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Fiction
The Poet X
2018
When Xiomara Batista, who pours all her frustrations and passion into poetry, is invited to join the school slam poetry club, she struggles with her mother's expectations and her need to be heard.
Lexile level
800
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Children of Blood and Bone
2018
Coming of age in a land where her magi mother was killed by the zealous king's guards along with other former wielders of magic, Zelie embarks on a journey alongside her brother and a fugitive princess to restore her people's magical abilities.
Lexile level
670
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Swing
2018
Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team and find love. With the help of old love letters, Noah feels he can finally woo Sam, the girl he's loved for years. But just as his love life and Walt's baseball career begin, outside factors alter everything.
Lexile level
610
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
2018
Evocative first-person accounts by such award-winning and best-selling authors as M.T. Anderson, Linda Sue Park and Jennifer Donnelly reimagine the tragic lives of Henry VIII and his six wives.
We'll Fly Away
2018
Best friends Toby and Luke are bound together by the goal of leaving their hometown and family problems behind, but a series of choices each makes during their senior year threatens their bright future plans.
Lexile level
670
Here to Stay
2018
When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photoshopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.
Dread Nation
2018
Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg-- derailing the War Between the States and changing the nation forever. In this new America, laws require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead.
Lexile level
870
Truly Devious
2018
When Stevie Bell, an amateur detective, begins her first year at a famous private school in Vermont, she sets a plan to solve the cold case involving the kidnapping of the founder's wife and daughter shortly after the school opened.
Lexile level
680
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The Astonishing Color of After
2018
A teen grieving the loss of her mother travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time and search for her mother's spirit, while also uncovering tragic family secrets and struggling to reconcile the truth about how her mother's life really ended.
Lexile level
670
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Sadie
2018
Resolving to bring her sister's killer to justice, an orphaned teen goes missing while investigating meager clues, before a radio personality learns her story and becomes obsessed with finding her before it's too late.
Lexile level
750
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The Hate U Give
2017
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends.
Lexile level
590
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Pride
2018
A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice traces the experiences of a proud Brooklyn woman from a large, underprivileged family of sisters who clashes with a wealthy, arrogant newcomer.
Lexile level
760
Graphic novels
Hey, Kiddo
2018
362.2913 KRO
The powerful, unforgettable graphic memoir from Jarrett Krosoczka, about growing up with a drug-addicted mother, a missing father and two unforgettably opinionated grandparents.
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March: Book Three
2016
328.73 LEW
Written by one of the civil rights movement's leading figures, this conclusion to the March graphic novel trilogy brings the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation.
Nonfiction
Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam
2018
TEEN 959.7043 PAR
Explore the Vietnam War from many different perspectives, including an American soldier, a nurse and a Vietnamese refugee.
Lexile level
960
For Everyone
2018
J 811.6 REY
An inspirational poem written to the dreamers of the world, which was originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers.
Mary's Monster
2018
B SHELLEY MARY
Pairing free verse with over 300 pages of black-and-white, watercolor illustrations, Mary’s Monster is a unique and stunning biography of Mary Shelley, the pregnant, teenage runaway who became one of the greatest authors of all time.
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Undefeated
2017
J 796.332 SHE
America's favorite sport and Native American history collide in this true story of the Carlisle Indians football team and their rise-- led by legends Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner-- from underdogs to champions.
Lexile level
980L
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Ann P
I am a youth services librarian at Northwest Library and have been a teen librarian for over 15 years. I have had the pleasure of serving on a variety of national teen book award committees, including the Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature. When I am not reading all things teen literature, I am hanging out with my crazy kitties, Callie and Ricky Bobby, and rooting for the Oklahoma Sooners (OK-born and bred).
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