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Book Review: It’s Not Like It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura
Publisher’s description This charming and bittersweet coming-of-age story featuring two girls of color falling in love is part To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and part Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens...
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Book Review: Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by...
Publisher’s description This first-ever LGBTQ history book of its kind for young adults will appeal to fans of fun, empowering pop-culture books like Rad American Women A-Z and Notorious RBG. World...
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For your summer TBR: Backlist YA you don’t want to miss
The amount of books that appear here cause me a fair amount of anxiety. And that’s not me whining about getting so many great books sent to me to consider reviewing for TLT; that’s me saying that my...
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Book Review: Internet Famous by Danika Stone
Publisher’s description An engaging and relatable novel for the digital age that perfectly captures the complicated interaction between what goes on in our real lives and what we say online. Internet...
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Book Review: Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali
Publisher’s description Saints and Misfits is an unforgettable debut novel that feels like a modern day My So-Called Life…starring a Muslim teen. There are three kinds of people in my world: 1. Saints,...
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Book Review: Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee
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Book Review: Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under Occupation by Anthony &...
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Book Review: Who’s That Girl by Blair Thornburgh
Publisher’s description This laugh-out-loud debut is filled with hilarious awkward encounters, a supportive LGBTQ organization, and too many cheesy lyrics to count—all with the compulsive readability...
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Book Review: The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller
Publisher’s description Matt hasn’t eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won’t give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp—and he needs to be as...
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Book Review: Madness by Zac Brewer
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Book Review: The Lake Effect by Erin McCahan
Publisher’s description A funny, bracing, poignant YA romance and coming-of-age for fans of Huntley Fitzpatrick, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and The Beginning of Everything lake effect | n. 1. The...
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Book Review: The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian
Publisher’s description The Authentics is a fresh, funny, and insightful novel about culture, love, and family—the kind we are born into and the ones we create. Daria Esfandyar is Iranian-American and...
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Book Review: Dress Codes for Small Towns by Courtney Stevens
Publisher’s description As the tomboy daughter of the town’s preacher, Billie McCaffrey has always struggled with fitting the mold of what everyone says she should be. She’d rather wear sweats, build...
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Book Review: You Don’t Know Me but I Know You by Rebecca Barrow
Publisher’s description Rebecca Barrow’s bright, honest debut novel about chance, choice, and unconditional love is a heartfelt testament to creating the future you truly want, one puzzle piece at a...
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Book Review: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
Publisher’s description New York Times bestselling author Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people...
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Book Review: All’s Faire in Middle School by Victoria Jamieson
Publisher’s description Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! The Newbery Honor-winning author of Roller Girl is back with a heartwarming graphic novel about starting middle school, surviving your...
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Book Review: Spinning by Tillie Walden
Publisher’s description Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden’s powerful graphic memoir captures what it’s like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know....
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Book Review: Neighborhood Girls by Jessie Ann Foley
Publisher’s description A powerful coming-of-age story about a girl whose encounters with loss, broken friendships, and newfound faith leave her forever changed, from Printz Honor winner and Morris...
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Book Review: Slider by Pete Hautman
Publisher’s description Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade readers by National Book Award winner Pete Hautman. David can eat an entire...
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Book Review: Night Shift by Debi Gliori
Publisher’s description From beloved author and illustrator Debi Gliori (No Matter What) comes Night Shift, a groundbreaking lushly illustrated picture book based on Gliori’s own personal history with...
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