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[2021]., Adolescent, Penguin Books Call No: Historical Fic Lee Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan's day job is doing maid work for the spoiled daughter of one of Atlanta's wealthiest men; by night, Jo writes as Miss Sweetie for a news paper advice column. When Jo's "Dear Miss Sweetie" articles become popular, she begins to use her pen-power to address society's ills, particularly challenging ideas about gender and race, drawing a backlash and attempts to uncover her real identity. Then, Atlanta's most notorious criminal gets on Jo's trail, and she will have to decide on standing up for her beliefs or remaining in the shadows of anonymity.
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2021., Adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: Sci Fi Fic Richmond Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In an alternate world, no atomic weapons were invented and the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is fought at the Pax Games with robotic mecha war machines operated by young pilots. The 1963 games are about to begin and the stakes are high. Jo Linden is invited to compete for Team USA and since she needs the prize money to save her father's mecha repair shop, she agrees. However, soon she learns pilots are dying of poisoning and a deadly political plot puts the world at risk of World War III.
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By Zhao, Katie2021., Adolescent, Bloomsbury YA Call No: Mystery Fic Zhao Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Nancy Luo, Krystal Choi, Akil Patel, and Alexander Lin, juniors at Manhattan's elite Sinclair Prep, are forced to confront their secrets after Jamie Ruan, once their closest friend, is found dead.
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By Lo, Malinda2021., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: Romance Fic Lo Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu is living in Chinatown, in 1950s era San Francisco when she meets and befriends her first white friend, Kathleen Miller through a mutual interest in aerospace. When the pair express their desire to see a performer at a well-known lesbian bar, they sneak out and it's there that they explore their sexuality and begin a relationship with each other in secret. However, with Lily's conservative Chinese family at her heels and McCarthyism threatening her family, Lily will need to make tough choices about her relationship with Kathy and who she wants to be.
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By Yoon, David2021., Adolescent, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: Realistic Fic Yoon Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When new-girl Cirrus mistakes self-described nerd Sunny Dae as the lead in a rock band, Sunny rolls with it, forming a fake band with his friends, but as the lies continue he risks losing both Cirrus and his friends.
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2021., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Romance Fic Gregorio Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: High school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant. However, family prejudices and the teens' own mental health issues threaten to derail their new relationship.
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By Jean, Emiko2021., Adolescent, Flatiron Books Call No: Realistic Fic Jean Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After learning that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, Izumi travels to Tokyo, where she discovers that Japanese imperial life--complete with designer clothes, court intrigue, paparazzi scandals, and a forbidden romance with her handsome but stoic bodyguard--is a tough fit for the outspoken and irreverent eighteen-year-old from northern California.
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By Chee, Traci2022., Adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: Historical Fic Chee Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: For fourteen-year-old budding artist Minoru Ito, her two brothers, her friends, and the other members of the Japanese-American community in southern California, the three months since Pearl Harbor was attacked have become a waking nightmare: attacked, spat on, and abused with no way to retaliate--and now things are about to get worse, their lives forever changed by the mass incarcerations in the relocation camps.