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• Give Me a Sign

  Sortino, Anna,

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  Anna Sortino celebrates Deaf culture and identity in this endearingly funny slow-burn rom-com debut following 17-year-old Lilah's return to summer camp.

• Sheine Lende

  a Prequel to Elatsoe

  Little Badger, Darcie, 1987-

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  When 17-year-old Shane's mother and a local boy go missing, she is determined to find them. But they may not be anywhere in this world, or this place in time. (Also available in e-formats!)

• The Last Bloodcarver

  Le, Vanessa, 1999-

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  Nhika, a young woman hiding in the fringes of society, must use her forbidden healing ability to cure the only witness to a murder. This first book in the Last Bloodcarver duology is also available in e-formats!

• Break to You

  Shusterman, Neal,

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  Bestselling author of Neal Shusterman teams up with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden to tell an intense yet tender story about two teens in juvenile detention. (This title is also available in e-formats!)

• Forever Is Now

  Lockington, Mariama,

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  This 2024 Schneider Family Book Award winner is a lyrical novel-in-verse about a local teen activist and is available in e-formats!

• Most Ardently

  a Pride & Prejudice Remix

  Novoa, Gabe Cole,

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  Oliver Bennet, trapped by societal expectations to live as female, discovers the possibility of love and freedom when he forms a connection with Darcy, but is faced with the choice of living a secure but inauthentic life or risking everything for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Darker by Four

  Tan, June CL,

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  When The Fourth King of Hell disappears, the underworld begins to crumble, and the human world will be next if the King is not found. Three lives bound by fate must rise against destiny before the barrier between worlds falls and all Hell breaks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nigeria Jones

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  Multiple e-formats are available of this 2024 Coretta Scott King Book Award winning novel about 16-year-old Nigeria as she searches for her mother, who recently disappeared. Along the way she uncovers a shocking truth and discovers her own place in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• So Witches We Became

  Baguchinsky, Jill,

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  When a curse traps a group of friends on a barrier island, they must harness the shared power of their traumatic secrets or risk being devoured. (Also available as an e-book!)

• Lunar New Year Love Story

  Yang, Gene Luen,

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  Graphic novel superstars Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love. (Also available as an -book!)

• The Brightwood Code

  Hesse, Monica,

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  A cryptic message forces 18-year-old American Edda to investigate what secrets followed her across the ocean, even as she tries to make sense of her time as a telephone operator on the French front lines of World War I.

• No Rules Tonight

  Kim, Hyun Sook,

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  Set in dictatorial South Korea in 1984, a group of teens experience a taste of freedom on a winter retreat with no parental supervision.

• Yours From the Tower

  Nicholls, Sally, 1983-

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  1896: Three best friends leading very different lives after boarding school share their dreams, hopes, frustrations and romances through a series of letters. (Also available as an e-audiobook!)

• ASAP

  Oh, Axie,

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  When her ex-boyfriend, a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world, is rocked by scandal, Sori (a K-pop idol herself) offers him a hideaway. now she must decide if her future is worth sacrificing for a second chance at love. (Also…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Appetite for Miracles

  Kemp, Laekan Zea,

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  Laekan Zea Kemp is a Pura Belpré Honor author whose work celebrates Chicane grit, resilience, creativity, and joy while exploring themes of identity and mental health.

• You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

  Bayron, Kalynn,

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  Charity has the summer job of her dreams working at Camp Mirror Lake, a full-contact terror game experience. But on the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing and they must unravel the bloody history of the real Mirror…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Didn't See That Coming

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  17-year-old Kiki Siregar is a confident gamer girl that plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment. What will happen when she crosses paths IRL with her online BFF? (This title is also available in e-formats!)

• The Davenports

  Marquis, Krystal,

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  The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to. (Also available as an e-audiobook!)

• She Is a Haunting

  Tran, Trang Thanh,

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  17-year-old Jade has one goal: survive five weeks pretending to be a happy family spending the summer in Vietnam visiting with her estranged father. But her father's fixer-upper has other plans. (Also available as an e-book!)

• Nightbirds

  Armstrong, Kate J.,

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  In Simta, the magic of women is outlawed but four girls with unusual powers have the chance to change it all. Now they must make a choice--to stay in their gilded cage or to remake the city that put them there in the first place.