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• 16 & Pregnant

  a Novel

  Thomas, LaLa,

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  Everything in Erykah's life changes when she finds out that she’s pregnant, but with the support of her best friend Kelly and her mom, she learns how to enjoy her teenage years while also raising a child. If you like the book Holding up the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alondra

  Femia, Gina,

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  Alonda loves wrestling. Watching it, that is. However, when she meets a group of teenagers who are trying to form a wrestling group she joins, shedding her submissive personality to become Alondra, the Fearless One. However, her own confused…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Always the Almost

  a Novel

  Underhill, Edward,

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  Miles, a sixteen-year-old trans pianist, sets two New Year’s resolutions: winning back his ex and triumphing over his arch-nemesis in a prestigious piano competition. When Eric Mendez, a proudly queer cartoonist, enters his life, positive changes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Appetite for Miracles

  Kemp, Laekan Zea,

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  Danna’s grandfather used to travel the world as a food critic, going on great adventures she’s heard all about, but lately he’s starting to forget those stories. All she wants is a way to help him remember. Then she meets Raul who plays his guitar…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• As You Walk on by

  Winters, Julian,

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  After Theo Wright is dared to prompose to his long-time crush at a party, his humiliating attempt has him retreating to an empty room upstairs. While he tries to regain his composure and work up his nerves he is interrupted repeatedly until his solo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Cartographers

  Zhang, Amy, 1996-

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  After struggling with mental health in high school, 17-year-old Ocean Sun decides to take a gap year in New York City. After a bad night out she's waiting for the train home, and of course, the power goes out. While she's waiting for service to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Choujin X. Volume 1

  Ishida, Sui,

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  Tokio Kurohara and Azuma Higashi are best friends, despite their many differences. Azuma is the popular kid, smart, social, the complete opposite of Tokio, whom he often protects with his martial arts skills. Things would’ve continued like this if…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Court of the Undying Seasons

  Strickland, AdriAnne, 1984-

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  When Fin, a nineteen-year-old living in a small village volunteers to take her best friend’s place at Courtsheart, a castle where new vampires are trained for their life ahead, she has no idea what’s coming next. Fin must navigate political…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cursed Princess Club. 1

  LambCat,

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  Although she’s a princess and lives in a grand castle Gwendolyn has never really, “fit in,” While most princesses' voices make angels cry, hers make animals wince, and although she’s got the biggest heart in the kingdom, she isn’t “conventionally…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Davenports

  Marquis, Krystal,

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  For fans of Bridgerton and The Social Graces comes The Davenports! The novel is set in the early 1900s in Chicago and is told from four different perspectives. Olivia, the eldest of the Davenport children, wants nothing more than to please her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Medusa

  Cole, Olivia A.,

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  Alicia Rivers, a sixteen-year-old Sophomore, isn’t who she used to be. After being sexually assaulted by a popular teacher at school and being so affected by the trauma, Alicia withdraws into herself and becomes someone totally new, afraid to tell…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Delicious Monsters

  Sambury, Liselle,

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  A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder meets Sadie in this fast-paced suspenseful thriller following 17-year-old Daisy as she moves into a mansion hotel that her mother inherited after the death of her uncle. Although the mansion is seen as a miracle and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Doomed

  Sacco, Vanzetti, and the End of the American Dream /

  Florio, John, 1960-

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  The Roaring Twenties. The American Dream. The Red Scare. A tragic, yet common story: Ordinary people wrongly accused of a crime, and paying the ultimate price for it. This book follows the tale of two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Door in the Dark

  Reintgen, Scott,

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  In this thrilling fantasy novel, Ren Monroe searches for a better life after graduating from Balmerick University, a prestigious magic school. Having worked her way up from the bottom, all she needs to do now is get a job. Should be easy right?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Enter the Body

  McCullough, Joy,

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  In a room below the trap door of every stage, the dead girls of Shakespeare’s plays stay, waiting. In this space between time, before the curtain rises once again, Juliet, Ophelia, and Cordelia share their perspectives of the well-known stories they…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• From Here

  a Memoir

  Mufleh, Luma,

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  There is no word for “gay” in Arabic, and so Luma, growing up in Jordan in the 1980s, had no way of naming the feelings she was having. Still, living with her deeply conservative family, she knew well enough to keep them a secret. Desperate for a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be

  a Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption

  Gibney, Shannon,

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  The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be is a fusion of a memoir and fiction that follows the author, Shannon Gibney. Shannon, a mixed-race Black adoptee raised by white parents, was given the name Erin by her biological mother. Through a mysterious…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girl Taking Over

  a Lois Lane Story

  Kuhn, Sarah,

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  Lois Lane is a small-town girl harboring dreams of joining the prestigious Daily Planet. As she endeavors to realize this ambition, she secures an internship at Catco, only to find herself amidst changing ownership and she faces the reality of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Headmaster's List

  De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-

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  Imagine waking up, being told that you were in a car crash, and that one of your friends did not survive. Initially dismissing it as reckless driving and a tragic accident, you soon realize that foul play was involved – someone wanted one of you…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Helck. Volume 1

  Nanao, Nanaki,

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  After the demon king dies, a tournament is held to decide who will fill the position. Helck, a human, enters the tournament much to tournament administrator, Vermilio's dismay. Throughout the trials, Vermillio makes every attempt to sabotage Helck.…Read moreRead more of this annotation