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41) Boy21
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Finley, an unnaturally quiet boy who is the only white player on his high school's varsity basketball team, lives in a dismal Pennsylvania town that is ruled by the Irish mob, and when his coach asks him to mentor a troubled African American student who has transferred there from an elite private school in California, he finds that they have a lot in common in spite of their apparent differences.
42) The cheerleaders
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Books if you like Five Survive
GPLD Best Mystery/Thrillers for Teens
Inheritance Games Read-A-Likes
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GPLD Best Mystery/Thrillers for Teens
Inheritance Games Read-A-Likes
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"As a town prepares for the anniversary of the deaths of five cheerleaders who were killed in three separate, horrific accidents, two teens uncover long-buried truths about what really happened years ago"--
43) Bronx masquerade
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Celebrating Black Creators
K&T - National Poetry Month
OBD Coretta Scott King Award - YOUTH
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K&T - National Poetry Month
OBD Coretta Scott King Award - YOUTH
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While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.
44) Teen idol
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When teenage heartthrob Luke Striker shows up at a small-town Indiana high school to do research for a movie role, he persuades junior Jenny Greenley to use her considerable talents to try to change things at school for the better.
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As a devotee of classic novels, Mary Porter-Malcolm knows all about Mistakes That Have Been Made, especially by her favorite literary heroines. When some new friends seem to be falling for the same tricks employed since the days of Austen and Tolstoy, she starts compiling the Scoundrel Survival Guide, to help them spot red flags in the dating department. But Mary is better at dishing out advice than taking it. Without a convenient rain-swept moor...
47) Here to stay
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Arab American Heritage 2024
Arab American Heritage Month 2024: Teens
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
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Arab American Heritage Month 2024: Teens
OBD Sports Books (Brochure) - YOUTH
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When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.
48) Driver's Ed
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Three teenagers' lives are changed forever when they thoughtlessly steal a stop sign from a dangerous intersection and a young mother is killed in an automobile accident there.
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AMPL National Hispanic Heritage
Back to School (teens)
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Teens
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Back to School (teens)
Celebrating the Freedom to Read: Teens
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Sixteen-year-old Mexican American Yami Flores starts Catholic school, determined to keep her brother out of trouble and keep herself closeted, but her priorities shift when Yami discovers that her openly gay classmate Bo is also annoyingly cute.
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After seventeen-year-olds Chole and Shara, Chole's rival for valedictorian, kiss, Shara vanishes leaving Chole and two boys, who are also enamored with Shara, to follow the trail of clues she left behind, but during the search, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to Shara and her small Alabama town than she thought.
51) New moon
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Bella befriends Jacob, a sophomore from her school with a penchant for motorcycles. Their adventures are wild, dare-devilish, and teeter on the brink of romance, but memories of Edward pervade Bella's emotions, and soon their fun quickly morphs into danger, especially when she uncovers the true identities of Jacob and his pack of friends.
53) The perfect shot
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Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a high school history assignment force him to face the past and decide how far he should go to see justice served. Includes facts about miscarriages of justice in American history.
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Books if you Love the Show Heartstopper
Diversity in YA Fiction
LSS - Pride Teen Fiction
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Diversity in YA Fiction
LSS - Pride Teen Fiction
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This special edition of the highly acclaimed novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda features art from the major motion picture starring Nick Robinson, Katherine Langford, Jennifer Garner, and Josh Duhamel.
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2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
2024 FPPL AAPI YA Reads
AANHPI 2023 - Teens
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2024 FPPL AAPI YA Reads
AANHPI 2023 - Teens
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In the year following their son's death, May Chen's parents face racist accusations of putting too much pressure on their son and causing his death by suicide, and May attempts to challenge the racism and ugly stereotypes through her writing, only to realize that she still has a lot to learn and that her actions have consequences for her family as well as herself.
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Mr. Terupt volume 3
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"The kids from Mr. Terupt's fifth- and sixth-grade classes are entering their first year of junior high school. There's a lot to be excited about, but there are new challenges, too. Everyone is missing Mr. Terupt. When a fight threatens to break up the group forever, they think their favorite teacher is the only one who can help them. But the kids soon find out that it's Mr. Terupt who needs saving"--
58) Unearthly
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Unearthly trilogy volume 1
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Sixteen-year-old Clara Gardner's purpose as an angel-blood begins to manifest itself, forcing her family to pull up stakes and move to Jackson, Wyoming, where she learns that danger and heartbreak come with her powers.
59) Twisted
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After finally getting noticed by someone other than school bullies and his ever-angry father, seventeen-year-old Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation and the attentions of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
60) Unpregnant
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When seventeen-year-old Veronica Clarke discovers she is pregnant, she enlists the help of high school misfit Bailey Butler to drive her over nine hundred miles to the closest abortion clinic.