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Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. I'm a huge Ann Patchett fan and this book did not disappoint! (High School)
This story takes place in Chicken Hill, a rundown section of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, that is home to African Americans who fled racial violence in the Deep South and Jews who escaped the pogroms of Eastern Europe. Together these groups create a community rooted in racism, yet bound by shared hopes and heartbreaks. The characters are easy to love and the relationships between them are truly heartwarming. (High School)
Jay discovers that the Disney-like amusement park where he lives and works with his friends and family is also a doomsday oasis for the rich and powerful who expect top-notch customer service even as the world outside the resort's walls disintegrates. I loved the characters and the nonstop action, but also the metaphors around privilege, class, and solidarity. Read this if you liked The Giver! (Grades 7-11)
Claudia's friend Monday goes missing and she is the only one who seems to care. As Claudia digs deeper into her friend's disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she's gone? Yes, it's sad but the writing is beautiful and the slow unfolding of what happened to Monday keeps you reading. (Grades 6-9)
Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, 'big' becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is. An empowering book for all ages! (Picture book)
Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather (currently in prison) and he thinks the way to do that is to take up boxing--although he would really rather draw. Written by BCS's own 8th-grade social studies teacher, Torrey Maldonado! (And a 2024 Global Read Aloud choice!) (Grades 5-8)
Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. Maybe there's a problem with his programming.... As millions of people back on Earth follow his progress, will Res have the determination, courage, and resilience to succeed...and survive? (Grades 4-6)
A celebration of Langston Hughes and African American authors he inspired, told through the lens of the party held at the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in 1991. (Picture book)
Motivated by the realization of global inequities, a young boy embraces his dual identities as an artist and activist, becoming an "artivist" to make a difference by using his viral mural as a catalyst for positive change. (Picture book)
In Clayton’s atmospherically told middle grade debut, Ella Durand, a Black 11-year-old girl from New Orleans, is the first Conjuror to enroll at the elite Arcanum Training Institute for Marvelous and Uncanny Endeavors. With fantastical twists at every turn, Clayton has created a world that readers won't want to leave. (Grades 5-7)
Fourteen-year-old Nigerian American Harriet Adu is guilt-stricken after she wishes her older brother Tunde was dead and then he dies in a school shooting. She finds solace in swimming but soon she begins having visions of Tunde, and a malevolent force attacks her in the pool. Harriet, her cousin Nikka, and her brother's best friend Luke hear about a strange underground world beneath New York City and they set out on a quest to get Harriet answers to her questions and help for her grief and guilt. (Grades 9-12)
A sweet story about first crushes, friendship drama, and finding the courage to stand up for yourself.
An unforgettable tale about family, fate, and finding love where you least expect it.
What would you do if the world's biggest K-pop star asked you to prom?
A poignant exploration of grief, change, and hope.
Decadent, thrilling, and romantic, this Black Mirror-esque retelling of the reign of one Marie Antoinette is perfect for fans of The Belles and American Royals.
The love story of young Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler...
An American girl embarks on a competitive scavenger hunt in England—and along the way, meets up with a bookish British boy who might make the trip take some unexpected turns.
A fresh and funny contemporary YA rom-com about teens working as costumed characters in a local amusement park.
A sweet and salty queer YA rom-com about two girls on a summer road trip in an ice cream truck.
Opposites attract when a good girl with a “perfect” life meets a bad boy with nothing to lose in this New York Times bestselling steamy romance.
"Heartbreak is for suckers."
Fall head-over-heels for this funny, sweet story of crushes, competition, and the confusing reality of middle school.
A would-be queen. A handsome young king. A perfect match…or is it?
Opposites attract in this battle-robot-building YA romance.
After spending an amazing day and night with Allyson in Paris that ends in separation, Willem and Allyson are both searching for one another.
A fresh love story about the will they, won't they—and why can't they—of first love.
The first novel in a new series about a small Southern town filled with cute boys in pickup trucks, Friday night football games, and crazy parties that stir up some major drama.
An overly enthusiastic list maker is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. It’s a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance.
"A hilarious and endearing romance full of zany Korean-drama fun. You'll fall in love even as you're falling into a pool!"
Sparks fly between a K-pop starlet and a tabloid reporter in Somewhere Only We Know, a heartwarming rom-com from Maurene Goo.
A laugh-out-loud story of love, new friendships, and one unique food truck.
A "perfect middle-grade love story. Bigelow delivers a mighty message to turn up the volume on your inner drumbeat."
"The best friends to enemies-to-lovers story I needed in my life!
Sometimes you need a little magic to fall in love.
Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming in this heartfelt and outright hilarious debut.
The Creekwood High crew are first years at different colleges, navigating friendship and romance the way their story began—on email.
Love From A to Z ends up being a compulsively readable, beautifully romantic look at how fate can intervene when we might just need it the most.
Delivers a love story for every star sign straight from the hearts of thirteen multicultural YA authors.
A fresh, joyful YA novel that is layered with themes of immigration, cultural identity, and finding your voice in any language.
A fun, romantic story about challenging yourself and what you always thought you wanted.
Who says opposites don't attract?
A chauffer’s daughter finds herself in the middle of a love triangle with the sons of her boss’s wealthy next-door neighbors in this delightfully romantic story.
A reserved Bangladeshi-American teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy.
How do you make one month last a lifetime?
Twelve-year-old Sunny St. James navigates heart surgery, reconnecting with her lost mother, first kisses, and emerging feelings for another girl in this stunning, heartfelt novel.
Antony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now... Henry and Flora.
For centuries Love and Death have chosen their players. They have set the rules, rolled the dice, and kept close, ready to influence, angling for supremacy. And Death has always won. Always.
Could there ever be one time, one place, one pair whose love would truly tip the balance?
16-year-old Tessa, a gifted writer, struggles with writer's block at a prestigious art school and, with her best friend Caroline, devises a plan to find inspiration through a fake romance, leading to unexpected consequences and self-discovery.
Lenore's headed out on a Mediterranean cruise with her family in tow, and the last thing on her mind is a whirlwind abroad romance.
A week-long amusement park road trip becomes a true roller coaster of emotion when Dalia realizes she has more-than-friend feelings for her new bestie.
Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world.
When Kit asks for David's help figuring out the how and why of her dad’s tragic car accident, he's all in. But neither of them can predict what they’ll find. Can their friendship survive the truth?
A fresh, charming rom-com about Nathan Bird, who has sworn off happy endings but is sorely tested when his former best friend, Ollie, moves back to town.
Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s queer community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical—and makes everyone who eats them break up.
The grandchildren of two rival Brazilian bakeries fall in love despite their families’ feud in this delicious debut rom-com.
A romantic comedy about a college student who hires a fake boyfriend to appease her traditional Taiwanese parents, to disastrous results.
Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.
Sixteen-year-old Ruby breaks out of a government-run "rehabilitation camp" for teens who acquired dangerous powers after surviving a virus that wiped out most American children.
In the year 2044, Wade Watts, like the rest of humanity, chooses to escape reality and spends his waking hours in the limitless, utopian virtual world of the OASIS, but when Wade stumbles upon the first of the fiendish puzzles set up by OASIS creator James Halliday he finds he must compete with thousands of others--including those willing to commit murder--in order to claim a prize of massive fortune.
Katniss Everdeen represents District 12 in the 74th Hunger Games in the Capitol of Panem, a new land that rose from the ruins of a post-apocalyptic North America.
In a tranquil future with clean streets and no illness, Cassia excitedly anticipates learning who will be her government-dictated marriage Match.
The year is 3070, and Marie Antoinette has just arrived at the glittering, thrilling palace of Versailles to marry the shy, soft-spoken Louis-Auguste. But beneath the luxurious world lies a sinister underbelly and an uncompromising elite who want to keep Marie and Louis pawns in a deadly game.
Will history repeat itself? Or will these doomed lovers outwit their enemies and escape their grisly fate?
Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Ever since the disappearance of her beloved younger brother, Violet's life has been consumed by an anger she struggles to control. Already a prisoner to her own nation, now she has been sentenced to death for her crimes. But one decision could save her life.
A strange weather phenomenon drives students into a superstore where fourteen kids take refuge while the world outside gets torn apart from a series of escalating disasters.
Kayla and Mishalla, two genetically engineered non-human slaves known as GENs, fall in love with higher-status boys, discover deep secrets about the creation of GENs, and in the process find out what it means to be human.
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations, fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
Growing up on an alien planet where thoughts are broadcast and animals speak, 12-year-old Todd is the last boy in a town of men.
Through journal entries sixteen-year-old Miranda describes her family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon, causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions.
In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't
In a near-future New York City where a service alerts people on the day they will die, teenagers Mateo Torrez and Rufus Emeterio meet using the Last Friend app and are faced with the challenge of living a lifetime on their End Day.
The remnant population of post-apocalyptic Chicago is intended to cure civilization’s failures by structuring society into five “factions,” each dedicated to inculcating a specific virtue.
When suicide becomes a worldwide epidemic, the only known cure is The Program, a treatment in which painful memories are erased, a fate worse than death to seventeen-year-old Sloane who knows that The Program will steal memories of her dead brother and boyfriend.
Alien technology is wiping out human life, and Cassie is desperate to reunite with her brother. Can she stay alive long enough to find him?
Sierra is an artist, and the walls and buildings of Brooklyn are her canvas. She's looking forward to a graffiti-filled summer, but strange and terrible happenings force her into a new world of magic and secrets.
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