Crescendo: The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town
By: Allen Cheney
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A story of mercy, miracles, and melody—and above all else: love. During the Great Depression, Fr…
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1. Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
By: Susan Kuklin
3.80
Format: 182 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking work of LGBT literature takes an honest look at the life, love, and struggles of t… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"But when you hear the same stories over and over again, from people from all over the world, you start realizing that transgender is not an anomaly. It’s a part of the spectrum of people’s realities.…"-Susan Kuklin, Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
"SK: What causes a person to be transgender? MS: I think the question should be flipped around: What’s the cause for assuming that one’s gender identity has to be the one that you are born with? When …"-Susan Kuklin, Beyond Magenta: Transgender and Nonbinary Teens Speak Out
2. The Magic Barrel
By: Bernard Malamud , Jhumpa Lahiri
4.67
Format: 360 pages,
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, The Ma… read more
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3. When Morning Comes
By: None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Zanele is skipping school and secretly plotting against the apartheid government. The police can't … read more
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4. Saints and Misfits
By: S.K. Ali
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Audiobook
Saints and Misfitsis an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life...… read more
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5. The White Rose
By: Dorothee Sölle , Inge Aicher-Scholl
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
The White Rose tells the story of Hans Scholl and Sophie Scholl, who in 1942 led a small undergroun… read more
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6. The Memory of Light
By: Francisco X. Stork
4.36
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
16-year-old Vicky Cruz wakes up in a hospital's mental ward after a failed suicide attempt. Now she… read more
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7. Alive (The Generations Trilogy, #1)
By: Scott Sigler
3.94
Format: 450 pages, Hardcover
I open my eyes to darkness. Total darkness. I hear my own breathing, but nothing else. I lift my he… read more
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8. This Book Betrays My Brother
By: Kagiso Lesego Molope
4.08
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
"Basi is as special as raindrops on dying crops. I say this not with jealousy but with apology, rea… read more
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9. Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard
By: Mawi Asgedom , None
3.84
Format: 523 pages, Paperback
Read the remarkable true story of a young boy's journey from civil war in east Africa to a refugee … read more
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10. Rook
By: Sharon Cameron
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
History has a way of repeating itself. In the Sunken City that was once Paris, all who oppose the n… read more
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11. Stay Gold
By: Tobly McSmith
3.84
Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition
Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who’s g… read more
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- audiobook
"When you’re seen as different, it’s best to go with the flow, pick your battles, and plan the right times to push back."-Tobly McSmith, Stay Gold
12. Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution
By: Rainn Wilson
3.83
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
**New York Times Bestseller** Comedic actor, producer, and writer Rainn Wilson, cofounder of th… read more
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- memoir
- inspirational
- faith
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
By: Leonard S. Marcus
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
What happens when freedom of expression comes under threat? In frank and wide-ranging interviews, h… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- audiobook
"Intellectually I know free speech will prevail--it almost always does--and I know that some good conversations come out of it. But it's still harrowing to have to face such intolerance on your home g…"-Leonard S. Marcus, You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
14. This Is My America
By: Kim Johnson
4.46
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist in… read more
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- family
- audiobook
15. Extinction (a play)
By: Hannie Rayson
2.94
Format: None pages, ebook
One wild winter night, Harry Jewell is driving along the Great Ocean Road, when he hits an animal. … read more
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- audiobook
16. Bump
By: Chiara Atik
3.45
Format: 66 pages, Paperback
2 men, 10 women A car mechanic on the verge of becoming a grandfather, a community of expectant … read more
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- audiobook
17. Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda
By: Jesse J. Holland
3.69
Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition
A ground-breaking anthology celebrating Marvel’s beloved Black Panther and his home of Wakanda, pen… read more
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- audiobook
18. Sasha Masha
By: Agnes Borinsky
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Transgender author Agnes Borinsky deftly explores gender identity and queer romance in this heart-w… read more
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- audiobook
"I feel like teenagers get a bad rap for changing things up all the time. We're fake or we're insincere or we're superficial. But if you do it to please yourself, what's insincere about that?"-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha
"Real people are comfortable being themselves and don't have to think about what they want. They laugh out loud and they eat when they're hungry and they say what they're thinking no matter who is lis…"-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha
"Representation is chump change, darling. I'm sorry to break it to you. People who hold power don't like to put themselves at risk. And that's why Queer people have generally been the visionaries. Bec…"-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha
"I feel like I was on autopilot for most of my life. Like I just took for granted the person the world told me I was and I feel like it might have been easier to shake that up a little when I was a ki…"-Agnes Borinsky, Sasha Masha
19. Salty, Bitter, Sweet
By: Mayra Cuevas
3.70
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
“Happiness, like love, arrives through the kitchen. At least that’s what my abuela Lala used to say… read more
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- family
- audiobook
"Because maybe, just maybe, I’m ready to bake my way back home. And pies are meant to be shared; at least that’s what Lala used to say."-Mayra Cuevas, Salty, Bitter, Sweet
"Frente al amor y la muerte, no sirve de nada ser fuerte. Lala taught me about giving in to love, but she never explained how to give in to death."-Mayra Cuevas, Salty, Bitter, Sweet
"For an instant, I’m transported to Lala’s kitchen and the herbal smell of her sofrito simmering as part of some guisado. A symphony of garlic, onions, and peppers play among the pots and pans, and I …"-Mayra Cuevas, Salty, Bitter, Sweet
20. Paradise
By: Laura Maria Censabella
3.43
Format: 99 pages, Audiobook
Yasmeen Al-Hamadi is a Muslim, Yemeni-American senior at a struggling inner-city Bronx high school.… read more
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21. Crescendo: The Story of a Musical Genius Who Forever Changed a Southern Town
By: Allen Cheney
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
A story of mercy, miracles, and melody—and above all else: love. During the Great Depression, Fr… read more
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- music
- biography
- memoir
- inspirational
- faith
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- family
- audiobook
22. The Raven's Tale
By: Cat Winters
3.58
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family—the wealthy… read more
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- audiobook
"Yes," I say, for my work is poetry, and I am most certainly paying attention."-Cat Winters, The Raven's Tale
"Yes," I saw, for my work is poetry, and I am most certainly paying attention."-Cat Winters, The Raven's Tale
"The kindest thing you can do for the dead... is to weave their names into art."-Cat Winters, The Raven's Tale
"Stop treating me like I’m ignorant and delirious. I understand reality all too well—that’s the source of all my pain."-Cat Winters, The Raven's Tale
23. The Perfect Nine: The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
3.69
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse, from the author Delia Owens says “tackles the absurdities… read more
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- audiobook
24. Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented Girl Fought for Her American Dream
By: Julissa Arce
4.11
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Born in the picturesque town of Taxco, Mexico, Julissa Arce was left behind for months at a time wi… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- family
- audiobook
25. The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
By: Marissa Moss
4.13
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The gripping story of Lise Meitner, the physicist who discovered nuclear fission As a female Jew… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Life need not be easy, provided only that it is not empty." (Lise Meitner)"-Marissa Moss, The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner
26. A Brief History of Fascist Lies
By: Federico Finchelstein
3.52
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
"There is no better book on fascism's complex and vexed relationship with truth."––Jason Stanley, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. What Makes Us
By: Rafi Mittlefehldt
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A viral video reveals a teen’s dark family history, leaving him to reckon with his heritage, legacy… read more
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- audiobook
28. Never Look Back
By: Lilliam Rivera
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Eury comes to the Bronx as a girl haunted. Haunted by losing everything in Hurricane Maria--and by … read more
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- audiobook
"He is not my medicine."-Lilliam Rivera, Never Look Back
29. This Is What I Know About Art
By: Kimberly Drew
4.14
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Pocket Change Collective was born out of a need for space. Space to think. Space to connect. Space … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
"It's absurd to think about how a $1,600 stipend changed the course of my life. It's absurd to think about how many internships are still unpaid, and how elitist and morally corrupt it is to hire unpa…"-Kimberly Drew, This Is What I Know About Art
30. Poemsia
By: Lang Leav
3.62
Format: 294 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author and poet Lang Leav presents a YA novel that is an absolute fan pleaser!Verity … read more
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"Here's to those who wish us well, and the rest can go to hell!"-Lang Leav, Poemsia
"The feeling is like the ocean. Sometimes calm and still; other times, it's a hurricane."-Lang Leav, Poemsia
"In the words of Jean de La Fountaine, 'A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."-Lang Leav, Poemsia
"Whatever path you choose will take you to the same destination. The only thing that should guide you is your intuition."-Lang Leav, Poemsia
31. Four Short Stories: The Horror of the Heights/The Terror of Blue John Gap/ Lot No. 249/The Sealed Room
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
3.40
Format: 6 pages, Audio CD
The listener is drawn to experience drama, suspense, and ultimately the shock of surprise in this c… read more
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