Category: YA Fiction (Young Adult)

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Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Justina Ireland | Dread Nation | ‘Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania–derailing the War Between the States and c

Posted in YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Ashes To Asheville by Dooley Sarah

Dooley Sarah | Ashes To Asheville | Two sisters take off on a wild road trip in this poignant tale for fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a Tree

After Mama Lacy’s death, Fella w

Posted in Action/Adventure Coming Out YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Dreadnought by April Daniels

April Daniels | Dreadnought | Danny Tozer has a problem: she just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero. Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and die

Posted in Jewish Interests YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Flamboyant by Elizabeth Swados

Elizabeth Swados | Flamboyant | When Chana Landau begins her job as a teacher at Harvey Milk High School, she leaves the protection of her traditional Orthodox Jewish enclave in Broo

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Desire Lines by Jack Gantos

Jack Gantos | Desire Lines |

When sixteen-year-old Walker gets caught up in a witch-hunt against homosexuals, he is left to stand by and watch as a tragedy unfolds.
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Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

Kalynn Bayron | Cinderella Is Dead | It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men

Posted in Mystery YA Fiction (Young Adult)

RagTimeBone by Lynnette D’anna

Lynnette D’anna | RagTimeBone | Mystery, love and desire – Rita, Sage, Eddie and Pearce are boldly coming of age in this compelling story about sexual awakening and determining ones

Posted in Black Interest Graphic Novel Mystery YA Fiction (Young Adult)

Goldie Vance by Hope Larson; Brittney L. Williams; Noah Hayes; Kat Leyh

Hope Larson; Brittney L. Williams; Noah Hayes; Kat Leyh | Goldie Vance | We’re back for another arc with master teen detective Goldie Vance! This time it’s a real ‘fast-paced’ mystery, as Goldie’s investigations take her to

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The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum

K. Ancrum | The Weight of the Stars | Ryann dreams of traveling across the stars, but a career in space isn’t an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the wrong side of town. Al

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Girls Like Me by Nina Packebush

Nina Packebush | Girls Like Me | Sixteen-year-old queer-identified Banjo Logan wakes up groggy in a juvenile mental ward. She realizes that the clueless therapist and shiny psychiatri