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Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Wyatt Westlock has returned to her childhood home of Willow Heath, intending to burn it down--until she finds Peter hanging in the basement, a boy whom she considered a friend, semi-immortal and ritually sacrificed every year to keep the ancient forces in the nearby forest at bay.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
To boost her college applications, seventeen-year-old Eloise, a loner girl struggling with her mental health, volunteers at a senior suppor center where she meets a dynamic elderly woman and a perpetually cheerful boy who challenge her to step out of her comfortzone.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When handsome thief Beau enters the castle that appeared out of nowhere he finds himself trapped in Arabella's curse, which can only be broken if she finds a boy who loves her for her true self--a seeming impossibility for a girl who has been told she is impossible to love.
7) Ultraviolet
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man", a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a culture of toxic masculinity.
Author
Series
Publisher
Planting People Growing Justice Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
If we can come together, if we can build together, if we can make music together . . . We will build the type of harmony we need to promote love, justice, and freedom. Kofi Loves Music celebrates the power of music in bringing families together, embracing cultural heritage, and engaging in community-building. This counting book also introduces African instruments which have influenced music-making around the world. Enjoy learning about new instruments...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
On her eighteenth birthday, Wren discovers latent magical powers, earning her a place at the secret Academia de la Luna, where alongside her childhood friend Lee, they uncover secrets and dangerous mysteries, forcing Lee to choose between his family's legacy and protecting the girl he loves.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Jackson Ghasnavi is a lot of thingśa techie, a smoothie afficionado, a totally not obsessive list-makeŕbut one thing hés not is a romantic. And why would he be? Hés already had a front row seat to his parentś divorce and picked up the pieces of his sister Jasminés broken heart one too many times.℗No, Jackson is perfectly happy living life behind the sceneśhe is a stage manager, after alĺand keeping his romantic exploits limited to the breakup...
11) The bay road
Author
Publisher
[Thomas Atkins]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A "beautifully written" coming-of-age story set on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Shortly after the end of WWII, 12-year-old Sean is sent to live with his grandparents on Hollingers Island by Mobile Bay. The island is a wild place where deer still roam the woods, fat water moccasins sun themselves on cypress knees and alligators, large and small, doze on creek banks. Sean’s closest friend is an aging black handyman, Robert Barnes, whose head is full of...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Zara and Adnan are just friends. Always have been, always will be. Even if they have to pretend to be girlfriend and boyfriend...Zara loves love in all forms: 90s romcoms and romance novels and grand sweeping gestures. And she's desperate to have her own great love story. Crucially, a real one. So when her best friend Adnan begs her to pretend to date him to cover up his new top-secret relationship, Zara is hesitant. This isn't the kind of thing she...
13) Bright red fruit
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Samira is determined to have a perfect summer filled with fun parties, exploring DC, and growing as a poet--until a scandalous rumor has her grounded and unable to leave her house. When Samira turns to a poetry forum for solace, she catches the eye of an older, charismatic poet named Horus. For the first time, Samira feels wanted. But soon she's keeping a bigger secret than ever before--one that that could prove her reputation and jeopardize her...
Author
Series
Gilded city volume 1
Publisher
Bloom Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Born with a curse that inflicts pain upon touch, seventeen-year-old Fallon finds hope when a healer fae's touch does not harm her, but her world quickly unravels when she is betrayed by him and swept away to a magical academy where she discovers secrets about her family and dark magic.
Author
Series
Middle school and other disasters volume 03
Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In the third book in the series, Heidi Heckelbeck is settling in as a witch-in-training at Broomsfield Academy. She is making many new friends; in particular one popular girl named Isabelle. But it turns out Isabelle has a big secret, which Heidi discovers accidentally. Isabelle begs Heidi to keep her secret and Heidi agrees. But as time passes, it becomes more and more difficult. This secret is HUGE. Will Heidi be able to keep her promise?"--