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• Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

  Jewell, Tiffany,

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  In this “part memoir, part anthology, part history, part social commentary,” the author tells stories about the opportunity gap that students of color face in American schools. Find out about the history of racism in schools, as well as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fox Maidens

  Ha, Robin,

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  During the Joseon Dynasty in Korea, Kai Song trains with her father, General Song, to become a fierce warrior. Women in their society don’t have many rights, and the members of the Royal Legion don’t approve of Kai joining their forces.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ghost Roast

  Gibbs, Shawnelle,

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  Chelsea feels embarrassed by her dad’s Paranormal Removal Business until she starts working for him over the summer and meets a handsome ghost named Oliver after they accept a job at Harrington Manor, a former sugar plantation in New…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How the Boogeyman Became a Poet

  Keith, Tony, Jr.,

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  While attending high school near Washington D.C., Tony writes poems as a form of therapy to work through his thoughts and feelings. He loves singing with his church youth choir, but the preacher talks about how gay people will go to hell.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just Say Yes

  Moldavsky, Goldy,

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  What’s a girl to when she finds out she’s undocumented and New York City is the only place she’s ever lived? Seventeen-year-old Jimena Ramos joins the online dating game to get someone to marry her so she can stay in NYC, but her perfect…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lunar New Year Love Story

  Yang, Gene Luen,

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  Valentina Tran used to love making valentines for her classmates, until her dad tells her that her mom left them and got remarried after years of thinking her mom was dead. She wants nothing to do with love until she meets a cute guy, Les…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red

  Cardi, Annie,

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  In this retelling of The Scarlet Letter, Tess Pine gets rejected by her church youth group friends after she has an abortion. Someone paints a red “A” on her locker and her former friends send her cruel texts. She meets new friends who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sky's End

  Gregson, Marc J.,

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  After his evil uncle murders his father and takes the title of Archduke, the only way Conrad can save himself and his sister Ella is to enter one of the Twelve Trades and participate in the Gauntlet. After he’s chosen as a Hunter, Conrad…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Safe Passage

  Neri, Greg,

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  To get to their school on Chicago’s South Side, Darius, 15, and his younger sister Cissy have to cross through four different gang territories, which is why concerned adults, including Darius’s military vet stepdad, created the Safe…Read moreRead more of this annotation