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The inspiration for the Netflix original series Mismatched! A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Everyone is talking about this New York Times bestselling rom-com that Mindy Kaling called "utterly charming!" Eleanor & Park meets Bollywood in this hilarious and heartfelt novel...

The falcon blade holds the secret of their hope or doom . . .Long lost first daughter of her stronghold, Kyrin returns to Britannia from slavery in Araby at the command of the wazir. But the wazir seeks the power of the death touch...

Isla Wu is fine.Or, at least, that's what she tells herself. She has friends, semi-supportive-albeit judgmental-tiger parents, and good grades, so why wouldn't she be okay? Besides, anything other than "fine" is not suitable for an American-born Chinese girl with Ivy League dreams. But...

It is 1950, and 15-year-old Kate Dinsmore wants to become a journalist. But, her tobacco-farming father can't afford to send her to college. She devises a plan to move from rural North Carolina to her wealthy grandparents' home in Charlotte in hopes of gaining...

After Bobby Byington's unforgettable winning high-school season, Coach Robison recruits Choctaw players from several communities to play in a summer league. Coach selects the Panther as the team's mascot, saying, "To many Choctaws, young and old, the Panther is an elder watching over us,...

In 1955, a Black family passes for white and moves to a "Whites Only" town in the suburbs. Caught between two worlds, a teen boy puts his family at risk as he uncovers racist secrets about his suburb. A new social justice thriller from...

In this explosive sequel to Moonstorm, teen mecha pilot Hwa Young returns to her rebel roots to fight against the Imperial forces--but, as she grapples with her warring allegiances, who can she really trust? Perfect for fans of Iron Widow and the Skyward series!...

The young adult debut from the award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo! When a high school tarot reader's latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she's learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own....

As part of an immigrant family, Jay has never felt like he belonged in his hometown of New Orleans. In the summer before his senior year in high school, he thinks things are finally going his way when Maya, the half-Filipino girl in class...

FOR FANS OF THE HUNGER GAMES AND DIVERGENT Two hundred years in the future, the isolated domed city of Hilo, Hawaii is one of the few cities to have survived the Great War, a global nuclear holocaust. Nathan Ohana, a teenager living in Hilo,...

A monster-hunter teams up with super-powered teens to protect her brother in this fast-paced adventure novel that's X-Men meets Men in Black. Lori Fisher hunts monsters. Not with a sword or a gun, but with an interdimensional creature called Handler. Together they take down...

The New Year Brings New Beginnings in Abbott Creek.Warm Peppermint Kisses is the story of Timothy Yoder, twin to Thomas Yoder. Freida Schmidt hung out with him until everyone expected them to make an announcement. But the announcement didn't come from Timothy... it came...

Ennie wants to be a basketball player. He also wants to help Kelly, the girl he befriends who struggles with issues at home. When Kelly starts getting Ennie into trouble, he wonders whether he can really help her. Author: Simon BroderISBN-13: 9798885975629Publisher: Noah Text...

Olsen is a young white man in the 1960s who meets his first Black friend, Arnold, in Army boot camp. When a tragedy separates the two men, Olsen learns that it's never too late to be a good friend. Note: This book is published...

Dear Bully, Why do you hate me? That is a fair question. I am a quiet person. At lunch, I eat alone. I mind my own business. I do not interact socially with anyone at recess. I read my books. Last month, you decided...

Thank you all for the response to Vol 1. Your warmth echoes like a cozy fireplace on a winter's night. I hope it took you on a journey to Agape Love, akin to a blooming flower in a vibrant garden, showcasing virtues that shine...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller, in gorgeous, limited special edition!If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye. Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned...

Sid Spencer has always been the most normal girl in her abnormal hometown, a tourist trap built over one of the fault lines that seal magic away from the world. Meanwhile, all Sid has to deal with is hair-ruining humidity, painful awkwardness, being one...

Competitive gaming and fake dating combine to create a razor-sharp romance perfect for fans of Twelfth Knight and SLAY. Zora Lyon plays to dominate. And as a no-nonsense, strategic prodigy of Wizzard Gaming's viral battle royale, she has all the skills she needs to...

An instant New York Times bestseller! "Internment sets itself apart...terrifying, thrilling and urgent." -Entertainment Weekly Rebellions are built on hope. 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...

Four young people risk their lives to save the world from a looming apocalypse in this captivating sequel to The Seventh Sun.Cast into the underworld after an act of shattering betrayal, Mayana and Ahkin must overcome unimaginable odds if they are to return home...

Jade Fulton and Ethan Garrett are opposites in every sense of the word. Ethan is an all-American poster boy--a star athlete dating the most popular girl in school and a devout Christian. Jade keeps mostly to herself. She abhors joining "things," hates everyone at...

Sixteen-year-old Davida Archer's life would be fine if she could just be free of Boston Falls. Ostracized by locals for being the daughter of a witch, she's welcomed by the one group of people she knows she doesn't belong with, her mother's coven. Davie's...

The queen has won her crown. Now, she must prove she's worthy to wear it. Six months ago, Teia Carthan seized the throne against all odds. She sacrificed everything--her morals, her friends, even the spark of love--to hear the whisper of her new title:...

Author: Isabel Iba?ezISBN-10: 1250408628ISBN-13: 9781250408624Publisher: Wednesday BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/04/2025Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.4Point Value: 19Interest Level: Upper GradeQuiz #/Name: 522647 / What the River Knows

Author: Isabel Iba?ezISBN-10: 125040861XISBN-13: 9781250408617Publisher: Wednesday BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/04/2025Pages: 400Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

There is no graphic novel quite like Pawnshop, which blends a variety of genres like Afrofuturism, poetry, sci-fi, and social justice. PawnShop is an afro-futurist graphic novel that explores Black resistance, identity, and culture while emphasizing the importance of emotional regulation and public safety....

Pacifist planet Zalma is attacked by violent invaders. Their only hope is Earth.In 1947 Geogram makes first contact with Malcolm Dow and Adam Rabinowitz. The army privates agree to help the life-form, while avoiding the anti-alien majority in their chain of command.With junior reporter...

A working-class French young woman would kill to become assistant to Paris's top modiste, but she must first seek vengeance against those responsible for the death of her family, in this thrilling historical horror from New York Times bestselling author Erica Ridley! Eighteen-year-old Ang?lique...

In this YA novel in verse from bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess (Solo), which Kirkus called "lively, moving, and heartfelt" in a starred review, Noah and Walt just want to leave their geek days behind and find "cool," but in the...

An epic adventure steeped in Hawaiian lore, this enchanting novel explores the connection between our world and that of the spirits of the wood, from bestselling author Nikki Van De Car. According to legend, when the kanaka 'ōiwi sailed over two thousand miles across...

Author: Spencer J. QuinnISBN-10: 1642640506ISBN-13: 9781642640502Publisher: Counter-Currents PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/22/2024Pages: 238Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d

Nadeera is passionate about basketball and her talent is undeniable. But after a tragic accident, her father insists that she focuses more on her Islamic faith and less on the sport that she loves. Can she convince her father that she can live out...

Love from A to Z meets Fatima Tate Takes the Cake, in which high schooler Aleena, after losing her father, has her faith in Islam tested by depression, bullying, and a boy she never expected to fall for.Aleena is depressed. Her father is gone,...

Bridgerton meets The Davenports in this wildly entertaining standalone romance, following a young Black woman trying to balance her independence with her future in 1860s London's high society.Stella Sedgwick is a lost cause.Banished from etiquette lessons and unsure of her future, Stella dreams of...

Carnival: Volume One In a world of lights, music, fanfare and fun, there's not a lot left to the mundane, and nothing can be truer for four special boys whose lives intertwine in a most unusual, unexpected way. They all have secrets and supernatural...

Raina needs to win the National Bollywood Dance Circuit Scholarship. That will show her mother that dance can be a financially stable career and prove to her boyfriend and co-captain, Aditya, that they're still the perfect couple, even if all they seem to do...

Author: Spencer J. QuinnISBN-10: 1642640514ISBN-13: 9781642640519Publisher: Counter-Currents PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/22/2024Pages: 238Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d

From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin comes the thrilling final installment of the series, set in college. Jared (white, Justyce's roommate, woke) is running for Junior class president. With his antiracism platform, he's a shoo-in. But he's up against the...

Three teens face painful situations and find their inner strength. Features the three titles Asians Aren't All Good at Math, Staring at the Stars, and Hiding the Dragon.Author: Shekinah Oh, Tahlia Allen, Joseph LegaspiISBN-13: 9798885977258Publisher: Storyshares, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2024Pages: 108Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.00h x...

They say cats have nine lives, but time is running out for Seal! She never imagined anything beyond suburban life, her daily work in the Cat Orphanage, and putting up with Supervisor Mota's demands. But with the appearance of the mysterious mouse, Mukti, her...

The young adult debut from the award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo! When a high school tarot reader's latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she's learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own.B...

REBEL is the third book in the thrilling post-apocalyptic series. In a world of mutant powers and deadly creatures, the greatest peril threatening Las Anclas comes from inside its walls...The tyrant king Voske has been defeated, but all is not peaceful in Las Anclas....

Fresh off her triumph in the Night Forest, Lucha Moya is back in Robado to settle unfinished business. The stunning fantasy duology about addiction, power, and love comes to a close in tale of treacherous villains, environmental disaster, and a love triangle its heroine...

Zonipha is a rural girl newly inaugurated into the city as a domestic worker. Ambitious but righteous, she seeks to improve herself. Life disagrees and Zonipha finds herself ensnared by an abusive man, her employer. Unable to escape, she falls pregnant with a child...

Armed with a gift of the mind, an ability handed down from her mom's side, a set of dragon wings, handed down from a dad she never met, Jordan had always looked forward to this week, the week she would become a guardian, an...

An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks! With a Introduction by Newbery Award winner Kwame Alexander and bonus content by Coretta Scott King Award winner Christopher Myers!Seventeen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris can do it all on the basketball court. He's...

The young adult debut from the award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo! When a high school tarot reader's latest client goes missing after a troubling reading, she must apply everything she's learned from her private investigator mother to solve a case of her own.B...

Loyalties are tested. With her family shattered, Cianne clings to the few people left in her circle. That includes Caleb Scott, the father she never knew and the Coesen aren't happy about it.A death dealer in every way, Caleb doesn't shy away from doing...

Author: Tehlor Kay MejiaISBN-10: 0593378393ISBN-13: 9780593378397Publisher: Make Me a WorldLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/04/2025Pages: 384Format: Paperback