Schwartz, Leanne
Summary: "Plain, poor, plus-size, and autistic, Alesta grew up trying to convince her beauty-obsessed kingdom that she's too useful to be sacrificed. Their god blessed their island Soladisa as a haven for his followers, but to keep the devil at bay, the church sends a child sacrifice to hell's entrance every season--often poor or plain girls just like Alesta. With a head full of ideas for inventions,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Street YA 2024
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Summary: Propelled by his best friend's impending move out of state and inspired by Ferris Bueller's Day Off, sixteen-year-old Harrison plans a farewell through Baltimore that includes a road trip, their first Pride, and a rooftop dance party.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THORoby, Kimberla Lawson
Summary: "Diane, Michelle, Kenya, and Lynette have known each other since they were small children. They grew up in different neighborhoods, but they also grew up in the same church (which is how they first met), and while they each attended different colleges, they never lost touch with each other. So much so, they regularly planned trips to come home on the same weekends, and outside of time spent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROBFerguson, Jenny
Summary: "Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She'll be working in her family's ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend-whose kisses never made her feel desire, only discomfort-and her former best friend, King, who is back in their Canadian prairie town after disappearing three years ago without a word. But when she gets a letter from her biological father--a man she hoped would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FERSchusterman, Michelle
Summary: The girls in the coding club are preparing their voting app for the school talent show, but when they discover Erin is secretly suffering from anxiety they band together to find her help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SCHHarris, Pamela N.
Summary: A lot is up in the air in Naomi Henry's her spot as a varsity cheer flier, her classmates' reaction to the debut of her natural hair, and her crush on the guy who's always been like a brother to her. With so much uncertainty, she feels lucky to have a best friend like Kylie to keep her grounded. After all, they're practically sisters--Naomi's mom took care of Kylie and her twin brother for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HARJohnson, Leah
Summary: Ellie Engle doesn't stand out. Not at home, where she's alone with her pet fish since her dad moved away and her mom has to work around the clock . Not at the bakery, where she helps out old Mr. Walker on the weekends. And definitely not at school, where her best friend Abby--the coolest, boldest, most talented girl in the world--drags Ellie along on her never-ending quest to "make her mark."...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JOHO'Donoghue, Caroline
Summary: "Rachel is a student working at a bookstore when she meets James, and it's love at first sight. Effervescent and insistently heterosexual, James soon invites Rachel to be his roommate and the two begin a friendship that changes the course of both their lives forever. Together, they run riot through the streets of Cork city, trying to maintain a bohemian existence while the threat of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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Summary: Erykah was looking forward to junior year at East Prep High-- until she gets pregnant. Having a baby at sixteen was definitely not part of the plan. Kelly's plan was to dominate junior year grade-wise and on the basketball court, so she can get an athletic scholarship. She intends to be a good auntie, and help Erykah through the pregnancy. Along the way they'll learn some harsh realities about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MTV Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC THOJohnson, Kim
Summary: Life can change in an instant. When you're wrongfully accused of a crime. When a virus shuts everything down. When the girl you love moves on. Andre Jackson is determined to reclaim his identity. But returning from juvie doesn't feel like coming home. His Portland, Oregon, neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying, and COVID-19 shuts down school before he can return. And Andre's suspicions about his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC JOHDesai, Sara
Summary: "To exonerate her best friend, one woman must mastermind a jewelry heist during the wedding of the season in this hilarious romantic-comedy caper. Simi Chopra is on a bad-luck streak. She's lost yet another job, her student loan debt won't stop growing, her basement apartment is a certifiable flood zone, and now her best friend has been accused of stealing a multimillion-dollar diamond...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2023
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Summary: As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end holiday home now, but in 1974, it was known as Villa Rosato, and rented for the summer by a notorious rock star, Noel Gordon....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: "In Invisible Woman, a dangerous secret held for too long between estranged best friends rises to the surface, and a long marriage comes apart with devastating consequences. Joni Ackerman's decision to raise children, 25 years ago, came at a steep cost. She was then a pioneering filmmaker, one of the few women to break into the all-male Hollywood club of feature film directors. But she and her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2024
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Summary: "Lucy is the tourist vacationing at a beach house on Prince Edward Island. Felix is the local who shows her a very good time. The only problem: Lucy doesn't know he's her best friend's younger brother. Lucy and Felix's chemistry is unreal, but the list of reasons why they need to stay away from each other is long, and they vow to never repeat that electric night again. It's easier said than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2024
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FORMallery, Susan
Summary: Heather is happy . . . ish. She has a successful business, a cute but contemptuous cat, and best friends Daphne and Tori who know where she's broken and love her anyway. So why does she feel crushed when her ex gets serious about someone new? No problem, she has a plan. More connections will hold her together while her world falls apart, so she finally reaches out to the stranger who might be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2023
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Summary: When his ex and his rival with ties to the principal run for school president, reformed con artist Jackson Greene secretly assembles a team to ensure the election is run fairly, an effort complicated by his enduring feelings for his ex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC JOHMorgan, Sarah
Summary: "In this uplifting novel of friendship, the festive season, and risking everything for the biggest gift of all... It was supposed to be Christy Sullivan's perfect Christmas getaway--a trip to Lapland with her family and best friend, Alix. But facing a make-or-break marriage crisis, Christy desperately needs time alone with her husband. Her solution? Alix can take Christy's little daughter to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MORLin, Katherine
Summary: Desperate to obliterate her past, a young widow flees California for the French Riviera in this compelling debut, a tale of loss, rebirth, modern friendship, and romance that blends Sally Rooney's wryness and psychological insight with Emma Straub's gorgeous scene-setting and rich relationships. Just days after her young, handsome husband dies in a car accident, Ellie Huang discovers that he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC LINMoreno-Garcia, Silvia
Summary: "Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORAgbaje-Williams, Ore
Summary: "What if your two favorite people hated each other with a passion? The wife has it all. A big house in a nice neighborhood, a ride-or-die snarky best friend, Temi, with whom to laugh about facile men, and a devoted husband who loves her above all else--even his distate for Temi. On a seemingly normal day, Temi comes over to spend a lazy afternoon with the wife: drinking wine, eating snacks, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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Summary: Nine-year-old Allie Finkle has rules for everything and is even writing her own rule book, but her world is turned upside-down when she learns that her family is moving across town, which will mean a new house, school, best friend, and plenty of new rules.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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Summary: When one night changes everything between her and her best friends, Eve wonders if she really knew them at all as her future veers in a surprising new direction when someone from the past comes back into her life. Now in their thirties, Eve, Justin, Susie, and Ed have been friends since they were teenagers. Thursday night bar trivia is sacred, and Eve is still secretly in love with Ed. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: Noah and Mia have always been best friends, and their friendship is the most important thing to them. Life is going great for Noah and he's up for a promotion in a job he loves. But Mia's life is on hold as she awaits a kidney transplant. She's stuck in a dead-end job and, never wanting to be a burden, has sworn off all romance. So when the chance of a lifetime comes to go back to school and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mira 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASHKarger, Sidney
Summary: "Max Moody thought he had everything figured out, including having the best friend a gay guy could ask for: Paige. She grew up with Max. She can light up any party. She finishes his sentences. She is always a reliable splunch (not brunch) partner. But then everything in Max's life is turned upside down when Paige announces some big news: she's engaged and wants Max to be her best man. But it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Romance 2023