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• The Poet X

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  361p. (Gr. 9+) Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• With the Fire on High

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  389p. (Gr. 9+) Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago has been doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of Blood and Bone

  Adeyemi, Tomi

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  531p. (Gr. 9+) Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

  Albertalli, Becky,

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  303p. (Gr. 8+) Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity--and that of his pen pal--will be revealed.

• Little Women

  Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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  504p. (Gr. 5+) Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.

• The Crossover

  Alexander, Kwame

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  237p. (Gr. 6+) Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.

• Before We Were Free

  Alvarez, Julia

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  167p. (Gr. 6+) In the early 1960s in the Dominican Republic, twelve-year-old Anita learns that her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.

• Speak

  Anderson, Laurie Halse

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  197p. (Gr. 8+) A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

• Feed

  Anderson, M. T.

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  237p. (Gr. 8+) In a future where most people have computer implants in their heads to control their environment, a boy meets an unusual girl who is in serious trouble.

• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  a Novel

  Andrews, Jesse

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  295p. (Gr. 9+) Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Flamingo

  Atta, Dean

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  403p. (Gr. 9+) All his life, Michael has navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican--but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs—and the Black Flamingo is born.

• Tuck Everlasting

  Babbitt, Natalie

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  139p. (Gr. 5+) The Tuck family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret about a spring whose water prevents one from ever growing any older.

• Ship Breaker

  Bacigalupi, Paolo

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  326p. (Gr. 8+) In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Six of Crows

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  465p. (Gr. 8+) Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction--if they don't kill each other first.

• Weetzie Bat

  Block, Francesca Lia

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  109p. (Gr. 9+) This coming-of-age novel follows the eponymous Weetzie Bat and her best friend Dirk as they navigate life and love in a timeless, dreamlike version of Los Angeles. When Weetzie is granted three wishes by a genie, she discovers that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

  Blume, Judy

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  171p. (Gr. 5+) Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

• Forever

  a Novel

  Blume, Judy

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  199p. (Gr. 9+) Katherine and Michael are in love, and Katherine knows it's forever--especially after she loses her virginity to him. But when they're separated for the summer, she begins to have feelings for another boy. What does this say about her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tyrell

  Booth, Coe

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  310p. (Gr. 9+) Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who's living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he doesn't end up in jail like his father.

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline

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  494p. (Gr. 9+) Daunis, who's part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.

• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

  Brashares, Ann

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  294p. (Gr. 8+) During their 15th summer, four girls who have been lifelong friends spend the season apart. They decide to pass along among themselves a pair of thrift shop jeans which oddly seems to fit each of them, although Carmen, Tibby, Bridget,…Read moreRead more of this annotation