Tag: Young Adult
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And They Were Roommates by Page Powars: Riveting Romance
Romance is the last thing on Charlie’s mind. On his first day at Valentine Academy for Boys, Charlie’s carefully crafted plan to hide his identity as the school’s only trans student is set in motion. Only to be immediately destroyed. Charlie has been assigned the worst roommate in the world (possibly the universe): Jasper Grimes,…
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But I Hate Him by Page Powars: Romantic Rivals
Rory is academic royalty. As the heir to the most successful tutoring company in the world, he can be nothing less than perfect if he wants to gain his parents’ approval. So it’s simple. Rory studies harder than anyone else. He does not make mistakes. And he never loses. Except to Luca Melendez. The infuriatingly…
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Worst-Case Scenario by Ray Stoeve: Refreshing and Honest
Sidney has one goal for their junior year. Well . . . two, if they’re being honest. Number one: become president of their school’s Queer Alliance club. And number two: keep their self-diagnosed anxiety in check so their grades don’t tank like they did last year. But when the election results in a tie with…
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The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes: Authentic and Real
Seventeen-year-old Cesar Flores is finally ready to win back his ex-boyfriend. Since breaking up with Jamal in a last-ditch effort to stay in the closet, he’s come out to Mami, his sister, Yami, and their friends, taken his meds faithfully, and gotten his therapist’s blessing to reunite with Jamal. Everything would be perfect if it…
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Everything About You by Robby Weber: Crackling Energy
“You never know what’s going to happen, Milo. No matter how hard you try to control things, this is our summer in Paris, and it might just be unpredictable. There might just be boys.” Milo is determined to have the most magical summer in Paris after winning an apprenticeship at a prestigious fashion house. The…
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You’ve Found Oliver by Dustin Thao: Timebending Romance
It’s been a year since his best friend, Sam, died. Even though Oliver knows he won’t get a response, he can’t stop texting Sam’s number, especially as the anniversary of his death approaches. Then one day he accidentally hits the call button, and someone picks up. The voice on the other end isn’t Sam. Sam’s…
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The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard: Spooky Fun
Freddie Gellar didn’t mean to get half the rival high school arrested. She’d simply heard shrieks coming from the woods, so she’d called the cops like any good human would do. How was she supposed to know it was just kids partying? Except the next day, a body is found. And while the local sheriff…
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Run Away with Me by Brian Selznick: Profoundly Emotional
“I’m going to call you Danny. What are you going to name me?” “Angelo.” Danny is spending his sixteenth summer in Rome. As his mother spends the day at work in a mysterious museum, he wanders the ancient sites and streets. Soon after his arrival, he encounters a shadow… who becomes a voice… who becomes…
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Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire: Poignant and Immersive
Nadya had three mothers: the one who bore her, the country that poisoned her, and the one who adopted her. Nadya never considered herself less than whole, not until her adoptive parents fitted her with a prosthetic arm against her will, seeking to replace the one she’d been missing from birth. It was cumbersome; it…
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The Trials of Ilderwood: Cinders in the Snow by S.C. Selvyn: Dark and Intriguing
Ten-year-old Dasia is the unwilling guardian of a chilling family secret—one that fills her house with a strange blue snow. Locked behind a frost-covered door in her room is a threat so dangerous, Dasia can never stray far from home. But when her long-lost brother returns one fateful night and promises her freedom inside the…
