black, underprivileged misfit from a wealthy, prom-obsessed midwestern community carefully plans to attend a prestigious medical college before the unexpected loss of her financial aid forces her to compete for her school’s prom-queen scholarship.
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Truly Devious by Maureen JohnsonWhen Stevie Bell, an amateur detective, begins her first year at a famous private school in Vermont, she sets a plan to solve the cold case involving the kidnapping of the founder's wife and daughter shortly after the school opened.
Also available in ebook and audiobook on Libby/Overdrive and ebook and audiobook on Hoopla.
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Aurora rising by Amie KaufmanAfter rescuing a girl who was trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries from interdimensional space, eighteen-year-old Aurora Academy graduate Tyler Jones is swept up in an interstellar war millions of years in the making. Also available in ebook and audiobook on Libby/Overdrive.
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A separate peace by John KnowlesA conflict of loyalties between Gene and his fearless friend, Phineas, leads to tragedy.
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Butterfly yellow by Thanhha LaiA Vietnam War refugee in Texas partners with a city boy with rodeo dreams to track down the younger brother she was separated from six years before when he was evacuated by American troops during the waning days of the Vietnam War.
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Passing by Nella LarsenClare Kendry, a beautiful light-skinned African American woman married to a white man who is unaware of her heritage, long ago cut all ties to her past, but a reunion with a childhood friend forces her to confront her lies.
Also available in ebook on Libby/Overdrive and Hoopla.
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A burning by Megha MajumdarAn opportunistic gym teacher and a starry-eyed misfit find the realization of their ambitions tied to the downfall of an innocent Muslim girl who has been wrongly implicated in a terrorist attack.
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Kingdom of the wicked by Kerri ManiscalcoEmilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe - witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden. Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia's side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women's murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems.
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Nubia : real one by L. L. McKinneyNubia has always stood out because of her Amazonian strength, but even though she uses her ability for good she is seen as a threat, so when her best friend Quisha is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia risks everything to become the hero society tells her she is not. Graphic novel Also available in ebook on Hoopla.
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Renegades by Marissa MeyerIn a ruined world where humans with extraordinary abilities have become the world's champions of justice, a vengeance-seeking girl and a justice-seeking boy team up against a villain who has the power to destroy everything they have worked to protect.
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The cost of knowing by Brittney MorrisStruggling with constant visions of the future whenever he touches an object or person, 16-year-old ice-cream shop employee Alex Rufus finds his life upended when he has a premonition about the imminent death of his brother. Also available in ebook on Libby/Overdrive.
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The cactus league : A Novel by Emily NemensBeginning spring training in the unforgiving Arizona desert, a star outfielder navigates the secrets of the coaches, writers, wives, girlfriends, criminals and fans who watch his every move, in a story told in the style of a sportscaster’s narrative.
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Such a fun age : a novel by Kiley ReidA story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.
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Sadie by Courtney SummersTold from the alternating perspectives of nineteen-year-old Sadie who runs away from her isolated small Colorado town to find her younger sister's killer, and a true crime podcast exploring Sadie's disappearance.
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Cemetery boys by Aiden ThomasDetermined to prove himself a real brujo to the traditional Latinx family that does not accept his true gender, a trans boy summons the ghost of the resident bad boy, who refuses to return quietly to death.
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The hobbit, or, There and back again by J. R. R. TolkienBilbo Baggins, the hobbit, is a peaceful sort who lives in a cozy hole in the Shire, a place where adventures are uncommon and rather unwanted. So when the wizard, Gandalf, whisks him away on a treasure-hunting expedition with a troop of rowdy dwarves, he's not entirely thrilled.
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Super fake love song by David YoonMisrepresenting himself to a crush who mistakes him for his cool older brother, a self-proclaimed nerd convinces his best friend to organize a fake rock band and gains unexpected popularity before his lies spiral out of control. Also available in ebook on Libby/Overdrive.
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Interior Chinatown by Charles YuEvery day Chinatown resident Willis Wu enters the Golden Palace restaurant as a bit player in a theatrical production, but after stumbling into the spotlight he is suddenly launched into a world that shows him the history of China and the legacy of his own family and what it means for his place in America.
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The yellow house by Sarah M. BroomDescribes the author’s upbringing in a New Orleans East shotgun house as the unruly 13th child of a widowed mother, tracing a century of family history and the impact of class, race and Hurricane Katrina on her sense of identity.
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No filter : the inside story of Instagram
by Sarah Frier
The award-winning Bloomberg News reporter presents a behind-the-scenes look at how Instagram defied the odds to become one of the most culturally defining apps of the decade before its founders’ lesser-known but explosive departure from Facebook.
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Dog flowers : a memoir
by Danielle Geller
An award-winning essayist draws on archival documents in a narrative account that explores how her family’s troubled past and the death of her mother, a homeless alcoholic, reflected the traditions and tragic history of her Navajo heritage.
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Glass Town : The Imaginary World of the Brontes
by Isabel Greenberg
Shares the lives of the Bronte sisters and the imaginary world of Glass Town they created in response to the loss of their mother and two elder sisters. Graphic novel.
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Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir by Robin HaMoving 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. Graphic novel.
Also available in ebook in Libby/Overdrive.
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The boxer : the true story of Holocaust survivor Harry Haft
by Reinhard Kleist
Offers a graphic novel account of the life of Holocaust survivor Harry Haft, who was forced into life-and-death boxing matches by his SS captors, and later moved to the United States, where he became a prizefighter and fought Rocky Marciano. Graphic novel.
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Breath : the new science of a lost art by James NestorScience journalist James Nestor travels the world to figure out what went wrong with our breathing and how to fix it. Why are we the only animals with chronically crooked teeth? Why didn't our ancestors snore? Nestor seeks out answers in muddy digs of ancient burial sites, secret Soviet facilities, New Jersey choir schools, and the smoggy streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He tracks down men and women exploring the science behind ancient breathing practices like Pranayama, Sudarshan Kriya, and Tummo and teams up with pulmonary tinkerers to scientifically test long-held beliefs about how we breathe.
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Dark tide : the great Boston molasses flood of 1919 by Stephen PuleoChronicles the January 15, 1919 Boston Molasses Flood that killed twenty-one people when over two million gallons of molasses poured out of the steel tank that stored it and traveled through the city's North End.
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Stamped : racism, antiracism, and you by Jason ReynoldsThe construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. Racist ideas are woven into the fabric of this country, and the first step to building an antiracist America is acknowledging America's racist past and present. This book takes you on that journey, showing how racist ideas started and were spread, and how they can be discredited. Also available in ebook and audiobook on Libby/Overdrive.
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The art of statistics : how to learn from data
by D. J Spiegelhalter
A world-renowned British statistician uses real world examples, including the luckiest passenger on the Titanic and whether or not a notorious serial killer could’ve been caught earlier to introduce readers to complex issues and concepts in statistics.
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