Jones, Stephen Graham
Summary: Poor yet resilient, the boy lives in the shadows with his aunt Libby and uncle Darren, folk who stubbornly make their way in a society that does not understand or want them. Always on the move across the South, living a life of late-night exits and narrow escapes, one step ahead of the law. But everything is about to change. The boy will be turning sixteen, and he will need to understand his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONWerlin, Nancy
Summary: "Sylvie and her mother and grandmother are beloved, trusted healers in their French village at the end of the Middle Ages, though some whisper that fifteen-year-old Sylvie and her grand-mère deal in more than herbs and medicines. Perhaps they're a bit . . . witchy? After her grandmother dies, and an attempt to use her untrained magic to heal her mother's grief yields tragic consequences, Sylvie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WERBarenbaum, Rachel
Summary: "In 1986, renowned nuclear scientist Anna Berkov is sleeping in her bed in the Soviet Union when Chernobyl's reactor melts down. At that exact moment she tears through time-her first jump-and it's an accident. When she opens her eyes, she's landed in 1992 only to discover Molly, her estranged daughter, shot in the chest. Molly, with her dying breath, begs Anna to go back in time and stop the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BAREmelụmadụ, Chịkọdịlị
Summary: As two girls reckon with their burgeoning wildness and the legacy of their missing fathers, Treasure's obligations to a spirit escalate and Ozoemena's duty of protection as a Leopard grows. Soon the girls are set on a dangerous collision course as both must face impossible choices, discovering what they are willing to sacrifice to get what is theirs in a world that always says "no" to women.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Audiobook Display, Call number: CD FIC EMEHobb, Robin
Summary: "Nearly twenty years ago, Robin Hobb burst upon the fantasy scene with the first of her acclaimed Farseer novels, Assassin's Apprentice, which introduced the characters of FitzChivalry Farseer and his uncanny friend the Fool. A watershed moment in modern fantasy, this novel--and those that followed--broke exciting new ground in a beloved genre. Together with George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2014
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Summary: "In Turning Red, Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she "poofs" into a giant red panda!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR Green BouchardMurakami, Haruki
Summary: This is the remarkable story of Tsukuru Tazaki, a young man haunted by a great loss; of dreams and nightmares that have unintended consequences for the world around us; and of a journey into the past that is necessary to mend the present. It is a story of love, friendship, and heartbreak for the ages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC MURMiller, Tom.
Summary: A historical fantasy epic set in a matriarchal World War I-era America of science and magic follows the efforts of an aspiring male pilot in a female-driven branch of philosophical science who gains entry into Radcliffe College before embarking on a relationship with a radical activist who would end the activities of a fanatical group.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Miller 2018Sambury, Liselle
Summary: After failing to come into her powers, sixteen-year-old Voya--a Black witch living in near-future Toronto--is forced to choose between losing her family's magic forever, a heritage steeped in centuries of blood and survival, or murdering her first love, a boy who is supposedly her genetic match.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC SAMSnyder, Laurel
Summary: Hi, whoever is reading this. I'm Zipporah Chava McConnell, but everyone calls me Zippy. Things used to be simple--until a few weeks ago. Now my best friend, Bea, is acting funny; everyone at school thinks I'm weird; and my mom is making me start preparing for my bat mitzvah, even though we barely ever go to synagogue. In fact, the only thing that still seems to make sense is magic. See, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SNYJohnson, Alaya Dawn
Summary: A young woman's coming-of-age story set in a world where wielding the power of magic requires understanding the true meaning of sacrifice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Agate 2007