Freedom Swimmer
By: Wai Chim
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A powerful story of friendship, bravery, and a desperate bid for freedom, inspired by true events. …
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1. Sweet Home Alaska
By: Carole Estby Dagg
4.23
Format: 298 pages, Hardcover
This exciting pioneering story, based on actual events, introduces readers to a fascinating chapter… read more
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- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
2. Summer of the Mariposas
By: Guadalupe Garcia McCall
3.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When Odilia and her four sisters find a dead body in the swimming hole, they embark on a hero's jou… read more
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3. Booked
By: Kwame Alexander
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Hardcover
National Book Award Long List New York Times Bestseller Like lightning/you strike/fast and free/le… read more
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4. In Time (The Darkest Minds, #1.5)
By: Alexandra Bracken
4.04
Format: 156 pages, ebook
Don't miss this exciting short story that connects The Darkest Mindsto its much-anticipated sequel,… read more
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5. Jasper Jones
By: Craig Silvey
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Late on a hot summer night in 1965, Charlie Bucktin, a precocious and bookish boy of thirteen, is s… read more
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6. The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull
By: Barry Jonsberg
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Part quirky journal, part detective fiction, this wild and witty novel is a laugh-out-loud comedy a… read more
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7. In the Wild Light
By: Jeff Zentner
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his P… read more
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- romance
- teen
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
"You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserv…"-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light
8. Red, White, and Whole
By: Rajani LaRocca
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An #ownvoices novel in verse about an Indian American girl whose life is turned upside down when he… read more
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- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"What does the sky do when the moon is gone forever?"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"« We say goodbye to Amma. I am empty. I’ve been watching and saying goodbye for months. »"-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
"Her face is as bright as a full moon, always gentle, always changing, but predictable. Like our moon, she only shows us one face. The strong one."-Rajani LaRocca, Red, White, and Whole
9. Frankly in Love
By: David Yoon
3.72
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong? Frank Li has two names. There… read more
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- romance
- teen
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"card."-David Yoon, Frankly in Love
"Okay is my prayer."-David Yoon, Frankly in Love
"I have no idea, I realize, is a big part of who I am."-David Yoon, Frankly in Love
"people who let themselves learn new things are the best kind of people"-David Yoon, Frankly in Love
10. Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
By: Brandy Colbert
4.25
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and leg… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
11. Free Lunch
By: Rex Ogle
4.37
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Instead of giving him lunch money, Rex’s mom has signed him up for free meals. As a poor kid in a w… read more
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- audiobook
"I don't know why, but I don't trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it costs me a lot."-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch
"On the back, it has the address, and says, free lunch! A chill runs up my spine. I don’t know why, but I don’t trust the word free anymore. Lunch here is supposed to be free, but it feels like it cos…"-Rex Ogle, Free Lunch
12. Game Changer
By: Neal Shusterman
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
All it takes is one hit on the football field, and suddenly Ash’s life doesn’t look quite the way h… read more
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- teen
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
"Even the tiniest loose thread in the fabric of your world cannot be tolerated. Either everyting works, or nothing does"-Neal Shusterman, Game Changer
13. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir
By: Weiwei Ai
4.23
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In Ai Weiwei's widely anticipated memoir, "one of the most important artists working in the world … read more
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- asia
- china
14. The Silence that Binds Us
By: Joanna Ho
4.33
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May pre… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
15. Kaldoras (The Medoran Chronicles, #6)
By: Lynette Noni
4.28
Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition
She didn’t hesitate to open the door and step through it, just as she had thousands of times before… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- audiobook
16. Louder Than Hunger
By: John Schu
4.55
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Revered teacher, librarian, and story ambassador John Schu explores anorexia—and self-expression as… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
17. The Rosewood Hunt
By: Mackenzie Reed
3.66
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Lily Rosewood dreams of taking over her family's company one day. Her grandmother, Rosewood Inc's c… read more
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- romance
- teen
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
18. The Work
By: Bri Lee
3.43
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
19. The Things We Didn’t Know
By: Elba Iris Pérez
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The inaugural winner of Simon & Schuster’s Books Like Us contest, Elba Iris Pérez’s lyrical, cross-… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
20. Lies Like Wildfire
By: Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An intense high-stakes story about five friends and the deadly secret that could send their lives u… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
21. Fieldwork: A Forager's Memoir
By: Iliana Regan
3.54
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
From National Book Award-nominee Iliana Regan, a new memoir of her life and heritage as a forager, … read more
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- audiobook
22. Button Pusher
By: Tyler Page
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A memoir-driven realistic graphic novel about Tyler, a child who is diagnosed with ADHD and has to … read more
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23. African Town
By: Irene Latham
4.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Chronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a… read more
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- teen
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Call me Cudjo." It's a strong name that means "born on Monday." Doesn't change who I am in de insde. I will always be Kossola, no matter what de white men call me."-Irene Latham, African Town
24. Once Upon a K-Prom
By: Kat Cho
3.77
Format: 338 pages, ebook
What would you do if the world's biggest K-pop star asked you to prom? Perfect for fans of Jenny Ha… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
25. Gather
By: Kenneth M. Cadow
4.43
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
A resourceful teenager in rural Vermont struggles to hold on to the family home while his mom recov… read more
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- fiction
- teen
- young adult
- contemporary
26. Exit Through the Gift Shop
By: Maryam Master
4.10
Format: None pages, ebook
Anahita Rosalind Ghorban-Galaszczuk (yes, that really is her name but you can call her Ana) is disc… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
- young adult
- contemporary
27. Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club
By: Roselle Lim
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
A new heartfelt novel about the power of loneliness and the strength of love that overcomes it by c… read more
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- romance
- audiobook
- fiction
- contemporary
28. Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
By: Pema Chödrön
4.36
Format: 187 pages, Hardcover
In her first new book of spiritual teachings in many years, Pema Chödrön offers new wisdom, heartfe… read more
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- audiobook
"When we stop seeking the familiarity of samsara, when we stop fighting the groundlessness of freedom from imputed meaning, emptiness becomes an experience of awe, of the infinite, of limitless pace."-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
"Status quo is not very helpful for spiritual growth, for using this short interval between birth and death. On the other hand, expanding our ability to feel comfortable in our own skin and in the wor…"-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World
29. The Dog Runner
By: Bren MacDibble
3.98
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
From the author of the multi-award-winning and bestselling How To Bee comes an intense and thrillin… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
30. Shadow Jumper (Shadow Jumper #1)
By: J.M. Forster
4.15
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
A thrilling mystery adventure story with contemporary themes, for boys and girls aged 10 and above.… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
31. Freedom Swimmer
By: Wai Chim
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A powerful story of friendship, bravery, and a desperate bid for freedom, inspired by true events. … read more
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- teen
- historical
- asia
- young adult
- fiction
- contemporary
- historical fiction
- china
- audiobook
