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  • The Sun is Also a Star

    By Nicola Yoon (YA Yoon)

    Natasha and Daniel meet. Then meet again. And again. Could it be fate pushing them together? Daniel believes in fate and in love at sight—now he just has to convince Natasha, a firm believer in facts and science. Recommended by staff members Cecilia (TR) and Carolyn(JA).

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  • The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love

    By Sarvanez Tash (YA Tash)

    Graham is trying to get his best friend, Roxana, to fall in love with him by planning the perfect weekend for her at New York Comic Con. Recommended by staff members Christi (BD) and Cecilia (TR).

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  • Salt to the Sea

    By Ruta Sepetys (YA Sepe)

    As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war’s final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull. Recommended by staff member Brook (TR).

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  • Scythe

    By Neal Shusterman (YA Shus)

    In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed (gleaned) by professional reapers (scythes), two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe—and the one who becomes the scythe must kill the one who doesn’t. Recommended by staff members L.B. (UP) and Brooke (B).

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  • If I Was Your Girl

    By Meredith Russo (YA Russ)

    When guarded, new student Amanda falls for Grant, she finds herself yearning to share everything about herself, including her previous life as Andrew. Recommended by staff members Laura (PX) and Christi (BD).

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  • Ghostly Echoes

    By William Ritter (YA Ritt)

    Jenny Cavanaugh has enlisted the investigative services of her fellow residents, Abigail Rook and R. F. Jackaby, to solve a decade-old murder—her own. Recommended by staff member Melissa (WA).

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  • Ten Days a Madwoman: the Daring Life and Turbulent Times of the Original “Girl” Reporter Nellie Bly

    By Deborah Noyes (YA B Bly)

    A biography of Nellie Bly, the pioneering journalist whose showy but substantive stunts skyrocketed her to fame. Recommended by staff member Becky (PL).

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  • Afterward

    By Jennifer Mathieu (YA Math)

    Caroline's autistic brother Dylan returns from being kidnapped, but can't tell anyone what happened. Attempting to understand Dylan, Caroline befriends Ethan, taken four years earlier and rescued with Dylan. Recommended by staff members Theresa (BGT), Toni (TU), and Christi (BD).

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  • Still Life with Tornado

    By A.S. King (YA King)

    A talented artist slowly discovers the history of domestic violence behind why her brother left the family years earlier and why she suddenly cannot make art. Recommended by staff members Courtney (STF), Carolyn (JA), Toni (TU), and Christi (BD).

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  • The Mighty Odds

    By Amy Ignatow (J Igna)

    A bus crash gives 4 very different middle schoolers super powers and they must pool their powers to find out what happened to them. Recommended by staff member Chris (IH).

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  • We Are the Ants

    By Shaun David Hutchinson (YA Hutc)

    Henry Denton is informed by his alien abductors that they will end the world in 144 days unless he stops them by deciding that humanity is worth saving. Recommended by staff member Jenn (Collections).

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  • Symptoms of Being Human

    By Jeff Garvin (YA Garv)

    A gender-fluid teenager who struggles with identity creates a blog on the subject that goes viral, and faces ridicule at the hands of fellow students. Recommended by staff member Nan (TR).

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  • The Great American Whatever

    By Tim Federle (YA Fede)

    Aspiring screenwriter Quinn copes with his sister’s death while his best friend forces him back out into the world to face his reality. Recommended by staff member Emily (TR).

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  • Longbow Girl

    By Linda Davies (YA Davi)

    Merry Owen discovers a river in the Welsh mountains that takes her back in time to the autocratic kingdom of King Henry VIII, where she must compete in an archery tournament to save her ancestors' land from being seized. Recommended by staff member Karen (MA).

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  • Crooked Kingdom

    By Leigh Bardugo (YA Bard)

    When Kaz Brekker and his fellow thieves from Six of Crows return to Ketterdam, unscrupulous merchant Jan Van Eck not only refuses to pay them for their just-completed heist but also holds their crewmate hostage. Recommended by staff member Colleen (LA).

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