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Enduring Freedom
by Jawad Arash
A dual-narrative tale finds a young American army private and an Afghan youth living under the horrors of the Taliban caught on opposing sides during the tumultuous events leading up to and following September 11, 2001.
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Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
Starring: Daunis Fontaine, an 18-year-old girl who has roots in the local Ojibwe reservation and in a long line of French fur traders. Daunis is brave, imperfect, and curious as she digs for information about the mysterious person selling drugs to members of her community.
Why you should read it: Without shying away from complex topics like grief, citizenship, drugs, and identity, author Angeline Boulley creates a thoughtful and layered thriller.
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Six Crimson Cranes
by Elizabeth Lim
After unleashing forbidden magic, being banished by her stepmother and unable to speak or her brothers will die, Shiori’anma must find a way to save them with the help of a paper bird, a mercurial dragon and the very boy she fought so hard not to marry.
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The Endless Skies
by Shannon Price
Sixteen-year-old Rowan is about to become one of the famed Leonodai Warriors - the elite shapeshifting fighters who protect the floating city Heliana from the world of Men - but when disaster strikes the city's children, Rowan sets out on her own, risking everything to save her beloved city.
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That Weekend
by Kara Thomas
When Claire wakes up alone and bloodied on a hiking trail with no memory of the past 48 hours, and her best friends go missing, what was supposed to be the perfect prom weekend turns into something terrifying.
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Far From the Tree
by Robin Benway
Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, discovers that she is the middle child in her biological family after she gives up her own child for adoption, and she struggles to find belonging as she tries to bond with her stoic older brother and outspoken younger sister.
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Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir
by Tyler Feder
What it is: an illustrated memoir of 19-year-old Tyler Feder's grief after she was unexpectedly ushered into the "Dead Moms Club," and a loving portrait of a parent not as a perfect angel or suffering cancer patient, but a real, complex person.
Art alert: Feder's loose, pink-tinged art is consistent throughout the book, from descriptions of grief and pain to the awkwardness of combining a birthday party with sitting shiva.
Winner of: the Sydney Taylor Book Award for Jewish literature.
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| Sorry For Your Loss by Jessie Ann FoleyWhat it's about: As the youngest sibling of eight, Pup Flanagan comes from a big family, and yet none of them see how much he's struggling after the sudden death of his older brother, Patrick. It's not until Pup discovers a gift for photography that he begins to see things -- including his family's shared grief -- through a different lens.
Read it for: a likable, reflective teen guy character and a quietly hopeful story of grief, recovery, and self-expression. |
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| Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha MabryStarring: Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa Torres, three sisters who feel trapped not only by their controlling father and their old San Antonio neighborhood, but also by the restless spirit of their older sister Ana, who died a year ago.
Why you might like it: Told from multiple perspectives, Tigers, Not Daughters offers a moving, unsettling, and otherworldly portrait of grief and sisterhood.
For fans of: the haunting magical realism and complex Latinx characters in Anna-Marie McLemore’s books. |
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| Opposite of Always by Justin A. ReynoldsStarring: high school senior Jack, whose romance with college freshman Kate is clearly meant to be -- why else would her sudden death send him back in time to the night they met, kicking off a cycle of do-overs in which he tries, again and again, to save her?
Who it’s for: Combining time travel with witty dialogue and heart-twisting emotion, The Opposite of Always will grab science fiction fans and realistic fictions fans alike. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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Chester Library 250 W Main St. Chester, New Jersey 07930 (908) 879-7612
chesterlib.org
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