| Artifice by Sharon CameronTo keep her family afloat during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam, Isa sells a forged Rembrandt to the Nazis, pulling her into dangerous work smuggling Jewish babies to safety and forging more art. This immersive historical thriller is ideal for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Elizabeth Wein. |
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| Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex CroucherCamelot’s Princess Gwendoline and Arthur, descendent of Mordred, accept their betrothal despite hating each other. This arrangement gets further complicated after Art makes out with a servant boy and Gwen falls for England’s only female knight.
Read-alikes: Robin Schneider’s The Other Merlin; Amy Rose Capetta and Cory McCarthy’s Once and Future. |
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| Godly Heathens by H.E. EdgmonA beautiful new classmate tells Gem, a nonbinary Seminole teen, that the two of them are reincarnated gods and soulmates. And they’ve got some serious enemies. This twisty dark fantasy with morally gray characters explores issues of mental health and identity. |
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| Pritty by Keith F. MillerBookish romantic Jay catches the attention of rough-around-the-edges gang member Leroy, placing both boys at risk. This emotional novel follows both of their perspectives through love, betrayal, and forgiveness in their richly drawn Georgia community.
Read-alikes: Charles A. Bush’s Every Variable of Us; Kacen Callender’s Lark & Kasim Start a Revolution. |
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New Graphic and Manga Series from 2023
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Show-ha Shoten! 1
by Akinari Asakura
Shy Azemichi Shijima has secretly been studying the art of comedy. His outgoing classmate Taiyo Higashikata has big dreams of being funny but no follow-through. When the two team up, they just might take the comedy world by storm! Higashikata ropes Shijima into performing in a comedy duo with him at a school show. Inspired by their guaranteed success, Higashikata asks Shijima to join him in an audacious dream--to rise to the top of Japan's comedy scene by winning major events in both stand-up and sketch comedy!
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Bash!
by Rudy Gobert
Throughout the universe, there's one sport that everyone's a fan of: BASH! A brutal, high-octane version of basketball: its players are rockstars, legends, gods, and for young Rudy, a poor kid from Nevilia, his only dream is to be one of them. His talentmight just make it happen, but can he make it while threats come from every corner of the galaxy? Rudy's got talent, but talent is nothing without practice and so he sets out to become the best BASH player in the galaxy, always training, always reaching for just one more dunk. And while Rudy is starting to get noticed by the teams and the talent scouts, other, more sinister forces have started to creep out from the shadows, jealous of this rising young star.
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Doomsday With My Dog. 1
by Yu Isihara
A single teenage girl journeys through the crumbling ruins of civilization--the last human on Earth, exploring the concrete jungle that has outlived mankind. Keeping her company is woman's best friend--the ever-adorable and quick-witted Shiba Inu Haru, who is ready to stick with her through thick and thin! With such a pleasant conversation partner to keep the postapocalyptic doldrums at bay, the end of the world might not be so bad after all!
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Codex Black : A Fire Among Clouds
by Camilo Moncada Lozano
Navigate through monsters, mysteries, and the will of the gods with two young extraordinary adventurers in fifteenth-century Mesoamerica as they search for a missing father.
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Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 14 and up!
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