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1) The best man
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English
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"Archer has four important role models in his life--his dad, his grandfather, his uncle Paul, and his favorite teacher, Mr. McLeod. When Uncle Paul and Mr. McLeod get married, Archer's sixth-grade year becomes one he'll never forget."-- Provided by publisher.
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English
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Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Teens
Latinx Authors: Books for Teens
Trans and Nonbinary Authors: Books for Teens
Latinx Authors: Books for Teens
Trans and Nonbinary Authors: Books for Teens
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"Noah Ramirez thinks he's an expert on romance. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. There's just one problem; all the stories are fake ... When a troll exposes the blog as fiction, Noah's world unravels. The only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true, but he doesn't have any proof. Then Drew walks into Noah's life, and the pieces fall into place"-- Provided...
5) The Insiders
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HarperCollins
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English
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Twelve-year-old Héctor Muñoz, fleeing from bullies, discovers a magical closet that not only provides him sanctuary, but also unites him with two other kids facing similar problems at their own schools, helping them find friendship and strength in each other.
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English
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Recently Banned and Challenged in Virginia Schools
Recently Banned and Challenged in Virginia Schools part 2
Recently Banned and Challenged in Virginia Schools part 2
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After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.
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2017.
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English
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Secrets are revealed as OCD-afflicted Griffin grieves for his first love, Theo, who died in a drowning accident.
When Griffin's first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and started seeing Jackson, Griffin never doubted Theo would come back to him when the time was right. But now, the future he's been imagining for himself has gone far off course. To...
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English
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2023 Graded Reading Lists: Grades 4 & 5
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Fantasy [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [Middle School]
Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Fantasy [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [Middle School]
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"After eleven-year-old David Bravo wishes for a do-over of a disastrous day of middle school, he and a shapeshifting spirit guide try to right a wrong in his past"-- Provided by publisher.
9) Pumpkin
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Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves.
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English
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Books You May Have Missed 2022: Combined
Titles Worth Trying: Historical Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [Middle School]
Titles Worth Trying: Historical Fiction [Grades 3-5]
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [Middle School]
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"Amos Abernathy lives for history. Literally. He’s been a historical reenactor nearly all his life. But when a cute new volunteer arrives at his Living History Park, Amos finds himself wondering if there’s something missing from history: someone like the two of them. Amos is sure there must have been LGBTQ+ people in nineteenth-century Illinois. His search turns up Albert D. J. Cashier, a Civil War soldier who might have identified as...
12) Infinity son
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Infinity cycle volume 1
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English
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Growing up in New York, brothers Emil and Brighton always idolized the Spell Walkers-a vigilante group sworn to rid the world of specters. While the Spell Walkers and other celestials are born with powers, specters take them, violently stealing the essence of endangered magical creatures. Brighton wishes he had a power so he could join the fray. Emil just wants the fighting to stop. The cycle of violence has taken a toll, making it harder for anyone...
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Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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Chloe is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she will always be special to Uncle Bobby--and to Uncle Jamie, too. This 2020 edition has all-new illustrations by Lucia Soto.
14) What if it's us
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Series
What if it's us volume 1
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English
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For Fans of Heartstopper
High School TAB Top Picks in E-Book and E-Audio
Summer Fun: Teens
TAB 2019 : High School
High School TAB Top Picks in E-Book and E-Audio
Summer Fun: Teens
TAB 2019 : High School
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Told in two voices, when Arthur, a summer intern from Georgia, and Ben, a native New Yorker, meet it seems like fate, but after three attempts at dating fail they wonder if the universe is pushing them together or apart.
ARTHUR is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it's that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. BEN thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe...
16) Out of the blue
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English
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Told in alternating voices, Crest, a merperson, who grudgingly undergoes a mandatory sojourn to help a human within one moon cycle or risk staying on land forever, suddenly develops feelings for his beneficiary Sean, leaving them torn between two worlds.
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Nico di Angelo adventures volume 1
A Nico Di Angelo adventure volume 1
[Camp Half-Blood Chronicles volume 17
A Nico Di Angelo adventure volume 1
[Camp Half-Blood Chronicles volume 17
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Nico, the son of Hades, and his boyfriend Will, the son of Apollo, travel to Tartarus, the deepest, darkest part of the Underworld as they attempt to rescue an old friend.
As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo has been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo. But there is a ray of sunshine in his life-literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace,...
18) We are the ants
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Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Abducted by aliens periodically throughout his youth, Henry Denton is informed by his erstwhile captors that they will end the world in 144 days unless he stops them by deciding that humanity is worth saving.
20) Prince & knight
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Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a dragon together.
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