Sanctuary
By: Paola Mendoza
4.15
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
A near future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to f…
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1. The Serpent King
By: Jeff Zentner
3.59
Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition
Dill has had to wrestle with vipers his whole life at home, as the only son of a Pentecostal minist… read more
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- audiobook
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- young adult
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2. Mascot
By: Charles Waters
4.02
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
What if a school's mascot is seen as racist, but not by everyone? In this compelling middle-grade n… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
3. Dear Wendy
By: Ann Zhao
4.01
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual students at Wellesley College, engage in an o… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
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"Nobody talks about breaking up with your friends. It sucks. Especially when that friend ditches you to be with whoever they think is The One."-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
"And still, it's hard to find people like me. The asexual community is small enough as it is; there are fewer aromantic people and even fewer people who are both."-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
"And that really made me think for the first time about how this could happen with any friend who's not also aroace. Like, my person, my closest confidant, will probably always have someone else - a r…"-Ann Zhao, Dear Wendy
4. Tender Beasts
By: Liselle Sambury
3.90
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and c… read more
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- young adult
- fiction
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- fantasy
- audiobook
5. Furia
By: Yamile Saied Méndez
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices contemporary YA set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything … read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
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"Lies have long legs."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"When we played, we were all the same. We were all one."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"I was just a girl with strong legs and a stubborn streak."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
"I’ll rescue myself. No one will ever lock me up in a tower."-Yamile Saied Méndez, Furia
6. There Goes the Neighborhood
By: Jade Adia
4.13
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
- Winner of the 2024 Coretta Scott King John Steptoe New Talent Award - Fifteen-year-old Rhea an… read more
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- race
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- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
7. Internment
By: Samira Ahmed
3.87
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Rebellions are built on hope. Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old … read more
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- teen
- young adult
- dystopia
- fiction
- contemporary
- science fiction
- audiobook
"I wonder if all moms do this—try to make the terrifying seem mundane."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"In the quiet of the night, the heart knows the lies you told to survive."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"When you appease a man's conscience, you can take his freedom and he will thank you for it."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
"It's not about danger. It's about fear. People are willing to trade their freedom, even for a false sense of protection."-Samira Ahmed, Internment
8. Promise Boys
By: Nick Brooks
3.99
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Promise Boys is a blockbuster, dark academia mystery about three teens of color who must investigat… read more
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- audiobook
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- young adult
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9. Where You See Yourself
By: Claire Forrest
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Where You See Yourself combines an unforgettable coming-of-age tale, a swoon-worthy romance, and mu… read more
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- contemporary
10. Shut Up, This Is Serious
By: Carolina Ixta
4.15
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable YA debut about two Latina teens growing up in East Oakland as they discover that t… read more
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11. Genesis Begins Again
By: Alicia D. Williams
4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of a thirteen-year-old girl who is filled with self-loathing and must overcome in… read more
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"Right now, for me, it's only about winning"-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"Every family has some form of crazy, trust me."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"When mama does my hair, she spills all the tea."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
"You've got your mama's smile. Never really noticed before."-Alicia D. Williams, Genesis Begins Again
12. Bright Red Fruit
By: Safia Elhillo
4.49
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the… read more
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13. Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
By: Jennifer De Leon
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-wh… read more
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14. We Are Not From Here
By: Jenny Torres Sanchez
4.48
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
A ripped-from-the-headlines novel of desperation, escape, and survival across the U.S.-Mexico borde… read more
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- survival
- race
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"We are to Mexico what Mexico is to the States."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"Los sueños y los hombres son para las pendejas."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"You can outrun danger...But you can’t outrun the pain."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
"We are luchadores. We are fighters. We are those who dare to try against impossible odds."-Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not From Here
15. Thirsty
By: Jas Hammonds
4.16
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
It’s the summer before college and eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner and her girlfriend, Ella, have o… read more
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16. This Book Won't Burn
By: Samira Ahmed
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Internment comes a timely and gripping social-suspens… read more
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- contemporary
- audiobook
"Book banning has long been used to silence those who want to speak out, those who are unwilling to be gaslit into thinking they're living in the best of all possible worlds."-Samira Ahmed, This Book Won't Burn
17. Forgive Me Not
By: Jennifer Baker
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In this searing indictment of the juvenile justice system, one incarcerated teen weighs what she is… read more
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- race
- young adult
- dystopia
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- contemporary
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"...Counselor Susan was right about one thing: We’re more than our worst mistakes."-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"All this got me wondering: Is that what forgiveness is? Is it forgetting and moving on? Is it doing whatever it takes to hear “I forgive you"-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"We’re not the same. Nothing will ever be the same. I try to say it, but it doesn’t come out. It can’t, because all the hurt needs to be spewed out first. Along with all the shame, hiding, guilt."-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
"The way my parents are reacting to this and last week’s Trials reminds me how much is and isn’t in their control. We’re all experiencing this together with Letta, only we can’t be there to help her. …"-Jennifer Baker, Forgive Me Not
18. Hollow Fires
By: Samira Ahmed
4.28
Format: 404 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, gripping YA novel about the insidious nature of racism, the terrible costs of unearthin… read more
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"from the postscript: The commentators who scream against allowing in refugees, the same talking heads who think the horrifyingly inhumane treatment of migrants at our border with Mexico is justified,…"-Samira Ahmed, Hollow Fires
19. Sanctuary
By: Paola Mendoza
4.15
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
A near future dystopian where a young girl and her brother must escape a xenophobic government to f… read more
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- young adult
- dystopia
- fiction
- contemporary
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- fantasy
- audiobook
20. I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom
By: Shannon C.F. Rogers
3.98
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Packed with voice, this is a powerful coming-of-age YA novel about a Filipina-American teen who tri… read more
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21. Sleep Like Death
By: Kalynn Bayron
3.56
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a l… read more
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