Yen, Jennifer
Summary: Smart, kind, and pretty, Liza Yang dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But her mom compares her to older sister Jeannie, and sees Liza as stubborn, rebellious, and determined to push back against all of Mrs. Yang's traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. The one thing they agree on is their love of baking. Mrs. Yang is the owner of Houston's popular Yin & Yang...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC YENAhmed, Samira
Summary: Maya Aziz, seventeen, is caught between her India-born parents world of college and marrying a suitable Muslim boy and her dream world of film school and dating her classmate, Phil, when a terrorist attack changes her life forever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC AHMRowe, Kelis
Summary: Sparks fly when teens Orion and Ray meet for the first time at a roller rink in Memphis, but these star-crossed souls have a past filled with secrets that threaten to tear them apart before their love story even begins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ROWLiang, Ann
Summary: Eliza Lin's essay about meeting the love of her life unexpectedly goes viral, she gains the approval of her classmates at her new international school in Beijing, and a career-launching internship opportunity at her favorite magazine. Unfortunately, Eliza's essay is completely fiction. All good writing is lying, right? To hide the truth, Eliza strikes a deal with an actor in her class, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIARajurkar, Anuradha D.
Summary: Rani Kelkar never lied to her parents-- until she meets Oliver. The same qualities that draw her in-- his tattoos, his charisma, his passion for art-- make him her mother's worst nightmare. When Oliver's troubled home life unravels, he starts to ask more of Rani than she knows how to give. When a twist of fate leads Rani from Evanston, Illinois to Pune, India for a summer, she has a reckoning...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RAJMenon, Sandhya
Summary: Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock stars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe. Samir Jha might have a few...quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Pulse 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MENMickelson, Marcia Argueta
Summary: "Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carolrhoda Lab 2021
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Summary: Alice's last girlfriend, Margo, ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual. Now Alice is sure she's done with dating ... and then she meets Takumi. She can't stop thinking about him or the rom-com-grade romance feelings she did not ask for. When herblissful summer takes an unexpected turn and Takumi becomes her knight with a shiny library-employee badge, Alice has to decide if she's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swoon Reads 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction KannSeldeen, Claudia Recinos
Summary: "Maya loves her mother, but she's also embarrassed by her. Maya's mother emigrated from Guatemala years before Maya was born. Still, she clings tightly to her roots and traditions. When lacrosse star Josh Williams suddenly expresses interest in Maya, she's excited to go on a real date. But Maya's mother isn't on board. Can Maya make her mother see she's ready to grow up and have more freedom?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: West 44 Books, an imprint of Enslow Publishing 2023