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Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. AlstonDiscovering that she has a supernaturally enhanced talent, Amari Peters enters a summer tryout at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs, where she is considered the enemy, in order to find her missing brother. Reprint.Simultaneous Large Print. 100,000 first printing.
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Akata Witch by Nnedi OkoraforTwelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer. TEEN FANTASY OKORAFOR NNEDI
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzFifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before. TEEN REALISTIC SAENZ BENJAMIN
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Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiTwelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon. TEEN FANTASY CHOKSHI ROSHANI
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Beneath the wide silk sky by Emily Inouye HueyWith the recent death of her mother and the possibility of her family losing their farm, Samantha Sakamoto does not have space in her life for dreams, but when faced with prejudice and violence in her Washington State community after Pearl Harbor, she is determined to use her photography to document the bigotry around her.
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The Candle and the Flame by Nafiza AzadThe death of a powerful leader and echoes of a violent past draw a young woman from a thriving Silk Road city into a magical war between two clans of formidable djinn. TEEN FANTASY AZAD NAFIZA
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The Crossover by Kwame AlexanderFourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. TEEN SPORTS ALEXANDER KWAME
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Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-FattahYear eleven at an exclusive prep school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf, full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her identity or sense of style. TEEN REALISTIC ABDEL-FATTAH RANDA
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Dragon Pearl by Yoon Ha LeeMin, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces. TEEN SCI-FI LEE YOON
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Everything Sad is Untrueby Daniel NayeriTwelve-year-old Iranian refugee Khosrou moves to Oklahoma where he goes by Daniel and models himself after the legendary storyteller Scheherazade as he weaves tales that reflect his perseverance and reinvention.
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The Gauntlet by Karuna RiaziWhen twelve-year-old Farah and her two best friends get sucked into a mechanical board game called The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand, a puzzle game akin to a large Rubik's cube, they know it is up to them to defeat the game's diabolical architect in order to save themselves and those who are trapped inside, including her baby brother Ahmed. TEEN ADVENTURE RIAZI KARUNA
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Harbor Me by Jacqueline WoodsonWhen six students are chosen to participate in a weekly talk with no adults allowed, they discover that when they're together, it's safe to share the hopes and fears they have to hide from the rest of the world. TEEN REALISTIC WOODSON JACQUELINE
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Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love by Elsie ChapmanA collection of interconnected stories by such leading contributors as Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore and Rin Chupeco explores the intersection of family, culture and food as reflected in the lives of 13 diverse teens. TEEN ROMANCE HUNGRY
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I Love You So Mochi by Sarah KuhnEagerly visiting her estranged grandparents in Japan to distance herself from the mother who disapproves of her fashion ambitions, a talented young designer immerses herself in Kyoto's markets and cherry blossom festival and bonds with a cute med student while uncovering illuminating family secrets. TEEN ROMANCE KUHN SARAH
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Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba HigueraLupe Wong needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite baseball pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, but her plan goes awry when she has to learn square dancing in gym class. TEEN SPORTS HIGUERA DONNA
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In the Key of Nira Ghani by Natasha DeenNira wants to become a musician, but her Guyanese parents want her to focus on becoming a scientist or doctor, a situation that causes her trouble just as she tries to navigate relationships with friends, enemies, and a crush. TEEN REALISTIC DEEN NATASHA
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Long Way Down by Jason ReynoldsAs fifteen-year-old Will sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know. TEEN SUPERNATURAL REYNOLDS JASON
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Lovely War by Julie BerryWhen immortals Ares and Aphrodite are caught in a World War II-era tryst by the latter's jealous husband, she defends her actions by imparting the tale of four young humans who became connected during World War I. TEEN HISTORICAL BERRY JULIE
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Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanishby Pablo CartayaAfter a fight at school leaves Marcus facing suspension, Marcus's mother takes him and his brother to Puerto Rico to visit relatives they have never met, and while there Marcus starts searching for his father, who left their family ten years ago. TEEN REALISTIC CARTAYA PABLO
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A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini BajpaiA 15-year-old girl from a family of Indian vichole matchmakers accidentally sets up a cousin with a law student before struggling to convince her loved ones to support her dreams of becoming an artist. TEEN ROMANCE BAJPAI NANDINI
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Other Words for Home by Jasmine WargaSent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian community is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the beloved family members who were left behind and forges a new sense of identity shaped by friends and changing perspectives. TEEN REALISTIC WARGA JASMINE
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Perfectly Parvin by Olivia AbtahiHeartbroken and humiliated when she is dumped just days into her first relationship, Iranian American Parvin Mohammadi struggles to remain true to herself while attempting to prove to a school heartthrob that she is rom-com girlfriend material. TEEN ROMANCE ABTAHI OLIVIA
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Pashmina by Nidhi ChananiWhen Priyanka finds a mysterious pashmina in her house, she is transported to an India which may or may not be real, and goes in search of the reason why her mother left her homeland and the father she has never met. YA GRAPHIC CHANANI
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Piecing Me Together by Renée WatsonTired of being singled out at her mostly-white private school as someone who needs support, Jade would rather participate in the school's Study Abroad program than join Women to Women, a mentorship program for at-risk girls. TEEN REALISTIC WATSON RENEE
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Thirst by Varsha BajajIn the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is severely limited, twelve-year-old Minni discovers her employer's husband is stealing water from her community, and decides she must do her part to fight for equality.
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Wicked Fox by Kat ChoPreying on evil men in modern Seoul, a nine-tailed fox devourer of human energy, disguised as a beautiful girl, violates the rules to rescue a human boy at the risk of her soul. TEEN FANTASY CHO KAT
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With the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoNavigating the challenges of finishing high school while caring for a daughter, talented cook Emoni Santiago struggles with a lack of time and money that complicate her dream of working in a professional kitchen. TEEN REALISTIC ACEVEDO ELIZABETH
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh MafiWithdrawing into solitude after enduring a year of cruel prejudice in the aftermath of September 11, Muslim teen Shirin, an enthusiastic breakdancer, struggles to trust a boy who is the first friend who really seems to want to know her. TEEN HISTORICAL MAFI TAHEREH
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African Townby Irene LathamIn this powerful novel-in-verse that chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, 14 distinct voices recreate a pivotal moment in U.S. and world history, the impacts of which we still feel today. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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All of us with wings by Michelle Ruiz KeilSeventeen-year-old Xochi's life changed when she became governess to precocious twelve-year-old Pallas, but the duo unintentionally summons a pair of ancient creatures determined to right the wrongs of Xochi's adolescence. TEEN FANTASY KEIL MICHELLE
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All We Have Left by Wendy MillsIn interweaving stories of sixteen-year-olds, modern-day Jesse tries to cope with the ramifications of her brother's death on 9/11, while in 2001, Alia, a Muslim, gets trapped in one of the Twin Towers and meets a boy who changes everything for her as flames rage around them. TEEN HISTORICAL MILLS WENDY
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The Belles by Dhonielle ClaytonBorn one of the revered Belles in the opulent world of Orleans, where people are naturally born gray and seek the talented Belles to transform themselves with beauty, Camellia dreams of being declared the queen's favorite before her arrival at court exposes dark and dangerous realities within the palace walls. TEEN FANTASY CLAYTON DHONIELLE
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Black Enough : Stories of Being Young & Black in America by Ibi ZoboiEdited 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. TEEN REALISTIC BLACK
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Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika MouliteTold in epistolary style through letters, articles, emails and diary entries, a debut novel by sister authors follows the experiences of a Haitian American teen who is sent to work in a Haitian nonprofit, where she learns about local culture and her family heritage. TEEN REALISTIC MOULITE MAIKA
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Dear Martin by Nic StoneWriting letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him. TEEN REALISTIC STONE NIC
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Don't Date Rosa Santos by Nina MorenoRosa Santos, a Cuban American, works to save her Florida town, seeks admittance to study abroad in her homeland, and wonders if love can break her family's curse. TEEN ROMANCE MORENO NINA
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by Angeline Boulley
Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player places her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy. TEEN MYSTERY BOULLEY ANGELINE
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From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya MenonLeaping at a fellow movie geek's offer to direct a submission for an upcoming summer film festival, Twinkle Mehra begins receiving anonymous romantic emails and finds herself torn between her longtime crush and her film-buff new friend. By the best-selling author of When Dimple Met Rishi. TEEN ROMANCE MENON SANDHYA
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Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba JaigirdarEveryone likes Humaira 'Hani' Khan--she's easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity. Panicked, Hani blurts outthat she's in a relationship...with a girl her friends absolutely hate--Ishita 'Ishu' Dey. She's an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for college. Despite their mutually beneficial pact, they start developing real feelings for each other.
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The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasA collector's edition of the award-winning novel traces the story of a teen whose uneasy balance between her elite prep school and her disadvantaged home life is shattered when she witnesses the fatal shooting of her best friend by a police officer. TEEN REALISTIC THOMAS ANGIE
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I am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. SánchezAfter the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have been as perfect as believed. TEEN REALISTIC SANCHEZ ERIKA
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I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene GooA disaster in romance, high school senior Desi Lee decides to tackle her flirting failures by watching Korean television dramas, where the hapless heroine always seems to end up in the arms of her true love by episode ten. TEEN ROMANCE GOO MAURENE
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I Must Betray You by Ruta SepetysIn a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country.
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Internment by Samira AhmedSet in a futuristic United Sates where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence. TEEN DYSTOPIAN AHMED SAMIRA
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Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen CallenderSeventeen-year-old nurodivergent and nonbinary Lark pretends that they are the creator of a viral thread that their ex-best friend, Kasim, accidentally posted onto their Twitter account, declaring his unrequited love, but living a lie takes its toll on Lark, forcing them to deal with their own messy emotions
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Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson After their friend Steph is murdered, Quadir, Jarrell, and Steph’s sister Jasmine promote his music under a new rap name, the Architect—but when his demo catches a record label’s attention, the trio must prove his talent from beyond the grave. TEEN MYSTERY JACKSON TIFFANY
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Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira AhmedMaya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents' world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever. TEEN ROMANCE AHMED SAMIRA
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Love From A to Z by S. K. AliEighteen-year-old Muslims Adam and Zayneb meet in Doha, Qatar, during spring break and fall in love as both struggle to find a way to live their own truths. TEEN ROMANCE ALI S.K.
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The Love & Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina KhanAfter her conservative Muslim parents catch her kissing her girlfriend Ariana, Rukhsana Ali finds herself whisked off to Bangladesh and must find the courage to fight for the right to choose her own path. TEEN ROMANCE KHAN SABINA
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Made in Korea by Sarah SukRunning a successful beauty-care sales business at school, Korean-American teen Valerie clashes with newcomer Wes, who is selling a competitor’s K-pop products to raise funds for his musical ambitions. TEEN ROMANCE SUK SARAH
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Patron Saints of Nothing by Randy RibayWhen 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. TEEN REALISTIC RIBAY RANDY
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The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoWhen Xiomara Batista, who pours all her frustrations and passion into poetry, is invited to join the school slam poetry club, she struggles with her mother's expectations and her need to be heard. TEEN REALISTIC ACEVEDO ELIZABETH
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Saints and Misfits by S. K. AliJanna Yusuf, the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year. TEEN REALISTIC ALI S.K.
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Shadowshaper by Daniel José OlderWhen her summer plans are interrupted by supernatural phenomena, Sierra finds herself in a battle with the killer targeting her family of shadowshapers who believes she is hiding their greatest secret. TEEN SUPERNATURAL OLDER DANIEL
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The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola YoonNatasha, whose family is hours away from being deported, and Daniel, a first generation Korean American who strives to live up to his parents' expectations, fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. TEEN ROMANCE YOON NICOLA
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Sunny G's Series of Rash Decisions by Navdeep Singh DhillonWhen Mindi Vang steals his notebook filled with rash decisions on prom night, Sunny chases after her and has an unexpected all-night adventure filled with reckless, wonderful, romantic, stupid, life-changing decisions
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This Time Will be Different by Misa SugiuraPreferring a simple future to her mother's ambitions for her, a 17-year-old Japanese-American teen discovers her talent for flower arranging before her mother tries to sell the flower shop to the swindlers responsible for their hardships. TEEN REALISTIC SUGIURA MISA
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When she is asked to spy for a resistance group working to bring equality to Medio, Daniela Vargas, a student at the Medio School for Girls, questions everything she's worked for. TEEN DYSTOPIAN MEJIA TEHLOR
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The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna AlkafA music-loving teen with OCD works desperately to find her way back to her mother during the 1969 race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. TEEN HISTORICAL ALKAF HANNA
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