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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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Books You May Have Missed 2020: Combined
Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award
Stonewall Book Award - Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award
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"Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he's navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican--but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough. As he gets older, Michael's coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs--and the Black Flamingo is born. Told with raw honesty, insight, and lyricism, this debut explores the...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Columbia Pike Teen Book Club - Nov 2023 - Native American History Month
For Fans of Reservation Dogs
Morris Award Winners
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For Fans of Reservation Dogs
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"Eighteen-year-old Daunis Fontaine has never quite fit in, both in her hometown and on the nearby Ojibwe reservation. She dreams of a fresh start at college, but when family tragedy strikes, Daunis puts her future on hold to look after her fragile mother. The only bright spot is meeting Jamie, the charming new recruit on her brother Levi's hockey team. Yet even as Daunis falls for Jamie, she senses the dashing hockey star is hiding something. Everything...
3) 21 cousins
Author
Publisher
Star Bright Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Siblings Alejandro and Sofia celebrate their rich Latinx and mestizo heritage, as well as the traits that make each of their cousins unique, when they gather for a special family reunion. Spanish words and their meanings are interspersed in the text.
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"Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji--Japanese grandpa--to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. But her plans don't work out quite the way she'd hoped. And her grandpa doesn't seem to like Roscoe. Will Gigi find a way to connect with her Ojiji?"--
Author
Series
Eagle Rock trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When her band's drummer and fellow guitarist start dating, life gets awkward for eighth-grader Bina, a talented musician and songwriter, whose discomfort only multiplies when her best friend Austin develops a crush on her.
7) I'm big now!
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Publisher
Andersen Press USA
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Still adjusting to her new role as big sister, a little girl tries to stay a baby for a little longer, but when her parents lovingly affirm her big-girl status, she starts to enjoy doing things her baby brother cannot.
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Series
Nahx invasions volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen year-old Raven, injured and still grieving over her boyfriend's death by the invading Nahx, crosses paths with Eighth, a Nyx warrior who has deserted his unit and abandonded his directives, and as the world falls apart around them, the two learn to trust each other in order to survive.
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz is torn between two worlds, passing for white while living in Harlem, being called Jewish while attending her mother's Baptist church, and experiencing first love while watching her parents' marriage crumble.
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Series
Keeper of Night volume 1
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries...When her failure to control her Shinigami abilities drives Ren out of London, she flees to Japan to seek the acceptance she's never gotten from her fellow Reapers. Accompanied by her younger brother, the only being on earth to care for her, Ren enters the Japanese underworld to serve the Goddess of Death, only to learn that here, too, she must prove herself worthy"--
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