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Drama High: Pushin' by L. Divine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIf only there was a potion to make all Jayd Jackson's troubles disappear. . . Even though Jayd's finished with the AP exams and finally has some space of her own at her mother's house, she's got to deal with the drama all around her...Categorized as:
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Sweet Dreams by L. Divine
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn Jayd Jackson's world, the end is just the beginning... If only life could always be as sweet as Jayd's dreams...Categorized as:
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![If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson, Luc Rigoureau]()
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson, Luc Rigoureau
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsBoth Elisha (Ellie) and Jeremiah (Miah) attend Percy Academy, a private school where neither quite fits in. Ellie is wrestling with family demons, and Miah is one of the few African American students. The two of them find each other, and fall in love -- but they are hesitant to share their newfound happiness with their friends and families, who will not understand...Categorized as:
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![This Side of Home by Renée Watson]()
This Side of Home by Renée Watson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIdentical twins Nikki and Maya have been on the same page for everything—friends, school, boys and starting off their adult lives at a historically African-American college. But as their neighborhood goes from rough-and-tumble to up-and-coming, suddenly filled with pretty coffee shops and boutiques, Nikki is thrilled while Maya feels like their home is slipping away...Categorized as:
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![American Street by Ibi Zoboi]()
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe rock in the water does not know the pain of the rock in the sun.On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—a good life.But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S...Categorized as:
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![Legendborn by Tracy Deonn]()
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.A flying demon feeding on human energies...Categorized as:
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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
The shadows have risen, and the line is law.All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur’s knights—only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new:A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion.But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak... -
![The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon]()
The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon
If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare. Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death...Categorized as:
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![The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin]()
The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a homeless man who glows like a living sun to her strange sight. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city... -
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Me by Amber McBride
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMoth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted.Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he’ll be able to understand his ongoing depression. And if Moth can help him feel grounded, then perhaps she too will discover the history she carries in her bones...Categorized as:
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![Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson]()
Pawsitively Poisonous by Melissa Erin Jackson
Every town has its secrets, but no one has a secret like hers. Amber Blackwood, lifelong resident of Edgehill, Oregon, has earned a reputation for being a semi-reclusive odd duck. Her store, The Quirky Whisker, is full of curiosities, from extremely potent sleepy teas and ever-burning candles to kids’ toys that seem to run endlessly without the aid of batteries... -
![Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams]()
Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he never knew he needed at an HCBU for the young, Black, and magical . Enroll in this fresh fantasy debut with the emotional power of Legendborn and the redefined ancestral magic of Lovecraft Country...Categorized as:
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![Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron]()
Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollow a black teen as she finds her place among a family of women gifted with magical abilities.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...Categorized as:
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A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsStill reeling from her recent battle (and grounded until she graduates), Alice must abandon her friends to complete her mission: find The Heart and prevent the Red Lady's rise. But the deeper she ventures into Wonderland, the more topsy-turvy everything becomes. It’s not until she’s at her wits end that she realizes—Wonderland is trying to save her...Categorized as:
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![The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna]()
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs... -
![A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney]()
A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlice is doing her best to recover from her last boss battle, but members of her crew start having these... dreams. And they’re all the same dream: visions of a dark past―and an even darker future. It seems the evil in Wonderland may not be as defeated as they’d hoped... -
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Switch Heater by K.L. Moore
Three years. Three years at the Omega Center, learning everything I need to learn, becoming the omega that they say we're supposed to be. You know what else they say? That we'll find our pack, our alphas, while here. There hasn't been an omega yet that's walked through those doors and not walked out ready to bond with their intended packs and alphas. The exception being me... -
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Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsAn award-winning literary author enters the world of magical realism with her World Fantasy Award-winning novel of a remarkable woman in post-apocalyptic Africa. In a post-apocalyptic Africa, the world has changed in many ways; yet in one region genocide between tribes still bloodies the land... -
![A Phoenix First Must Burn by Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie]()
A Phoenix First Must Burn by Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic.Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals...Categorized as:
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![Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen]()
Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn this highly anticipated second installment in the Black Girls Must Die Exhausted series, Tabitha Walker copes with more of life's challenges and a happy surprise—a baby—with a little help and lots of love from friends old and new.For Tabitha Walker, her grandmother's old adage, "Black girls must die exhausted" is becoming all too true...Categorized as:
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![Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron]()
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again...Categorized as:
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![The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough]()
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAntony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now . . . Henry and Flora.For centuries Love and Death have chosen their players. They have set the rules, rolled the dice, and kept close, ready to influence, angling for supremacy. And Death has always won. Always... -
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A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA...Categorized as:
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![The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs]()
The Deep by Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsOctavia E. Butler meets Marvel’s Black Panther in The Deep, a story rich with Afrofuturism, folklore, and the power of memory, inspired by the Hugo Award–nominated song “The Deep” from Daveed Diggs’s rap group clipping.Yetu holds the memories for her people—water-dwelling descendants of pregnant African slave women thrown overboard by slave owners—who live idyllic lives in the deep... -
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![Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older]()
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsSierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then a weird zombie guy crashes the first party of the season. Sierra's near-comatose abuelo begins to say "Lo siento" over and over. And when the graffiti murals in Bed-Stuy start to weep.... Well, something stranger than the usual New York mayhem is going on...Categorized as:
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Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Fledgling, Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire... -
![The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough]()
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsAntony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now... Henry and Flora.For centuries Love and Death have chosen their players. They have set the rules, rolled the dice, and kept close, ready to influence, angling for supremacy. And Death has always won. Always... -
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Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGirl meets boy at a car wash. "Dog," she says. "Dude," he says. And probably this would have been a sweet teen romance. . . . If Beals hadn't been sitting next to her in the car. If Beals hadn't been a supernatural repo man looking to repossess her car. And to possess her. David Macinnis Gill delivers the whole enchilada. With a side of soul...Categorized as:
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![Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds]()
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
Debut author Justin A. Reynolds delivers a hilarious and heartfelt novel about the choices we make, the people we choose, and the moments that make a life worth reliving.When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard...Categorized as:
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![Liar by Justine Larbalestier]()
Liar by Justine Larbalestier
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsMicah will freely admit that she’s a compulsive liar, but that may be the one honest thing she’ll ever tell you. Over the years she’s duped her classmates, her teachers, and even her parents, and she’s always managed to stay one step ahead of her lies. That is, until her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances and her dishonesty begins to catch up with her...Categorized as:
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