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• The Search for Us

  Boyer, Susan Azim

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  Told in two voices, when half-siblings Samira and Henry discover each other they join forces to find their absent father, uncovering the complexities of truth and the lasting impact of withheld family information.

• The Evolving Truth of Ever-stronger Will

  MacGregor, Maya

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  Follows 17-year-old Will as they struggle with the aftermath of parental abuse and learn to a forge a new life for themself.

• This Town Is on Fire

  Harris, Pamela N.

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  A page-turning YA contemporary novel about a Black teenager whose life is turned upside down when her white best friend becomes the latest "Becky" on the internet, and their town is left reeling from the publicity

• Unexpecting

  Bailey, J. Leigh

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  Openly gay sixteen-year-old Ben must make difficult decisions when his experiment to prove he is gay leads to his best friend Maxie becoming pregnant.

• Ever Since

  Bruzas, Alena

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  Seventeen-year-old Virginia makes bad choices. In fact, she's That Kind of Girl, according to the whispers. But as long as she has her tight group of best friends by her side, she's able to ignore the gossipers. Until she finds herself…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Salt the Water

  Iloh, Candice

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  A confrontation with a teacher and a family crisis force high school senior Cerulean Gene to drop out of twelfth grade and derails their dreams of moving cross-country and living off the grid.

• An Impossible Thing to Say

  Shahi, Arya

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  In the aftermath of 9/11, high school sophomore Omid grapples with finding the right words to connect with his grandfather, embrace his Iranian heritage, and express his feelings towards a girl, until he immerses himself in the rhymes and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Delicious Monsters

  Sambury, Liselle

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  Told in alternating timelines, seventeen-year-old Daisy and her mother move into her deceased uncle's mansion, only to find horrors waiting inside, and ten years later, Brittney investigates the mystery behind the Miracle Mansion that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ab(solutely) Normal

  Short Stories That Smash Mental Health Stereotypes

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  Channeling their own experiences, sixteen exceptional authors subvert mental health stereotypes in a powerful and uplifting collection of fiction.

• There Goes the Neighborhood

  Adia, Jade

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  A group of teens invent a wave of faux gang violence using social media in the hopes of protecting their little slice of South L.A. and pushing back against the gentrification of their neighborhood that keeps pushing out shops and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Warrior Girl Unearthed

  Boulley, Angeline

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  With the rising number of missing Indigenous women, her family's involvement in a murder investigation, and grave robbers profiting off her Anishinaabe tribe, Perry takes matters into her own hands to solve the mystery and reclaim her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

  Bryant, Elise

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  Over the course of a year, two teens — both trying to find themselves but feeling most themselves while engaged in their respective hobbies in music and gaming — keeping accidentally bumping into each other and slowly start to fall for one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forget Me Not

  Derrick, Alyson

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  Stevie and Nora are in love and have plans to leave their small, close-minded town (and families) for California and finally not have to keep their relationship a secret anymore. Right before they are set to leave there is an accident that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ander & Santi Were Here

  Garza Villa, Jonny

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  Nonbinary teen Ander is ready to leave their family's taquería and focus on their art, but when Santi, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, begins to work at the restaurant, the two teens spark a romance made complicated by immigration…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Immeasurable Depth of You

  Ingrande Mora, Maria, 1980-

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  Fifteen-year-old Brynn is obsessed with death, and her severe anxiety leaves her feeling isolated, but when her parents decide she is going to spend the summer on her father's houseboat, she meets--and starts crushing on--sultry and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Invisible Son

  Johnson, Kim

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  After spending time in juvie for a crime he didn’t commit, Andre wants answers. But the only person who can help him is missing, and the COVID-19 pandemic has shut everything down. Desperate for information, Andre searches for the missing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Appetite for Miracles

  Kemp, Laekan Zea

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  With the help of her cousin and their friends, Danna scours the city, searching for her grandfather's favorite foods and hoping the remembered flavors will bring back his memories.

• I Will Find You Again

  Lyu, Sarah

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  When Chase’s best friend turned first love disappears and is later found dead, the pressure to keep up with life and sort through her grief becomes too much and she spirals out of control especially when she begins to investigate what…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Remind Me to Hate You Later

  Mason, Lizzy

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  A teen girl mourns the loss of her best friend — a teen girl who is the daughter of a popular mommy influencer whose life has been exploited for content and greatly affected her life. In the midst of her grief she finds out that the mother…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Weight of Everything

  Mickelson, Marcia Argueta

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  Following her mother's tragic death, seventeen-year-old Sarah takes on the role of caretaker to her grieving father and younger brother, which leaves little time and emotional energy for a relationship, but when a school project helps her…Read moreRead more of this annotation