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Transgender teen Ichiro enters a drag contest in hopes of earning enough money to live off the grid. Ichiro is a transgender youth in his final year of high school. He has a job as a dishwasher to earn money to help support his...

In Amy Spalding's young adult novel No Boy Summer, Lydia and her younger sister, Penny, make a pact to avoid boy drama for the summer--but Lydia can't help looking for a loophole when she falls for a cute girl. Lydia Jones and her younger...

The Parent Trap meets The Vanishing Half in Rioghnach Robinson and Siofra Robinson's Look No Further, a gripping YA novel about estranged siblings who meet for the first time at art camp and confront their differing experiences of race and identity. When 17-year-old Niko...

Alikay Wood's Thirty to Sixty Days is a hilarious and irreverent coming-of-age YA novel in which three teens facing uncertain futures embark on a madcap adventure that challenges each of their identities. Hattie Larken doesn't know if she's ever really been real in her...

"He wanted greatness. He wanted to be a photographer and a famous musician and a philanthropist and a millionaire ... There was no way he could wake up every day to the same life, the same old routine, because he knew that if he...

In the tranquil backwaters of Florida, Jacob Schitz thought he had a firm grip on his reality. As Jacob grapples with the challenges of young adulthood and the harsh realities of a bleak tomorrow, fate throws another curveball his way in the form of...

THE PLANTATION SERIES - BOOK 2.5 Daphne, the fierce and beautiful young warrior, must face a new enemy: herself. A strange vision of the future will change everything for her and will force her to take matters into her own hands. IMPORTANT NOTE: DAPHNE...

After an embarrassing loss to her ex-girlfriend in their first basketball game of the season, Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, Irene Abraham, who is as beautiful as she is mean. When the damage sends Irene's...

"Storytelling at its finest." -- Terry Fallis, two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humor Sixteen-year-old ace knitter and equation wiz, Bliss Adair, runs the Help Desk at her parents' yarn store and has no difficulty solving the most challenging math problems. But...

Eighteen-year-old Libby Stowe navigates the fallout of a drunken hookup with a coworker, a myriad of family issues, and a powerful man in her town sexually harassing her at work.Author: Danielle Younge-UllmanISBN-10: 0735265712ISBN-13: 9780735265714Publisher: Penguin Teen CanadaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/10/2022Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.19h x...

Alviton was a strong, prospering country, full of light. The people worked side by side with the Fae, creatures blessed with magic. But that was before the war. Massive genocide and fear of the Fae touched everyone as brother turned against brother. Years later,...

"This novel has notes of School of Rock and The Breakfast Club with high school and family drama."In Candy's junior year, she has a huge role in the school's production, and she's hoping Benny's attention is the start of a new romance. But family...

He is not Santa Claus, and it isn't the North Pole. It's something far more grand." Mannie Candler, the 13 year-old son of a vicar in 1930s Christchurch, has suffered the loss of his vivacious Aunt Audra. While grieving, he discovers a conspiracy of...

A luminous story of a young artist grappling with first love, family boundaries and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship. Perfect for fans of Sandhya Menon, Erika Sanchez and Jandy Nelson. Praise for American BetiyaA Bank Street College of Education Best Book of 2022A...

Teenage girls, Bettina and Abigail, who meet at a funeral in Virginia Beach, end up in the same household when asked to help by babysitting during school break. Agreeing to watch 6-year-old Adam, the girls take him to a park daily, reading to him...

Icky is a quirky girl with humorous ADHD impulses. Fully convinced she's mismatched with her complicated family, and willing to risk everything to prove it, she embarks on a one-night adventure on a magical boat. It all starts one fall evening when Icky loses...

"Fans of classic, enthralling adventure (and I'm one) are in for a rare treat."Josh LiebNew York Times best-selling and Emmy Award-winning author of I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class PresidentThirteen-year-old Jason is on the cusp of...

Can she perform the vault of her life to save her loved ones-and herself?Sixteen-year-old gymnast Elizabeth Arlington doesn't care that her mother is older than the other girls' moms or that she doesn't look anything like her parents. She has too much other stuff...

Can she perform the vault of her life to save her loved ones--and herself?Sixteen-year-old gymnast Elizabeth Arlington doesn't care that her mother is older than the other girls' moms or that she doesn't look anything like her parents. She has too much other stuff...

Mean Girls meets It's Kind of a Funny Story as two teenage girls' worlds collide when one attempts suicide to avoid toxic popularity.Carter Harper may have created an award-winning app and have a 3.93 grade point average, but her successes are overshadowed by brutal...

A charming YA novel about a family who puts on an immersive, interactive play to save their historical homeFinn lives in a family of theater lovers. His older brothers are both actors, and one of his moms is an actor and the other one...

Move over, Elizabeth Bennet. The most infamous Bennet sister is here to tell her story.Join Lola Barnes, a.k.a. a modern Lydia Bennet, at the beginning of a summer gone truly wrong: where a boat party-turned-fiery-fiasco ends with the ship, Lola's summer plans, and her...

For fans of Kacen Callender and Mason Deaver comes a heart-tugging coming-of-age YA debut that takes a poignant look at gender identity, sexuality, friendship, and family--both the one we're born into and the one we find for ourselves.Seventeen-year-old Gael is used to keeping to...

Dumplin' meets Geekerella in debut author Jenna Miller's queer, body-positive love story that explores online and offline relationships in all of their messiness.If you asked seventeen-year-old Cass Williams to describe herself, she'd happily tell you she's fat, a lesbian, and obsessed with the Tide...

In a voice that resonates with insight and humor, New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith tells the story of a teenage girl who must face down her grief and reclaim her place in the world with the help of her intertribal community....

In a voice that resonates with insight and humor, New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Leitich Smith tells the story of a teenage girl who must face down her grief and reclaim her place in the world with the help of her intertribal community....

Discover the enchanting universe of the Counting Stars series with Forever Young, a sweet young adult romance that defies the boundaries of space, time, and the heart. All Taylor craves is an escape from the mundane, a chance to spread her wings and soar...

TWO SISTERS, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, AND A MYSTERY TO SOLVE...Hannah and Tamar are looking forward to spending Thanksgiving break with their grandparents. On the long ride to Vermont, the sisters are quick to offer assistance when a fellow passenger-a girl in her late...

For fans of Robin Benway's Far from the Tree, a powerful and heartwarming look at a teen girl about to age out of the foster care system. Growing up in foster care, Muir has lived in many houses. And if she's learned one thing,...

The first time Emma meets Gabriel Lee he ignites a flame in her that can't be put out. Falling in love should be the easiest task in the world, but it hardly ever is. Despite her better judgement, Emma still finds herself pursuing the...

He said it was fine. She believed him. He lied.There's only one good thing in Sophia's life and he just let her down.Sophia and Dane are at the start of something special. He rescued her at the moment she most needed him and despite...

When eighteen-year-old Emery Leclerc is taken from her home by a man who claims she has magical powers, she isn't sure who to call first: the police or the psych ward.After discovering that the magic running through her veins is the reason her parents...

"No witch shall live among those who hold to God's will. They shall be cast out, lest they bring corruption to all." Nightingale Goodweather has a secret. Ten years ago, Gale and her brother Hawk were abandoned in the woods as their village starved....

"No witch shall live among those who hold to God's will. They shall be cast out, lest they bring corruption to all." Nightingale Goodweather has a secret. Ten years ago, Gale and her brother Hawk were abandoned in the woods as their village starved....

EMBRACE THE DARKSeeking out the Siren Hunter was not the smartest move to protect my heart.But I hadn't come here to protect my heart.I'd come here to save his.An epic war looms over the gods, and it's up to eighteen-year-old Korrina Lore-Siren and Elpida-and...

EMBRACE THE DARKSeeking out the Siren Hunter was not the smartest move to protect my heart.But I hadn't come here to protect my heart.I'd come here to save his.An epic war looms over the gods, and it's up to eighteen-year-old Korrina Lore-Siren and Elpida-and...

Seventeen-year-old Rowan is a walking, breathing curse. He just hasn't realized it yet. Since birth, Rowan has been the object of scorn in his village. The reason? He's a dikyli-an outsider with albino skin and an ominous mark blazoned on his neck. So when...

Gregory C. Randall weaves a tale of secrets in northern Michigan during the hot and stormy summer of 1956 in this award-winning novel. With the constant fear of nuclear war, an exploding Middle East, and memories of World War II still fresh with flowers...

1949 A story about a boy who made a solemn vow and became a man keeping it.Saint Paul/Minneapolis - Those unforgettable days after World War II when people turned back to their personal lives with optimism, a time of Fibber McGee and Molly, newsreels,...

A beautiful, tender and thoughtful meditation on finding your way.--Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a StarSometimes the best path is the unexpected one.Jack is on the verge for leaving for college, but before...

The Devonshire monastery garden is deceptively serene on a summer day. Brother Adam is endeavoring to breed perfect bees as his parting gift to the world--placid workers and champion honey-makers. The abbot sends young Joe to help the old beekeeper as penance for stealing...

The Devonshire monastery garden is deceptively serene on a summer day. Brother Adam is endeavoring to breed perfect bees as his parting gift to the world--placid workers and champion honey-makers. The abbot sends young Joe to help the old beekeeper as penance for stealing...

The world wants a hero. The curse needs a thief.The party of the decade stands between Jerek Holden and saving the people he would do anything to protect. After twelve years, he's finally found a way to break the curse that ripped all magic...

A poignant, funny, openhearted novel about coming out, first love, and being your one and only best and true self.Juli n Luna has a plan for his life: Graduate. Get into UCLA. And have the chance to move away from Corpus Christi, Texas, and...

Fifteen-year-old Luis Romero has lived his whole life on the back side of horse racing. Seven days a week, undocumented people like his mother Blanca live and work to feed, groom, exercise, care for, and clean up after the high-strung horses with long pedigrees....

A contemporary YA romance with a paranormal twist: what happens when in between trying to decide which boy is the right boy, a girl finds out the funeral home her family owns might be haunted? Elaine's home is a bit . . . different....

When 17-year-old Violet Darling returns to The Andromeda for her brother's wedding after three years away from the hotel where she used to run wild every summer, she knows she'll have to face the ghosts she left behind.She just didn't expect one of them...

Sharp and subversive, this delightfully messy YA rom-com offers a sly wink to the classic Little Women, as teenage Jo Porter rebels against living in the shadow of her literary namesake.Lit's about to hit the fan. Jo Porter has had enough Little Women to...

A Kiss to Wake Me is a modern-day love story between Jamie and Cara. When the two first lock eyes in the high school cafeteria, "love at first sight" is no longer just a cliché to either of them.Their romance takes off at record...

Twin sisters. One destined to rule; the other destined to fight. A quest that will destroy the fabric of magic.Princess Naomi, the rightful heir of Wildbriar, learned at a very young age she must neglect her heart in favor of duty, even as she...