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Nov 17, 2023

Where I Belong by Tara White - 5/10

Carrie has always known she was adopted, but she's never had any idea where her parents were from. When she meets a boy from a Mohawk...

Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman - 8/10

Jun 22, 2023

Young Adult

Girl of the Southern Sea by Michelle Kadarusman - 8/10

life hasn't been the same since Nia's mother died. As an aspiring writer, it is heartbreaking to watch her little brother going to...

Dec 22, 2022

Young Adult

Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce

The mages from Winding Circle have been called upon to investigate some mysterious deaths of vegetation on the Battle Islands. Evvy, a...

Oct 3, 2022

Young Adult

A Song for Summer by Eva Ibbotson

Ellen has always wanted nothing more than to learn the domestic arts of cooking and cleaning, and to care for others. When she lands a...

Sep 11, 2022

Young Adult

Seaside Donkey by Hannah Engelkamp

When Hannah decides to take a break from her ordinary life and walk around her homeland with a donkey, nobody believes she can do it....

That Time I Joined the Circus by J. J. Howard

Aug 8, 2022

Young Adult

That Time I Joined the Circus by J. J. Howard

Years after her mother disappeared from her life, Lexi Ryan is searching for her long lost parent. After her Dad was killed in a tragic...

May 14, 2022

Young Adult

The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird

Mamo and Dani lead two vastly different lives, but they have one thing in common; they have no safe homes to shelter them. Mamo lived...

If the Fates Allow by Interlude Press Authors

Jan 25, 2022

Young Adult

If the Fates Allow by Interlude Press Authors

An anthology of LGBTQ+ romantic stories, all taking place during the holidays. Each of the five stories follows one young adult through...

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Jan 5, 2022

Young Adult

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

Sixteen year old Gemma Doyle is tired of her sheltered life in India, and wants to go to school in London. She is furious with her mother...

Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

Oct 10, 2021

Young Adult

Sweet and Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

Tasmin, a teen with a curse that makes her incapable of love, lives a gloomy life as the village witch, banished from the witchlands....

Confessions of a Teenage Drag King by Markus Harwood-Jones

Aug 26, 2021

Young Adult

Confessions of a Teenage Drag King by Markus Harwood-Jones

Ren is a confident, outgoing, and talented king. He rules the stage, hangs out with his drag family, and has loads of fans. By day,...

Jul 8, 2021

Young Adult

A Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student studying video games in Vermont. What draws him to games is the narrative - all the ways they...

A Thousand Shades of Blue by Robin Stevenson

Jun 20, 2021

Young Adult

A Thousand Shades of Blue by Robin Stevenson

Rachel knows that her family is having issues, and she knows that the last thing they need is to be trapped on a sailboat together. Her...

Jun 4, 2021

Young Adult

Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Ever since her mother died, Colby's life hasn't been the best. With her dad driving trucks across the country six days a week, she has to...

Apr 11, 2021

Young Adult

Looking For Alaska by John Green

Miles has decided to go to boarding school. He wants to search for his Great Perhaps, and he doesn't feel like he can find it in his...

Mar 31, 2021

Young Adult

Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga

It's been three years since Taliah discovered her mother's secret box of Julian Oliver info. Newspaper clippings, interviews, and one...

Feb 7, 2021

Young Adult

Rebelwing by Andrea Tang

The three countries that once made up North America are now one - crammed into a huge city where every move of every citizen is being...

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Jan 29, 2021

Young Adult

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

After a mysterious man turns up dead in eleven year-old Flavia de Luce's cucumber patch, she takes it upon herself to solve the case....

Jan 15, 2021

Young Adult

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Realistic and sweet, this book really surprised me! Heartstopper may be my favorite graphic novel now, and there is just one reason for...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Jan 10, 2021

Young Adult

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

This book was a strange read for me. In the beginning, I thought I was in for another typical teen novel. You know, the ones where all...

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Nov 29, 2020

Young Adult

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Mysterious, heartfelt, and exciting, The Invention of Hugo Cabret is sure to get the cogs turning in your head. The story centers around...

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