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• Bridge Across the Sky

  Ng, Freeman,

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  In 1924 at the Angel Island Immigration Station, teen Chinese immigrant Soo Tai Go is awakened to the political realities of his new home as he waits to find out if he and his family will be allowed into the country.

• The Brightwood Code

  Hesse, Monica,

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  A cryptic message forces eighteen-year-old American Edda to investigate what secrets followed her across the ocean, even as she tries to make sense of her time as a telephone operator on the French front lines of World War I.

• The Color of a Lie

  Johnson, Kim, 1979-

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  Expertly weaving real historical events with salient reflections on being Black in America, acclaimed author Kim Johnson takes readers back in time to reveal powerful truths whose echoes are still felt.

• A Crane Among Wolves

  Hur, June,

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  In 1506, Korea's Joseon kingdom was ruled by a violent tyrant, King Yeonsan. Hur (The Red Palace, 2022) begins her latest complex, immersive historical mystery with a perilous journey. When her beautiful older sister, Suyeon, is kidnapped by the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everything We Never Had

  Ribay, Randy,

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  Set in the 1930s to today, four generations of Filipino American boys grapple with identity, masculinity, and father-son relationships

• A Suffragist's Guide to the Antarctic

  Lai, Yi Shun,

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  In 1914 England, eighteen-year-old American Clara lies about her age and citizenship to land a coveted spot on an Antarctic expedition, but when the crew is marooned on an ice floe, Clara's mission to advance the women's suffrage movement takes a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Artifice

  Cameron, Sharon, 1970-

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  Isa de Smit grew up in her parents' art gallery in Amsterdam, but in the middle of the war she survives by selling fake paintings to the Nazis while trying to help her friend, Truus, smuggle Jewish babies to safety--but in 1943 it is hard to know…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• By Any Other Name

  Cotter, Erin,

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  In London, 1593, sixteen-year-old Will Hughes makes his living on Shakespeare's stage, but after the famous playwright Christopher Marlowe is murdered, he teams up with young Lord James Bloomsbury, and together the two hunt the elusive assassin as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Davenports

  Marquis, Krystal,

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  The Davenports are one of the few Black families of immense wealth and status in 1910 Chicago, and the two daughters, Olivia and Helen, are finding their way and finding love--even where they are not supposed to.

• That Self-same Metal

  Williams, Brittany N.,

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  In 1605 London, sixteen-year-old Joan Sands' magical ability to control metal makes her a skilled craftswoman, but her family gift for observing the Fae, who recently broke the Pact and are now brutally attacking mortals, draws Joan into political…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Foul Lady Fortune

  Gong, Chloe,

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  In 1931 Shanghai, two Nationalist spies pose as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders causing unrest in the city.

• Gold Mountain

  Yee, Betty G., 1966-

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  Fifteen-year-old Tam Ling Fan disguises herself as her twin brother, journeys from her village in China to California, and works as a laborer on the Transcontinental Railroad--where she faces danger on multiple fronts--to earn the money her family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Peach Rebellion

  Van Draanen, Wendelin,

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  In this historical tale of friendship, family, and the power of sisterhood, three very different girls from varying social stratums find common ground as they each make a promise not just to accept things as they are anymore.

• A Sitting in St. James

  Williams-Garcia, Rita,

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  In 1860 Louisiana, eighty-year-old Madame Sylvie decides to sit for a portrait, as horrific stories that span generations from the big house and the fields are revealed.

• We Are Not Free

  Chee, Traci,

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  For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare:…Read moreRead more of this annotation