Dear Younger Me

Submitted by fsalvagg on Fri, 2025-02-14 17:27

An inspiring anthology of 35 trailblazing women from all walks of life detailing their struggles and achievements and featuring a personal message from each woman written just for this book, telling their younger selves what they wish they had known while growing up.

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Dear Younger Me

Elisa Boxer
(Teen Nonfiction - 650.1082 Box)


An inspiring anthology of 35 trailblazing women from all walks of life detailing their struggles and achievements and featuring a personal message from each woman written just for this book, telling their younger selves what they wish they had known while growing up.
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Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny

Submitted by fsalvagg on Fri, 2025-02-14 17:25

Rima loves to ride horses alongside her abuela and Las Mambisas, the fierce women veterans who fought during Cuba’s wars for independence. Feminists from many backgrounds have gathered in voting clubs to demand suffrage and equality for women, but not everybody wants equality for all—especially not for someone like Rima.

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Rima's Rebellion: Courage in a Time of Tyranny

Margarita Engle
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Engle)


Rima loves to ride horses alongside her abuela and Las Mambisas, the fierce women veterans who fought during Cuba’s wars for independence. Feminists from many backgrounds have gathered in voting clubs to demand suffrage and equality for women, but not everybody wants equality for all—especially not for someone like Rima.
 

Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Vol. 1

Submitted by fsalvagg on Mon, 2025-01-20 12:05

Iyanu, a teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities told in the folklore of her people. It is these abilities that are the key to bringing back an "age of wonders," as Iyanu begins her journey to save a world on the brink of destruction!

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Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Vol. 1

Roye Okupe
(Graphic Novels - GN Iyanu v. 1)


Iyanu, a teenage orphan with no recollection of her past, suddenly discovers that she has abilities that rival the ancient deities told in the folklore of her people. It is these abilities that are the key to bringing back an "age of wonders," as Iyanu begins her journey to save a world on the brink of destruction!
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YA Black History Month

  • Charming as a Verb


  • Only on the Weekends


  • Weirdo


  • Sleep Like Death


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Where Sleeping Girls Lie


  • Pet


  • Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known


  • Blood Debts


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Their Vicious Games


  • Early Departures


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Miles Morales: Shock Waves


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Brooms


  • Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song


  • The Weight of Blood


  • Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen


  • Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Legendborn


  • The Davenports


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Crossover


  • Swim Team


  • Ghost Roast


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Wander in the Dark


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Infinity Alchemist


  • Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Vol. 1


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Weirdo

Submitted by fsalvagg on Mon, 2025-01-20 12:02

Tony Weaver, Jr. loves comic books, anime, and video games, and idolizes the heroic, larger-than-life characters he finds there. But his new classmates all think he's a weirdo. After a traumatic event shakes him to his core, he embarks on a journey of self-love that will require him to become the hero of his own story.

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Weirdo

Tony Weaver Jr.
(Graphic Novels - GN 741.5092 Weaver Wea)


Tony Weaver, Jr. loves comic books, anime, and video games, and idolizes the heroic, larger-than-life characters he finds there. But his new classmates all think he's a weirdo. After a traumatic event shakes him to his core, he embarks on a journey of self-love that will require him to become the hero of his own story.
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YA Black History Month

  • The Weight of Blood


  • Brooms


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Their Vicious Games


  • Legendborn


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Swim Team


  • Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Vol. 1


  • Pet


  • Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII


  • The Crossover


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Miles Morales: Shock Waves


  • Ghost Roast


  • Skin of the Sea


  • The Davenports


  • Sleep Like Death


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Where Sleeping Girls Lie


  • Weirdo


  • Wander in the Dark


  • Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen


  • Nubia: Real One


  • Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song


  • Blood Debts


  • Fast Pitch


  • Infinity Alchemist


  • Only on the Weekends


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Early Departures


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Miles Morales: Shock Waves

Submitted by fsalvagg on Mon, 2025-01-20 12:00

Miles Morales, Brooklyn's Spider-Man, learns that the disappearance of a new student's father is linked to the giant corporation sponsoring Miles' fundraiser for the victims of the Puerto Rico earthquake and sets out to discover the truth.

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Miles Morales: Shock Waves

Justin A. Reynolds
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J-GN Spider Man Miles Morales Shock Waves)


Miles Morales, Brooklyn's Spider-Man, learns that the disappearance of a new student's father is linked to the giant corporation sponsoring Miles' fundraiser for the victims of the Puerto Rico earthquake and sets out to discover the truth.
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YA Black History Month

  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII


  • Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known


  • Blood Debts


  • Only on the Weekends


  • Wander in the Dark


  • Miles Morales: Shock Waves


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Ghost Roast


  • Where Sleeping Girls Lie


  • Weirdo


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Pet


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen


  • Infinity Alchemist


  • Their Vicious Games


  • Sleep Like Death


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Fast Pitch


  • Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song


  • Maybe an Artist


  • The Weight of Blood


  • Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Vol. 1


  • Legendborn


  • Swim Team


  • Brooms


  • The Crossover


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Nubia: Real One


  • The Davenports


  • Early Departures


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Swim Team

Submitted by fsalvagg on Mon, 2025-01-20 11:57

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school—until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears.  Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap—for good?

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Swim Team

Johnnie Christmas
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J-GN Christm Swim Team)


Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school—until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears.  Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap—for good?
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YA Black History Month

  • Nubia: Real One


  • Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen


  • Where Sleeping Girls Lie


  • Sleep Like Death


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • Swim Team


  • Weirdo


  • Brooms


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Legendborn


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • The Crossover


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song


  • Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known


  • Infinity Alchemist


  • Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Vol. 1


  • Maybe an Artist


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Miles Morales: Shock Waves


  • The Davenports


  • Only on the Weekends


  • Early Departures


  • Blood Debts


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII


  • The Weight of Blood


  • Ghost Roast


  • Wander in the Dark


  • Pet


  • Their Vicious Games


  • Fast Pitch


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Something More

Submitted by fsalvagg on Tue, 2024-06-18 13:38

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Something More

Jackie Khalilieh
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Khalili)


Jessie is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals. But she gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script. 
 

YA Disability Pride Month

  • Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally


  • Breathing Underwater


  • Forever is Now


  • Pangu's Shadow


  • Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens


  • The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester


  • The Reckless Kind


  • A Time to Dance


  • One for All


  • Sick Kids in Love


  • El Deafo


  • Ellie Haycock is Totally Normal


  • The Weight of Our Sky


  • Lakelore


  • The Fire Never Goes Out


  • Komi Can't Communicate


  • The Oracle Code


  • Where You See Yourself


  • Happily Ever Afters


  • Avatar: The Last Airbender - Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy


  • Breathe and Count Back from Ten


  • A Face for Picasso


  • The Silence Between Us


  • Ariel Crashes a Train


  • Conditions of a Heart


  • The Secret Summer Promise


  • Shino Can't Say Her Name


  • Love from A to Z


  • Cursed


  • Something More


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Ariel Crashes a Train

Submitted by fsalvagg on Tue, 2024-06-18 13:36

Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms. Until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

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Ariel Crashes a Train

Olivia A. Cole
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Cole)


Ariel grapples with her fear of her own mind and violent fantasies, driven by her desire to meet her parents' expectations and societal norms. Until a summer job at a carnival leads her to new friends who help her discover her struggle with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
 

YA Disability Pride Month

  • Pangu's Shadow


  • The Reckless Kind


  • Cursed


  • Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens


  • The Silence Between Us


  • El Deafo


  • One for All


  • Conditions of a Heart


  • Love from A to Z


  • Breathe and Count Back from Ten


  • Something More


  • Komi Can't Communicate


  • The Oracle Code


  • Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally


  • Shino Can't Say Her Name


  • Lakelore


  • A Face for Picasso


  • Forever is Now


  • Breathing Underwater


  • The Secret Summer Promise


  • Ellie Haycock is Totally Normal


  • Happily Ever Afters


  • Ariel Crashes a Train


  • The Fire Never Goes Out


  • Sick Kids in Love


  • A Time to Dance


  • Avatar: The Last Airbender - Toph Beifong's Metalbending Academy


  • Where You See Yourself


  • The Many Half-lived Lives of Sam Sylvester


  • The Weight of Our Sky


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Rana Joon and the One and Only Now

Submitted by fsalvagg on Thu, 2024-04-18 15:42

Set in 1996 southern California, high school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations.

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Rana Joon and the One and Only Now

Shideh Etaat
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Etaat)


Set in 1996 southern California, high school senior Rana Joon wants to honor her deceased best friend by entering a rap contest and living authentically as a lesbian, but feels conflicted by her Iranian family's expectations.
 

YA Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

  • Everything Sad is Untrue: (A True Story)


  • Six Crimson Cranes


  • Last Night at the Telegraph Club


  • Song of Silver, Flame Like Night


  • Stars and Smoke


  • This Woven Kingdom


  • Kindling


  • This Book Won't Burn


  • Throwback


  • Queen of the Tiles


  • The Ivory Key


  • The Dos and Donuts of Love


  • Kill Her Twice


  • Rana Joon and the One and Only Now


  • House of Yesterday


  • Super Fake Love Song


  • Patron Saints of Nothing


  • Dear Wendy


  • All My Rage


  • Once Upon a K-Prom


  • The Scarlet Alchemist


  • The Breakup Lists


  • Foul Lady Fortune


  • Only This Beautiful Moment


  • Strike the Zither


  • The Dawn of Yangchen


  • An Impossible Thing to Say


  • Into the Sunken City


  • How to Find What You're Not Looking For


  • She is a Haunting


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A Guide to the Dark

Submitted by fsalvagg on Wed, 2024-03-06 11:53

Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.

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A Guide to the Dark

Meriam Metoui
(Young Adult Fiction - Y Metoui)


Stranded at the Wildwood Motel while on their spring break road trip, Mira and Layla discover eight people died in their room and set out to find the connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside Room 9.
 

YA Arab American Heritage Month

  • The Next New Syrian Girl


  • A Guide to the Dark


  • Travelers Along the Way


  • Thunderbird


  • Mirage


  • As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow


  • Bright Red Fruit


  • Squire


  • Nayra and the Djinn


  • The Shape of Thunder


  • It Won't Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir


  • Ida in the Middle


  • Voices in the Air: Poems for Listeners


  • We Hunt the Flame


  • Something More


  • Huda F Are You?


  • All-American Muslim Girl


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