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• Made Glorious

  Eagar, Lindsay,

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  400 p. (Gr. 9+) On the surface, Rory is the underdog--a scholarship kid, teased for her weight, but we soon find out that she will go to any length to secure the lead role in her school's senior musical. She is charming, conniving, and brutally…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Age 16

  Fung, Rosena

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  311p. (Gr.10+) A powerful coming-of-age graphic novel about three generations of mothers and daughters passing down and rebelling against standards of gender, race, beauty, size, and worth

• Time and Time Again

  Greenfield, Chatham

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  336 p. (Gr. 10+) Stuck in a time loop, queer Jewish teens Phoebe and Jess start to fall for each other, causing chronically ill Phoebe to worry about a future that may never come.

• Try Your Worst

  Greenfield, Chatham

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  307p. (Gr.9+) Sadie Katz and Cleo Chapman have been rivals since birth. Now in the fall of their senior year, Sadie and Cleo are neck-and-neck for valedictorian. But then a string of increasingly serious pranks take over their high school, and all…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Here I Am

  Grimes, Shaunta

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  362 p. (Gr. 9+) When seventeen-year-old Marcella Boucher asks Lou Duncan to her high school's 'reverse prom' she expects a few snickers. After all, no one else knows that outside school the star football player has a thing for the girl everyone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love at Full Tilt

  Howe, Jenny L.

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  373p. (Gr.8+) Eighteen-year-old Lia is determined to win a scavenger hunt at a world-renowned theme park, until rival contestant Mason upends her plans and sends her heart careening.

• Get Real, Chloe Torres

  Maldonado, Crystal

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  238p. (Gr.10+) When three estranged best friends take a road trip to see their favorite band, romantic feelings resurface.

• Love, Off the Record

  Markum, Samantha

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  416 p. (Gr. 10+) Wyn and Three, vying for a reporter spot on the university newspaper, engage in a cutthroat game of sabotage, but when Wyn's pursuit of a perfect story on a dating app connects her with a mystery man, it forces Wyn and Three to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Could Be Magic

  Meyer, Marissa

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  252p. (Gr.8+) When Tabitha was growing up, she loved to visit her favorite theme park, Sommerland. Now she's landed her dream job at the theme park's prestigious summer program! All she has to do is audition for one of the coveted princess roles,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Got the Beat

  Miller, Jenna

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  352 p. (Gr. 10+) Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and desperate to be named editor-in-chief of the school newspaper. So it's a total blow when Jordan discovers that she not only didn't get the editor-in- chief spot, but she's been assigned…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The No-girlfriend Rule

  Randall, Christen

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  336 p. (Gr. 7+) When her boyfriend excludes her from participating in a roleplaying game, high school senior Hollie joins an all-girls group where an in-game romance has the potential to be more than just pretend.

• Class Act

  Rodkey, Kelsey

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  341 p. (Gr.8+) On the first day of school Ella makes an enemy out of the student council president and lands in detention. Swearing revenge on him, Ella will stop at nothing to unseat him in the next election. As a new student, Ella isn't sure she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To a Darker Shore

  Schwartz, Leanne

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  400p. (Gr.10+) Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she's too useful to be sacrificed. With a head full of ideas for inventions, Alesta knows her best shot at making it to adulthood…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Donut Prince of New York

  Zadoff, Allen

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  251 p. (Gr. 9+) Eugene would just as soon spend the year playing small, but that's hard to do when you're the biggest kid in your class. Things change when he accidentally tackles the school's star quarterback and Coach sees the possibilities and…Read moreRead more of this annotation