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• Bunt!

  Striking Out on Financial Aid

  Ukazu, Ngozi,

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  Molly Bauer's first year of college is not the picture-perfect piece of art she'd always envisioned. On day one at PICA, Molly discovers that--through some horrible twist of fate--her full-ride scholarship has vanished!

• We Don't Have Time for This

  Craft, Brianna,

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  Co-president of her high school's environmental justice club, Isa Brown wants to make real change but her infuriating co-president, hustler Darius Freeman, wants to do things his own way, and as they constantly clash over everything, both their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Call Me Iggy

  Aguirre, Jorge Augusto,

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  Ignacio "Iggy" Garcia is an Ohio-born Colombian American teen living his best life. After bumping into Marisol (and her coffee) at school, Iggy's world is spun around.

• Fun Fact

  I Love You

  Larsen, Gina,

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  High school senior Nellie has her future all planned out--except for a disastrous first kiss, a hurtful prank, and the unexpected twist of falling in love with her childhood friend.

• Freshman Year

  Mai, Sarah,

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  Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.

• My Fair Brady

  Kennedy, Brian D.,

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  Wade Westmore is used to being in the spotlight. So when he's passed over for the lead in the spring musical, it comes as a major blow--especially when the role goes to his ex-boyfriend, Reese, who dumped him for being self-involved.

• We Got the Beat

  Miller, Jenna,

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  Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor in chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn't happened yet, but it will.

• Begin Again

  Lord, Emma,

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  College freshman Andie is used to fixing other people's problems, but when her seemingly perfect plan for her future starts to crumble, Andie struggles to fix them and learns that the best-laid plans are not necessarily the right one.

• Something More

  Khalilieh, Jackie,

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  Trying to hide her autism diagnosis, fifteen-year-old Palestinian-Canadian girl Jessie creates a list of goals to help navigate her first year of high school but is forced to go off script when two very different boys steal her heart.

• This Is Not a Personal Statement

  Badua, Tracy,

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  After getting rejected from her dream college, sixteen-year-old Filipino American Perla Perez forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie at university.

• First-year Orientation

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  Sixteen acclaimed authors--including a National Book Award nominee, a New York Times best-selling novelist, and a beloved actress--join forces for a cross-genre YA anthology of linked short stories about the first days of college.

• Tegan and Sara

  Junior High

  Quin, Tegan, 1980-

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  Before Tegan and Sara took the music world by storm, the Quins were just two identical twins trying to find their place in a new home and new school.

• Free Radicals

  Riesen, Lila,

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  Afghan American Mafi's sophomore year gets complicated as family secrets are exposed, putting her family back in Afghanistan in danger.

• Look on the Bright Side

  Williams, Lily,

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  Misunderstandings, betrayal, and jealousy are bound to get in the way. But hey! Look on the bright side: They're in this together. Always.

• Murder on a School Night

  Weston, Kate,

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  After a high school party ends in the death of a popular girl who was suffocated with a menstrual cup, amateur sleuths Kelly and Annie must stop a menstrual murderer when a second student turns up dead with a sanitary pad across the eyes.

• Insomniacs After School. 1

  Ojiro, Makoto, 1982-

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  Unable to sleep at night, Ganta Nakami is cranky in class and unpopular with his classmates. He discovers that the school observatory, once used by the now-defunct astronomy club, may be the perfect place for a nap--but he's not alone. Fellow…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Belle of the Ball

  Costa, Mari,

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  High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl. There's only one teensy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Perfect on Paper

  Gonzales, Sophie, 1992-

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  Seventeen-year-old Darcy Phillips, a bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates, is hired by the "hot" guy at school to help him get his ex back.

• Made in Korea

  Suk, Sarah,

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  Two entrepreneurial Korean-American teens butt heads-and fall in love-while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school.

• Perfectly Parvin

  Abtahi, Olivia,

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  After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming.