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• The Sunbearer Trials

  Thomas, Aiden,

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  Transgender demigod Teo is unexpectedly selected for the Sunbearer Trials, a fierce competition among demigod heroes where the winner sacrifices the loser to Sol.

• American Born Chinese

  Yang, Gene Luen,

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  Three storylines interweave and show how complicated life can be as a first generation American in a racist society.

• A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

  Jackson, Holly, 1992-

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  As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.

• Clown in a Cornfield

  Cesare, Adam,

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  The adults in town are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and the the kids want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can, until Frendo the Clown decides to teach them a lesson.

• Foul Heart Huntsman

  Gong, Chloe,

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  In 1932 Shanghai, exposed national spy Rosalind Lang must rescue fellow spy, Orion, whose memories of Rosalind were wiped, and find a cure to a dangerous chemical weapon before it lands in the hand of foreign invaders.

• Better Than the Movies

  Painter, Lynn,

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  Michael, to whom Liz Buxbaum gave her heart long ago, has returned but to get his attention and, perhaps, a prom date she must scheme with her nemesis Wes, her next-door neighbor.

• How to Excavate a Heart

  Arlow, Jake Maia,

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  Snowy weather and fish fossils help bring together two Jewish college freshmen spending winter break in Washington, D.C.

• The Inheritance Games

  Barnes, Jennifer Lynn,

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  When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

• The Fever King

  Lee, Victoria (Author of young adult fantasy),

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  Sixteen-year-old Noam, a technopath, is thrust into the magical elite of the nation of Carolinia, where he learns the science behind his magic, secretly planning to use it against the government to protect refugees fleeing magical outbreaks.

• Red Queen

  Aveyard, Victoria,

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  As a common "Red Blood," Mare should not have any special abilities, but when the Silver Court discovers that she does that force her to lie about her past. Will she defy them to join the Red Rebellion when her heart is tugging her in another…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• If He Had Been With Me

  Nowlin, Laura,

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  A love story spanning the history of two teenagers' lives and all the moments when if one little thing had been different, their futures would have been together instead of apart.

• Iron Widow

  Zhao, Xiran Jay,

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  This feminist, high-fantasy adventure features a tough-as-nails main character and an East Asian–inspired world.

• Poisoned

  Donnelly, Jennifer,

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  In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Give Me a Sign

  Sortino, Anna,

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  Seventeen-year-old Lilah, who wears hearing aids, returns to a summer camp for the Deaf and Blind as a counselor, eager to improve her ASL and find her place in the community, but she did not expect to also find romance along the way.

• A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

  Namey, Laura Taylor,

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  Seventeen-year-old Lila Reyes, furious when her parents send her to the English countryside to recover from grief and heartbreak, unexpectedly falls in love with a teashop clerk--and England, itself.

• The Cruel Prince

  Black, Holly,

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  Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade.

• Sing Me to Sleep

  Burton, Gabi,

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  In the kingdom of Keirdre, sirens are presumed extinct. The trouble is that Saoirse is very much a siren—and not only does she live in Keirdre, she regularly gives into her instincts to kill by seducing men marked for death by the Employer, her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh

  Fleming, Candace,

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  A riveting biography of one of America's most celebrated heroes, and most complicated, troubled men, Charles Lindbergh

• Pumpkinheads

  Rowell, Rainbow,

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  Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends. Every autumn, all through high school, they've worked together at the world's best pumpkin patch. They say good-bye every Halloween, and they're reunited every September 1. But this Halloween is different.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy

  a Graphic Novel

  Terciero, Rey,

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  Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy are having a really tough year: Not only is their father overseas with the military and their mother working overtime to make ends meet, but each girl is struggling with her own unique problems.