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• All My Rage

  Tahir, Sabaa,

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  Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Cloud’s Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. Salahudin and Noor are more…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Five Survive

  Jackson, Holly, 1992-

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  Eight hours. Six friends. One sniper . . . Eighteen-year-old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It’s a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. There’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

  Oh, Axie,

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  Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Must Betray You

  Sepetys, Ruta,

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  Romania, 1989. Communist regimes are crumbling across Europe. Seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu dreams of becoming a writer, but Romanians aren’t free to dream; they are bound by rules and force. Amidst the tyrannical dictatorship of Nicolae…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Icebreaker

  a Novel

  Grace, Hannah,

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  Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. A competitive figure skater since she was five years old, a full college scholarship thanks to her place on the Maple Hills skating team, and a schedule that would make even the most…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School

  Reyes, Sonora,

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  Sixteen-year-old Yamilet Flores prefers to be known for her killer eyeliner, not for being one of the only Mexican kids at her new, mostly white, very rich Catholic school. But at least here no one knows she's gay, and Yami intends to keep it that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gallant

  Schwab, V. E.

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  Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother’s journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home—to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nothing More to Tell

  McManus, Karen M.,

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  Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favorite teacher—a story that made headlines after the teacher’s body was found by three Saint Ambrose students in the woods behind their school. The case was never…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rumor Game

  Charaipotra, Sona,

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  All it takes is one spark to start a blaze. At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for the children of DC’s elite, a single rumor has the power to ruin a life. Nobody knows that better than Bryn. She used to have it all—the perfect boyfriend, a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Some Mistakes Were Made

  Dwyer, Kristin,

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  You can’t always go home again. Ellis and Easton have been inseparable since childhood. But when a rash decision throws Ellis’s life—and her relationship with Easton— into chaos she’s forced to move halfway across the country, far from everything…Read moreRead more of this annotation