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• Children of Owl

  Little Badger, Darcie

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  Maisie, Joel, and Verona are Lipan Apache teenagers living in a trailer park full of creatures and ghosts. Their stories intertwine around Owl, a harbinger of doom who cares more about humans than one might expect. Interspersed with journal entries…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Up From the Ashes

  Cameron Sharon

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  Saartje and Chaim don’t speak the same language, but when they are forced to dance together to entertain their Nazi guards, they learn the power of the hope between them. Based on the true story of two Holocaust survivors, Up from the Ashes is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Practically Magic

  Calonita, Jen,

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  Kat Hadley is completely invisible to boys, and when she finds out her sister has cursed her to protect her from heartbreak, she’s furious. Her anger mixes up spells from generations of Hadley witches, and suddenly all of her crushes are lovesick…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Such Great Heights

  LaRocca, Rajani,

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  YA fiction is so cool these days. A contemporary retelling of the Ramayana? Yes please?? Siya Kumar joins her school’s mock trial team to honour the memory of her mother who was killed in a car accident. When the mock trial starts to mirror the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Radio Free Texas

  Bray Libba

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  Radio Free Texas is a blast from the past, chock-full of 1980s nostalgia. When Bowie takes the blame for some of Comet Jensen’s antics, he winds up serving community service at the local radio station and finding his voice. A coming-of-age story in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silver Kingdom

  Hafiza, Radiya

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  South Asian fantasy just keeps getting better! Overflowing with political intrigue, magic, and slow-burn romance, The Silver Kingdom is a great pick for readers who love interesting, varied (and sometimes hateable) characters. Prince Zayd and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Word, Six Letters

  Khorram, Adib,

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  One Word, Six Letters is author Adib Khorrim’s response to a real experience, where a teen shouted a slur at him during a school visit. Told from alternating perspectives, the story follows Dayton, the boy who yells the f-slur on a dare, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel

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  Avachat, Arushi,

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  In the mood for something with a little Jane Austen energy? Rani Deshpande Takes the Wheel brings together Rani, a messy (and mouthy) eldest daughter, and Kush, a cool and collected model son who is going places in the world. Throw in some meddling…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Saw Mouth

  Plett, Cale,

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  When Cedar moves to Sawblade Lake, it seems like something is stalking them. Technology can’t be trusted after The Fall a decade earlier, and what results is raw, strange, and very, very eerie. Overtly Queer and full of loveable characters, The Saw…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Red Star Rebels

  Kaufman, Amie,

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  YA sci-fi icon Amie Kaufman is back with this high-stakes, action packed space adventure. Playing out over the course of 8 hours, Red Star Rebels follows Cleo, a snippy stowaway, and Hunter, a handsome (if overconfident) trust fund baby. When the…Read moreRead more of this annotation