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1) The poet X
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Publisher Annotation: Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers?especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who...
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English
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2022-2023 OBOB 9th-12th Grade
Bestselling Books Written During NaNoWriMo
Diverse YA Reads
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Bestselling Books Written During NaNoWriMo
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Publisher Annotation: Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago?s life has been about making the tough decisions?doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it?s not worth...
3) Furia
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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2023-2024 OBOB 9th-12th Grade
American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Hispanic Heritage Month: October 2023
American Library Association Youth Media Awards 2021
Hispanic Heritage Month: October 2023
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A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB YA PICK
Recipient of the 2021 Pura Belpré Young Adult Author Medal
One of BuzzFeed's Must-Read YA Books of 2020
A Best Book of the Year: Cosmopolitan * Kirkus Reviews * SheReads * New York Public Library
"An engrossing #OwnVoices novel."
-PopSugar
"This book will set your dreams on fire . . . It's fabulous."
- Reese Witherspoon
A powerful contemporary YA for fans of The...
4) Hope ablaze
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Publisher Annotation: All My Rage meets The Poet X in this electric debut that explores a Muslim teen finding her voice in a post-9/11 America.
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English
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A Book Written By A Person of Color
Books in English for Adults & Teens / Libros en inglés para adultos y adolescentes
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Books in English for Adults & Teens / Libros en inglés para adultos y adolescentes
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Publisher Annotation: In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad—the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance.
7) Chlorine sky
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English
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Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.
8) Inheritance
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English
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They tell me to “fix” my hair.And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten;but how do you fix this shipwreckedhistory of hair? In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad—the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full-color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color.
Don't miss the audiobook, read by Elizabeth Acevedo, the beloved
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English
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It's aliiiiiiiive! New York Times bestselling authors of My Lady Jane are back with the electric, poetic, and (almost) historical tale of the one and only Mary Shelley. Mary may have inherited the brilliant mind of her late mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, but she lives a drab life above her father's bookstore, waiting for an extraordinary idea that'll inspire a work worthy of her parentage--and impress her rakishly handsome (and super-secret) beau, Percy...
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