| Who we are in real life / Victoria Koops. |
 "IRL, Darcy has just moved to the small prairie town of Unity Creek with her two moms. It feels like she left everything good behind in the city. She misses her tabletop gaming friends and her boyfriend -- and is horrified by the homophobia her family faces in their new home. Then she meets kind, quiet Art, who invites her to join his Dungeons & Dragons game. Art is mostly happy fading into the background at school and only really coming alive during his friends' weekly D&D game -- until meeting Darcy pulls his life off-course in wonderful and alarming ways. Suddenly he has something worth fighting for. But what if that something puts him in conflict with his father, an influential and conservative figure in their town? Can Art stand up against his father's efforts to prevent Darcy and her friends from starting a queer-straight alliance at school? Meanwhile, in game, Darcy's and Art's D&D characters join forces to fight corruption as they grow closer in the homebrew world of Durgeon's Keep -- as fantasy and reality collide."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Sweet desire, wicked fate / Wray Ardan. |
 Days after coming to Louisiana with her mother and sister, Jaden falls for Briz Nolan. Then she falls into a living nightmare when she discovers her family's terrifying secret. Jaden never imagined she might not live through the month to see her sixteenth birthday, or that bonding with a feral pack of monsters could be her only chance of survival. To save her family, Jaden must kill. But, as the days pass she wonders, who is her real family ... her mother and sister, or the monsters? |
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| Stepping off / Jordan Sonnenblick. |
 "When his parents stop talking to each other, Jesse tries to maintain his dream life in Pennsylvania away from the pressures of high school in NYC until COVID shuts the city down just days after his mother leaves his father, causing his two worlds to collide"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Light years / Kass Morgan. |
 After centuries of exclusivity, the Quatra Fleet Academy finally accepts students from the settler planets, forcing four teenagers from different backgrounds, with different ambitions, motives, and missions, to work together to outmaneuver a mysterious alien enemy. |
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| One killer problem / Justine Pucella Winans. |
 When she finds her favorite teacher lying in a pool of blood, Gigi calls on her high school's "mystery club" to help her solve the murder, resulting in a cat-and-mouse game with the killer, continual flare-ups of her IBS and her archnemesis turning flirtatious. |
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| XOXO / Axie Oh. |
 Cello prodigy Jenny's goal is to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets Jaewoo in her uncle's Los Angeles karaoke bar, its clear he is the kind of boy who would uproot her careful plans. In a moment of spontaneity she allows him to pull her out of her comfort zone for one unforgettable night of adventure-- before he disappears without a word. Three months later, when Jenny and her mother arrive in South Korea to take care of her ailing grandmother, she is shocked to discover that Jaewoo is a student at the same elite arts academy where she's enrolled for the semester. He is a member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world-- and he is strictly forbidden from dating. Just how much is Jenny willing to risk for love? -- adapted from jacket and Goodreads info. |
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| A crane among wolves / June Hur. |
 1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant King Yeonsan, powerless to stop him from commandeering their land for his recreational use, banning and burning books, and kidnapping and horrifically abusing women and girls as his personal playthings. Seventeen-year-old Iseul has lived a sheltered, privileged life despite the kingdom's turmoil. When her older sister, Suyeon, becomes the king's latest prey, Iseul leaves the relative safety of her village, traveling through forbidden territory to reach the capital in hopes of stealing her sister back. But she soon discovers the king's power is absolute, and to challenge his rule is to court certain death. Prince Daehyun has lived his whole life in the terrifying shadow of his despicable half-brother, the king. Forced to watch King Yeonsan flaunt his predation through executions and rampant abuse of the common folk, Daehyun aches to find a way to dethrone his half-brother once and for all. When staging a coup, failure is fatal, and he'll need help to pull it off - but there's no way to know who he can trust. When Iseul's and Daehyun's fates collide, their contempt for each other is transcended only by their mutual hate for the king. Armed with Iseul's family connections and Daehyun's royal access, they reluctantly join forces to launch the riskiest gamble the kingdom has ever seen: Save her sister. Free the people. Destroy a tyrant. - Dust jacket flap. |
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| The summer we forgot : a novel / Caroline George. |
 Told in alternating voices, Darby, her ex-boyfriend Morgan, and their friends become embroiled in a murder investigation when their science teacher's body is discovered at the summer camp they all attended. |
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| The someday daughter / Ellen O'Clover. |
 "The daughter of a self-help superstar, Audrey is determined to create her own identity and agrees to go on her mother's book tour, hoping to figure out how they fit into each other's lives, but is unaware of how much this summer will upend her carefully planned life"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Where was goodbye? / Janice Lynn Mather. |
 As she starts her senior year, six weeks after her brother Julian's suicide, Karmen struggles with strained family relationships, a distant best friend, and the search for understanding, but new friendships and a budding romance help her on her journey of healing and rediscovery. |
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| Gargoyles. Here in Manhattan / written by Greg Weisman ; illustrated by George Kambadais ; colors by George Kambadais [and four others] ; letters by Jeff Eckleberry. |
 "The first collection of Gargoyles creator Greg Weisman's all-new tales set in the world of his beloved animated show is finally here! Collecting issues #1-6 of the acclaimed series written by Weisman and illustrated by George Kambadais, Gargoyles : Here in Manhattan reintroduces the Manhattan Clan, a Gargoyles family newly dedicated to their mission of defending modern-day New York. But when a member of Elisa Maza's family is abducted, the mission becomes very personal. And that's before the dangerous Dino Dracon is released from prison, determined to take over the New York Underworld, and equally determined not to let anyone - human or Gargoyle - stand in his way!"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The Monarchs / Kass Morgan, Danielle Paige. |
 In this thrilling conclusion to New York Times best-selling authors Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige's The Ravens duology, loyalty, love, and friendships are tested as sorority sisters Scarlett and Vivi must face the forces of hell itself when a rival sorority threatens to wreak havoc on campus. The ultra-exclusive Kappa Rho Nu--the Ravens--are determined to restore balance to the world. After destroying an ancient talisman and barely saving their sorority in the process, they'll go to any lengths to keep their secret as Westerly's most powerful coven of witches. Scarlett Winter, a legacy Raven, has finally gotten what she's always wanted: Scarlett is Kappa Rho Nu's newest president. Unlike her mother or older sister before her, Scarlett has a vision for a more unified Kappa, one where no sister falls to the forces of wicked magic. But the powers of the presidency have their own pitfalls. And with the pressures of alumni bureaucracy and past failures weighing on her, Scarlett finds herself at risk of losing the very thing that defined her: her magic. As a new member of Kappa Rho Nu, Vivi Devereaux finally knows what it's like to belong. She has her Kappa Rho Nu sisters behind her and, with Scarlett's blessing, Vivi's happily dating her first college crush (who also just happens to be Scarlett's ex). When Scarlett assigns Vivi the coveted role of social chair, Vivi is determined to live up to her Big's expectations. But Vivi's studies in witchcraft take a deadly turn when she uncovers a new form of magic, one that has mysterious ties to Kappa Rho Nu's past and the vengeful demon once tied to their talisman. With the weight of their newfound roles and the terrible price of destroying the talisman haunting them, Scarlett and Vivi must save their sisterhood when the forces of hell itself and a rival sorority threaten to unleash havoc on the Ravens. |
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| Deep is the Fen / Lili Wilkinson. |
 "Merry doesn't need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the charming, idyllic town of Candlecott is fine just as it is. Simple, happy, and with absolutely no magic. Magic only ever leads to trouble. But Merry's best friend, Teddy, is joining the Toadmen--a secret society who specialize in backward thinking and suspiciously supernatural traditions--and Merry is determined to stop him. Even if it means teaming up with the person she hates most: her academic archnemesis, Caraway Boswell, an ice-cold snob who hides his true face under a glamour. An ancient Toad ritual is being held in the sinister Deeping Fen, and if Merry doesn't rescue Teddy before it's finished, she'll lose him forever. But the Toadmen have been keeping dangerous secrets, and so has Caraway. The farther Merry travels into Deeping Fen's foul waters, the more she wonders if she's truly come to save her friend--or if she's walking straight into a trap. There's nothing the Toadmen love more than a damsel in distress" -- Book jacket. |
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| Perfect little monsters / Cindy R.X. He. |
 The most popular--and hated--girl in school is murdered and the suspects are aplenty, but when Dawn becomes the number one, she must uncover the truth before another person dies. |
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| The summer she went missing / Chelsea Ichaso. |
 Last summer, they searched for Audrey Covington. This summer, they'll search for the truth. Paige Redmond has always felt lucky to spend her summers in Clearwater Ridge, sunning at the waterfalls and partying at the mansions of the rich vacationers there. One night, Audrey didn't come home. Though Audrey wasn't the first girl to disappear in Clearwater Ridge, she left behind more lies than clues. Now, one summer later, her case has gone cold, and nobody, least of all Paige, can make sense of what happened. |
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| To a darker shore / Leanne Schwartz. |
 To keep the devil at bay, her beauty-obsessed kingdom sacrifices unattractive children to hell's entrance every season, prompting plain, poor, plus-sized, autistic Alesta to travel to the very depths of hell to avenge her best friend's death and stop the sacrifices forever. |
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| The kill factor / Ben Oliver. |
 A contestant on a brand-new game show offering young criminals the chance at freedom and a cash prize by winning over viewers, Emerson desperately needs the money to save her family, but little does she know that winning is her only chance at survival because losing means death. |
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| Crash landing / Li Charmaine Anne. |
 "This YA debut is a searing ode to queer identity, growing up in an immigrant community, and carving a place for yourself in the world with the help of your friends. Jay Wong is spending the last languid days of summer 2010 trying to land a kickflip and begging for something (anything!) to make her senior year different--to finally give her some stories worth telling. When she meets Ash Chan, it seems like she's getting what she asked for. Ash is confident, intensely independent, and hell on a skateboard--nothing like anyone Jay knows and exactly how she wishes she could be. Offering to film Ash's submission to an upcoming skate contest introduces Jay to a side of Vancouver she's never seen and gives her the chance to push back against the expectations placed on her. But Ash has a secret, and Jay is increasingly desperate to figure it out. As things between them ride the fine line between friendship and something more, Jay has to decide just how much Ash will impact all the choices she still has to make about where she's going and who she wants to become."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Bad like us / Gabriella Lepore. |
 "Partying with popular classmates they barely know is not what Eva and her friends had in mind for their spring break. But things have been off ever since that thing they don't talk about happened with Miles, so a trip to a private beach lodge might be exactly what they need. And Eva won't admit it, but the chance to reconnect with Colton is worth putting up with Piper's constant live streams to her thousands of "besties." At first, it's all about sand and waves, but tensions run high when an anonymous letter shakes up an already-flailing love triangle. When someone turns up dead, Evan can't even trust her closest friends--but she thinks she can trust Colton. As they get closer to the truth, they uncover secrets that upends everything they thought they knew about their fellow spring breakers" -- Book jacket. |
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| No escape / Maren Stoffels ; translated by Laura Watkinson. |
 "Time for a little escape? When Lexi receives an invitation to participate in a brand-new escape room, along with her fest friend, Tess, she's thrilled. After a recent tragedy, they could use the distraction. But once inside, they learn that they must compete against each other. What do you do when your best friend suddenly becomes your biggest adversary, and every choice you make puts her in danger?" -- Page 4 of cover. |
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| The calculation of you and me / Serena Kaylor. |
 "A calculus nerd enlists her surly classmate's help to win back her ex-boyfriend, but when sparks start to fly, she realizes there is no algorithm for falling in love"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Hearts of fire and snow / David Bowles, Guadalupe García McCall. |
 High school senior Blanca Montes is drawn to the new student, Greg Chan, unaware that they are the reincarnations of Princess Iztac and Captain Popoca from an ancient Aztec tale, and the fates are giving them one final opportunity to reunite. |
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| Bad graces / Kyrie McCauley. |
 Stealing her perfect sister's identity, self-destructive and desperate Liv Whitlock finds herself stranded with a pop star, two actresses, an Olympic gymnast and a social media influencer on an island where they must face something inhuman, using each other as their final tether to humanity. |
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| There is a door in this darkness / by Kristin Cashore. |
 With the help of bizarre messages that keep appearing in her life, teenage Wilhelmina tries to overcome grief and depression brought on by the national trauma of 2016-2020 and the loss of her beloved aunt. |
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| Twelfth knight / Alexene Farol Follmuth ; endpaper art by Little Chmura. |
 "Viola Reyes is annoyed. Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more "likable," and her school's star running back Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she's ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder. Vi's favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren't exactly kind to girls like her--girls who are extremely competent and have the swagger to prove it. So Vi creates a masculine alter ego, choosing to play as a knight named Cesario to create a safe haven for herself. But when a football injury leads Jack Orsino to the world of Twelfth Knight, Vi is alarmed to discover their online alter egos--Cesario and Duke Orsino--are surprisingly well-matched. As the long nights of game-play turn into discussions about life and love, Vi and Jack soon realize they've become more than just weapon-wielding characters in an online game. But Vi has been concealing her true identity from Jack, and Jack might just be falling for her offline..." -- Provided by publisher. |
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| Crashing into you / Rocky Callen. |
 "Seventeen-year-old Leti Rivera's love of street racing is put to the test when tragedy strikes her family and threatens to tear her apart from the boy she is falling for"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Children of anguish and anarchy / Tomi Adeyemi. |
 When Zélie is captured and taken away from her homeland, she must face her captor, King Baldyr, and find allies to stop the impending catastrophe threatening her people at the hands of the Skulls. |
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| Icon and inferno / Marie Lu. |
 A year after surviving a mission in London, and unmistakable chemistry, Winter and Syndey team up again for a perilous assignment involving old flames, new jealousies, and yet another sinister plot. |
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| Furious / Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos. |
 "Jojo Emerson-Boyd should be on the fast track to her own wildly successful racing career. Instead, she's spending the seemingly endless summer working at her grandmother's auto shop in the small town of Dell's Hollow. Everything changed when Jojo lost her mom, a celebrity NASCAR racer, in a tragic racing accident. Now, according to her dad, even getting her license is out of the question, so she might as well forget about racing. For the first time, her future seems foggy. But something comes into focus when Eliana "El" Blum turns up at the shop with an adorable scowl, a tough-girl vibe, and a mystery to solve."--Provided by publisher. |
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| Where wolves don't die / Anton Treuer. |
 "Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojibwe, at a local college, so they have to be there. But Ezra hates the dirty, polluted snow around them. He hates being away from the rez at Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation. And he hates the local bully in his neighborhood, Matt Schroeder, who terrorizes Ezra and his friend Nora George. Ezra gets into a terrible fight with Matt at school defending Nora, and that same night, Matt's house burns down. Instantly, Ezra becomes a prime suspect. Knowing he won't get a fair deal, and knowing his innocence, Ezra's family sends him away to run traplines with his grandfather in a remote part of Canada, while the investigation is ongoing. But the Schroeders are looking for him.'"--Amazon. |
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| Annie Leblanc is not dead yet / Molly Morris. |
 "Winning the chance to resurrect her ex-best friend Annie LeBlanc from the dead for 30 days, Wilson Moss, ecstatic to have her back, discovers a loophole that may mean Annie can stay for good, but the only person who can help is someone who hates them both"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The vanishing station / Ana Ellickson. |
 Eighteen-year-old Ruby Santos, grappling with her mother's death and financial struggles, discovers her father's secret life as a magical underworld delivery person, leading her to take over his station and jump train lines, only to realize the perilous nature of the job and the dangerous world she has entered. |
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| Malicia / Steven Dos Santos |
 "On a stormy Halloween weekend, Ray enlists his best friends Joaquin, Sofia, and Isabella to help him make a documentary of Malicia, the abandoned theme park off the coast of the Dominican Republic where his mother and brother died in a mass killing thirteen years ago. But what should be an easy weekend trip quickly turns into something darker because all four friends have come to Malicia for their own reasons: Ray has come to Malicia to find out the truth of the massacre that destroyed his family. Isabella has come to make art out of Ray's tragedy for her own personal gain. Sofia has come to support her friends in one last adventure before she goes to med school. Joaquin already knows the truth of the Malicia Massacre and he has come to betray his crush Ray to the evil that made the park possible. With an impending hurricane and horrors around every corner, they all struggle to face the deadly storm and their own inner demons. But the deadliest evil of all is the ancient malignant presence on the island."--Amazon. |
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| Stay dead / April Henry. |
 Entrusted with a key by her dying mother, sixteen-year-old Milan pretends she perished along with her mother as she navigates freezing conditions, outsmarts assassins, and unravels a deadly conspiracy to save herself and others. |
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| Of jade and dragons / Amber Chen. |
 After her father's murder, eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying travels to the capital, where she diguises herself as her brother and infiltrates the Engineers Guild as she tries to solve her father's murder with help from a prince with plans of his own. |
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| The worst perfect moment / Shivaun Plozza. |
 Tegan Masters is dead. She's sixteen and she's dead and she's standing in the parking lot of the Marybelle Motor Lodge, the single most depressing motel in all of New Jersey and the place where Tegan spent what she remembers as the worst weekend of her life. In the front office, she meets Zelda, an annoyingly cute teen angel with a snarky sense of humor and an epic set of wings. According to Zelda, Tegan is in heaven, where every person inhabits an exact replica of their happiest memory. For Tegan, Zelda insists, that place is the Marybelle--creepy minigolf course, sad breakfast buffet, filthy swimming pool, and all. Tegan has a few complaints about this. When Tegan takes these concerns up with Management, she and Zelda are sent on a whirlwind tour through Tegan's memories, in search of clues to help her understand what mattered most to her in life. If Zelda fails to convince Tegan (and Management) that the Marybelle was the site of Tegan's perfect moment, both girls face dire eternal consequences. But if she succeeds…they just might get their happily-ever-afterlife. Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this inventive queer romance asks what it means to be truly happy. |
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| Four Eids and a funeral / Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and Adiba Jaigirdar. |
 The death of a beloved mentor, and the need to save and rebuild their fire-damaged Islamic Center, bring former best friends Said and Tiwa back together, rekindling their romantic relationship. |
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| With love, Miss Americanah / Jane Igharo. |
 After the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Enore Adesuwa moves with her family from Nigeria to America, where she intends to keep a low profile her senior year, but with the help from her sister, new friends, and crush, Enore finds her voice in more ways than one. |
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| We shall be monsters / Tara Sim. |
 "Drawing from Indian mythology, a teen girl desperate to bring her sister back from the dead is forced to first resurrect the kingdom's fallen prince, but accidentally awakens the wrong boy"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Thieves' gambit / Kayvion Lewis. |
 Seventeen-year-old Ross Quest, a master thief, enters the Thieves' Gambit, a competition consisting of dangerous, international heists, in order to save her mother's life. |
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| What's coming to me / Francesca Padilla. |
 In the seaside town of Nautilus, Minerva Gutierrez absolutely hates her job at the local ice cream stand, where her sexist boss makes each day worse than the last. But she needs the money - kicked out of school and stranded by her mom's most recent hospitalization, she dreams of escaping her dead-end hometown. When an armed robbery at the ice cream stand stirs up rumors about money hidden on the property, Min teams up with her neighbor CeCe, also desperate for cash, to find it. The bonus? Getting revenge on her boss in the process. If Minerva can do things right for once - without dirty cops, suspicious co-workers, and an ill-timed work crush getting in her way - she might have a way out... as long as the painful truths she's been running from don't catch up to her first. |
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| Sweet nightmare / Tracy Wolff. |
 "Most schools are about being the best. This school? It's about being the worst. Calder Academy is where the rogue paranormals go. The ones who break the rules or lose control. And when that happens for vamps, werewolves, witches, and dark fae? It gets pretty freaking scary. I should know. Because I'm trapped here. Look, every seventeen-year-old girl thinks their mom is a tyrant. But mine just happens to run Calder Academy, which paints a giant target on my back. The way I make it through these dark halls is by steering clear of the things-and kids-who go bump in the night. Especially Jude Abernathy-Lee. But when a freak storm hits our isolated island, I'm stuck without a backup plan. The power is gone. The lights are out. And our worst nightmares are suddenly real-and out for blood. Now the only way to survive is to align myself with one evil to avoid the other. And the only thing worse than the idea of getting close to Jude? Secretly loving every minute of it"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Wide awake now / David Levithan. |
 "A gay Jewish man has just been elected president of the United States--or so it seems, until the governor of Kansas decides that some election results in his state are invalid and awards crucial votes to the other candidate, his fellow party member. Things quickly go very wrong--and hundreds of thousands of people flock to Kansas to protest for what they believe is right and just. Among them are Jimmy and Duncan, teens who are not only fighting for the future of their country but for the future of their relationship, too"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Powerful : a Powerless story / Lauren Roberts. |
 Now alone, Adena learns the streets of Loot by herself and meets a mysterious Elite named Kai Azer who harbors a dangerous ability, but their love is quickly interrupted when Adena becomes Paedyn's seamstress for the Purging Trials. |
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| Thirsty : a novel / Jas Hammonds. |
 In the summer before college, eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner works to join the exclusive Serena Society with her girlfriend, and turns to alcohol to cope with the pressure of pledging, as her pursuit of success begins to strain her relationships. |
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| The comedienne's guide to pride / Hayli Thomson. |
 Wicked funny and hella gay, it's time for Taylor Parker to come out about a lot of things. Taylor Parker has always been a funny girl--but when she is accepted as a finalist for a diverse writers' internship at Saturday Night Live, it turns her life upside down. If she wants a shot at winning in a little more than a month, Taylor will have to come out about both of her secrets: She wants to be a comedian...and she's a lesbian. With a mom who gave up a career in comedy to raise her, and a comedian dad who left for a younger woman, working in comedy is a sore subject in Taylor's house. To keep her secret under wraps, she sneaks out to do improv and hides her sketches under the bed, and to distract from her anxiety about the competition, Taylor frequents Salem's Museum of Witchcraft to pine for Abigail Williams from the back row. It's at the Museum of Witchcraft where Taylor falls deeper in love with the girl who plays Abigail Williams--Charlotte Grey, an out and proud lesbian at Nathaniel Hawthorne High. Charlotte radiates so much confidence in her acting and queerness that Taylor can't resist her. So when Charlotte reaches out for help on a school project, Taylor readily agrees. As they spend more time together, Taylor sees what living her truth and pursuing her dreams could bring her, but Charlotte can't understand why someone as funny as Taylor wouldn't go all out to make the most of her opportunities. To live up to her own comedy dreams and become the person she wants to be, Taylor will have to find the confidence to tell everyone exactly who she is and what she wants. |
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| The Ojja-wojja : a horror-mystery, or whatever / written by Magdalene Visaggio ; illustrated by Jenn St-Onge ; [colors by Avery Bacon ; flatting assists by Arif Kudus ; lettering by Micah Myers]. |
 Welcome to Bolingbroke. It's a small town just like any other . . . or so eighth graders Val and Lanie think. They're the best of best friends--they love the same comics, they watch the same shows, and they're always there for each other. Which is important when you're queer, like Lanie, or on the spectrum, like Val, and just don't seem to fit in anywhere. When a school project about their hometown's supernatural history leads to a for-real ghost sighting, Val and Lanie realize Bolingbroke might not be as boring as they'd always thought. But after a run-in with the resident middle school queen bee (who also happens to be Lanie's former friend), they decide to take things to the next level . . . and accidentally summon the Ojja-Wojja, a demonic presence connected to a slew of mysterious tragedies throughout Bolingbroke's sordid history. Now all heck has broken loose. With the whole town acting weird and nowhere left to turn, it's going to be up to Val, Lanie, and their small group of friends to return things to normal--if "normal" is even something they want to return to. |
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| Sí, se puede : the Latino heroes who changed the United States / Julio Anta ; illustrated by Yasmín Flores Montañez ; colors by Fabi Marques ; letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. |
 From community activism to the halls of government, pop-culture, arts, and beyond, Latinos have shaped every aspect of American life. Nevertheless, these significant figures and their contributions are often left out of our textbooks. Sí, Se Puede, named after the "Yes, We Can" motto of the United Farm Workers, brings Latino history in the U.S. to the forefront. The book follows a group of Hispanic-Americans as they embark on an interactive museum tour to meet Latino heroes they may not have learned about in school. The high tech, immersive exhibit allows the tour group to virtually travel through time, visiting the Hispanic Union soldiers of the Civil War; marching with César Chávez and Dolores Huerta in the farmworkers struggle; going to space with Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina to leave Earth's atmosphere; meeting the youngest woman to ever serve in Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; and more. This ensemble of unlikely friends discover the rich history of Latinos in the United States, and gain new insights into their own American experiences. |
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| Ode to my first car / Robin Gow. |
 It's the summer before senior year. Claire Kemp, a closeted bisexual, is finally starting to admit she might be falling in love with her best friend, Sophia. At her job in the local nursing home, she meets Lena, an eighty-year-old lesbian woman, who tells her stories about what it was like growing up gay in the 1950s and 60s. As Claire becomes more confident in her identity, she is caught between two loves: Sophia, and Pen, a new girl. -- adapted from jacket |
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| Gloria Buenrostro is not my girlfriend / Brandon Hoàng. |
 Gary Võ is one of the few Vietnamese kids in his school. He's also shy, so being ignored and excluded by his classmates comes with the territory. Then the most popular guy in his grade offers Gary the opportunity to break into his inner circle: all he needs to do is steal the prized possession of the most beautiful girl they know, Gloria Buenrostro. As Gary gets to know Gloria, he is taken in by her genuine interest in who he really is. Gary must consider if any amount of popularity is worth losing a true friend. - adapted from jacket |
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| Not like other girls / Meredith Adamo. |
 "When Jo-Lynn Kirby 's former best friend--pretty, nice Maddie Price--comes to her claiming to be in trouble, Jo assumes it's some kind of joke. After all, Jo has been an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked--and since everyone decided she deserved it. There's no way Maddie would actually come to her for help. But then Maddie is gone. Everyone is quick to write off Maddie as a runaway, but Jo can't shake the feeling there's more to the story. To find out the truth, Jo needs to get back in with the people who left her behind--and the only way back in is through Hudson Harper-Moore. An old fling of Jo's with his own reasons for wanting to find Maddie, Hudson hatches a fake dating scheme to get Jo back into their clique. But being back on the inside means Jo must confront everything she'd rather forget: the boys who betrayed her, the whispers that she had it coming, and the secrets that tore her and Maddie apart. As Jo digs deeper into Maddie's disappearance, she's left to wonder who she's really searching for: Maddie, or the girl she used to be. Not Like Other Girls is a stunning debut that takes a hard look at how we treat young women and their trauma, through the lens of a missing girl and a girl trying to find herself again." -- provided by publisher. |
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| The word / Mary G. Thompson. |
 "After her parents split up, seven-year-old Lisa's father convinces her to leave out the window in the middle of the night. After all, according to their religion, she belongs to him, and it is her duty to obey him. Ever the dutiful daughter, at least on the outside, and confused about the sinful changes in her mother (she's cut her hair, there's a new man around, she's had a baby with him), Lisa complies. She spends the next nine years on the run before the police finally catch up with her father, and she is returned to a mother who is "dead" in the eyes of their religion. But her father always had a plan for when the law came and took what was his--a plan that was set in motion the moment the police arrived at their home. Now Lisa must make a decision: follow the plan and go home again with the hope that she'll see her brother and father again, or risk everything to figure out what life could be when she makes her own choices."--Amazon |
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| My most excellent year : a novel of love, Mary Poppins, & Fenway Park / Steve Kluger. |
 Three teenagers in Boston narrate their experiences of a year of new friendships, first loves, and coming into their own. |
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| Looking for smoke / K.A. Cobell. |
 "When local girl Loren includes Mara in a traditional Blackfeet Giveaway to honor Loren's missing sister, Mara thinks she'll finally make some friends on the Blackfeet reservation. Instead, a girl from the Giveaway, Samantha White Tail, is found murdered. Because the four members of the Giveaway group were the last to see Samantha alive, each becomes a person of interest in the investigation. And all of them--Mara, Loren, Brody, and Eli--have a complicated history with Samantha. Despite deep mistrust, the four must now take matters into their own hands and clear their names. Even though one of them may be the murderer"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The Brightwood code / Monica Hesse. |
 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. |
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| The last Rhee witch / by Jenna Lee-Yun. |
 Since her mother died when she was five years old, it's always just been Ronnie Miller and her dad. Two Korean Americans who, thanks to Ronnie's dad's adoption by white parents, have never felt all that Korean. But Ronnie is okay with that--as long as she has her dad and her best friend Jack, Ronnie is 99% certain she can get through anything. But as much as she wants everything to stay the same, the world--and her dad--has other plans. Now, Ronnie and Jack are headed away to sleepaway camp for the first time ever. Camp Foster promises all of the outdoorsy activities that Ronnie has so far managed to avoid: ropes courses, scavenger hunts, kayaking on the lake. Ugh. But she can do this. As long as she has Jack. As it turns out, an old manor in the woods is the kind of place that's crawling with secrets. Secrets like a mysterious gwishin haunting the grounds, a blood-red scarf wrapped too tightly around her ghostly neck. And a witch-hunting dokkaebi intent on finding and silencing the last Rhee witch. And the strange habit all the counselors have of rhyming when they speak . . . just like Ronnie has begun to do lately. For a girl who wants everything to stay the same, nothing is scarier than all the changes Camp Foster brings. New friends. New foes. Souls with unfinished business. And, possibly worst of all, revelations that disprove everything Ronnie knew to be true.-- Publisher's description. |
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| Beastly beauty / Jennifer Donnelly. |
 When handsome thief Beau enters the castle that appeared out of nowhere he finds himself trapped in Arabella's curse, which can only be broken if she finds a boy who loves her for her true self--a seeming impossibility for a girl who has been told she is impossible to love. |
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| The ballad of Darcy & Russell / Morgan Matson. |
 Eighteen-year-old Darcy, a firm believer in love at first sight, finds herself stranded at a bus station the night before leaving for college, until she meets Russell, sparking a whirlwind of unexpected adventures and heartfelt connections as they unravel the possibility of falling in love in just one day. |
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| Louder than words / Ashley Woodfolk, Lexi Underwood. |
 When Jordyn Jones transfers to Edgewood High, she sees it as a chance to start over and get away from what happened at her old school--but soon an anonymous podcast begins revealing humiliating secrets about the other students, and threatening to expose Jordyn's secret. |
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| Keepers of the stones & stars / Michael Barakiva. |
 Reed is leading his best life: he's just kissed the boy of his dreams, his band is finally taking off, and he's a shoo-in to getting elected as next year's Student Council president. But he's ready to give it all up when his suspiciously artistocratic guidance counselor tells him he has been chosen to go on the adventure of a lifetime. Because Reed is the first of five Stone Bearers to be chosen by magical gems and granted extraordinary powers. All he has to do is unite all five and lead them to seal a portal that will release an onslaught of uncontrollable chaotic magical energies and destroy the world as they know it. It's up to the ruby, sapphire, topaz, emerald, and amethyst Bearers to save the world, fulfilling their roles in a centuries-old cycle that dates back to seventeenth-century Mughal India and the first Keepers of the Stones and Stars. |
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| Attached at the hip / Christine Riccio. |
 Looking for a change, Orie Lennox unwittingly joins the cast of an experimental romantic reality show on a South Pacific island, where her high school crush is also a contestant, leading to a mix of surprising alliances and blossoming relationships. |
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| Lie until it's true / by Jessie Weaver. |
 After her sister's murder acquittal, Amanda Pruitt visits Colorado to reunite with childhood friends and Aunt Amy, where she is drawn into an old murder case and when her friend is killed, Amanda must unravel the connection between the two murders to clear her name. |
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| Moonstorm / Yoon Ha Lee. |
 "In a society where conformity is valued above all else, a teen girl training to become an Imperial pilot is forced to return to her rebel roots to save her world"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Gooseberry / Robin Gow. |
 Twelve-year-old nonbinary B forms a connection with an anxious stray dog, Gooseberry, prompting them to pursue their dream of becoming a dog trainer while navigating the complexities of trust and building a family in their newest foster home. |
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| Flyboy / Kasey LeBlanc |
 "After an incident at his school leaves closeted trans teenager Asher Sullivan needing stitches, his mother betrays him in the worst possible way--she sends him to Catholic school for his senior year. Now he has to contend with hideous plaid skirts, cranky nuns, and #bathroomJesus. Nightime brings an escape for Asher when he dreams of the Midnight Circus--the one place where he is seen for the boy he truly is. Too bad it exists only in his sleep. Or, at least, that's what he believes until the day his annoyingly attractive trapeze rival, Apollo, walks out of his dreams and into his classroom. On the heels of this realization that the magical circus might be real, Asher also learns that his time there is limited. In his desperation to hang on to the one place he feels at home, Asher sets both worlds on a collision course that could destroy all the relationships he cares about most. Now he must decide how far he'll go to preserve the magical circus, even if it means facing his biggest challenge yet--coming out" -- Book jacket. |
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| We mostly come out at night : 15 queer tales of monsters, angels & other creatures / edited by Rob Costello. |
 "A YA anthology of short stories ranging in genres from horror to romance; featuring classic and original monsters and creatures; and highlighting authors from the LGBTQIA+ community, including Claire Kann, Kalynn Bayron, Jonathan Lenore Kastin, and H.E. Edgmon"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The girl in question / Tess Sharpe. |
 "Four teens. Three henchmen. Two thousand acres of remote forest. One very bad man. And a whole lot of new secrets to unearth. High school is over, but Nora O'Malley's life isn't, which is weird now that her murderous stepdad Raymond is free. Determined to enjoy summer before her (possibly) imminent demise, Nora plans a ten day backpacking trip with Iris and Wes. Her plans hit a snag when Wes's girlfriend tags along. Amanda is nice, so it's not a huge issue--until she gets taken. Or rather, mistaken...for Nora. All because of a borrowed flannel. Now Raymond has a hostage. Nora has no leverage. Iris has a spear and Wes is building boobytraps. It'll take all of their skills to make it out of the forest alive. There are three problems: Someone is lying. Someone is keeping secrets. And someone has to die. "-- Provided by publisher. |
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| The dangerous ones / Lauren Blackwood. |
 Eighteen-year-old Jerusalem, a fearless Saint with demigod powers, joins the Union Army seeking revenge against the vampire who enslaved her family, but in order to find success, she finds herself reluctantly teaming up with Alexei, a handsome Union vampire she can't help but fall for. |
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| The hedgewitch of Foxhall / Anna Bright. |
 "Magic is fading from Wales--choked off by King Offa's Dyke, the enemy earthworks that spans the entire border. Even the dragons have disappeared. And now an attack is imminent. Prince Taliesin would love to watch magic die. Prince Dafydd fears it, and the throne. But when their father promises the crown to whichever son can destroy the dyke and restore magic to Wales, the brothers are forced into an uneasy rivalry. Ffion works hedgewitch magic for poor folk, not princes. Unlike the power-hungry Foxhall coven, she uses only what nature can spare. But when the coven's greed costs Ffion everything, she will need power beyond her wildest dreams to get back what she's lost. So when Prince Taliesin arrives, begrudgingly seeking a witch's aid, Ffion agrees to help him--even if it means walking from one end of Wales to the other with the most use-less peacock she's ever clapped eyes on. Even if it means striking a bargain with Dafydd behind Tal's back. The fate of Wales depends on their quest . . . and so might the fate of Ffion's heart."-- Amazon. |
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| Your blood, my bones / Kelly Andrew. |
 Wyatt Westlock has returned to her childhood home of Willow Heath, intending to burn it down--until she finds Peter hanging in the basement, a boy whom she considered a friend, semi-immortal and ritually sacrificed every year to keep the ancient forces in the nearby forest at bay. |
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| The adventure zone. 3, Petals to the metal / based on the podcast by Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy ; adaptation by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch ; art by Carey Pietsch ; [letterer, Tess Stone]. |
 "Our boys have gone full-time at the Bureau of Balance, and their next assignment is a real thorny one: apprehending The Raven, a master thief who's tapped into the power of a Grand Relic to ransack the city of Goldcliff. Local life-saver Lieutenant Hurley pulls them out of the woods, only to throw them headlong into the world of battlewagon racing, Goldcliff's favorite high-stakes, low-legality sport and The Raven's chosen battlefield. Will the boys and Hurley be able to reclaim the Relic and pull The Raven back from the brink, or will they get lost in the weeds?"--Page [2] of cover. |
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| The Adventure zone. 4, The crystal kingdom / based on the podcast by Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy ; adaptation by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch ; art by Carey Pietsch ; letterer, Tess Stone ; edited by Calista Brill and Alison Wilgus. |
 "A desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of a floating arcane laboratory that's home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone, and is using it to transform the lab into a virulent pink crystal that spreads to everything it touches. It's only a matter of time before this sparkling disaster crash-lands, but in order to find the stone and save the whole planet from being King Midased, our heroes will have to fight their way through a gauntlet of rowdy robots and crystal golems, decide whether they can trust the evasive Lucas Miller, and solve the mystery of what--or who--has put them all in peril, before there's no world left to save"-- Provided by publisher |
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| The adventure zone. [5], The eleventh hour / based on the podcast by Griffin McElroy, Clint McElroy, Travis McElroy, Justin McElroy ; adaptation by Clint McElroy, Carey Pietsch, Griffin McElroy ; art by Carey Pietsch ; letterer, Tess Stone ; flatters, Ensley Chau, Leigh Davis, Cassandra Tassoni ; authenticity reader: Ryan Douglass ; edited by Calista Brill and Benjamin A. Wilgus. |
 "The Bureau of Balance has located yet another Grand Relic, and this time it's...time? A small mining town called Refuge has been locked away behind an arcane bubble, and somewhere inside it the Temporal Chalice is causing unknown mayhem. Taako, Magnus, and Merle are launched into their investigation, but they've barely had a chance to get their feet under them before the situation literally falls apart. When the town clocktower strikes noon, Refuge and its citizens are destroyed in a sudden chaos of flame and ruin, and our heroes' relic hunting--along with their lives--comes to an abrupt end. But woah, what's this? It's 11AM, they're alive again, and Refuge definitely hasn't just been exploded? Looks like a classic time loop, friends. This town is trapped in its final hour, and so are the three of them. And in order to escape, they'll not only have to solve the mystery of what happened to the Chalice, they'll also also have to resist what it offers: the chance to rewrite the worst days of their own pasts."--Provided by publisher |
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| Last one to die / Cynthia Murphy. |
 "Sixteen-year-old, Irish-born Niamh has just arrived in London for the summer, and quickly discovers that girls who look frighteningly like her are being attacked"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Daniel, deconstructed / James Ramos. |
 "Photographer and film buff Daniel Sanchez learned a long time ago that the only way to get by in an allistic world is to mask his autism and follow the script. Which means he knows that boisterous, buff, and beautiful soccer superstars like his best friend, Mona Sinclair, shouldn't be wasting time hanging out with introverts...But when Daniel meets a new classmate, Gabe Mendes, who is tall, mysterious, nonbinary, and--somehow--as cool as Mona, Daniel knows exactly how this is going to play out...But matchmaking means stepping into the mystifying and illogical world of love, dating, and relationships, where nothing is as it seems and no one knows their lines"-- Provided by publisher. |
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