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Saints and Misfits
by S.K. Ali
Realistic Fiction 328 pp

Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year.

 

Pashmina
by Nidhi Chanani
Graphic/Fantasy 161 pp

For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film. But is this the real India? And what is that shadow lurking in the background?

Brave
by Svetlana Chmakova
Graphic / Realistic Fiction 243 pp

In Jenson's daydreams he is the biggest hero there ever was, in real life he is targeted by bullies and struggles in math class, and the pressure of middle school only keeps growing.

Gunslinger Girl
by Lyndsay Ely
Dystopian/Western 353 pp

In a post-Second Civil War lawless West, sharpshooter Serendipity "Pity" Jones stars in, and lives at, the Theater Vespertine, but there is a dark cost to her freedom that Pity may not be willing to pay.

Refugee
by Alan Gratz
Realistic/Historical Fiction 338 pp

Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.

Librarian of Auschwitz
by Antonio Iturbe
Historical Fiction 423 pp

Based on a the true story of Dita Kraus, a fourteen-year-old girl who is sent to Auschwitz Concentration Camp and chosen to protect the eight volumes prisoners have smuggled past the guards.

The Book of Dust:
La Belle Sauvage
by Philip Pullman
Speculative Fiction 449 pp

When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.

Long Way Down
by Jason Reynolds
Realistic Fiction /Novel In Verse 306 pp

Driven by the secrets and vengeance that mark his street culture, 15-year-old Will contemplates whether or not he is going to murder the person who killed his brother.

 

The 57 Bus
by Dashka Slater
Non-fiction 305 pp

Tells the true story of an agender teen who was set on fire by another teen while riding a bus in Oakland, a crime that focuses on the concepts of race, class, gender, crime, and punishment.

 

Spinning
by Tillie Walden
Graphic /Memoir 391 pp

This graphic memoir recounts the years Walden spent competitively figure skating, before her developing love of art and first girlfriend causes her to question the insular world of figure skating.

All descriptions adapted from Novelist.com

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2019 Restart
2018 Ghosts
2017 Everything Everything
2016 The War That Saved My Life
2015 Prisoner B-3087
2014 In A Heartbeat
2013 Divergent
2012 I am Number Four
2011 Maze Runner
2012 The Hunger Games
2009 Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
2008 Perfect
2007 Twilight
2006 One of Those Hideous Books Where the
Mother Dies

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