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Fiction
Ace of Spades
2021
Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, two students at Niveus Private Academy, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects and struggle against an anonymous bully who reveals all of their secrets.
Firekeeper's Daughter
2021
Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player puts her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy.
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Daughters of Jubilation
2020
In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high, but Evalene has other worries: two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother and a longtime crush who may be making a move. On top of that, her magic abilities are growing stronger by the day.
Not So Pure and Simple
2020
High school junior Del Rainey unwittingly joins a Purity Pledge class at church, hoping to get closer to his long-term crush, Kiera.
Raybearer
2020
Raised in isolation, lonely Tarisai is dispatched to become a member of the Crown Prince's trusted council, whose members forge deep bonds with each other, before her mother directs her to commit an assassination.
This Is My America
2020
Sending weekly letters to an organization she hopes will save her innocent father from death row, 17-year-old Tracy uncovers racist community secrets when her track star brother is wrongly accused of murder.
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640
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I'll Be the One
2020
Sixteen-year-old Korean American Skye Shin competes on a reality television show, hoping to become the first plus-sized K-pop star, while falling for her competitor Henry Cho, who happens to be a world-famous celebrity.
Me (Moth)
2021
Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.
If These Wings Could Fly
2020
A metaphorical tribute to the power of sisterhood in the face of domestic violence follows the experiences of a teen whose community ignores her father's escalating behavior, which forces her to choose between college ambitions and her siblings.
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The Cost of Knowing
2021
Alex Rufus' curse of seeing the future distracts him from being and doing his best, but when the 16-year-old sees his little brother Isaiah's imminent death, he races against time, death and circumstances to save him.
So Many Beginnings
2021
At the Freedman's Colony of Roanoke Island, a haven for the recently emancipated, the four March sisters-- Meg, Joanna, Bethlehem and Amethyst-- come into their own as independent young Black women together facing love, sickness, heartbreak and new horizons.
The (Un)Popular Vote
2021
A heated school election forces Mark to decide between being true to himself and pleasing his congressman father, who has urged Mark to hide his past.
Cemetery Boys
2020
Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.
Nonfiction
Dancing at the Pity Party
2020
TEEN 133.937 FED
From her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter, the author traces a poignant journey in this frank and funny graphic memoir.
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Stamped
2020
305.8 REY
This book shines a light on the many forms of racist ideas and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily lives.
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From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry
2021
TEEN 364.1523 YOO
An account of the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin shares insights into how a miscarriage of justice in the wake of a hate crime rallied the Asian-American community throughout a groundbreaking civil rights trial.
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I am an adult services librarian who likes short walks to the fridge and long evenings at the park walking the dogs with my husband. To keep my imagination open, I read and watch a little of everything-- from crazy unreliable narrator thrillers to lighthearted rom-coms to fascinating nonfiction. I can be bribed with tacos.
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