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• Required Reading for the Disenfranchised Freshman

  Lee, Kristen R.

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  Savannah Howard struggles between trying to fit in to secure a successful future and standing up against mircoagressions and racism as a freshman at an elite university .

• What's Coming to Me

  Padilla, Francesca

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  17-year-old ice cream stand employee Minerva Gutierrez seeks revenge against her predatory, sexist boss after the stand is robbed.

• The Chosen One

  a First-generation Ivy League Odyssey

  Brown, Echo

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  Black college student Echo Brown deals with challenges of racism, mental illness, love and a sense of belonging in her first year at Dartmouth College.

• How You Grow Wings

  Onoseta, Rimma

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  Sisters Zam and Cheta take two very different paths to escape their oppressive home, and when they reunite later Zam must help to save Cheta.

• Children of Ragnarok

  Chima, Cinda Williams,

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  Based in Norse mythology, this first volume of the Runestone Saga brings Reggin Eiklund and Eiric Halvorsen to the Grove to help battle evil and restore magic to the world.

• Deep in Providence

  Neilson, Riss M.

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  When Jasmine dies in a car accident, her 3 best friends try to resurrect her using magic in this thriller, but things don’t go exactly as planned.

• The Ghosts of Rose Hill

  Romero, R. M. (Rachel Maria), 1987-

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  When biracial Jewish latina Ilana is sent from Miami to Prague by her parents to dissuade her from pursuing a career as a violinist, she meets a ghost.

• The Sunbearer Trials

  Thomas, Aiden

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  Two 17-year-old demigod trans teens are in a fierce competition at the Sunbearer Trials, where the loser will be sacrificed to the sun god Sol.

• Ain't Burned All the Bright

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Art and text combine to create a painful, poignant, tough, and hopeful tapestry of what it means to be black in America today.

• Messy Roots

  a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American

  Gao, Laura,

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  This graphic novel memoir traces the life experience of author Laura Gao, who immigrated at age 14 from Wuhan, China to Texas- transitioning young Laura from the world of lily pad ponds, water buffalo & her loving grandparents (Popo and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Squire

  Alfageeh, Sara

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  Squire tells the story of Aiza, a 14-year-old knight-in-training who is experiencing what it means to be asked to fight for an empire as you simultaneously fight to keep secret your identity as a people (the Ornu) who were once conquered…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Red Palace

  Hur, June

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  In 1758 Korea, 18-year-old palace nurse Hyeon secretly tries to help a police inspector solve a murder, in order to clear the name of her beloved teacher.

• African Town

  Latham, Irene,

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  The story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860, told in 14 distinct voices.

• This Rebel Heart

  Locke, Katherine,

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  In post-WWII Hungary, Csilla’s parents were murdered by the Soviet police. She must decide whether she should escape the country or risk her life to save it.

• Trigger

  Griffin, N.,

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  Didi's physically and psychologically abusive father is raising her to be prepared for the end of the world. From the age of 5-15, she's forced to train to be the best runner, hunter, and chess player. This novella was so intense, I felt…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Must Betray You

  Sepetys, Ruta

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  Set during the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Cristian Florescu is as much as a rebel as he can be. When he’s confronted with evidence of treason, Cristian is faced with a tough decision that ultimately charges him with daring hope.

• The City Beautiful

  Polydoros, Aden

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  It’s 1893 and the World Fair is happening in Chicago, where Alter Rosen is dodging corruption, danger, and potential death- all of which wait for him around every corner. At the same time, he’s being haunted by two formidable forces- his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Anatomy

  a Love Story

  Schwartz, Dana

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  An 1817 Edinburgh aspiring female surgeon teams up with a man who is a grave robber. Their symbiotic relationship digs up more than corpses.

• The Weight of Blood

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  In this modern retelling of Stephen King’s Carrie, Madison Washington has endured bullying her entire life. Her small-town life leaves her wanting more until the day secrets are revealed and things get out of control. Maddie has her own…Read moreRead more of this annotation