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Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"As an expert thief from a minor moon, Cass knows a good mark when she sees one. The emperor's ball is her chance to steal a fortune for herself, her ailing father, and her scrappy crew of thieves and market vendors. Her plan is simple: 1. Hitch a ride to the planet of Ouris, the dazzling heart of the empire. 2. Sneak onto the imperial palace station to attend the emperor's ball. 3. Steal from the rich, the royal, and the insufferable. But on the...
542) A line in the dark
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Language
English
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10 Worth Trying: Young Adult Mysteries [High School Readers]
Asian and Pasifika Voices: Books for Teens
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"When Chinese American teenager Jess Wong's best friend Angie falls in love with a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess expects heartbreak. But when everybody's secrets start to be revealed, the stakes quickly elevate from love or loneliness to life or death"--
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Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"George's life is loud. On the water, though, with everything hushed above and below, she is steady, silent. Then her estranged dad says he needs to talk, and George's past begins to wake up, looping around her ankles, trying to drag her under. But there's no time to sink. George's best friend, Tess, is about to become, officially, a teen mom, her friend Laz is in despair about the climate crisis, her gramps would literally misplace his teeth if not...
545) Two winters
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Publisher
Bold Strokes Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A modern YA retelling of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale about birth, death, Catholic school, improv comedy, and the healing nature of time.
546) Look
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"While falling in love with the mysterious Cass, Lulu sheds her carefully crafted social media persona and takes ownership of who she is in this feminist, queer coming-of-age story"--
Things Lulu Shapiro's 5,000 Flash followers don't know about her: That the video of her with another girl was never supposed to go public ; That Owen definitely wasn't supposed to break up with her because of it ; That behind the carefully crafted selfies and scenes...
547) Sunburn
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Publisher
Verve Books, an imprint of The Crime & Mystery Club Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, fifteen-year-old Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she's always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend. Lucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming...
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Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Spring comes to the supernatural town of Blitheton, which can only mean one thing: It's time for the annual mermaid festival! Werewolf barista Julie meets one of her girlfriend Selena's friends, but as per usual, things take a turn for the worst. Why does everything seem to go wrong for Julie and Selena? Is the universe conspiring against them, or is it something more sinister? More importantly, will their relationship survive once it starts taking...
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"THEN: Sunny Lee is on the top of the world. She's one third of Sweet Cadence, the hottest up-and-coming teen pop group, alongside her new BFFs, Candie and Mina. The three are inseparable as they ride their way to the top of the charts, even as Candie and Sunny fight to resist the growing spark between them. But when a shocking scandal breaks, the group is suddenly torn apart. Then the unthinkable - Mina dies tragically right before Sunny and Candie's...
Author
Series
SHWD volume 1
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Special Hazardous Waste Disposal (or SHWD) has a mission to destroy mysterious biological weapons left behind after the last war. Though SHWD mostly hires men, their newest recruit, Koga, a buff female operative, is assigned to Sawada, the only other woman in the Tokyo branch. Before long, Koga finds herself falling for Sawada, whose powerful psyche compliments Koga’s big muscles. Together, the unlikely duo must confront monsters beyond their wildest...
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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE
NAMED A BOOK WE LOVED BY NPR
A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic, The Price of Salt
Flung Out of Space is both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, The Price of Salt,...
A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE
NAMED A BOOK WE LOVED BY NPR
A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic, The Price of Salt
Flung Out of Space is both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, The Price of Salt,...
552) Signature move
Publisher
New City
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In Chicago, Zaynab (Fawzia Mirza) is a thirty-something American-Pakistani lawyer who lives with and cares for her recently widowed, TV-obsessed mother (legendary Indian actress Shabana Azmi). Alma (Sari Sanchez) is a free-spirited Mexican-American bookshop owner. After meeting in a bar, the two quickly fall into bed with each other and embark on a romance ... but problems aren't far behind. Zaynab's traditional mother still expects her daughter to...
554) Orpheus girl
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Publisher
Soho Teen
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Abandoned by a single mother she never knew, 16-year-old Raya-obsessed with ancient myths-lives with her grandmother in a small conservative Texas town. For years Raya has fought to hide her feelings for her best friend and true love, Sarah. When the two are outed, they are sent to Friendly Saviors: a re-education camp meant to "fix" them and make them heterosexual. Upon arrival, Raya vows to assume the role of Orpheus, to return to the world of the...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Welcome to Meadowlark, Long Island-expensive homes and good schools, ambition and loneliness. Meet Chase Ohara and Lia Vestiano: the driven overachiever and the impulsive wanderer, the future CEO and the free spirit. Best friends for years-weekend trips to Montauk, sleepovers on a yacht-and then, first love. True love. But when Lia disappears, Chase's life turns into a series of grim snapshots. Anger. Grief. Running. Pink pills in an Altoids tin....
556) From here: a memoir
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Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Refugee advocate Luma Mufleh writes of her tumultuous journey to reconcile her identity as a gay Muslim woman and a proud Arab-turned-American refugee"--
557) Ironspark
Author
Publisher
Swoon Reads
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Nine years ago a bunch of evil Tinkerbells abducted her mother, cursed her father, and forced her family into hiding. Bryn has devoted herself to learning everything she can about killing the Fae-- and it is time to put those lessons to use. Then the Court Fae show up, and Bryn realizes she can't handle this on her own. Three friends offer to help: Gwen, a kindhearted water witch; Dom, a new foster kid pulled into her world; and Jasika, a schoolmate...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Caravel
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"Made famous by the great success of her psychological thrillers, The Talented Mr Ripley and Strangers on a Train, Patricia Highsmith is lauded as one of the most influential and celebrated modern writers. However, there has never been a clear picture of the woman behind the books. The relationship between Highsmith's lesbianism, her fraught personality - by parts self-destructive and malicious - and her fiction, has been largely avoided by biographers....
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Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Language
English
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For Fans of Heartstopper
Latinx Authors: Books for Teens
Titles Worth Trying: LGBTQIA+ [High School]
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Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.
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