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• All the Noise at Once

  Davis, DeAndra,

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  Brandon and Aiden Wright are brothers that attend the same high school and they both love football. Brandon is a Senior and the star quarterback of the team and is already headed to college for football. Aiden is a Junior, and he wants to follow in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And the River Drags Her Down

  Yun, Jihyun,

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  The women in Soojin’s family have always had the ability to raise the dead, but it is understood that it can only be done with small animals, like their beloved pet rat, or the resurrectionist will begin to fall apart. However, when her sister is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood & Breath

  Qurratulayn (Author),

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  Evan is a lower-class citizen (Dun) who writes contracts for upper-class citizens (Necro) to make deals with devils. But Evan is also Magi and learned special ways of writing contracts from her mother before she was killed. When Evan is brutally…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Breath of the Dragon

  Lee, Shannon, 1969-

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  Inspired by the life of Bruce Lee, the martial arts legend and father of one of the book’s authors, this fantasy tells the story of sixteen-year-old Jun, who enters the Guardian’s Tournament in the hopes that he can gain the position of Guardian of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything Is Poison

  McCullough, Joy,

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  Carmela Tofana, 16, has finally secured her spot as an apprentice in her mother’s apothecary in seventeenth-century Rome. She’s a quick study in making potions to help women deal with their problems, but things take a dark turn when her mother gets…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Golden Boy's Guide to Bipolar

  Reyes, Sonora,

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  Gather all your tissues for this emotional ride of a story about healing intergenerational wounds. Cesar Flores knows he's still in love with his ex-boyfriend but struggles to follow his heart. While his chosen family accepts who he is and supports…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Honeysuckle and Bone

  Tobias, Trisha,

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  When Carina travels to Jamaica to take a nanny position for the wealthy Hall family, she’s hiding a big secret. She’s pretending to be her best friend Joy, who recently died, and she wants to escape her life in New York. Once she’s working as the au…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am the Swarm

  Chewins, Hayley,

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  This incredibly moving and beautifully written novel in verse follows Nell as she inherits her magic shortly after turning 15, just like all the other women in her family. Nell's sister, Mora, has music in her blood, which she tries desperately to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If I Could Go Back

  Johnson, Briana,

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  This YA debut follows eighteen-year-old Aaliyah Campbell, a teenager from Chicago who has been raised by her grandfather since her early childhood. Grandpa Joe has been her rock and her cousin Ivy is her best friend and track teammate. Aaliya…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Leaving Room

  McBride, Amber

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  Gospel is a Keeper who guides newly deceased kids into the afterlife by helping them work through the phases of grief in the Leaving Room. She collects their favorite memories and encourages them to let go of the past so they can move on. When she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Legendary Frybread Drive-in

  Intertribal Stories

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  Welcome to Sandy June’s Legendary Frybread Drive-In. This collection of stories all connect to Sandy June’s, a magical gathering space that appears to indigenous folk at the moment they need community, wisdom of elders, and delicious frybread. Here…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Needy Little Things

  Desamours, Channelle,

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  Sariyah Bryant can hear what people need- little things like nail file, gum, deck of cards, or pencil- an ability only her family and best friends knows, about. After fulfilling a need, things start to spiral, and another best friend has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nobody in Particular

  Gonzales, Sophie, 1992-

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  The Princess Diaries gets a Sapphic twist in this utterly charming romance set in fictional European country Henland. When Danni lands a music scholarship to attend fancy boarding school Bramppath College, the ultrarich students intimidate her,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One of the Boys

  Zeller, Victoria,

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  When Grace transitioned, she thought her days as a star football player were over, so when her former teammates invite her back to help them win the state championship, she’s excited for the familiar challenge. But when her presence on the team…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King

  Trevaldwyn, Harry,

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  Patch Simmons will do whatever it takes to find his first boyfriend in time for the Drama Club’s Prom. Two of his Sweeney Todd castmates, Peter and Sam, seem like the best options, but his former bestie Tessa likes Peter too. During this dating…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rosa by Any Other Name

  Alcaraz, Hailey

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  Rosa wants to go to college but in the 1950s in New México, she knows that her best opportunity to be set up for success is by attending the all white high school across town that has more resources than her local school. She’s learned that she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Scammer

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  Jordyn is a freshman at college and about to be embark on a new life away from her overprotective parents and her old life but instead of parties and hanging out with her new best friends she finds herself in a hellish nightmare when one of her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sisters in the Wind

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Fans of Firekeeper’s Daughter will celebrate the return of Daunis and Jamie, who are back to help a troubled young woman named Lucy, who has grown up in foster care. Lucy is the half-sister of Lily, Daunis’s best friend who was murdered, and she has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sọmadịna

  Emezi, Akwaeke,

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  Somadina and her twin Jayaike are attached at the hip and are bonded so tightly they almost feel like one person. Their West African town is detached from the rest of the world thanks to a terrifying chasm known as the Split, which also grants every…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sunrise on the Reaping

  Collins, Suzanne,

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  Twenty-four years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as tribute in The Hunger Games, her mentor Haymitch Abernathy competed in the deadly games himself. This standalone prequel adds new depth and context to Haymitch’s character, who is known in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation