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• The Poet X

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  The daughter of devout immigrants discovers the power of slam poetry and begins participating in a school club as part of her effort to understand her mother's strict religious beliefs and her own developing relationship to the world.

• Saints and Misfits

  a Novel

  Ali, S. K.,

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  Struggling to secure her identity as an Arab Indian-American hijabi teen who loves pop culture and aspires to a career in photography, Janna Yusuf falls for a boy she cannot date and considers exposing a person with a monstrous nature who…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ziggy, Stardust & Me

  Brandon, James (Young adult author),

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  This book follows the wrenching experiences of two teen boys who fall in love against a backdrop of 1970s discrimination.

• #NotYourPrincess

  Voices of Native American Women

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  A collection of poems, essays, interviews, and art exhibit the voices of Indigenous women across North America.

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In a world where most people have lost the ability to dream, a fifteen-year-old Indigenous boy who is still able to dream struggles for survival against an army of "recruiters" who seek to steal his marrow and return dreams to the rest of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lighter Than My Shadow

  Green, Katie (Illustrator),

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  A graphic memoir in tribute to the challenges of eating disorders, abuse and recovery follows the experiences of a picky eater whose silent starvation-protests ultimately put her life at risk.

• To All the Boys I've Loved Before

  Han, Jenny,

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  Keeping private love letters written to five secret crushes she has had, Lara Jean Song finds her personal life going from imaginary to out of control when the letters are unexpectedly mailed.

• The Things She's Seen

  Kwaymullina, Ambelin, 1975-

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  The ghost of a girl who recently died in an accident makes contact with her grieving detective father to help solve a mystery in a remote Australian town, where a girl who speaks entirely in riddles is the only witness to a fatal fire.

• March. Book One

  Lewis, John, 1940-2020

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  A first-hand account of the author's lifelong struggle for civil and human rights spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement

• You Bring the Distant Near

  Perkins, Mitali,

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  Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, an exploration of sisterhood, first loves, friendship and the inheritance of culture traces a family that is shaped by Indian-American identity, a forbidden biracial love affair and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All American Boys

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend.

• If I Was Your Girl

  Russo, Meredith,

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  A newcomer to a Tennessee community hides the secret about her gender reassignment that forces her to keep potential new friends at arm's length before meeting easygoing Grant, who captures her heart and who she fears will not accept the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

  Sáenz, Benjamin Alire

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  Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

  Sánchez, Erika L.,

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  When the sister who delighted their parents by her faithful embrace of Mexican culture dies in a tragic accident, Julia, who longs to go to college and move into a home of her own, discovers from mutual friends that her sister may not have…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-

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  The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life.

• They Both Die at the End

  Silvera, Adam, 1990-

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  Receiving word from Death-Cast that they are about to die, Mateo and Rufus meet for the first time via an End Day friendship app that facilitates their meeting and a final grand adventure that triggers unexpected changes.

• Hearts Unbroken

  Smith, Cynthia Leitich,

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  Breaking up with her first real boyfriend when he makes racist remarks about her Native American heritage, high school senior Louise Wolfe teams up with a fellow school newspaper editor to cover a multicultural casting of the school play…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear Martin

  Stone, Nic,

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  Profiled by a racist police officer in spite of his excellent academic achievements and Ivy League acceptance, a disgruntled college youth navigates the prejudices of new classmates and his crush on a white girl by writing a journal to Dr.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Called Us Enemy

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  The iconic actor and activist presents a graphic memoir detailing his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the hard choices his family made in the face of legalized racism.

• On the Come Up

  Thomas, Angie,

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  An ambitious young rapper pouring her frustrations into a first song only to find herself at the center of a viral controversy that forces her to become the menace that her public reputation has portrayed her to be.