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2022., Adolescent, Hyperion Call No: Realistic Fic Peppins Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Avielle "Avi" LeBeau can't wait to join her older sister Belle at Briarcliff Prep, a Historically Black Boarding School that everyone in her family has attended, and Avi's life is soon filled with new friends, challenging classes, and a possible romance. Belle is dating Logan, the most popular boy at Briarcliff's sibling school Preston Academy, but no matter how much Belle reassures her, Avi can't help but feel like something is off about him. When Avi uncovers a dangerous secret about Logan, she knows she has to tell someone, but doing so could ruin her relationship with her sister forever.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Sourcebooks Fire Call No: Mystery Fic Richards Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Desperate to reach her grieving mother, Mira joins a group of college students driving home after their flight is stranded, but the road conditions are not the only mortal danger they face.
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2021., Adolescent, Katherine Tegen Books Call No: Mystery Fic Jackson Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: After being singled out by legendary R&B artist Korey Fields, Enchanted Jones believes her life is made. Soon she realizes that Korey has a dark and controlling side and when he turns up murdered, Enchanted is the obvious suspect.
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By Lyga, Barry[2013]., Adolescent, Little, Brown and Company Call No: Mystery Fic Lyga Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Seventeen-year-old Jazz learned all about being a serial killer from his notorious "Dear Old Dad," but believes he has a conscience that will help fight his own urges and right some of his father's wrongs, so he secretly helps the police apprehend the town's newest murderer, "The Impressionist."
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2022., Adolescent, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Call No: Realistic Fic Alyse Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Zach, a white boy from Philly, moves to a racially divided town, he befriends Black siblings Capri and Justin, but when the police murder one of their friends, the town erupts into an all-out war, with Capri, Justin, and Zach caught in the middle.
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2021., Adolescent, Balzer + Bray Call No: Realistic Fic Zoboi Edition: First trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Even though Amal Shahid is an artist and poet, he's still viewed as disruptive and unmotivated at his diverse art school. One fateful night at a local park, a fight breaks out between Amal and his friends and a group of white boys from a nearby gentrified neighborhood, leaving one of the white boys in a coma. Amal is convicted of the attack and sent to prison, even though he's not the one who put the boy in a coma. His despair and rage at having his bright future destroyed threaten to overcome him until he discovers the refuge and hope that his words and art give him.
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-- Sitting in Saint James[2021]., Adolescent, Quill Tree Books Call No: Historical Fic Williams-Garcia Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In 1860 Louisiana, on a failing plantation, the matriarch of the Guilbert family tries to hold on to the last vestiges of their power and prestige. Entwined in their struggle are their brutally treated slaves, including sixteen-year-old Thisbe, who is the matriarch's personal servant. As the antebellum power structure crumbles, Thisbe and the the other plantation slaves wait for their moment to pursue a long road to freedom.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Sourcebooks Fire Call No: Mystery Fic Walters Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Wyatt Green is convinced that the annual spate of violence striking her small Vermont town is caused by a shared sickness, but she begins questioning her assumptions--and her memories about the night of her mother's murder--as she is drawn to her classmate Porter and away from her best friend Cash.
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2021., Adolescent, Bloomsbury Call No: Supernatural Fic Thomas Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Dani's best friend, Sarah, is a ghost, but he can never reveal his biggest secret to her. Sarah hates men, having been murdered at the hands of one, so Dani is scared to tell her that he's trans. When they encounter another ghost who was murdered, the friends set off to right the wrongs committed against other ghosts.
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[2020]., Adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: Class Set FIC SAN Availability:60 of 75 At Location(s) Summary Note: Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But, none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no choice but to run: from their country, from their families, from their beloved home. Crossing from Guatemala through Mexico, they follow the route of La Bestia, the perilous train system that might deliver them to a better life -- if they are lucky enough to survive the journey. With nothing but the bags on their backs and desperation drumming through their hearts, Pulga, Chico, and Pequeña know there is no turning back, despite the unknown that awaits them. And the darkness that seems to follow wherever they go.
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2003., Adolescent, Silver Whistle Call No: Realistic Fic Lester Edition: 1st Silver Whistle pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: When Jenna and Jeremy's father shoots and kills their artist mother, they struggle to slowly rebuild a functioning family.
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2022., Adolescent, Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: Romance Fic Gilbert Edition: First Simon & Schuster BFYR paperback edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Unsettled by her parent's divorce, high school Asian American senior Beth Claire clings tightly to her close-knit group of orchestra friends, doing everything she can to keep them together. When she discovers her crush Jason is being abused by his father, she and her friends devise a plan to protect him, but Beth learns she may have to give up too much of herself to save him.
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[2021]., Adolescent, Atheneum Call No: Realistic Fic Hall Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Jamaican teen Frankie Green pushes his college scholarship and romance prospects aside after his father gets shot. Straddled with medical bills and no way to pay them, Frankie soon joins his uncle's street gang in exchange for payment. As Frankie slowly enters the criminal world, he sees his future slipping away and must make tough choices if he's ever going to get it back.