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• All-nighter

  Vinesse, Cecilia,

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  Long-time high school enemies Autumn Povitsky and Tara Esposito reluctantly help each another in a desperate moment when overachieving Autumn needs a fake ID to get into a college open mic to meet up with a girl crush and rebel Tara needs an essay…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Almark. Volume 1

  Yunoki, Hiyoto,

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  When Reiz, the vice-captain of the Black Wolf Riders, saves the life of Eurog, the Headmaster of the Norkh Institute for Magic, Eurog tells Reiz to bring his son Almark to train at the magic school when he’s old enough. Reiz wants Almark to “learn,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Camila Núñez's Year of Disasters

  Pérez, Miriam Zoila,

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  Camila Nuñez is a queer Cuban American teen living with her parents in North Carolina who is sent to Florida to spend the summer with her grandparents. She’s out to her parents and friends in North Carolina but has not told her grandparents so when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eliza, From Scratch

  Lee, Sophia,

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  After a scheduling snafu lands Korean-American Eliza in a culinary class instead of the AP class that would secure her spot as salutatorian, she gets partnered with moody Thai-American Wesley for a group cooking project. Eliza finds a positive spin…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Failure at God School. Volume 1

  Hyūga, Natsu,

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  Trying to follow in her powerful grandmother’s footsteps, Nagi gets an acceptance letter from Kannagara Academy, a private academic institution that trains himiko, who are people with divine powers, and produces Japan’s gods. It’s commonly known as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Can't Even Think Straight

  Atta, Dean,

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  Kai, who half Greek and half Jamaican, feels torn between his two best friends, Vass, who is his oldest friend and out and proud as nonbinary, and his best school mate Matt, who is in the closet and begs Kai not to come out at school yet because his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nordlys. Volume 1

  Falch, Malin, 1993-

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  On the evening of her coming-of-age ceremony, a mysterious figure shows up at Sonja's home to reclaim a gift her uncle literally just gave her. Does Sonja give back back the pin? Yes. Does she also decide to go with this magical individual through…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Pay-back Girls

  Travis, Alex,

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  Meghan, Bria & Robin, are the only Black girls in their senior year of high school and they find out that their boyfriend had been cheating on all three of them at the same time! And the very next day they walk away from him in anger, it's revealed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salvación

  Proudman, Sandra,

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  Salvacion is the story of siblings who pose as the folk hero Salvacion to protect their community in the town of Sonora. Salvacion has run out robbers, bandits, and all sorts of troublemakers from town. Little do the townsfolk know that Salvacion is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sometimes the Girl

  Mason-Black, Jennifer,

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  Holi is recently 18 and trying to figure out what that means for her future. She is dealing with her brother’s recent suicide attempt, a breakup with her long-term girlfriend, and her passion for writing has all but disappeared after an encounter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Victoria of Many Faces. 1

  Syuu,

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  After faking her own death, top spy Chloe leaves to the neighboring kingdom of Ashbury with hopes of starting life anew using a new identity. It doesn't take long for her to fall back into her spy skills- stopping a robbery and saving an abandoned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You Talk Too Much, So Just Shut It Already! Volume 1

  Morita, Shunpei,

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  Tsukino Hiirago was born deaf and can only understand what people are saying if they face her directly as they speak and take pauses. Her classmate Taiyo Enomoto just gabs and gabs to her about really random stuff like how Socrates got poisoned. She…Read moreRead more of this annotation