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  • The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

    The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother’s religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo.Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking...
  • A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

    A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life.Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble...
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  • Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

    Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 56 ratings
    Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years' experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she's been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don't want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child...
  • Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Say Goodbye for Now by Catherine Ryan Hyde

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    On an isolated Texas ranch, Dr. Lucy cares for abandoned animals. The solitude allows her to avoid the people and places that remind her of the past. Not that any of the townsfolk care. In 1959, no one is interested in a woman doctor. Nor are they welcoming Calvin and Justin Bell, a newly arrived African American father and son...
  • Exposed by Raven St. Pierre

    Exposed by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00KOIW1T6. Walking away seemed like her only option. Letting go was the one thing he couldn’t do. Sam and AJ have spent the last five years trying to get over their painful breakup. Both have moved on, but neither has fully healed from the wounds of the past...
  • Fast Life by Cassandra Carter

    Fast Life by Cassandra Carter

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caught up in a world of easy money,designer labels and drug-dealing boyfriends, sixteen-year-old Kyra Jones is living life on the fast track. But when her single mom is offered a job that takes Kyra away from her old Chicago neighborhood, and the drugs and gang violence that go along with it, she finally realizes that there's more to life than Gucci, Prada and ghetto-fabulous bling...
  • Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

    Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran.Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to Iran, and it's pretty overwhelming—especially when he's also dealing with clinical depression, a disapproving dad, and a chronically anemic social life...
  • Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes

    Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva's questions about becoming a teenager are confusing—so when her first crush turns out to be on another girl, it feels absolutely wonderful--so why does it become so complicated?Perfect for fans of The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag, HeartStopper by Alice Oseman, and Jen Wang's The Dressmaker and the Prince...
  • Hot Girl by Dream Jordan

    Hot Girl by Dream Jordan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's summertime in Bed-Stuy "Do or Die" Brooklyn, and Kate is feeling down in the dumps. Not only is she tired of her raggedy, tomboy image, but she's also missing her best friend, Felicia, who's away for the summer...
  • Secrets by Raven St. Pierre

    Secrets by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00JG8E7HE. She’s never loved the way she loves him. He’s consumed by an unquenchable need for her. Sam and AJ have faced so much together, survived so much together, but when secrets and mistrust rock the very foundation of their relationship, they must fight to keep it all from falling apart...
  • Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    At just ten years old, Tommy has already been through more horror than most people suffer their entire lives. So when he’s placed in his latest foster home, under the gentle care of Abe and Alabama Powers, he lashes out. He’s scared, confused, angry…and convinced it won’t be long before these new foster parents send him away, too. No one wants a boy his age, especially one who’s broken, dirty...
  • Hurricane Summer by Asha Ashanti Bromfield

    Hurricane Summer by Asha Ashanti Bromfield

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and returns to his true home: the island of Jamaica.When Tilla’s mother tells her she’ll be spending the summer on the island, Tilla dreads the idea of seeing him again, but longs to discover what life in Jamaica has always held for him...
  • Gravity by Raven St. Pierre

    Gravity by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00GIUBQVI. A chance meeting reshapes the lives of two strangers who soon learn that we don't always choose who we fall in love with; sometimes life chooses for us...
  • Indivisible by Daniel Aleman

    Indivisible by Daniel Aleman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This timely, moving debut novel follows a teen's efforts to keep his family together as his parents face deportation.Mateo Garcia and his younger sister, Sophie, have been taught to fear one word for as long as they can remember: deportation. Over the past few years, however, the fear that their undocumented immigrant parents could be sent back to Mexico started to fade...
  • Owen: by V.H. Nicolson

    Owen: by V.H. Nicolson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was born into privilege.I had it all; the house, the car, more money than I knew what to do with.But it came at a price.Expectation.An arranged marriage to a woman who couldn’t bear to look at me to grow the family empire.As I stood at the altar, the weight of that burden became too much.So, I did the only thing I could. I ran.To another country and straight into the arms of another woman...
  • Hurricane Summer by Asha Ashanti Bromfield

    Hurricane Summer by Asha Ashanti Bromfield

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    * One of Indigo Canada's Best Books of 2021 ** One of New York Public Library's Best Books for Teens 2021 ** One of YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, "The Best YA Novels to Read This Summer"THE NEW YORK TIMES, "13 Y.A...
  • Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

    Chaos Theory by Nic Stone

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin, delivers a gripping romance about two teens: a certified genius living with bipolar disorder and a politician's son who is running from his own addiction and grief. Don't miss this gut punch of a novel about mental illness, loss, and discovering you are worthy of love.Scars exist to remind us of what we've survived...
  • More to the Story by Hena Khan

    More to the Story by Hena Khan

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    From the critically acclaimed author of Amina’s Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic, Little Women, featuring four sisters from a modern American Muslim family living in Georgia.When Jameela Mirza is picked to be feature editor of her middle school newspaper, she’s one step closer to being an award-winning journalist like her late grandfather...
  • Redeem by Rachel Schurig

    Redeem by Rachel Schurig

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cash Ransome is a rock star with a bad reputation. When his hard partying lifestyle finally catches up with him, his brothers and band-mates convince him it’s time to get out of the spotlight. A few weeks in the middle of nowhere sounds like the worst kind of punishment to Cash—until he meets Sam...
  • Deaf by Xavier Neal

    Deaf by Xavier Neal

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    While the pleas of Logan Kellar's best friends typically fall on deaf ears, there's one voice he can't ignore so easily. His own. And when Maxx, his beautiful best friend, says something that shakes his existence, he finds himself suddenly desperate to be heard...
  • Broken Lives by Brenda Kennedy

    Broken Lives by Brenda Kennedy

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Emma Greyson thought she had it all, until she was faced with Alec Collins’ ugly past. While Alec tries to leave the past in the past and move on to the future, his wife, Molly, has other plans for her husband. After Emma is stalked and taunted by Molly, Alec makes a decision that could change everything...
  • Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson

    Jason & Kyra by Dana Davidson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Jason is a basketball star and one of the most popular guys in school. Brainy Kyra isn't, but she doesn't much care what other people think. Under normal circumstances, Jason and Kyra would live in their separate worlds until graduation. But fate intervenes, and the unlikely duo is paired up for a class project...
  • Girl Mans Up by M.E. Girard

    Girl Mans Up by M.E. Girard

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Like Julie Anne Peters’ Keeping You a Secret, Girl Mans Up is a totally engrossing portrayal of a gay teen’s coming of age. Pen is only comfortable dressing like a boy, but it’s confusing to her friends and unacceptable to her family. And then one day she meets Blake, and little by little, it all begins to make sense.Pen Oliviera is sort of chunky, an amazing gamer and a girl...
  • Indigo Summer by Monica McKayhan

    Indigo Summer by Monica McKayhan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Fifteen-year-old Indigo Summer's world finally seems to be going in the right direction: She hooks up with the star linebacker on the high-school football team, gets a date for homecoming and makes the high-school dance squad all in the same week. But sometimes things are just too good to be true...
  • Beautiful Dreams by Alicia Rae

    Beautiful Dreams by Alicia Rae

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kyle has mended Lily’s broken heart, and as they have fallen in love, all she dreams of is finally having her happily ever after. But as time goes on, Lily can no longer ignore the desire to know more about Kyle's past. When she learns more, she will discover if she can heal Kyle’s heartache as he has done for her...
  • Again for the First Time by Raven St. Pierre

    Again for the First Time by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They Said “I do” when everyone else said “don’t”. “Marry me” were the last words Luke thought he’d say to a perfect stranger. Then again, Lissy never dreamed she’d actually say “yes”. But she did… The odds are against them, but Luke and Lissy must decide whether their newfound love is worth fighting for...
  • Return To Me by Jill Sanders

    Return To Me by Jill Sanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Becca and Nick were destined to be together. He was the love of her life, or so she thought. Then tragedy strikes and Becca is left heartbroken and devastated. The road to recovery seems almost hopeless at times, but with love and support from the good people of Pride, she's looking forward to putting the past behind her...
  • Call Sign Karma by Jamie Rae

    Call Sign Karma by Jamie Rae

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love in the no-fly zone… Distraught over the loss of her brother in a fighter jet accident, Tinklee Pinkerton decides to follow in his footsteps—and prove the tragedy wasn’t his fault...
  • Chasing Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Chasing Ever After by Stephanie Hoffman McManus

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Andrew Reid had his whole life mapped out. Serve his country for four years and then return home to marry his high school sweetheart. Sadie Pierce had everything her heart desired. Sacrificing her life of privilege to be with Clayton West was an easy choice. This is the story of two people who thought they had it all...
  • SEALs of Winter: A military romance superbundle by Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy

    SEALs of Winter: A military romance superbundle by Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nine alpha Navy SEAL romance heroes from your favorite NYT & USA Today bestselling authors. Brand new Christmas military romances from Cora Seton, Elle Kennedy, Jennifer Lowery, Elle James, Anne Marsh, S. M. Butler, Delilah Devlin, Kimberley Troutte, and Zoe York! Sequel to the NYT and USA bestselling SEALs of Summer boxed set...
  • SEAL The Deal by Sharon Hamilton

    SEAL The Deal by Sharon Hamilton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Special Operator Nick Dunn gets the call he has been dreading since before his last deployment. His sister is in her final stages of cancer. He and his Team 3 roommate drive up to Sonoma County from Coronado to help her shut down her failing nursery business and tie up her final affairs. Nick only vaguely remembers Devon Brandeburg, his sister’s best friend, but boy has she grown up...
  • Concealed by Selena Laurence

    Concealed by Selena Laurence

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two years ago, Gabe Thompson stood in the desert of Afghanistan and watched the love of his life drive away. When his tour of duty ended six months later, she wasn’t waiting. Now Gabe’s ready to go after the one thing his life is missing – the woman he’s never been able to forget. Twenty-year-old Alexis Garcia rues the day she decided to volunteer for a UN mission to Afghanistan...
  • Revenge by Meli Raine

    Revenge by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MY HEART WANTS A KIND OF JUSTICE THE LAW CAN’T GIVE Everything I know about my life is a lie. The more I dig into my father’s death the more I find myself in peril. Mark turns out to be a liar, someone I thought I could trust. He’s not what he seems, and worst of all, a part of me can’t let go...
  • Reunion by Meli Raine

    Reunion by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    MY HEART WANTS A KIND OF JUSTICE THE LAW CAN’T GIVE You can think you’ve had everything stolen from you. That there’s nothing left to lose. You would be wrong. My best friend’s been kidnapped. I was just captured. What I thought was a massive drug operation run by a man who killed my father turns out to be ten times more horrific. I’m trapped. My best friend may be dead...
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  • Hero Book 3 - The Battle: Military Romance by M.S. Parker

    Hero Book 3 - The Battle: Military Romance by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the final book in MS Parker's HERO series. No more cliffhangers! The series is now complete. Haze Welch has done something stupid. He's fallen for the girl he's being paid to protect. Worse than that, while he's home for a family emergency, his charge is kidnapped. As he races back to LA, he's determined to do whatever it takes to find Leighton and make sure she's safe again...
  • Love Times Infinity by Lane Clarke

    Love Times Infinity by Lane Clarke

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The swoon of Nicola Yoon meets the emotional punch of Elizabeth Acevedo in this breakout debut novel that answers big questions about identity, family, and love. High school junior Michie is struggling to define who she is for her scholarship essays, her big shot at making it into Brown as a first-generation college student...
  • How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles

    How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation by Simone Elkeles

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Amy Nelson-Barak, 17, is back in this third installment about a Jewish-American teen learning how to live and love in peace. She signs up for 10 days of training with the Israel Defense Force as soon as she finds out that her long-distance boyfriend, Avi, will be on base as well. But things turn out to be different from what she'd hoped for...
  • Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt

    Defy by Allie Juliette Mousseau, Nicole Hewitt

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryder Axton I always fight hard, fuck harder, and never let myself get personally involved. But my assignment, to apprehend Eduardo Miguel comes to a grinding halt when I find a missing federal witness held captive in his basement. It becomes fucking personal, fast! Keeping Farrington safe, even if it—or more likely she—kills me, is now my only mission...
  • Make Mine A Ranger by Kate Aster

    Make Mine A Ranger by Kate Aster

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It's not him. It can't be him..." 24-year-old Bess Foster has a three-year-old daughter she cherishes... friends she adores... and an Army Ranger she's been fantasizing about for nearly four years. But she also has a past that haunts her: an abusive ex-boyfriend she fled to protect her child. She thought she was free of him... till she saw his face again...
  • Salaam, with Love by Sara Sharaf Beg

    Salaam, with Love by Sara Sharaf Beg

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    This heartfelt and humorous YA contemporary follows Dua, who spends the month of Ramadan making unexpected discoveries about family, faith, and first love.Being crammed into a house in Queens with her cousins is not how Dua envisions her trip to New York City. But here she is, spending the holy month of Ramadan with extended family she hasn’t seen in years...
  • First Love, Take Two by Sajni Patel

    First Love, Take Two by Sajni Patel

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    On the verge of realizing her dream of being a doctor, Preeti Patel should be ecstatic. But between the stress of her residency, trying to find a job, and managing her traditional, no-boundaries family, Preeti's anxiety is through the roof. Relationships and love aren't even an option. Fortunately, Preeti's finally found a new place to stay . . . only to discover that her new roommate is her ex...
  • The Calum by Xio Axelrod

    The Calum by Xio Axelrod

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Calum, The (Noun) 1. fictional hero of best-selling romance novel, A Laird to Love 2. the perfect man Twenty-six is too old to believe in fairytales, but tell that to Lovie’s roommate. Convinced she’ll find a real life version of her ultimate book boyfriend, Calum MacKenzie, Jo drags Lovie to the Scottish Highlands. Lovie’s no cynic *ahem* but she knows The Calum is a myth. A construct...
  • Sealed by S.J. Sawyer

    Sealed by S.J. Sawyer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every girl deserves to find the guy who will make her forget her heart was ever broken... Avery Bishop leaves her comfortable Southern life in Texas behind to get the hell away from the ex-love of her life, Jacks. Moving in with her friend Miranda Jones in Baltimore, she gets more than she bargained for right from the start...
  • Finding Jordie by H.J. Harley

    Finding Jordie by H.J. Harley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A widow of eight years, Jordie is devoted to her daughter and knows how to protect her own heart... until Nathan Harper lends a hand when she's punched by a drunkard being forcefully removed from her NYC East Village bar. Nathan is fascinated by the sassy bar owner, who doesn't recognize him from the Silver Screen and who appears more interested in conversation than sex...
  • Inferno Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Sabrina Paige

    Inferno Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Sabrina Paige

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book One, Taming Blaze: A chance encounter would ignite a spark. Fate would fan the flame. Dani doesn't believe in love. She knows that love only leads to heartache, like the murder of her mother when she was just fourteen. Besides, dating is tough when your dad is one of the most powerful crime bosses on the West Coast. So instead of relationships, Dani believes in one night stands...
  • Off the Record by Karolyn James

    Off the Record by Karolyn James

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming off the first leg of a major tour, Ryan Rasoner plans to finish Gone by Autumn's new song, take a shot of whiskey, and then invite a woman over for a no-strings-attached one night stand. In that order. After he bumps into a beautiful woman at a local club the band is playing at, Ryan assumes everything he wants is about to come true...
  • Matt & Brooklyn: A Standalone in the "Again for the First Time" Family Saga by Raven St. Pierre

    Matt & Brooklyn: A Standalone in the "Again for the First Time" Family Saga by Raven St. Pierre

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    ***Take advantage of the special, new release discount before the price is raised.*** Matteo Valente is an up-and-coming filmmaker whose award-winning documentary put him on the map two short years ago. It was that very documentary that also led him to the beautiful, intriguingly elusive Brooklyn James...
  • Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons

    Scorch (A Soldiers of Fortune Romance) by Aubrey Irons

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Why fall for Prince Charming when the villain is so much more tempting? Because it feel so good to be so bad... The dark, dominant, tattooed Spaniard has all the arrogant machismo of a bullfighter and a body carved out of steel. In my sister’s fairytale romance, he almost destroyed my family. He’s the devil, and I hate him. Until he saved my life, and changed everything...
  • The Heir by Nana Malone

    The Heir by Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    "Lachlan King caught naked kite surfing with Hollywood Starlet!” “Scandal Rocks King Family… Again!” “King Media Family furious with out of Control Second Son!”Yeah, I’ve seen the headlines too.My family is threatening to disown me if I get near another bloody scandal.So I’m staying out of trouble. Or trying to…until I see her.It doesn’t matter that she’s dancing with someone else...
  • Wish for You by Marquita Valentine

    Wish for You by Marquita Valentine

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's only one place in the world Lacey Evans feels normal--the roller derby track. When she laces up her skates and fastens her helmet, she'd powerful and in charge. She knows exactly what to do and say. The rules are clear and penalties are given for those who don't follow them. But in the real world, she's far from powerful and in charge...
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