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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION JACKSON, T.D.
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TEEN FICTION JACKSON, T.D.
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"Three Brooklyn teens [...] plot to turn their murdered friend into a major rap star by pretending he's still alive. Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn't mean that Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph's music lie forgotten under his bed after he's murdered -- not when his rhymes could turn any Bed Stuy corner into a party. With the help of Steph's younger sister Jasmine, they come up...
2) Solo
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Downers Grove Public Library - 1st Floor - Kids
J FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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J FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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TEEN FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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"Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure, and tragedy, including the loss of his mother. The one true light is his girlfriend, Chapel, but her parents have forbidden their relationship, assuming Blade will become just like his...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION ALBERTALLI, B.
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TEEN FICTION ALBERTALLI, B.
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Leah Burke is an anomaly in her friend group: the only child of a young, single mom; her life is decidedly less privileged. She loves to draw but is too self-conscious to show it. And even though her mom knows she's bisexual, she hasn't mustered the courage to tell her friends-- not even her openly gay BFF, Simon. When her rock-solid friend group starts to fracture in unexpected ways, it's hard for Leah to strike the right note. And with prom and...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION CHOI, M.H.K.
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TEEN FICTION CHOI, M.H.K.
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Nineteen-year-old Pablo Neruda Rind is working in an upscale health food store in New York CIty when pop star Leanna Smart rushes in and turns his life upside-down.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION VORIS, J.
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TEEN FICTION VORIS, J.
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"Seventeen-year-old aspiring journalist Darren Purchase has been a lifelong fan of country music legend Decklee Cassel, who's as famous for her classic hits as she is for her partnership with songwriter Mickenlee Hooper. The same Mickenlee who mysteriously backed out of the limelight at the height of their careers, never to be heard from again. Now Decklee's televised funeral marks the unveiling of her long-awaited time capsule. But when it's revealed...
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Monsters of Verity volume 1
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION SCHWAB, V.
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TEEN FICTION SCHWAB, V.
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"As the heirs to opposing sides in a warring city, Kate Harker and Augustus Flynn should never have met. A Romeo and Juliet-esque fantasy about the difference between good and evil and the blurry gray area in between"-- Provided by publisher.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION KONIGSBERG, B.
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TEEN FICTION KONIGSBERG, B.
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It is summer in Phoenix, and seventeen-year-old Maximo offers to help Jordan, a fellow student in high school, with the food truck that belonged to Jordan's deceased father, and which may be the only thing standing between homelessness for Jordan and his mom; the boys are strongly attracted to each other, but as their romance develops it is threatened by the secrets they are hiding--and by the racism and homophobia of those around them.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION OSEMAN, A.
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TEEN FICTION OSEMAN, A.
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For Angel Ahmadi, life is only about one thing: The Ark -- a pop-rock trio of teenage boys who are currently taking the world by storm. Being part of The Ark's fandom has given her everything -- her friendships, her dreams, her place in the world. Jimmy Kaga-Ricci owes everything to The Ark too. He's their frontman -- and playing in a band is all he's ever dreamed of doing. It's just a shame that recently everything in his life seems to have turned...
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Babysitters coven volume 3
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Esme suspects that the trouble brewing in Spring River has something to do with a new band that reeks of Red Magic.
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Collects sixteen interconnected short stories about a high school's battle of the bands competition, from such authors as Shaun David Hutchinson, Brittany Cavallaro, and Preeti Chhibber.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION DASS, S.
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TEEN FICTION DASS, S.
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Presents a romantic, mesmerizing story of first love and second chances, all to the tunes of sweet soca music.
12) More than maybe
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Growing up under his punk rocker dad's spotlight, eighteen-year-old Luke Greenly knows fame and wants nothing to do with it. His real love isn't in front of a crowd, it's on the page. Hiding his gift and secretly hoarding songs in his bedroom at night, he prefers the anonymous comfort of the locally popular podcast he co-hosts with his outgoing and meddling, far-too-jealousy-inspiringly-happy-with-his-long-term-boyfriend twin brother, Cullen. But...
13) Swing
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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TEEN FICTION ALEXANDER, K.
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"Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything"-- Provided by publisher.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION CANE, T.
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TEEN FICTION CANE, T.
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"Alma's life is a constant of halfways: She's half-Chinese, half-Jewish; her parents spend half the time fighting, and the other half silent; and, at thirteen, she's halfway through becoming a woman. Then comes the year when everything changes, and her life is overtaken by constant endings: friends move away, romances bloom and wither, her parents file for divorce, and just like that her childhood seems to be over. Among this world of confusing beginnings,...
15) Idol gossip
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION YOUNG, A.L.
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TEEN FICTION YOUNG, A.L.
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Every Friday after school, dressed in their South Korean prep-school uniforms Alice Choy and her little sister, Olivia, head to Myeongdong, brave a dank, basement-level stairwell full of graffiti, and slip into a noreabang. Back in San Francisco, when she still had friends and earthly possessions, Alice took regular singing lessons. But since their diplomat mom moved them to Seoul, she pours herself into karaoke, vamping it up in their booth to Lady...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION YOON, D.
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TEEN FICTION YOON, D.
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When new-girl Cirrus mistakes self-described nerd Sunny Dae as the lead in a rock band, Sunny rolls with it forming a fake band with his friends, but as the lies continue he risks losing both Cirrus and his friends.
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION PARKER, M.
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TEEN FICTION PARKER, M.
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Morgan can't count the number of times she's been the only non-white person at the sleepover, been teased for her "weird" outfits, and been told she's not "really" black. She's spent most of her summer crying in bed; it feels like the whole world is listening to the same terrible track on repeat, and Morgan sees life as a never-ending hamster wheel of agony. She knows why she's in therapy. When Morgan makes friends with fellow outcasts, blasts music...
18) On the come up
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION THOMAS, A.
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TEEN FICTION THOMAS, A.
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"Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But it's hard to get your come up when you're labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after your mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral . . . for all...
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION LU, M.
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TEEN FICTION LU, M.
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"Desperate to be forever remembered for her music, Nannerl Mozart makes a dangerous pact with a mysterious stranger from a magical land, which may cost her everything"-- Provided by publisher.
20) The Haters
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Teen
TEEN FICTION ANDREWS, J.
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TEEN FICTION ANDREWS, J.
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A road trip adventure about a trio of jazz-camp escapees who, against every realistic expectation, become a band.








