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Book Review: Reckless, Glorious, Girl by Ellen Hagan
Publisher’s description The co-author of Watch Us Rise pens a novel in verse about all the good and bad that comes with middle school, growing up girl, and the strength of family that gets you through...
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Book Review: What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson
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Book Review: Once Upon a Quinceañera by Monica Gomez-Hira
Publisher’s description Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Jane the Virgin, this immediately accessible and irresistibly fun #ownvoices rom-com debut will spin readers into an unforgettable summer of...
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Book Review: Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore
Publisher’s description An empowering and emotional debut about a genderqueer teen who finds the courage to stand up and speak out for equality when they are discriminated against by their high school...
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Book Review: No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves by Lee Wind
Publisher’s description “History” sounds really official. Like it’s all fact. Like it’s definitely what happened. But that’s not necessarily true. History was crafted by the people who recorded it....
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Book Review: Between the Bliss and Me by Lizzy Mason
Publisher’s description Acclaimed author Lizzy Mason delivers a moving contemporary YA novel about mental illness, young romance, and the impact of family history on one teen’s future, perfect for...
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Book Review: Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
Publisher’s description From #1 New York Times bestselling author and rom-com queen Becky Albertalli comes a buoyant new novel about daring to step out of the shadows and into the spotlight in love,...
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Book Review: Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve
Publisher’s description A moving YA debut about a trans boy finding his voice—and himself Dean Foster knows he’s a trans guy. He’s watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure....
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Book Review: Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
Publisher’s description Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transgender teen’s first love challenges his ideas about perfect relationships. Noah...
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Post-It Note Reviews: Detained children, awkward moments, the history of...
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Book Review: Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
Publisher’s description Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is an own voices story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her...
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Book Review: Strange Creatures by Phoebe North
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Book Review: Lucky Girl by Jamie Pacton
Publisher’s description A hilarious and poignant reflection on what money can and cannot fix58,642,129. That’s how many dollars seventeen-year-old Fortuna Jane Belleweather just won in the lotto...
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Book Review: Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas
Publisher’s description A moving middle-grade debut for anyone who’s ever felt like they don’t belong Brian has always been anxious, whether at home, or in class, or on the basketball court. His dad...
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Book Review: Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
Publisher’s description Dahlia Adler’s Cool for the Summer is a story of self-discovery and new love. It’s about the things we want and the things we need. And it’s about the people who will let us be...
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Book Review: Made in Korea by Sarah Suk
Publisher’s description Frankly in Love meets Shark Tank in this feel-good romantic comedy about two entrepreneurial Korean American teens who butt heads—and maybe fall in love—while running competing...
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Book Review: How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby
Publisher’s description For Pluto, summer has always started with a trip to the planetarium. It’s the launch to her favorite season, which also includes visits to the boardwalk arcade, working in her...
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Post-It Note Reviews: Stories about ghosts, chaos bunnies, grief, reform...
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Book Review: Jay’s Gay Agenda by Jason June
Publisher’s description From debut novelist Jason June comes a moving and hilarious sex-positive teen rom-com about the complexities of first loves, first hookups, and first heartbreaks—and how to...
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