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• Just Happy to Be Here

  Kanakia, Naomi,

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  Tara just wants to be treated like any other girl at Ainsley Academy. That is, judged on her merits--not on her transness. But there's no road map for being the first trans girl at an all-girls school. And when she tries to join the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Okay, Cupid

  Deaver, Mason,

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  As a cupid, Jude's job is to bring couples together, and their new assignment involves a couple of teenagers--except Jude's attraction to a certain human boy keeps getting in the way, and threatening their career.

• So Let Them Burn

  Cole, Kamilah,

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  After her sister Elara forms an unbreakable bond with an enemy dragon, seventeen-year-old Faron, who once wielded the magic of the gods to save her island from those same dragon-riding colonizers, must find a way to save her sister and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Invocations

  Sutherland, Krystal,

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  To get what they want most, Zara and Jude search for Emer, an orphaned witch with dark and deadly powers, but when a serial killer targets Emer's clients, the three girls form an uneasy alliance to hunt the killer before they meet the same…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• For the Stolen Fates

  Clare, Gwendolyn,

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  Willa and nonbinary android Saudade travel back to 1891 Italy to find the editbook and prevent whatever caused the cataclysm, but Faraz is hot on their heels with plans of his own.

• Kindling

  Chee, Traci,

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  After the war is over, seven outlawed kindlings--elite, magic-wielding warriors whose devastating power comes at the cost of their own young lives--must confront their pasts, their trauma and their grim fates to reclaim who they once were…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where Sleeping Girls Lie

  Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah,

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  A girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears"-- Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school. After being…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cool. Awkward. Black

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  Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redfines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• As You Walk on by

  Winters, Julian,

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  After a disastrous promposal at a party, seventeen-year-old Theo has an existential crisis in an empty bedroom, but as the night progresses, various classmates also seek refuge from the party, and Theo finds he is not as alone as he thinks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Buried and the Bound

  Hassan, Rochelle,

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  As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusettsan uncommonly magical placeAziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies from house cats, banished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Pride

  An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement

  Caldwell, Stella,

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  The LGBTQ+ community is so much more than rainbow flags and the month of June. In this beautifully designed dynamic book, young readers will learn about groundbreaking events, including historic pushes for equality and the legalization of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Right Where I Left You

  Winters, Julian,

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  The summer before he leaves for college, eighteen-year-old Isaac Martin makes big plans with his best friend Diego that only the reappearance of an old crush can derail.

• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

  Reyes, Sonora,

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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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Messy Roots

  a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

  Gao, Laura,

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  Seamlessly toggling between past and present, this funny graphic memoir follows a queer Chinese American's immigration to Texas where she just wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why she is attracted to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• She Gets the Girl

  Lippincott, Rachael,

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  Alex Blackwood is really good at getting the girl she wants, but coming from a broken home with an alcoholic mother, she finds commitment difficult - even when she thinks she is in love. Impossibly awkward Molly Parker has a crush on the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Across a Field of Starlight

  Delliquanti, Blue,

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  Lu and Fassen are from different worlds and separate solar systems, so when the war of Fassen's world invades Lu's peaceful home, they find themselves at the forefront of a battle they hoped would never happen.

• Kiss & Tell

  Khorram, Adib,

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  On boy band Kiss & Tell's first major tour, lead singer Hunter Drake grapples with a painful breakup with his first boyfriend, his first rebound, and the stress of what it means to be queer in the public eye.

• Nothing Burns as Bright as You

  Woodfolk, Ashley,

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  A novel in verse that captures the unbalanced experience of an all-consuming love between two unnamed, queer, Black teen girls who move rapidly from strangerhood into a protective best friendship before becoming dysfunctional lovers and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Forward March

  Quinlan, Skye,

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  Harper McKinley is many things: a band geek, the daughter of the school dean, the daughter of the Republican presidential candidate... and the alleged owner of a lesbian profile on Tinder. Since Tinder profiles are forbidden for students…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin

  Wilson, Kip,

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  On her eighteenth birthday, Hilde leaves her orphanage in 1930s Berlin, and heads out into the world to discover her place in it. But finding a job is hard, at least until she stumbles into Café Lila, a vibrant cabaret full of expressive…Read moreRead more of this annotation