Young Adult
Long way down
Jason Reynolds
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Reynolds Jason
Young Adult
As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.
The hate u give
Angie Thomas
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Thomas Angie
Young Adult
After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what happened the night Kahlil died.
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The Forgetting
Sharon Cameron
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Cameron Sharon
Young Adult
Canaan is a quiet city on an idyllic world, hemmed in by high walls, but every twelve years the town breaks out in a chaos of bloody violence, after which all the people undergo the Forgetting, in which they are left without any trace of memory of themselves, their families, or their lives--but somehow seventeen-year-old Nadia has never forgotten, and she is determined to find out what causes it and how to put a stop to the Forgetting forever.
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The end of our story
Meg Haston
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Haston Meg
Young Adult
Bridge and Wil are separated by a devastating betrayal before a family tragedy compels them to reconcile a year later, a situation that puts both of them in danger.
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Dear Martin
Nic Stone
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Stone Nic
Young Adult
Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him.
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The thing about jellyfish
Ali Benjamin
jFICTION Benjamin Ali
Young Adult
Twelve-year-old Suzy Swanson wades through her intense grief over the loss of her best friend by investigating the rare jellyfish she is convinced was responsible for her friend's death.
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Some kind of happiness
Claire Legrand
jFICTION Legrand Claire
Young Adult
Finley Hart is sent to her grandparents' house for the summer, but her anxiety and overwhelmingly sad days continue until she escapes into her writings, which soon turn mysteriously real and she realizes she must save this magical world in order to save herself.
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Solo
Kwame Alexander
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Alexande Kwame
Young Adult
Seventeen-year-old Blade endeavors to resolve painful issues from his past and navigate the challenges of his former rockstar father's addictions, scathing tabloid rumors, and a protected secret that threatens his own identity.
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The shadow cipher
Laura Ruby
jFICTION Ruby Laura
Young Adult
In an alternate history of New York, three kids try to solve a modern-world puzzle and complete a treasure hunt laid into the streets and buildings of the city.
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The seventh most important thing
Shelley Pearsall
jFICTION Pearsall Shelley
Young Adult
"In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"--
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