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Please enjoy our presentation of The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, written by Mackenzi Lee and published by Katherine Tegen Books.

Hoping to travel to Germany to ask for help enrolling in medical school, Felicity has no money for the trip until a mysterious woman offers to travel with her and pay her way, which ends up entangling Felicity in a perilous quest across Europe.

This title is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/PiracyReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Sadie, written by Courtney Summers and published by Macmillan.

Sadie's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated Colorado town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. When Mattie is found dead, and the police investigation is botched, Sadie is determined to bring her sister's killer to justice. She hits the road following a few meager clues. When West McCray, a radio personality working on a segment about small, forgotten towns in America, hears Sadie's story, he becomes obsessed with finding the missing girl. He starts his own podcast as he tracks Sadie's journey, trying to figure out what happened, hoping to find her before it's too late.

This title is a New York Times Bestseller and appeared on over 30 Best Books of 2018 lists.

Sadie is recommended for ages 14+ for themes of child abuse. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/SadieReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Elatsoe, written by Darcie Little Badger, and published by Levine Querido.

Imagine an America very similar to our own. It's got homework, best friends, and pistachio ice cream. There are some differences. This America has been shaped dramatically by the magic, monsters, knowledge, and legends of its peoples, those Indigenous and those not. Some of these forces are charmingly everyday, like the ability to make an orb of light appear or travel across the world through rings of fungi. But other forces are less charming and should never see the light of day. Seventeen-year-old Elatsoe ("Ellie" for short) lives in this slightly stranger America. She can raise the ghosts of dead animals, a skill passed down through generations of her Lipan Apache family. Her beloved cousin has just been murdered, in a town that wants no prying eyes. But she is going to do more than pry. The picture-perfect façade of Willowbee masks gruesome secrets, and she will rely on her wits, skills, and friends to tear off the mask and protect her family.

This title has won numerous accolades, including Buzzfeed, Publishers Weekly, and NPR Best YA Book of 2020.

Elatsoe is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/ElatsoeReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Wicker King, written by and published by Imprint. Best friends August and Jack struggle to cope as one spirals into madness.

The Wicker King is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WickerKingReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Annie on My Mind written by Nancy Garden and published by Open Road Media.

Annie on My Mind is recommended for ages 13 and up. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/AnnieonMyMindReviews

Library Journal selected Annie on My Mind as one of the most influential books of the 20th Century.

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Enjoy our presentation of The Glass Castle, written by Jeanette Walls and published by Scribner.

Author, Jeanette Walls, details within the pages of this book her rollercoaster of a life. In her early years, she was dragged along in a nomadic lifestyle by her parents, Rex and Rose Mary Walls. Though her parents were intelligent, skilled, and embracing of life, they struggled with society’s ideals, money, and were inconsistent in providing for Jeanette and her three siblings. Though Jeanette dealt with many ups and downs throughout her life, these experiences helped her develop strength and the drive to overcome her struggles.

The Glass Castle is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Goodreads for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/GlassCastleReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Gilded Wolves, written by Roshani Chokshi and published by Wednesday Books.

Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this city, no one keeps tabs on secrets better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier, Severin Montagnet-Alarie. But when the all-powerful society, the Order of Babel, seeks him out for help, Severin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. To find the ancient artifact the Order seeks, Severin will need help from a band of experts. What they find might change the world, but only if they can stay alive.

The Gilded Wolves is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WolvesReviews

This is book one in the Gilded Wolves series.

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Enjoy our presentation of Shadow and Bone, written by Leigh Bardugo and published by Henry Holt. Surrounded by enemies, the once-great nation of Ravka has been torn in two by the Shadow Fold, a swath of near impenetrable darkness crawling with monsters who feast on human flesh. Now its fate may rest on the shoulders of one lonely refugee. Alina Starkov has never been good at anything. But when her regiment is attacked on the Fold and her best friend is brutally injured, Alina reveals a dormant power that saves his life—a power that could be the key to setting her war-ravaged country free.

Shadow and Bone is the first book in a trilogy, and was adapted into a Netflix television show in 2021.

This title is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/ShadowReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Throwaway Girls written by Andrea Contos and published by Kids Can Press.

Caroline is only three months from her great escape - leaving behind her rigid prep school and the parents who think they can convert her to being straight - when her best friend, Madison, goes missing. There's no question that Caroline will get involved in the investigation. After all, she has her own reasons for not trusting the police, and she owes Madison big time. But Caroline uncovers a wider mystery as she follows the clues, with other missing girls and no one on the case. Why isn't anyone looking for these girls? And what's the connection between them and Madison? Could it be ... Caroline herself?

Throwaway Girls was named a Best Young Adult Books of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews.

Throwaway Girls is recommended for ages 14+ for homophobic attitudes, and discussions of suicide and death. Please see Kirkus for more information: https://bit.ly/ThrowawayReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of These Violent Delights, written by Chloe Gong and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books.

In 1926 Shanghai, eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, heir of the Scarlet Gang, and her first love-turned-rival Roma Montagov, leader of the White Flowers, must work together when mysterious deaths threaten their city.

This title is the first book in the These Violent Delights series.

It is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/DelightsReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of #MurderTrending, written by Gretchen McNeil and published by Disney Press.

Falsely accused of murdering her stepsister, seventeen-year-old Dee fights to survive paid assassins on Alcatraz 2.0, the most popular prison on social media.

This title is recommended for ages 14+ for violence. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/TrendingReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Will Grayson, Will Graysonwritten by John Green and David Levithan and published by Dutton. When two teens, one gay and one straight, meet accidentally and discover that they share the same name, their lives become intertwined as one begins dating the other's best friend, who produces a play revealing his relationship with them both.

This title is a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and an ALA Stonewall Honor Book.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson is recommended for ages 15 and up for strong language, alcohol use and sexual situations. Please see review for more information: https://bit.ly/WillGraysonReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Last Night at the Telegraph Club, written by Malinda Lo and published by Dutton Books. Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the feeling took root—that desire to look, to move closer, to touch. Whenever it started growing, it definitely bloomed the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. Suddenly everything seemed possible.

But America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a national bestseller.

This title is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/TelegraphReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) written by Alyssa Scheinmel and published by Sourcebooks Inc.

When Moira Dreyfuss's parents announce that they're sending her to an all-girls boarding school deep in the Maine woods, Moira isn't fooled. She knows her parents are punishing her; she's been too much trouble since her best friend, Nathan, died-and for a while before that. At the Castle School, isolated from the rest of the world, Moira will be expected to pour her heart out to the odd headmaster, Dr. Prince. But she isn't interested in getting over Nathan's death or befriending her fellow students.

On her first night there, Moira hears distant music. On her second, she discovers the lock on her window is broken. On her third, she and her roommate venture outside...and learn that they're not so isolated after all. There's another, very different, Castle School nearby-this one filled with boys whose parents sent them away, too.

Moira is convinced that the Castle Schools and the doctors who run them are hiding something. But exploring the schools will force Moira to confront her overwhelming grief-and the real reasons her parents sent her away.

The Castle School (for Troubled Girls) is recommended for ages 14 and up; it contains depictions of mental illness, including but not limited to addiction, anorexia, self-harm, and trichotillomania. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/CastleSchoolReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of You Bring the Distant Near, written by Mitali Perkins and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

In today's story, from 1965 through the present, an Indian American family adjusts to life in New York City, alternately fending off and welcoming challenges to their own traditions.

This title has won numerous awards, including School Library Journal's and Publisher's Weekly's Best Book of the Year.

You Bring the Distant Near is recommended for ages 12+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/DistantReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Dark and Deepest Red, written by Anna-Marie McLemore and published by Feiwel & Friends.

Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves.

This title is recommended for 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/RedReviewws

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Enjoy our presentation of The Great American Whatever written by Tim Federle and published by Simon & Schuster. Teenaged Quinn, an aspiring screenwriter, copes with his sister's death while his best friend forces him back out into the world to face his reality.

This title was named by ALA to the Rainbow Project Book List.

The Great American Whateveris recommended for ages 15+ for language and depictions of depression and death. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/WhateverReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Inheritance Games, written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne dies and leaves Avery virtually his entire fortune. The catch? Avery has no idea why -- or even who Tobias Hawthorne is.

To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.

This title is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/InheritanceReviews

The Inheritance Games is a New York Times Bestseller and an Edgar Award nominee.

It is the first book in a series.

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Enjoy our presentation of Howl's Moving Castle written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Greenwillow Books.

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle.

This title is recommended for ages 10+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/HowlReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of I, Claudia written by Mary McCoy and published by Carolrhoda Lab. Claudia McCarthy never expected to be in charge of Imperial Day Academy, but is pulled into the tumultuous and high-profile world of the Senate and Honor Council. Suddenly, Claudia is wielding power over her fellow students that she never expected to have... and isn't sure she wants. Claudia intends to use her power to help the school, but there are forces aligned against her: shocking scandals, tyrants waiting in the wings, and political dilemmas with no easy answers. She must struggle with the question: does power inevitably corrupt?

I, Claudia was named a Michael L. Printz Award winner.

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Enjoy our presentation of Ruby Redby Kerstin Gier, translated by Anthea Bell, and published by MacMillian.

In today’s story, Gwyneth learns she possesses a special gene that allows her to travel through time. Now she must go on missions and follow the rules of a secret society of time travelers. Partnered with another traveler, Gideon, she must solve the mystery of her birth, and learn who she can ultimately trust.

Ruby Red won YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults in 2012 and YALSA’s Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: More Books that Won't Make You Blush in 2013.

Ruby Red is recommended for ages 12 and up for suspense, mild violence and mild language. Visit here for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/RubyRedReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Code Name Veritywritten by Elizabeth Wein and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. “Verity” is a secret agent who has been caught by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France. The British spy plane she was traveling on crashed, and now she faces a spy’s worst nightmare. Her Nazi interrogators are unforgiving, and she must decide if she should reveal her mission or face a grisly execution. As Verity writes her confession, she reveals how her past lead her to this point and how desperately she hopes to make it home alive.

This title was named as a Michael L. Printz Honor Book in 2013.

Code Name Verity is recommended for ages 15+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/VerityReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Vampire Kisses, written by Ellen Schreiber and published by HarperCollins.

Raven tries to shield her younger brother from the menacing Valentine Maxwell, even as she yearns to attend the prom with her immortal love, Alexander.

Vampire Kisses is recommended for ages 10+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/VampireKissesReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of You Were Never Here written by Kathleen Peacock and published by Harper Teen.

Mary Catherine Montgomery hasn't been to Montgomery Falls since she was twelve years old-- and discovered she could do things that no normal twelve-year-old could do. Since she had her first kiss with Riley Fraser. Five years later she's back, and finds that Riley disappeared three months ago. When Noah, Riley's brother, asks for help in discovering what happened, Cat is torn between wanting to learn the truth and protecting the secret that she has been guarding ever since that summer she and Riley stopped speaking. When a girl is discovered floating in the river, barely alive with no knowledge of who attacked her or why, Cat must make a choice. She can use her ability to discover the truth and find Riley-- or keep running away from a power she can't control.

You Were Never Here is recommended for ages 13 and up for violence. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/NeverHereReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Wrath and the Dawn, written by Renée Ahdieh and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.

In this reimagining of The Arabian Nights, Shahrzad plans to avenge the death of her dearest friend by volunteering to marry the murderous boy-king of Khorasan, but discovers not all is as it seems within the palace.

This is the first book in a series. The Wrath and the Dawn is also a New York Times Bestseller.

This title is recommended for ages 14+. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/WrathReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Vassa in the Night written by Sarah Porter and published by Tor Teen.

In the enchanted kingdom of Brooklyn, Vassa uses a magical gift from her dead mother to take on Babs Yaga, the witch who owns the local convenience store. Inspired by the Russian folktale Vassilissa the Beautiful.

Vassa in the Night was a YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection.

Vassa in the Night is recommended for ages 14+ for violence. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/VassaReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Hamilton and Peggy! A Revolutionary Friendship, written by L.M. Elliott and published by Katherine Tegen Books.

Peggy Schuyler has always felt like she’s existed in the shadows of her beloved sisters: the fiery, intelligent Angelica and beautiful, sweet Eliza. But it’s in the throes of a chaotic war that Peggy finds herself a central figure amid Loyalists and Patriots, spies and traitors, friends and family. When a flirtatious aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton, writes to Peggy asking for her help in wooing the earnest Eliza, Peggy finds herself unable to deny such an impassioned plea. A fast friendship forms between the two, but Alexander is caught in the same war as her father, and the danger to all their lives is real. Everything is a battlefield—from the frontlines to their carefully coded letters—but will Peggy’s bravery and intelligence be enough to keep them all safe?

Hamilton and Peggy is recommended for ages 13+ . Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/HamiltonReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Walls Around Us written by Nova Ren Suma and published by Algonquin Young Readers. Orianna and Violet are ballet dancers and best friends, but when the ballerinas who have been harassing Violet are murdered, Orianna is accused of the crime and sent to a juvenile detention center where she meets Amber and they experience supernatural events linking the girls together.

The Walls Around Us was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, a Junior Library Guild Selection and a YALSA 2016 Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection.

The Walls Around Usis recommended for ages 15 and up for violence and supernatural horror. Please visit Kirkus for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/WallsAroundUsReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of There's Someone Inside Your House, written by Stephanie Perkins and published by Dutton Books.

It’s been almost a year since Makani Young came to live with her grandmother and she’s still adjusting to her new life in rural Nebraska. Then, one by one, students at her high school begin to die in a series of gruesome murders, each with increasing and grotesque flair. As the body count rises and the terror grows closer, can Makani survive the killer’s twisted plan?

There's Someone Inside Your House has been made into a Netflix film!

This title is recommended for ages 14+ for language and violence. Please visit Goodreads for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/SomeoneInsideReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, written by Candace Fleming and published by Schwartz & Wade.

Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs—at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripping account of its undoing. Using captivating photos and compelling first person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming (Amelia Lost; The Lincolns) deftly maneuvers between the imperial family’s extravagant lives and the plight of Russia's poor masses, making this an utterly mesmerizing read as well as a perfect resource for meeting Common Core standards.

This title is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Goodreads for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/FamilyRomanovReviews

The Family Romanov won the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children in 2014.

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Enjoy our presentation of The Hate U Give, written by Angie Thomas and published by HarperCollins.

Caught between her poor neighborhood and her fancy prep school, sixteen-year-old Starr Carter becomes the focus of intimidation and more after witnessing the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend, Khalil, by a police officer.

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Enjoy our presentation of Deeplight, written by Frances Hardinge and published by Macmillan.

The gods are dead. Decades ago, they turned on one another and tore each other apart. When 15-year-old Hark finds the still-beating heart of a terrifying deity, he risks everything to keep it out of the hands of smugglers, military scientists, and a secret fanatical cult so that he can use it to save the life of his best friend, Jelt. But with the heart, Jelt gradually and eerily transforms. How long should Hark stay loyal to his friend when he's becoming a monster and what is Hark willing to sacrifice to save him?

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Enjoy our presentation of Perfect Ruin, written by Lauren DeStefano and published by Simon & Schuster.

Sixteen-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives in Internment, a floating city utopia. But when a murder occurs, everything she knows starts to unravel.

This title is the first installment in the Internment Chronicles Series.

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Enjoy our presentation of Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun by by Guillermo Del Toro and Cornelia Funke and published by HarperCollins.

Today’s story takes place during the Spanish Civil War. Ofelia and her pregnant mother, Carmen, have come to live with her mother’s new husband in a forest north of Spain. Ofelia is afraid of her new stepfather, whom she has nicknamed "The Wolf," and worries that he will hurt her mother. In the forest she encounters a small twig-like creature that she knows immediately is actually a fairy. She follows it through the forest, where she meets a half-man, half-goat creature, the Faun. He tells her that she is the reincarnation of an Underworld princess but her memories were erased by the sun. Ofelia’s true father, the king of the Underworld, has left portals open all over the word so she can return to him. Only one portal is still open, and Ofelia must pass a series of tests before she is allowed to return to the Underworld.

Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faunis recommended for ages 14+ for violence and language. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/PanReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of All of This is True, written by Lygia Day Peñaflor and published by HarperTeen.

When Long Island teens Miri, Soleil, Penny, and Jonah befriend a bestselling YA novelist, they find their deepest, darkest secrets in the pages of her next novel, with devastating consequences. Told from different perspectives as interviews, journal entries, and book excerpts.

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Enjoy our presentation of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda written by Becky Albertalli and published by Balzer & Bray.

Sixteen-year-old Simon is a junior in high school, and his year has gotten very complicated. Martin, the class clown, managed to get a screen shot of one of Simon’s secret emails, and he’s using it as blackmail. If Simon doesn’t help Martin out by playing wingman, his email will be revealed and his sexual identity will become everyone’s business. And even worse, the privacy of Blue, the pen name of the boy he’s been emailing with, will be jeopardized.

Simon... has won numerous award and has been been adapted into a major motion picture. It is the first book in the Creekwood Series.

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Enjoy our presentation of The Field Guide to the North American Teenager, written by Ben Phillipe and published by Balzer and Bray.

Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. A Black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas.

Field Guide...is the 2020 winner of the WIlliam C. Morris Prize for debut Young Adult fiction.

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Enjoy our presentation of I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You, written by Ally Carter and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Cammie may be an elite spy-in-training, but in her sophomore year, she's beginning her most dangerous mission - falling in love.

This is the first book in the Gallagher Girls series.

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Enjoy our presentation of Unpregnant written by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan and published by HarperCollins.

In today’s story, a 17-year-old girl from a conservative family teams up with her wild former friend to get an out-of-state abortion. Their emotional road trip is a comedy of errors full of unexpected challenges, kind strangers and reckonings with the past.

Unpregnant was named one of YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers in 2020. It has also been made into a movie by HBO MAX.

It is recommended for ages 14+ for language, sex, and abortion.

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Enjoy our presentation of A Northern Light, written by Jennifer Donnelly and published by HMH Books.

In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.

A Northern Light is a Carnegie Medal winner, and won Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adults.

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Enjoy our presentation of Pop, written by Gordon Korman and published by Balzer + Bray.

Lonely after a midsummer move to a new town, sixteen-year-old high-school quarterback Marcus Jordan becomes friends with a retired professional linebacker who is great at training him, but whose childish behavior keeps Marcus in hot water.

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Enjoy our presentation of Wilder Girls, written by Rory Power and published by Delacorte Press.

Friends Hetty, Byatt, and Reece go to extremes trying to uncover the dark truth about the mysterious disease that has had them quarantined at their boarding school on a Maine island.

Wilder Girls is a New York Times Bestseller.

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Enjoy our presentation of Dangerous Alliance written by Jennieke Cohen and published by HarperCollins.

In today’s story, 17-year-old Lady Victoria Aston learns she must marry by the end of the 1817 season to prevent her family’s estate from falling into the hands of her villainous brother-in-law. Looking to the characters in her beloved Austen novels for support, “Vicky” weathers suspicious accidents, rising tensions, and multiple suitors, including Tom Sherborne, the childhood best friend who broke her heart years earlier.

Dangerous Alliance was a finalist in the 2016 Pitch Wars. Perfect for fans of Jane Austen and Meg Cabot.

It is recommended for ages 13 and up for romance and light violence. Please see the author’s website for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/DangerousAllianceReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Dig, written by A.S. King and published by Dutton Books for young readers.

Five white teenage cousins who are struggling with the failures and racial ignorance of their dysfunctional parents and their wealthy grandparents, reunite for Easter.

Dig won the Michael L. Printz Award for 2020.

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Enjoy our presentation of Life As We Knew It written by Susan Beth Pfeffer and published by HMH Books.

In today’s story, sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Told through a series of journal entries, the reader gets a first-hand view of what it’s like to live through an apocalyptic event.

Perfect for fans of the Divergent Series! This is the first book in The Last Survivors Series.

Life As We Knew It written has won numerous awards, including a 2009 Black Eyed Susan Award, and YALSA Best Book for Young Adults in 2007.

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Enjoy our presentation of For a Muse of Fire, written by Heidi Heilig and published by HarperCollins.

Jetta’s family is famed as the most talented troupe of shadow players in the land. With Jetta behind the scrim, their puppets seem to move without string or stick—a trade secret, they say. In truth, Jetta can see the souls of the recently departed and bind them to the puppets with her blood. But the old ways are forbidden ever since the colonial army conquered their country, so Jetta must never show, never tell. Her skill and fame are her family’s way to earn a spot aboard the royal ship to Aquitan, where shadow plays are the latest rage, and where rumor has it the Mad King has a spring that cures his ills. Because seeing spirits is not the only thing that plagues Jetta. But as rebellion seethes and as Jetta meets a young smuggler, she will face truths and decisions that she never imagined—and safety will never seem so far away.

For a Muse of Fire is the first in a series.

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Enjoy our presentation of Anna K., written by Jenny Lee and published by Flatiron Books.

Told from multiple viewpoints, while seventeen-year-old Anna K seems above the typical problems of her Manhattan friends and siblings, finding love with a notorious playboy changes everything.

Anna K. is recommended for ages 15+ for language, sexuality, and drug use. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/AnnaKReviews

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Please enjoy our presentation of If I Ever Get Out of Here, written by Eric Gansworth and published by Penguin Random House.

Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites--and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship.

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Enjoy our presentation of Devil and the Buebird, written by Jennifer Mason-Black and published by Amulet Books.

Blue Riley has wrestled with her own demons ever since the loss of her mother to cancer. But when she encounters a beautiful devil at her town crossroads, it's her runaway sister's soul she fights to save. The devil steals Blue's voice-inherited from her musically gifted mother-in exchange for a single shot at finding Cass.
Armed with her mother's guitar, a knapsack of cherished mementos, and a pair of magical boots, Blue journeys west in search of her sister. When the devil changes the terms of their deal, Blue must reevaluate her understanding of good and evil and open herself up to finding family in unexpected places.

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Enjoy our presentation of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz and published by Simon & Schuster.

Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

This title is a 2013 Printz Honor Book!

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is recommended for ages 14 and up for language, drinking and drug use and sexual content. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/AristotleandDanteReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee and published by HarperCollins.

Henry “Monty” Montague doesn’t care that his roguish passions are far from suitable for the gentleman he was born to be. But unfortunately his quests for pleasure and vice are in danger of coming to an end. Not only does his father expect him to take over the family’s estate upon his return from his tour of continental Europe, but Monty is also nursing an impossible crush on his best friend and traveling companion, Percy. So Monty vows to make this yearlong escapade one last hedonistic hurrah and flirt with Percy from Paris to Rome. But when one of Monty’s reckless decisions turns their trip abroad into a harrowing manhunt, it calls into question everything he knows, including his relationship with the boy he adores.

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Enjoy our presentation of Everything, Everything written by Nicola Yoon and published by Random House.

In today’s story, a teen with “Bubble Baby Disease,” who cannot leave her house, falls in love with the boy who moves in next door. This novel is the answer to the question of how far we’re willing to go for love.

This title has won many awards, including YALSA's Best Fiction of 2016, and Maryland's Black Eyed Susan Awards for High School.

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Enjoy our presentation of Not So Pure and Simple, written by Lamar Giles and published by HarperCollins.

Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she’s finally available. So when Kiera volunteers for an opportunity at their church, Del’s right behind her. Though he quickly realizes he’s inadvertently signed up for a Purity Pledge.

Not So Pure and Simple is recommended for ages 15+ for language and sexuality. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/NotSoPureReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Shatter Me, written by Tahereh Mafi and published by HarperCollins.

Things happen when people touch Juliette. Strange things. Bad things. Dead things. No one knows why her touch is fatal, but The Reestablishment has plans for her. Plans to use her as a weapon. But Juliette has plans of her own. After a lifetime without freedom, without love, she's finally discovering her strength - and maybe even a future with the one boy she thought she'd lost forever.

Shatter Me is the first book in the Shatter Me series.

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Enjoy our presentation of Scythe, written by Neal Schusterman and published by Simon and Schuster.

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life—and they are commanded to do so, in order to keep the size of the population under control.

Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe—a role that neither wants. These teens must master the “art” of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

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Enjoy our presentation of The Final Six, written by Alexandra Monir and published by HarperCollins.

In today’s story, Divergent meets The Selection when 24 teenagers from around the world are chosen to compete for 6 coveted spots on a mission to save humanity by colonizing Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons.

This title has been optioned by Sony Pictures!

The Final Six is recommended for ages 13 and up for violence, language, death, and sex. Please visit the author's website for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/FinalSixReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Kingdom of Back, written by Marie Lu and published by Penguin Young Readers Group.

Desperate to be forever remembered for her music, Nannerl Mozart makes a dangerous pact with a mysterious stranger from a magical land, which may cost her everything.

This title is recommended for ages 12+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/KingdomofBackReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Vincent and Theo, written by Deborah Heiligman and published by Henry Holt and Company.

The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. Confidant, champion, sympathizer, friend―Theo supported Vincent as he struggled to find his path in life. They shared everything, swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions.

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Enjoy our presentation of Akata Witch written by Nnedi Okorafor and published by Penguin Young Readers Group.

Sunny was originally born in New York City, but she now lives in Nigeria. On top of living in a country that she isn’t fully accepted in, she also deals with the taunts of her peers because of being albino. While navigating life’s daily challenges, she accidentally discovers that she has magical abilities, which become useful in helping to solve a dark mystery.

This title won the The Amelia Bloomer Book List award in 2012.

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Enjoy our presentation of The Voting Booth, written by Brandy Colbert and published by Disney-Hyperion.

Marva Sheridan has always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election? Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election; he just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band's first paying gig tonight. Only problem? Duke can't vote. When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. And that's how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. Soon it's clear that there is more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy.

This title is recommended for ages 12+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/VotingBoothReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Stranger with My Face written by Lois Duncan and published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers.

In today’s story, a seventeen year old girl learns that she is adopted when her long lost twin pays her a visit via astral projection.

Stranger with My Face is recommended for ages 13+ for violence, alcohol, and menacing tone. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/StrangerWithMyFaceReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Mummy written by Caroline B. Cooney and published by Open Road Media.

In today’s story, a group of teens make plans to steal a mummy from the local museum and hang it in the school’s bell tower as a senior prank.

Mummy is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and ALA/YALSA Quick Pick.

This title is recommended for ages 12+ for theft, suspense, and pranks.

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Enjoy our presentation of Finding Audrey written by Sophie Kinsella and published by Random House Children’s Books.

In today’s story a British teenager recovering from mental illness learns how to enjoy life again. With the help of her family, a quirky boy, and coffee, she begins to venture out of her house and learns how to manage her anxiety.

Finding Audrey was named a YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults: Mental Health: Invisible Wounds in 2017.

Finding Audrey is recommended for ages 12+ for language, bullying, anxiety, and depression. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/FindingAudreyReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of With the Fire on High, written by Elizabeth Acevedo and published by HarperCollins. 

From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright.

Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago’s life has been about making the tough decisions—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 everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness.

Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.

This title won a Golden Kite Award for Young Adults for 2020.

With the Fire on High is recommended for ages 13+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/with-the-fire-on-high

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Enjoy our presentation of Moxie:a novelwritten by Jennifer Mathieu and published by Roaring Brook Press. In a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme, Viv, sixteen, starts a feminist revolution using anonymously-written zines.

Moxie was named an NPR Best Book of the Year, and a Time Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year.

Moxie: a novel is recommended for ages 13 and up for language, sexual content and adult themes. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/MoxieReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Abandon written by Meg Cabot and published by Scholastic.

In today’s story, Peirce, a teen who recently survived a near death experience, must restart her life at a new high school on an island off the Florida coast. Haunted by her time in the Underworld, she must face an uncertain future with a fellow Underworld companion as her only guide.

Abandon was named a 2001 Top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers selection from YALSA, and the author was nominated for an Edgar Allen Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America.

This title is recommended for ages 13+ for violence, language, and near death experiences.

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Enjoy our presentation of Bone Gap written by Laura Ruby and published by Balzer + Bray. Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps—gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disappear forever. So when young, beautiful Roza vanishes... well, it isn't the first time that someone has slipped away and left Finn and Sean O’Sullivan on their own. But Finn knows Roza didn't just leave. She was kidnapped, ripped from the cornfields by a dangerous man whose
face Finn cannot remember. But the searches turned up nothing, and no one believes him. Can Finn find Roza and prove there's more to him, and this town, than meets the eye?

Bone Gap was awarded the 2016 Michael L. Printz Award and was a National Book Award Finalist in 2015.

Bone Gap is recommended for ages 14+ for violence, language and implied sexual content. For more information and reviews please see Common Sense Media for more information.
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Enjoy our presentation of Jackpot, written by Nic Stone and published by Penguin Random House.

When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she and her popular and wildly rich classmate, Zan can find the ticket holder who hasn't claimed the prize.

The Atlantic called this title, "funny, captivating, and thoughtful."

Jackpot is recommended for ages 14+ for one scene with alcohol use, and some language and sexuality. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/JackpotReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Selection written by Kiera Cass and published by Harper Collins.

In today’s story, 35 teen girls are chosen to live in the palace and compete for the heart of the prince. Only one will be crowned, but all will fight for love in this future dystopian novel that has been hailed: The Hunger Games meets The Bachelor.

The Selection is recommended for ages 13+ for violence, language, and forbidden love. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/TheSelectionReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake and published by Tor Teen.

Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and deadly athame, Cas travels the country with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat. They follow legends and local lore, destroy the murderous dead, and keep pesky things like the future and friends at bay.

Searching for a ghost the locals call Anna Dressed in Blood, Cas expects the usual: track, hunt, kill. What he finds instead is a girl entangled in curses and rage, a ghost like he's never faced before. She still wears the dress she wore on the day of her brutal murder in 1958: once white, now stained red and dripping with blood. Since her death, Anna has killed any and every person who has dared to step into the deserted Victorian she used to call home...Yet she spares Cas's life.

Anna Dressed in Blood was one of NPR's Top 5 Young Adult Novels of 2011. It was also a 2011 Kirkus Best Teen Book of the Year title.

This title is recommended for ages 15+ for violence and language. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/AnnaDressedinBloodReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of X: a Novel written by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon, and published by Candlewick Press. Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. X follows the boy who would become Malcolm X from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today.

This title is a 2016 NAACP Image Award-winner and Coretta Scott King Author Honor book.

X: a Novel is recommended for ages 14+ for violence, language, and references to drug use. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: http://bit.ly/XReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of American Royals written by Katharine McGee and published by Random House Children’s Books.

In today’s story, alternate history abounds and we learn what would happen if George Washington had been crowned King of America, instead of president. His modern-day descendants find themselves in glamorous mischief when Princess Beatrice and her siblings dabble in loyalty, betrayal, and love.

American Royals is recommended for ages 13+ for sex, language, and alcohol use.

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Enjoy our presentation of A Monster Calls, written by Patrick and Siobhan Dowd, and published by Harper Collins.

Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

A Monster Calls has won many awards including Booklist Magazine's "Top of the List Award" for 2011, and appeared on the year-end-bests lists for The Independent and The Wall Street Journal.

A Monster Calls is recommended for ages 12+. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews. http://bit.ly/AMonsterCallsReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Every Day written by David Levithan and published by Random House Children’s Books.

In today’s story, “A” wakes up in a different body every day. Trying hard not to change lives or make ripples, and existing merely to travel from body to body, life holds no meaning, until “A” meets Rhiannon, and existence is no longer enough. This is the first title in the Every Day series.

Every Day has won numerous awards, including YALSA's Best fiction for Young Adults 2013, and School Library Journal's Best Books of 2013.

Every Day is recommended for ages 14+ for sex, language, violence, and alcohol use. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/EveryDayReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Internment, written by Samira Ahmed and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens. With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend on the outside, and an unexpected alliance, Layla begins a journey to fight for freedom, leading a revolution against the camp's Director and his guards. Heart-racing and emotional, Internment challenges readers to fight complicit silence that exists in our society today.

Internment is a New York Times Bestseller.

It is recommended for ages 13+. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/InternmentReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of We Are Okay written by Nina LaCour and published by Penguin Young Readers.

Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks, not even her best friend Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the tragedy she’s tried to outrun. Now, months later, Mabel is coming to visit and Marin will be forced to face everything that’s been left unsaid.

We Are Okay is the winner of the 2018 Michael L Printz Award. It’s also a New York Public Library, Publisher’s Weekly, Boston Globe and Seventeen Magazine Best Book of the Year.

We Are Okay is recommended for ages 14+. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WeAreOkayReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Beauty Queens written by Libba Bray and published by Scholastic.

In today’s story, fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream pageant crash land on an island. What ensues is a hilarious and satirical tale of survival, consumerism, and just maybe love.

Beauty Queens has received various awards and honors, including YALSA's Best Fiction of 2012, and Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award.

Beauty Queens is recommended for ages 15+ for language, violence, and sex. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/BeautyQueensReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Stormbreaker, written by Anthony Horowitz and published by Penguin Young Readers.

They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. But Alex Rider knows that’s a lie, and the bullet holes in the windshield prove it. Yet he never suspected the truth: his uncle was really a spy for Britain’s top secret intelligence agency. And now Alex has been recruited to find his uncle’s killers. Stormbreaker is the first installment of the Alex Rider series.

Stormbreaker is recommended for ages 10+. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/StormbreakerReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of We Were Liarswritten by E. Lockhart and published by Random House. Cady is a privileged teenager who was born into the wealthy Sinclair family. They bask in the lap of luxury during the summers on their private island in Martha’s Vineyard. But, on one summer retreat, deep secrets break the surface of their perfect image, and a mystery unfolds.

This title won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction.

We Were Liarsis recommended for ages 13 and up. Please see common sense media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WeWereLiarsReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Dumplin’, written by Julie Murphy and published by HarperCollins. Willowdean Dickson (Dumplin', to her beauty pageant loving mom) is fat. It’s not a problem or anything. It’s just who she is. At least, she doesn’t think it’s a problem, until the Miss Teen Bluebonnet Pageant, a crush on her coworker Bo, and the loss of her beloved aunt all converge and shake Willowdean’s confidence. With some new friends and old, a little courage and a Dolly Parton song in her heart, Willowdean might be able to show the world that she deserves the crown just as much as anyone else.

Dumplin' has been made into a motion picture available on Netflix. It is the first in the Dumplin' series.

Dumplin' is recommended for ages 14+ for language and some sexuality. Please visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/DumplinReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The 57 Bus: a True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime that Changed their Lives written by Dashka Slater and published by Farrar Straus Giroux. One teenager in a skirt. One teenager with a lighter. One moment that changes both of their lives forever. If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students from Oakland, California, one of the most diverse cities in the country, but they inhabited different worlds. Sasha, a white teen, lived in the middle-class foothills and attended a small private school. Richard, a black teen, lived in the crime-plagued flatlands and attended a large public one. Each day, their paths overlapped for a mere eight minutes. But one afternoon on the bus ride home from school, a single reckless act left Sasha severely burned, and Richard charged with two hate crimes and facing life imprisonment. The case garnered international attention, thrusting both teenagers into the spotlight.

The 57 Bus is recommended for ages 13 and up for some language, violence and mature themes. Please see common sense media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/57BusReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Cinder,written by Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel and Friends. As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

Cinder is one of YALSA Teens' Top Ten Books for Young Adults.

Cinder is recommended for ages 12+ for some violent content. Please see Common Sense Media for more reviews: https://bit.ly/CinderReviews

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Calvert Library’s Book Bites - first chapters that leave you hungry for more! Enjoy our presentation of Six of Crowsby Leigh Bardugo. Today’s story is a fantasy about six young individuals who have been sent on a mission to pull off the greatest heist of all time. Amazon.com’s reviewer calls it “a vivid, entertaining fantasy that boldly captures the imagination and leaves an impression well after the novel’s cliff-hanger ending.” Six of Crows is the first book in the Six of Crows series.

Six of Crowsis recommended for ages 14+. It contains a fair amount of violence and the characters are complex and flawed. Strong language is present but not frequent, brothels are referred to but not described, although some nudity does occur elsewhere in the novel. For further content advisory, visit Common Sense Media: https://bit.ly/SixofCrows_Reviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Darius the Great is Not Okay written by Adib Khorram and published by Penguin Random House.

Half-Persian Darius Kellner is depressed and feeling like he doesn’t fit in at his Chapel Hill high school, but his first-ever trip to Iran is about to change his life.

The trip gets off to a rocky start when Darius’ Persian family doesn’t understand his clinical depression. Then Darius meets Sohrab, the boy next door, and everything changes. Soon, they’re spending their days together, playing soccer, eating faludeh, and talking for hours on a secret rooftop overlooking the city’s skyline. Sohrab calls him Darioush—the original Persian version of his name—and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he’s Darioush to Sohrab.

This title has won the William C. Morris Debut Award.

Darius the Great Is Not Okay is recommended for ages 12+ for some language and innuendo. Please see common sense media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/DariusReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Raven Boys written by Maggie Steifvater and published by Scholastic.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her.

His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She doesn't believe in true love, and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore. The Raven Boys is the first book in the Raven Cycle Series.

The Raven Boys is recommended for ages 13+ for violence, language and some underage drinking. Please visit Common Sense Media for more reviews: https://bit.ly/RavenBoysReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of The Revolution of Birdie Randolph written by Brandy Colbert  and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Sixteen-year-old Dove "Birdie" Randolph's close bond with her parents is threatened by a family secret, and by hiding her relationship with Booker, who has been in juvenile detention.

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph is recommended for ages 15+ for language and substance use. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/Birdie_Reviews

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Enjoy our presentation of When, written by Victoria Laurie and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

In today’s story, a young teen has the ability to see the date anyone will die. Using her gift as a psychic, she learns that a client’s missing son isn’t long for this world. With the help of a new friend, she must attempt to save him before his doomed date comes up.

When was a 2017 Black Eyed Susan Award winner and was named a 2016 Texas Long Star Commended Book.

When is recommended for ages 12 and up for paranormal suspense as well as themes of alcoholism, bullying and death. Visit NoveList Plus for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/WhenReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Hit the Road written by Caroline B. Cooney and published by Random House.

Hit the Road won YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults in 2009, in the Journey and Destination Category.

Hit the Road is recommended for ages 12 and up for lying, illegal driving, stealing, and kidnapping. Please see NoveList for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/HitTheRoadReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Etiquette and Espionage written by Gail Carriger and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Fourteen year old Sophronia Temminnick is more interested in climbing trees and dismantling clocks than becoming a proper young lady. So her mother enrolls her in the prestigious Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality, where Sophronia learns the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette… and also death, diversion, and espionage.

Etiquette and Espionage is recommended for ages 13 and up for violence. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/EtiquetteReviews

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Enjoy our presentation of Truly Devious, written by Maureen Johnson and published by HarperCollins.

In today’s story, true-crime aficionado Stevie Bell starts school at the prestigious Ellingham Academy, dead-set on solving a decades old cold case. Told through two interwoven mysteries, Stevie discovers mystery, danger, and intrigue at the peculiar school. Truly Devious is the first novel in a trilogy.

Truly Devious has won numerous accolades, including Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2018, Junior Library Guild Selection 2019, and nominations for both ALA's and YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults. It is the first book in the Truly Devious Trilogy. Truly Devious is recommended for ages 14+ for underage drinking, swearing, and some sexuality. Visit Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/TrulyDeviouReviews

Truly Devious is available in the following formats.

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Enjoy our presentation of Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte. Today’s story is the classic coming of age tale of governess, Jane Eyre. The novel takes place in the early to mid-nineteenth century and is often spoken of as one of the most famous romance novels of all time.

Jane Eyre does not contain objectionable content in the modern sense but it does include some tough themes such as child abuse and neglect and complex relationships. It is recommended for ages 13+. For further content advisory, please visit Common Sense Media: https://bit.ly/JaneEyreReviews

Jane Eyre is available in the following formats.

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Enjoy our presentationof The Grace Year, written by Kim Liggett and published by Wednesday Books.

In Garner County, 16-year-old girls, including rebellious Tierney, are sent to an isolated island, where they must release their seductive, poisonous magic into the wild before taking their proper places as a wives and mothers. Perfect for fans of the Handmaid's Tale.

The Grace Year is a New York Times Bestseller, was a 2019 semi-finalist for Goodread's Best Young Adult Fiction, and made the American Library Association's Amelia Bloomer Book List for feminist literature.

The Grace Year is recommended for ages 14+ for mature themes, including violence and sexuality. For further content advisory, please visit Common Sense Media: https://bit.ly/GraceYearReviews

The Grace Year is available in the following formats.

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Enjoy our presentation of The Hazel Wood written by Melissa Albert and published by Flatiron Books.

Today’s story is a contemporary fantasy about 16-year-old Alice who must rescue her mother from a magical land of folklore, inhabited by her grandmother but unknown to most of the world. Entertainment Weekly calls it “an original and imaginative fairy tale: thrilling, fascinating, and poignant in equal measure.”

The Hazel Wood contains some violence and occasional strong language. Sexual content is minimal. For further content advisory, visit Common Sense Media: https://bit.ly/HazelWoodReviews

A New York Times bestseller, #1 ABA IndieNext Pick, Junior Library Guild Selection, and Seventeen Best YA Book of the Year, The Hazel Wood is recommended for ages 13+.

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Enjoy our presentation of The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Book 1 written by Michael Scott and published by Ember.

What if Nicholas Flamel, probably the most famous alchemist ever to live, is still alive today having taken the elixir of life ever since the 1400’s? In this novel, he is alive and living in San Francisco where he protects the most powerful book in existence, the Book of Abraham the Mage. In the wrong hands, this book could be used to destroy the world. Teen twins Sophie and Josh Newman are prophesized to be the only ones who can help Flamel save the world in what School Library Journal calls “[a] riveting fantasy.”

The Alchemyst is recommended for ages 10+ for some fantasy violence. For further content advisory, visit Common Sense Media: https://bit.ly/AlchemystReviews

A New York Times bestseller, Kids’ Indie Next List Selection, and ILA Children’s & Young Adult Choice winner, The Alchemyst is recommended for ages 12+.

The Alchemyst is available in the following formats.

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Enjoy our presentation of Silhouette of a Sparrow written by Molly Beth Griffin and published by Milkweed Editions.

Today’s story is set in the summer of 1926, where sixteen-year-old Garnet Richardson is sent to a lake resort to escape the polio epidemic in the city. But in the country, Garnet finds herself under the supervision of oppressive guardians--her father’s wealthy cousin and the matron’s stuck-up daughter. Only a liberating job in a hat shop, an intense, secret relationship with a daring and beautiful flapper, and faith in herself, can save her from the expectations placed on her by society, and her mother.

Silhouette of a Sparrow won the Milkweed Prize for Children’s Literature, the 2013 Paterson Prize for Books for Young Readers and was an ALA Rainbow List recommended book.

Silhouette of a Sparrow is recommended for ages 12 to 18. Some underage drinking occurs, and there is one scene with some sexual content.

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Enjoy our presentation of Frankly in Love, written by David Yoon and published by Penguin Random House.

In today’s story, Korean American high school senior Frank Li is a Limbo-someone caught between their parents' traditional expectations and their own Southern California upbringing. When Frank falls for a white girl, he knows his parents will never approve and makes a pact with Joy Song - a fellow Limbo in a similar predicament. Frank thinks it's the perfect plan, but in the end, Frank and Joy's fake-dating maneuver leaves him wondering if he ever really understood love-or himself-at all.​

Frankly in Love is a New York Times Bestseller, a David C. Morris YA Debut Award finalist, and won an Asian Pacific American Librarians Association Honor.

Frankly in Love is recommended for ages 14+ for swearing and mature themes, including violence, sexuality, and underage drinking. Please see Common Sense Media for more information and reviews: https://bit.ly/FranklyinLoveReviews

Frankly in Love is available in the following formats.

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