Woodfolk, Ashley
Summary: "Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem highschoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love. Micah Dupree had always liked being the "good girl." She was happy painting, going to church, and acing her school projects. After all, she had a perfect...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC WOOHoover, Colleen
Summary: Following the unexpected death of her father, eighteen-year-old Layken is forced to be the rock for both her mother and her younger brother. Outwardly, she appears resilient and tenacious, but inwardly, she's losing hope. One young man brings change to all of this. After moving across the country, Layken meets her attractive twenty-one-year-old neighbor who has an intriguing passion for slams....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Paperback a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOOEmerson, Kevin
Summary: Five years ago Elian was kidnapped. Physicall and emotionally abused, brainwashed, now his captor sends him into the mall-- with a bomb strapped to his chest. Across the mall is Maya, a girl whose crippling anxiety holds her prisoner in its own way. When Maya keeps Eli from detonating the bomb, nothing is the same. They are drawn together by their dark pasts-- and only time will tell if meeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC EMERuhlman, Michael
Summary: After breaking his leg and having his summer plans and college dreams dashed, high school football star Theo Claverback finds a new purpose and relationship while working as a prep cook in a high-end French restaurant, but soon discovers the harsh realities of the culinary world and the risks of crossing the wrong people.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2024
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Summary: In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move. On top of all that, Evvie's magic abilities are growing stronger by the day. Her family calls it jubilation--a gift passed down from generations of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster BFYR 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CORClay, Dan
Summary: Mark Davis put the dress on for a joke: the other guys did it too, for the talent show. But when his boyfriend saw Mark in that dress, everything changed. Now Mark has given up on love. His older brother, Eric, tells him "Be yourself! Your full sequin-y self." When he realizes that Eric has problems of his own, Mark's escape to become someone else-- however briefly-- becomes an unexpected...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CLAFadugba, Femi
Summary: Today; During arguably the worst week of Esso's life, an accident knocks him into an incredible world--a place beyond space or time, where he can see glimpses of the past and future. But if what he sees there is true, he might not have much longer to live, unless he can use his new gift to change the course of history. Tomorrow; Rhia's past is filled with questions, none of which she expects a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FADPettersen, Siri
Summary: Hirka has always been a little bit different, ostracized because her tail was cut off when she was an infant, so it is unexpected that she's summoned to take place in this year's Rite -- and even more shocking that her adoptive father reveals she is a tailless, powerless, human whose kiss rots flesh. The Rite also looms for Rime, a popular young man whose discovery of Hirka's secret threatens...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arctis 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Smith, Eric (Eric A.)
Summary: Follows the intertwining lives of five teens whose world is changed forever after the events at a party. Adopted Black girl Frankie struggles to see eye-to-eye with her white mother--who would rather ignore a problem and preserve their "perfect" life than stand up for what's right. Jo just wants her religious mom to accept her queer identity--and is totally crushed when her girlfriend Frankie,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022