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Fiction

The Lovely and the Lost YA FIC Barnes (Kennedy) When a little girl is lost in a 750,000-acre national park, a family of search-and-rescue professionals reunites and three generations of secrets are uncovered.

Survival Colony 9 YA FIC Bellin (Westergard) Querry Gen, a member of one of the last human survivor groups following global war, is targeted by the monstrous Skaldi, although Querry has no memory of why.

The Compound YA FIC Bodeen (Kennedy) After his parents, two sisters, and he have spent six years in a vast underground compound built by his wealthy father to protect them from a nuclear holocaust, fifteen-year-old Eli, whose twin brother and grandmother were left behind, discovers that his father has perpetrated a monstrous hoax on them all.

Sky without stars YA SF Brody (Kennedy) This sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.

Felix Yz YA SF Bunker (Westergard) Thirteen-year-old Felix Yz chronicles the final month before an experimental procedure meant to separate him from the fourth-dimensional creature, Zyx, with whom he was accidentally fused as a young child.

Super Adjacent YA FIC Cestari (Westergard) Landing a coveted internship with the Warrior Nation superhero network, Claire clashes with Girl Power, the newest superhero in town, and befriends Bridgette, the longtime girlfriend of the famous Vaporizer.

House of Dragons YA Fantasy Cluess (Westergard) When the emperor dies, the five royal houses of Etrusia attend the calling, where one of their own will be selected to compete for the throne.

Mayhem and Madness: Chronicles of a Teenaged Supervillain YA FIC Dauber (Westergard) When sixteen-year-old Bailey discovers a secret lab beneath his house, complete with an outdated Macintosh computer and mechanized supervillain armor, he believes he might be able to find his father who disappeared six years ago.

The Curie Society GN Einhorn (Kennedy) An action-adventure original graphic novel, following a team of young women recruited by an elite secret society--originally founded by Marie Curie--with the mission of supporting the most brilliant female scientists in the world. The heroines of the Curie Society use their smarts, gumption, and cutting-edge technology to protect the world from rogue scientists with nefarious plans.

The Speed of Falling Objects YA FIC Fischer (Kennedy) Anxious to prove to her father she's not the disappointment he left behind, Danny, who lost an eye in a childhood accident, jumps at the opportunity to join him on the set of his popular survivalist show.

Diamond City YA FIC Flores (Westergard) Pulled from the streets at age twelve and trained to become one of the most powerful assassins in Sumerand, Aina SoliÌs discovers a conspiracy that could rewrite the kingdom's history and her own future.

Refugee JUV FIC Gratz (Kennedy/Westergard) 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.

Rebel of the Sands YA FIC Hamilton (Westergard) Amani is desperate to leave the dead-end town of Dustwalk, and she's counting on her sharpshooting skills to help her escape. But after she meets Jin, the mysterious rebel running from the Sultan's army, she unlocks the powerful truth about the desert nation of Miraji...and herself.

The Librarian of Auschwitz YA FIC Iturbe (Kennedy) Follows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond. Based on a true story.

Aurora Rising YA FIC Kaufman (Kennedy) Told in separate voices, eighteen-year-old Tyler Jones, top graduate of Aurora Academy, and a group of misfits and troublemakers embark on their first mission with Auri, a stowaway from the distant past.

Hello Universe JUV FIC Kelly (Westergard) Lives of four misfits are intertwined when a bully's prank lands shy Virgil at the bottom of a well and Valencia, Kaori, and Gen band together in an epic quest to find and rescue him.

Loki: Where Mischief Lies YA FIC Lee (Westergard) After the banishment of his only friend, the sorceress Amora, to Earth, a young Loki travels to nineteenth-century London to investigate a string of murders but finds much more than he expects.

Sawkill Girls YA FIC Legrand (Westergard) After girls mysteriously disappear on the island of Sawkill Rock, three unlikely friends come together to destroy the Collector, a monster from another world who grows stronger with each kill.

Genuine Fraud YA FIC Lockhart (Kennedy/Westergard) Told through flashbacks, best friends Jule and Imogen are orphaned outcasts who will do almost anything to attain a happy, wealthy life.

Warcross YA FIC Lu (Kennedy/Westergard) When teenage coder Emika Chen hacks her way into the opening tournament of the Warcross Championships, she glitches herself into the game as well as a sinister plot with major consequences for the entire Warcross empire.

Fractured Tide YA FIC Lutz (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Sia Gianopoulos writes to her incarcerated father as she and a handful of other survivors reach a mysterious island after a monster sinks their charter boats.

Wildfire YA FIC Mac (Kennedy) Teenaged best friends Annie and Pete go on a backpacking trip in the Pacific Northwest, with dangerous consequences.

Be Not Far From Me YA FIC McGinnis (Kennedy) Lost in the Great Smoky Mountains, rising high school senior Ashley Hawkins must fight for survival without any tools, growing in awareness that the world is not tame, and neither are people.

Nameless Queen YA FIC McLaughlin (Westergard) In the city of Seriden, the thief called Coin is Nameless -- she has no family, no legal rights, and no standing in society -- but she inherits the throne and the power and danger that come with it

Agnes at the end of the world YA FIC McWilliams (Kennedy)/(Westergard) Sixteen-year-old Agnes must escape a cult and a Prophet as she attempts to save the world from a pandemic.

Angel Mage YA FIC Nix (Kennedy) More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than nineteen, and once again renews her single-minded quest to be united with her lover, Palleniel, the archangel of Ystara.

Bloom YA FIC Oppel (Westergard) When the world is overtaken by monster alien plants that emit toxic pollens and swallow up people, three kids on a remote island look for clues in their unusual allergies to understand their immunity to the invaders.

Girls Save the World In This One YA FIC Parsons (Westergard) When ZombieCon comes to their small town, June and her best friends battle long lines for photo ops, meet their favorite actors, and save the world from actual zombies when things get real

A Map for Wrecked Girls YA FIC Taylor (Kennedy) Stranded on a deserted island with a boy they barely know, sisters Emma and Henri have to find a way to survive together, even after a betrayal back home ruined their relationship.

Cursed YA FIC Thomas (Kennedy) Nimue grew up an outcast. Her connection to dark magic made her something to be feared in her Druid village, and that made her desperate to leave. . . . That is, until Red Paladins slaughter her entire village, and Nimue's fate is forever altered. Charged by her dying mother to reunite an ancient sword with a legendary sorcerer, Nimue is now her people's only hope.

Nonfiction

Alone in Antarctica 919.8904 Aston (Kennedy) Felicity Aston, physicist and meteorologist, took two months off from all human contact as she became the first woman -- and only the third person in history - to ski across the entire continent of Antarctica alone. Like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, Felicity Aston's Alone in Antarctica becomes an inspirational saga of one woman's battle through fear and loneliness as she honestly confronts both the physical challenges of her adventure, as well as her own human vulnerabilities.

Into the Wild 917.98 Krakauer (Kennedy/Westergard) The story of Chris McCandless, a young man who embarked on a solo journey into the wilds of Alaska and whose body was discovered four months later, explores the fascinating allure that the wilderness has for the American imagination

Hidden Like Anne Frank: Fourteen True Stories of Survival YA 940.5318 Prins (Kennedy) Fourteen unforgettable true stories of children hidden away during World War II.

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail B Strayed (Kennedy/Westergard) A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again.

Deep Dark Blue: A Memoir of Survival YA B Tate (Kennedy) I want to be in the Air Force someday. These are the words Polo Tate engraved on her junior dog tags at age eleven. It was an unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work paid off and at age eighteen, Polo started basic training at the United States Air Force Academy. She does everything right, from academics to athletics. But no one prepared her for what came next: physical, sexual, and emotional abuse at the hands of her superiors. Harassment from peers who refused to believe her story. Deep Dark Blue is more than a memoir about sexual assault. It's about breaking boundaries but also setting them. It's about learning to trust your instincts. It's a story of survival, resilience, and finally, finding your joy.

How to College: What to Know Before You Go (and when you're there) YA 378.198 Brenner (Kennedy/Westergard) The transition from high school--and home--to college can be stressful for students and their families. Students and parents arrive on campus unprepared for what college is really like. As a result, first-year students report higher stress, more mental health issues, and lower completion rates than in the past. This book is a practical guide to help navigate this transition time to college.

Paying for College YA 378.3 Chany (Kennedy/Westergard) Helps students and their families maximize financial aid eligibility.

The Naked Roommate: And 107 other issues you might run into in college YA 378.198 Cohen (Westergard) From sharing a bathroom with 40 strangers to sharing lecture notes, The Naked Roommate is your behind-the-scenes look at EVERYTHING you need to know about college (but never knew you needed to know).

The Fiske Guide to Colleges YA 378.1056 Fiske (Kennedy/Westergard) Leading guide to four-year schools, including quotes from real students and information you won't find on college websites.

Get It Together for College: A planner to help you get organized and get in YA 378.198 Get (Kennedy/Westergard) Completely updated to cover critical new changes to FAFSA deadlines and college application procedures, this revised edition of Get It Together for College covers everything from how to look for colleges to what to take to the dorm. Checklists, timelines, and FAQs are presented in a practical, quick format that helps students relieve stress and take control of the process.

Undecided: Navigating Life and Learning after high school YA 331.7023 Morgan (Kennedy/Westergard) This updated and revised edition gives teens a comprehensive overview of the choices available to them after graduating high school, from colleges to workforce, and advice on how to follow each path

Peterson's Scholarships, Grants & Prizes YA 378.34 Peterson's (Kennedy/Westergard) Peterson's Provides up-to-date information on more than 1.6 million privately funded awards worth over 10 billion dollars available to college students. It contains detailed profiles of awards based on academic fields and career goals, ethnic heritage, talent, employment experience, military service, and other categories that are available from private sources such as foundations, corporations, and religious and civic organizations. (Kennedy/Westergard)

Admit One: Writing your way into the best colleges YA 378.1616 Richards (Westergard) A how-to guide that advises college applicants on how to craft an effective personal essay and an overall compelling, competent persona in their college applications by writing well. The goal is to help applicants gain admission to colleges of their choice by advising them on writing skills, with chapters on skills such as voice, diction, paragraph organization, narrative arc, etc.

Who gets in and why YA 378.161 Selingo (Westergard)/378.61 Selingo (Kennedy) A higher-education journalist draws on insider access to explain the nuts and bolts of college admissions today, outlining the unexpected agendas that reflect which and why prospective students receive admission into better schools.

The Ultimate Guide to America's Best Colleges YA 378.73 Ultimate (Kennedy/Westergard) Includes detailed profiles on academics, student life, athletics, and offers student reviews, entrance strategies, and rankings of the one hundred best college values.

Ultimate Scholarship Book YA 378.34 Ultimate (Kennedy/Westergard) Scholarship directory detailing the eligibility requirements and how to get more information about each award.

Find additional books on these topics in the Teen Spaces at Kennedy & Westergard!

Choosing the Right College - 378.73
Applying to College - 378.161
Financial Resources - 378.3

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The Electric Kingdom YA FIC Arnold (Kennedy) After a deadly Fly Flu spreads throughout the world, survivors Nico, her dog, young artist Kit, and the mysterious Deliverer roam the earth, seeking to evade the Flies and find a place where life and love can thrive again.

Dustborn YA FIC Bowman (Kennedy) When raiders sent by a man known as the General attack her village, Delta suspects he is searching for her. Delta sets out to rescue her family but quickly learns that in the Wastes no one can be trusted; perhaps not even her childhood friend, Asher, who has been missing for nearly a decade. If Delta can trust Asher, she just might decode the map and trade evidence of the Verdant to the General for her family. What Delta doesn't count on is what waits at the Verdant: a long-forgotten secret that will shake the foundation of her entire world.

The Good Luck Girls YA FIC Davis (Kennedy) The country of Arketta calls them Good Luck Girls--they know their luck is anything but. Sold to a "welcome house" as children and branded with cursed markings. Trapped in a life they would never have chosen. When Clementine accidentally kills a man, the girls risk a dangerous escape and harrowing journey to find freedom, justice, and revenge in a country that wants them to have none of those things. Pursued by Arketta's most vicious and powerful forces, both human and inhuman, their only hope lies in a bedtime story passed from one Good Luck Girl to another, a story that only the youngest or most desperate would ever believe.

The Grace Year YA FIC Liggett (Kennedy) Tierney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry.

Agnes at the end of the world YA FIC McWilliams (Kennedy/Westergard) Sixteen-year-old Agnes must escape a cult and a Prophet as she attempts to save the world from a pandemic.

Fragile Remedy YA FIC Mora (Kennedy) The only way sixteen-year-old Nate, a Genetically Engineered Metatissue, can get life-saving medication is to work for a shadowy terrorist organization, which would mean leaving the boy he loves.

The Loop YA FIC Oliver (Westergard) Luka Kane has spent 736 days wrongfully imprisoned inside the Loop awaiting his execution. Each day is the same. Each day is torturous. But things are starting to change. Whispers of war are circulating. Strange things are happening to the prisoners. And the warden delivers a message: Luka, you have to get out ... Now. Luka must decide whether breaking out of the Loop is his only way to survive, especially if there's any chance of saving the ones he loves. But the population on the outside may be far more terrifying than anything he could have imaged. And in order to save his family, he'll have to discover who is responsible for the chaos that has been inflicted upon the world.

War Girls YA FIC Onyebuchi (Kennedy) In 2172, when much of the world is unlivable, sisters Onyii and Ify dream of escaping war-torn Nigeria and finding a better future together but are, instead, torn apart.

I Hope You Get This Message YA SF Rishi (Kennedy) When Earth receives messages from another world, claiming that they created the planet and are planning to destroy it within a week, three teens are forced to confront the mistakes of their past before they run out of time.

The Light at the bottom of the world YA FIC Shah (Westergard) Teenaged Leyla McQueen, who lives beneath the ruins of a submerged London in 2099, joins a prestigious submersible race in the hope of clearing her father's name before encountering government corruption and a hidden world.

Fairy Tale Retellings and Twisted Tales

The Hazel Wood YA FIC Albert (Kennedy) When the scary, magical world in her grandmother's book of dark feminist fairy tales becomes real, seventeen-year-old Alice, partnered with Ellery, an obsessed fan of the fairy tales, must enter the world to rescue Alice's kidnapped mother.

Tiger Lily YA FIC Anderson (Kennedy) Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily receives special protections from the spiritual forces of Neverland, but then she meets her tribe's most dangerous enemy--Peter Pan--and falls in love with him.

Girls Made of Snow and Glass YA FIC Bashardoust (Westergard) Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White. At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone--has never beat at all, in fact, but she'd always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves to Whitespring Castle and sees its king for the first time, Mina forms a plan: win the king's heart with her beauty, become queen, and finally know love. The only catch is that she'll have to become a stepmother. Fifteen-year-old Lynet looks just like her late mother, and one day she discovers why: a magician created her out of snow in the dead queen's image, at her father's order. When her father makes Lynet queen of the southern territories, displacing Mina, Mina starts to look at Lynet with something like hatred, and Lynet must decide what to do--and who to be--to win back the only mother she's ever known...or else defeat her once and for all. Girls Made of Snow and Glass traces the relationship of two young women doomed to be rivals from the start. Only one can win all, while the other must lose everything.

What Once Was Mine (Westergard) Desperate to save the life of their queen and her unborn child, the good citizens of the kingdom comb the land for the all-healing Sundrop flower to cure her...but someone mistakenly picks the blossom of the Moondrop instead. This shimmering flower heals the queen and she delivers a healthy baby girl--with hair as silver and gray as the moon. But with her mysterious hair comes dangerous magical powers: the power to hurt, not heal. For the safety of the kingdom, Rapunzel is locked away in a tower and put under the care of the powerful goodwife, Mother Gothel. Other Twisted Tales by Braswell: Unbirthday, Straight on till morning, Part of Your World, Once Upon a Dream

Go The Distance YA FIC Calonita (Westergard) After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the world. That is, until Zeus tells Meg that she can't be with Hercules because she's, well, mortal. Luckily, Hera has a solution, offering Meg a chance to prove herself worthy of a spot on Mt. Olympus--as a god. All Meg has to do is complete a mysterious quest. Can Meg use her quick-wit to defeat monsters and gods alike, including the nefarious Hades? Will she finally figure out her place and contribution to the world? Or will her fear of commitment have her running away from an eternity of godhood with Herc?

The Circus Rose YA FIC Cornwell (Kennedy) A retelling of Snow White and Rose Red in which teenage twins Ivory and Rosie battle evil religious extremists to save their loves and their circus family. Other retellings by Cornwell: The Forest Queen, Mechanica

Broken Wish YA FIC Dao (Westergard) Elva must learn to wield her magical powers in a town that fears all witches while righting her family's past wrongs before it's too late.

Poisoned YA FIC Donnelly (Westergard) In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne.

Stepsister YA FIC Donnelly (Westergard) Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.

Beastly YA FIC Flinn (Kennedy) A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form. Other retellings by Flinn: Cloaked, Towering

The Sleeper and the Spindle YA FIC Gaiman (Kennedy) A brave young queen and her dwarf companions set out to rescue an enchanted princess who is not quite what she seems. On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword, and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future -- and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems.

Snow, glass, apples Dark Horse Snow [Gaiman] (Kennedy/Westergard) A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever after.

Stain YA FIC Howard (Kennedy) Lyra, the silent princess of daylight, must find a way to make noise and pass a series of tests to stop a pretender from stealing her betrothed prince and crown.

A Curse So Dark and Lonely YA FIC Kemmerer (Kennedy) Eighteen for the 327th time, Prince Rhen despairs of breaking the curse that turns him into a beast at the end of each day until feisty Harper enters his life.

Enchanted YA FIC Kontis (Kennedy) When Sunday Woodcutter, the youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week, kisses an enchanted frog, he transforms back into Rumbold, the crown prince of Arilland--a man Sunday's family despises.

City of Villains YA FIC Laure (Westergard) Mary, a troubled teenage detective, must solve a missing persons case as she discovers the reimagined origins of infamous Disney Villains.

So This is Love YA FIC Lim (Westergard) What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve under the king's visiting sister, Cinderella becomes witness to a grand conspiracy to take the king--and the prince--out of power, as well as a longstanding prejudice against fairies, including Cinderella's own Fairy Godmother. Faced with questions of love and loyalty to the kingdom, Cinderella must find a way to stop the villains of past and present . . . before it's too late.

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles) YA FIC Meyer (Kennedy/Westergard) As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story.

Heartless YA FIC Meyer (Kennedy/Westergard) In this prequel to Alice in Wonderland, Cath would rather open a bakery and marry for love than accept a proposal from the King of Hearts, especially after meeting the handsome and mysterious court jester.

Wendy Darling YA FIC Oakes (Westergard) Loved by two men--a steady and handsome bookseller's son from London and Peter Pan, a dashing and dangerous charmer--Wendy realizes that Neverland, like her heart, is a wild place, teeming with dark secrets and dangerous obsessions.

The Wendy Project GN Osborne (Kennedy/Westergard) 16-year-old Wendy Davies crashes her car into a lake on a late summer night in New England with her two younger brothers in the backseat. When she wakes in the hospital, she is told that her youngest brother, Michael, is dead. Wendy -- a once rational teenager - shocks her family by insisting that Michael is alive and in the custody of a mysterious flying boy. Placed in a new school, Wendy negotiates fantasy and reality as students and adults around her resemble characters from Neverland. Given a sketchbook by her therapist, Wendy starts to draw. But is The Wendy Project merely her safe space, or a portal between worlds?

Between the Lines YA FIC Picoult (Kennedy/Westergard) Told in their separate voices, sixteen-year-old Prince Oliver, who wants to break free of his fairy-tale existence, and fifteen-year-old Delilah, a loner obsessed with Prince Oliver and the book in which he exists, work together to seek his freedom.

Ash & Bramble YA FIC Prineas (Westergard) After Pin and Shoe escape from servitude in the Godmother's fortress, they learn that she has taken control of Story, which can warp the world around it, forcing people into its shape, and they decide to try to break out and create their own destinies in this tale that features many familiar characters.

The Shadow Queen YA FIC Redwine (Westergard) In this retelling of Snow White, follows the adventures of Lorelai, an exiled princess who is being pursued by a magic-wielding prince serving as the personal huntsman for evil queen Irina, who has charged him with bringing her Lorelai's heart.

Hunted YA FIC Spooner (Westergard) Yeva knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who's ever come close to discovering them. When her father goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the Beast he'd been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. As Yeva hunts, she finds a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures she's only heard about in fairy tales. A world that can bring her ruin or salvation. Who will survive: the Beauty, or the Beast?

Lost in the Never Woods YA FIC Thomas (Kennedy) When children start to go missing in the local woods, eighteen-year-old Wendy Darling must face her fears and a past she cannot remember to rescue them in this novel based on Peter Pan.

Fables Vertigo Fables [Willingham] (Kennedy/Westergard) Exiled from their homelands by an evil adversary, various fairy tale and folklore characters, referred to as "Fables", are forced to live in a clandestine community in New York City known as Fabletown. Those unable to blend in with human society (such as monsters and anthropomorphic animals) live at "The Farm" in upstate New York.

Where Dreams Descend YA FIC Angeles (Kennedy) In a magic competition to find the next headliner for the Conquering Circus, tricks become dangerous, rival magicians mysteriously disappear, and ambitious showgirl Kallia, her nightclub manager Jack, and competition judge Daron are forced to face their deepest secrets.

Winter Duke YA FIC Bartlett (Kennedy) When all of her family succumbs to a magical illness, Ekata Avenko reluctantly assumes the throne, seeking a cure and fending off unwanted suitors while seeking the culprit.

Girl Serpent Thorn YA FIC Bashardoust (Westergard) Soraya, a princess cursed to be poisonous to the touch, has lived eighteen years in the shadows but as her twin brother's wedding approaches, she faces choices with unimaginable consequences.

Hunted by the Sky YA FIC Bhathena (Westergard) Trained in warrior magic after the murder of her parents, a girl with a star-shaped birthmark is prophesied to be the downfall of a tyrant king, but the boy she falls in love with owes his loyalty to those hunting her.

Song of Wraiths and Ruin YA FIC Brown (Kennedy) Malik, a refugee desperate to save his sister, and Karina, a grieving Princess with a mission, vow to destroy each other even as a mutual attraction builds between the two.

A Phoenix First Must Burn YA FIC Caldwell (Kennedy/Westergard) Black girls, including gender non-conforming individuals, star in this collection of sixteen stories of fantasy, science fiction, and magic.

House of Dragons YA FIC Cluess (Westergard) When the emperor dies, the five royal houses of Etrusia attend the calling, where one of their own will be selected to compete for the throne.

The Queen's Assassin YA FIC De La Cruz (Kennedy) The Queen's Assassin is forced to take on a mysterious apprentice on his most dangerous mission yet, pulling them both into a vicious web of secrets and lies.

Legendborn YA FIC Deonn (Kennedy/Westergard) To discover the truth behind her mother's mysterious death, a teen girl infiltrates a magical secret society claiming to be the descendants of King Arthur and his knights.

All the stars and teeth YA FIC Grace (Kennedy) When a spell goes wrong, Princess Amora Montara flees Visidia and teams up with a mysterious pirate on a quest to prove herself fit to rule the kingdom.

Night Shine YA FIC Gratton (Kennedy) An orphan girl undertakes a dangerous journey to rescue her friend the prince from a powerful sorceress

Havenfall YA FIC Holland (Westergard) Maddie loves spending summers at Havenfall, a Colorado inn where her uncle brokers peace between worlds, until a murder forces her to take on responsibilities for which she is unprepared.

Raybearer YA FIC Ifueko (Kennedy) Raised in isolation, Tarisai yearns for the closeness she could have as one of the Crown Prince's Council of 11, but her mother, The Lady, has magically compelled Tarisai to kill the Crown Prince.

The Bookweaver's Daughter YA FIC Kannan (Westergard) In a tale of magic, Indian lore, and radical female friendship, Reya must pass the final test: the Bookweaver's daughter must weave her own destiny. The fate of Kasmira depends on it.

Reverie YA FIC La Sala (Kennedy) While recovering from an attack that leaves him without his memory, gay teenager Kane Montgomery stumbles into a world where dreams known as reveries take on a life of their own, and it is up to Kane and a few unlikely allies to stop them before they spillover into the waking world.

The Shadows Between Us YA FIC Levenseller (Westergard) Eighteen-year-old Alessandra Stathos, the second daughter of a minor nobleman, makes a plan to seduce, marry, and kill the king, then rule the world, and only love can stop her.

The Kingdom of Back YA FIC Lu (Kennedy/Westergard) Desperate to be forever remembered for her music, Nannerl Mozart makes a dangerous pact with a mysterious stranger from a magical land, which may cost her everything.

Kinder Poison YA FIC Mae (Kennedy) In the magical kingdom of Orkena, a teenaged girl is chosen to be the human sacrifice in a deadly game between three heirs who will do anything for the crown.

Belle Revolte YA FIC Miller (Kennedy) Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Comtesse Emilie, whose yearning to be a physician is below her station, switches places with Annette, who needs training to develop her magic, as their homeland is threatened by war.

Song Below Water YA FIC Morrow (Westergard) Best friends, Tavia and Effie, struggle to hide their supernatural identities in a society that discriminates against people with their abilities.

Forged in Fire and Stars YA FIC Robertson (Westergard) Ara, fated to be the next Loresmith, a blacksmith serving alongside the ruler of Saetlund, is taken by the long-lost heirs to the throne on a dangerous journey that leads to surprising truths.

Sisters of Sword & Song YA FIC Ross (Kennedy) Halcyon faces a fifteen-year sentence after being charged with murder, so her younger sister Evadne offers to carry part of her sentence and tries to uncover the truth behind the supposed crime along the way.

The Midnight Lie YA FIC Rutkoski (Kennedy) Nirrim endures a grim and punishing life as a Half Caste until she encounters Sid, a rakish traveler from far away who whispers rumors that the High Caste possess magic and tempts Nirrim to seek that magic for herself

Infinity Son YA FIC Silvera (Kennedy) In a world where some people are born with powers and some people take them, brothers Emil and Brighton Rey get swept up in a supernatural turf war generations in the making.

Scavenger the Stars YA FIC Sim (Westergard) After Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she reinvents herself to seek revenge against the man who ruined her family and stole the life she once had.

Ink in the blood YA FIC Smejkal (Westergard) Celia and Anya, friends who use tattoo magic to send divine messages, must rely on one another to survive when they discover the fake deity they serve is very real--and very angry.

Lumberjanes BOOM Lumberjanes [Stevenson] (Westergard) The story follows a group of girls named Mal, Ripley, Molly, April, and Jo spending summer at a scout camp, and the strange creatures and supernatural phenomena they encounter there.

Given YA FIC Taylor (Westergard) Yenni, a fierce Yirba warrior princess, finds herself alone in the magical empire of Cresh, desperately seeking a cure for her father's wasting illness, when she encounters the compelling and powerful dragon known as Weysh.

Fable YA FIC Young (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Fable joins the young, motley crew of the Marigold to escape the island where her father abandoned her, but she quickly realizes life off the island is more dangerous than she imaged.

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Graphic Novels

Speak: The graphic novel GN Anderson (Kennedy/Westergard) A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

Quincredible: Quest to be the best! GN Barnes (Kennedy/Westergard) After a mysterious meteor shower makes him invulnerable but with no other powers to complement it, Quinton West realizes, with the help of his new superhero mentor, that he can use his quirky hobby of creating Rube Goldberg devices to outsmart the opposition.

Incredible Doom GN Bogart (Kennedy/Westergard) Allison is drowning under the weight of her manipulative stage magician father. When he brings home the family's first computer, she escapes into a thrilling new world where she meetings Samir, a like-minded new online friend who has just agreed to run away from home with her. After moving to a new town, Richard receives a mysterious note in his locker with instructions on how to connect to 'Evol BBS,' a dial-in bulletin board system, and meets a fierce punk named Tina who comes into his life and shakes his entire worldview loose.

Brontë GN Bronte (Kennedy/Westergard) Despite their family's stormy fortunes, the Brontë sisters resolved to write. To thwart the nineteenth century's double standards, they took the names of men, becoming the Bell brothers. Their works incited controversy and speculation, while at home, the sisters contended with the rages of Branwell Brontë, their self-destructive sibling. Manuela Santoni presents a time before Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were known as literary masterpieces, when winds shook the Brontë house and determination held it together.

My Last Summer With Cass GN Crilley (Westergard) Megan and Cass are at a crossroads in their lives and in their art. Will this summer make or break their friendship?

Mean Girls Senior Year GN Irwin (Kennedy/Westergard) After struggling to survive the wild events at Northshore High School the year before, Cady learned her lesson and is swearing off drama. It's all about good grades, SAT prep, and college applications from here on out--but the new transfer student Megan Moretti isn't about to let Cady stay focused. Megan is determined to rise to the top of the popularity food chain and become a new Plastic, so Cady, Regina, Gretchen and Karen have to band together to stop this queen bee wannabe from turning the school inside out all over again.

Freshman: Tales of 9th grade obsessions, revelations, and other nonsense GN Mucha (Kennedy) Follows Annie's first year of high school, chronicling her crushes, failures, and successes.

Riverdale: The ties that bind Riverdale GN Ostow (Kennedy) Four interconnected stories trap each of our main characters in a unique high-stakes conflict over the course of a few pressure-cooker hours! Will Archie and company even make it to sunrise? If they do, will they ever be the same again?

Juliet Takes a Breath GN Rivera (Kennedy/Westergard) Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic definition of feminism that excludes women of color.

Pumpkinheads GN Rowell (Kennedy/Westergard) Working at a pumpkin patch every autumn, Deja and Josiah plan the ultimate Halloween night to celebrate their last year working together.

Ever After GN Vieweg (Westergard) Stranded between safe zones, two young women, Vivi and Eva, trek across the German countryside. Together they'll face their inner demons and dodge packs of the undead.

The Sprite and the Gardner GN Whitt (Kennedy/Westergard) Join our neighborhood of sprites in this beautiful, gentle fantasy where both gardens and friendships begin to blossom.

Manga

Become You MANGA Become (Kennedy/Westergard) Taiyou is a high-school musician with dreams of stardom, but when his bandmates quit in order to focus on school, it feels like Taiyou's dreams are slipping away. In an act of desperation, Taiyou strong-arms his sullen classmate Hikari into forming a band with him. The two boys are total opposites, but together they might just be able to create something amazing.

Blank Canvas: My so-called artist's journey MANGA Blank (Kennedy) High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She's in for a surprise: her new instructor is a bamboo sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn't care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!

Cruella: Black, white, and red MANGA Cruella (Kennedy/Westergard) You don't become a legend by being nice. She wasn't born Cruella. Gifted with talent, innovation, and ambition, Estella dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, but the world seemed intent on making sure her dreams would never come true. The life of an amateur thief is hardly a glamourous one, but in 1970s London, at the crossroads of fashion, Estella has a vision for herself and her designs, if only she can afford it! Witness Estella's life on the streets with her best friends and partners in (petty) crime, Horace and Jasper, before the infamous diva Cruella emerges to make sure no one gets in her way!

Super Mario Manga Mania MANGA Mario (Kennedy/Westergard) From crazy to classic, Mario and his friends star in adventures that find them traveling through the many worlds of one of the biggest video game series ever!

Superheroes, Villains, & More

The Avant-Guards BOOM Avant-Guards (Kennedy) As a transfer student to the Georgia O'Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics, former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they're going. When the school's barely-a-basketball-team unexpectedly attempts to recruit her, Charlie's adamant that she's left that life behind...until she's won over by the charming team captain, Liv, and the ragtag crew she's managed to assemble. And while Charlie may have left cut-throat competition in the dust, sinking these hoops may be exactly what she needs to see the person she truly wants to be.

Lumberjanes BOOM Lumberjanes (Westergard) The story follows a group of girls named Mal, Ripley, Molly, April, and Jo spending summer at a scout camp, and the strange creatures and supernatural phenomena they encounter there.

Victor and Nora: A Gotham love story DC Gotham (Westergard) After Victor Fries and Nora Faria meet at a cemetery outside of Gotham City, their summer quickly spirals into a beautiful romance, and Victor's cold heart is able to thaw, allowing him to begin to enjoy life again after his brother's death, but when he learns of Nora's incurable illness, he is driven to try to find a scientific solution to keep from losing another person he loves.

Whistle: A new Gotham City Hero DC Gotham (Kennedy/Westergard) Sixteen-year-old Willow Zimmerman reconnects with estranged family friend and real estate tycoon E. Nigma, but after he helps her earn enough for medical treatments for her mom she is attacked by the monstrous Killer Croc and upon waking after the fight she gains powers and insight she will need to make the right choices.

Harley Quinn: Breaking glass DC Harley (Kennedy/Westergard) Harley Quinn- Breaking Glass is at once a tale of the classic Harley readers know and love, and a heartfelt story about the choices teenagers make and how they can define--or destroy--their lives.

House of El: The Shadow Threat DC House (Kennedy/Westergard) Zahn is one of Krypton's elites: wealthy, privileged, a future leader. Sera is one of Krypton's soldiers: strong, dedicated, fearless. Their rule-bound society has ordained that their paths should never cross. But groundquakes are shaking the planet's surface. Rebellious uprisings are shaking the populace. Krypton's top scientists-Jor-El and Lara-conduct a secret experiment that is meant to reform their planet from the cellular level up. Zahn and Sera must join forces to investigate the hidden dangers truly threatening Krypton. In the process, they form a bond that will endure past the end of the world.

Nubia: Real one DC Nubia (Kennedy/Westergard) Nubia has always stood out because of her Amazonian strength, but even though she uses her ability for good she is seen as a threat, so when her best friend Quisha is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia risks everything to become the hero society tells her she is not.

The Astonishing Ant-Man MARVEL Ant-Man (Kennedy/Westergard) Scott Lang was a down-on-his-luck, divorced ex-con - until he stole renowned scientist and super hero Hank Pym's size-altering technology in the hopes of saving his daughter's life. Through that act of doing wrong for the right reasons, Scott learned how to be a hero himself. With Pym's blessing and his daughter Cassie at his side, Scott became... The Astonishing Ant-Man! But when a curveball upends Scott's life, will he continue to be a hero, or will he return to his former life of crime?

Nonfiction

In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers: The second, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years after the 9/11 attacks GN 973.931 Brown (Kennedy/Westergard) This graphic novel chronicles the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City through moving individual stories that bear witness to history and the ways it shapes the future. Also by Brown: Fever Year: The killer flu of 1918, The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian refugees, Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans, The Great American Dust Bowl

Rachel Carson GN 570.92 Carson (Kennedy/Westergard) Meet Rachel Carson, the woman who changed the way America fought against the environmental crisis through her bestselling books, ultimately spurring the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Marie Curie: A quest for light GN B Curie (Kennedy/Westergard) Curie's unique drive--against all odds--to understand Nature's ways and laws led to ground-breaking discoveries, which revolutionized medical theory and practice. She was the first female Nobel Prize winner and, to date, the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two categories; first physics and later in chemistry.

Hey, Kiddo GN B Krosoczka (Kennedy) Shares the author's upbringing in a family grappling with addiction and how he used art to survive.

Teddy GN B Roosevelt (Kennedy/Westergard) Overflowing with his love of nature, adventure, and justice, Teddy illustrates the life of a man for whom being known as one of America's greatest presidents is but one of his notable accomplishments.

The Comic Book Story of Basketball: A fast-break history of hoops GN 796.32 Van Lente (Kennedy/Westergard) Whether it's millionaire pros facing off in an indoor arena full of screaming fans or a lone kid shooting hoops on an outdoor court, basketball is one of the most popular and widely played sports in the world. The Comic Book Story of Basketball gives you courtside seats to the history of hoops. It chronicles the sport from its beginnings in a YMCA in Massachusetts to its current status as a beloved international game for men and women of all ages. Learn the true stories behind the college game, the street game, the women's game, and the international game, with legendary players and coaches like Dr. J, Michael Jordan, LeBron James, and Steph Curry profiled throughout.

Lovely War YA FIC Berry (Kennedy) In the perilous days of World Wars I and II, the gods hold the fates -- and the hearts -- of four mortals in their hands. They are Hazel, James, Aubrey, and Colette. A classical pianist from London, a British would-be architect-turned-soldier, a Harlem-born ragtime genius in the U.S. Army, and a Belgian orphan with a gorgeous voice and a devastating past. Their story, as told by goddess Aphrodite to her husband, Hephaestus, and her lover, Ares, is filled with hope and heartbreak, prejudice and passion, and reveals that, though War is a formidable force, it's no match for the transcendent power of Love.

Bluebird YA FIC Cameron (Kennedy) In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, because her identity is the product Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva does not know if she can trust anyone she meets, least of all Jake Katz, the young man she is attracted to.

We Are Not Free YA FIC Chee (Kennedy/Westergard) 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.

Spindle and Dagger YA FIC Coats (Kennedy) Spinning a lie about her connection to a protective saint to survive the raider attack that ended her sisters' lives, Elen cautiously submits to life beside her abuser until an attack by a rival clan threatens to expose her deception.

They Went Left YA FIC Hesse (Westergard) Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life. Also by Hesse: Girl in the Blue Coat, The War Outside

The Librarian of Auschwitz LP FIC Iturbe (Kennedy) Follows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond. Based on a true story.

Sixteen Scandals YA FIC Jordan (Kennedy/Westergard) The youngest of four daughters, Primrose Ainsworth is used to getting lost in the shuffle. But when her parents decide to delay her debut into English society, Prim hatches a plan to go rogue on the night of her sixteenth birthday.

Luck of the Titanic YA FIC Lee (Kennedy/Westergard) After smuggling herself onto the RMS Titanic, British-Chinese teenager Valora Luck reunites with her twin brother and tries to convince him that their acrobatic training could be their ticket to a better life.

Last night at the Telegraph Club YA FIC Lo (Kennedy) When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known.

Open Fire YA FIC Lough (Kennedy) In 1917 Russia, seventeen-year-old Katya joins the first all-female battalion to fight the Germans, but she soon finds that patriotism alone won't help her survive the realities of war.

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones YA FIC McQueen (Kennedy/Westergard) It's the summer of 1955. For Ethan Harper, a biracial kid raised mostly by his white father, race has always been a distant conversation. When he's sent to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in small-town Alabama, his blackness is suddenly front and center, and no one is shy about making it known he's not welcome there. Enter Juniper Jones. The town's resident oddball and free spirit, she's everything the townspeople aren't--open, kind, and accepting. Armed with two bikes and an unlimited supply of root beer floats, Ethan and Juniper set out to find their place in a town that's bent on rejecting them. As Ethan is confronted for the first time by what it means to be black in America, Juniper tries to help him see the beauty in even the ugliest reality, and that even the darkest days can give rise to an invincible summer.

Angel of Greenwood YA FIC Pink (Kennedy) Angel and Isaiah share a hidden love for black literature, and now each other, when tragedy and triumph emerge during the Greenwood Massacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Also by Pink: Girls Like Us

Blood Countess YA FIC Popović (Westergard) In 1578 Hungary, sixteen-year-old Anna is elevated from scullery maid to chambermaid by the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Bâathory, falling completely under the Countess's spell until Anna realizes that she is not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel and murderous Elizabeth.

Rebel Spy YA FIC Rossi (Westergard) In 1776, fifteen-year-old Francisca escapes a dangerous life in the Bahamas by posing as a wealthy shipwreck victim, and soon finds herself a spy for George Washington in New York.

Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All YA FIC Ruby (Kennedy) When Frankie's mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary - just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That's why she is not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now Frankie and her sister, Toni, are abandoned alongside so many other orphans, two young, unwanted women doing everything they can to survive. And as the embers of the Great Depression are kindled into the fires of World War II, and the shadows of injustice, poverty, and death walk the streets in broad daylight, Frankie must find something worth holding on to in the ruins of this shattered America - every minute of every day spent wondering if the life she's able to carve out will be enough. I will admit I do not know if it will be. But I will be watching, waiting to find out. That's what ghosts do.

28 Days: A novel of resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto YA FIC Safier (Kennedy) In Warsaw, Poland, in 1942, Mira faces impossible decisions after learning that the Warsaw ghetto is to be "liquidated," but a group of young people are planning an uprising against their Nazi captors.

The Fountains of Silence YA FIC Sepetys (Kennedy) At the Castellana Hilton in 1957 Madrid, eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson connects with Ana Moreno through photography and fate as Daniel discovers the incredibly dark side of the city under Generalissimo Franco's rule. Also by Sepetys: Between Shades of Gray, Out of the Easy, Salt to the Sea, Between Shades of Gray: the graphic novel

The Awakening of Malcolm X YA FIC Shabazz (Kennedy/Westergard) While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X.

The Paper Girls of Paris YA FIC Taylor (Westergard) NOW: Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn't there for pastries and walks along the Seine. When her grandmother passed away two months ago, she left Alice an apartment in France that no one knew existed. An apartment that has been locked for more than seventy years. The more time she spends digging through the mysteries of the past, the more she realizes there are secrets in the present that her family is still refusing to talk about. THEN: Sixteen-year-old Adalyn doesn't recognize Paris anymore. Everywhere she looks, there are Nazis, and every day brings a new horror of life under the Occupation. When she meets Luc, the dashing and enigmatic leader of a resistance group, Adalyn feels she finally has a chance to fight back.

The Enigma Game YA FIC Wein (Kennedy) Told in multiple voices, fifteen-year-old Jamaican Louisa Adair uncovers an Enigma machine in the small Scottish village where she cares for an elderly German woman, and helps solve a puzzle that could turn the tide of World War II. Also by Wein: Code Name Verity; Rose Under Fire; Black Dove, White Raven

A Sitting in St. James YA FIC Williams-Garcia (Kennedy/Westergard) In 1860 Louisiana, eighty-year-old Madame Sylvie decides to sit for a portrait, as horrific stories that span generations from the big house and the fields are revealed.

Fiction

How It All Blew Up YA FIC Ahmadi (Kennedy) Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship, and blackmail, eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk.

The Black Flamingo YA FIC Atta (Kennedy) A fierce coming-of-age novel about identity and the liberating power of drag follows the experiences of a mixed-race teen in London who struggles to connect with his heritage before coming out and establishing his place in Drag Society.

Bruised YA FIC Boteju (Kennedy) Daya Wijesinghe sees a bruise as a mixture of comfort and control, but joining a roller derby team push her toward big truths about love, loss, strength, and healing.

Felix Ever After YA FIC Callender (Kennedy) Felix Love, a transgender seventeen-year-old, attempts to get revenge by catfishing his anonymous bully, but lands in a quasi-love triangle with his former enemy and his best friend.

The Sky Blues YA FIC Couch (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Sky, openly gay but under the radar, decides to make a splashy Promposal but his plans are leaked by an anonymous, homophobic hacker, moving his classmates to help him expose the perpetrator.

Spell Hacker YA FIC England (Kennedy/Westergard) Diz and her friends are in the business of stealing magic, or maz, but when their plan for one more heist blows up in their faces, they find themselves trying to unravel a conspiracy at the very center of the spellplague.

Girl on the Line YA FIC Gardner (Kennedy/Westergard) After an attempted suicide and bipolar diagnosis, Journey decides to volunteer at a crisis center and discovers a community of people that may help her find the light within herself that she did not know existed.

Only Mostly Devastated YA FIC Gonazales (Kennedy/Westergard) When his aunt's illness keeps Ollie in North Carolina, he hopes his summer fling with Will can grow into something more, but at school Will proves to be a completely different--and firmly closeted--man.

Perfect on Paper YA FIC Gonzales (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Darcy Phillips, a bisexual girl who gives anonymous love advice to her classmates, is hired by the "hot" guy at school to help him get his ex back.

The State of Us YA FIC Hutchinson (Kennedy/Westergard) Dean and Dre, the seventeen-year-old sons of the Republican and Democratic candidates for president of the United States, fall in love on the sidelines of their parents' presidential campaigns.

Yesterday is History YA FIC Jackson (Kennedy) After a liver transplant, Andre suddenly becomes a time traveler, but is his soulmate Michael, who lives in 1969, or Blake, his donor's brother, who is training him in 2021?

The Henna Wars YA FIC Jaigirdar (Kennedy/Westergard) When Nishat, an Irish girl of Bengali heritage, sees her old friend Flaavia again, she feels attracted, but when they both enter a school contest as henna artists, their feelings for each other become more complicated.

Be Dazzled YA FIC La Sala (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Raffy is determined to win a cosplay competition that could lead to art school admission and respect for his talent, but being paired with his main competitor, ex-boyfriend Luca, complicates things.

19 Love Songs YA FIC Levithan (Kennedy/Westergard) A collection of fiction, nonfiction, and a story in verse celebrating love.

Last Night at the Telegraph Club YA FIC Lo (Kennedy) When Lily realizes she has feelings for a girl in her math class, it threatens Lily's oldest friendships and even her father's citizenship status and eventually, Lily must decide if owning her truth is worth everything she has ever known.

Stay Gold YA FIC McSmith (Kennedy) Told in two voices, Pony, who is concealing his transgender identity at his new Texas high school, and Georgia, a cisgender cheerleader counting the days until she graduates, develop a complicated relationship.

Late to the Party YA FIC Quindlen (Westergard) Codi and her two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, crash a party that changes the dynamics of their friendship and results in a wild and unexpected summer for Codi.

Camp YA FIC Rosen (Kennedy) At Camp Outland, a camp for LGBTQIA teens, sixteen-year-old Randall "Del" Kapplehoff's plan to have Hudson Aaronson-Lim fall in love with him succeeds, but both are hiding their true selves.

Can't Take That Away YA FIC Salvatore (Kennedy) When Carey Parker, a genderqueer teen who dreams of being a diva like their hero Mariah Carey, is cast as the female lead in the school musical, they must fight against discrimination and injustice from their closed-minded school administration.

Surrender Your Sons YA FIC Sass (Kennedy) Connor Major and other queer teens trapped at a conversion therapy camp work together to escape--and expose the camp's horrible truths.

The Girls I've Been YA FIC Sharpe (Kennedy/Westergard) When seventeen-year-old Nora O'Malley, the daughter of a con artist, is taken hostage in a bank heist, every secret she is keeping close begins to unravel.

Somebody Told Me YA FIC Siegert (Kennedy) After an assault at an anime convention, bigender seventeen-year-old Aleks/Alexis moves in with their uncle, a Catholic priest, and decides to help strangers anonymously after overhearing parishioners' confessions.

As Far As You'll Take Me YA FIC Stamper (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Marty Pierce leaves small-town Kentucky for London, hoping to explore his sexuality and find work playing oboe, but homesickness, anxiety, and his dwindling savings worsen even as his dreams are coming true.

Cemetery Boys YA FIC Thomas (Kennedy) Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to his conservative family.

The Summer of Everything YA FIC Winters (Kennedy) In the summer between high school and college, Wes Hudson juggles his dream job at a local independent bookstore, his family pestering him to choose an academic major, and pining after his best friend, Nico.

Nonfiction

A Queer History of the United States for Young People YA 306.766 Chevat (Kennedy/Westergard) Through engrossing narratives, letters, drawings, poems, and more, the book encourages young readers, of all identities, to feel pride at the accomplishments of the LGBTQ people who came before them and to use history as a guide to the future.

All Boys Aren't Blue YA B Johnson (Kennedy) A first book by the prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist shares personal essays that chronicle his childhood, adolescence and college years as a Black queer youth, exploring subjects ranging from gender identity and toxic masculinity to structural marginalization and Black joy.

Being Jazz YA B Jennings (Westergard) The author recounts how her public experiences have influenced her attitude towards the transgender community, as she works to educate others about transgenderism while navigating the challenges of being a teenager.

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out YA 306.768 Kuklin (Kennedy) Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgment of gender preference.

Out! : How to Be Your Authentic Self YA 306.766 McKenna (Kennedy/Westergard) Activist Miles McKenna came out on his YouTube channel in 2017, documenting his transition to help other teens navigate their identities and take charge of their own coming out stories. From that wisdom comes Out!, the ultimate YA guide to the queer lifestyle. Find validation, inspiration, and support for your questions big and small-whether you're exploring your identity or seeking to understand the experience of an awesome queer person in your life.

Queer, There, and Everywhere : 23 People Who Changed the World YA 306.76 Prager (Kennedy) Profiles notable LGBTQ figures and highlights their contributions to society and their community, including Kristina Vasa, Frida Kahlo, Alan Turing, Glenn Burke, and George Takei.

Doing It! YA 306.7083 Witton (Kennedy/Westergard) Provides information and advice for teenagers on sex-related issues, including sexual readiness, body image, consent, contraception, sexting, the LGBTQ movement, and sex shaming.

Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports YA 306.766 Zeigler (Kennedy) Discover key moments and issues that have shaped and transformed sports for LGBT people today.

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Online Resources

Hi Tops Provides people of all identities with sexual health education and support.

Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network Ensures that every member of every school community is respected.

Garden State Equality NJ’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group.

PFLAG Unites people on the LGBT spectrum with friends, family, and allies.

The Anti-Violence Project Empowers LGBT communities and allies to end violence through organizing and education. Supports survivors.

Forge A transgender and gender nonconforming anti-violence organization.

The Trevor Project Provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention.

Hotlines

LGBT National Help Center Youth Talkline: 1-800-246-7743

Garden State Equality Anti-Bullying and Discrimination: 973-509-5428

Caring Contact NJ Mental Health Hotline: 908-232-2880 or text "heart" to 741-741

The Trevor Project Suicide Hotline: 1-866-488-7386

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Hotline Peer Talkline: 800-246-7743

Fiction

Home Home YA FIC Allen-Agostini (Kennedy) After being hospitalized for depression, fourteen-year-old Kayla is sent from her home in Trinidad to live with her aunt in Canada, yearning to feel at home but feeling more adrift than ever.

A Breath Too Late YA FIC Callen (Kennedy) After committing suicide just before high school graduation, Ellie Walker haunts her home and school, reflecting on her life of domestic violence, friendship with August, and dreams of a writing career. Includes list of resources for people in crisis.

The Edge of Anything YA FIC Carpenter (Kennedy) After a chance encounter, loner photographer Len and volleyball star Sage develop an unlikely friendship that enables them to begin facing their inner demons.

When the Stars Lead to You YA FIC Davis (Westergard) After Ashton broke Devon's heart, she focused on preparing for her future as an astrophysicist but Ashton's appearance on the first day of her senior year forces her to revisit their magical summer together.

Six Goodbyes We Never Said YA FIC Ganger (Westergard) Teens Naima Rodriguez, who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and Dew Brickman, who has social anxiety, bond over their mutual loss of both parents.

The Lightness of Hands YA FIC Garvin (Kennedy/Westergard) Sixteen-year-old Ellie Dante tries to stage her down-and-out magician father's comeback in order to pay for medication for his heart condition and her bipolar II disorder.

List of Ten YA FIC Gomez (Kennedy/Westergard) A suicidal teen fighting the symptoms of Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder creates a bucket list of ten goals to achieve by the tenth anniversary of his diagnosis, before a newcomer with her own troubled history unknowingly offers him more hopeful perspectives.

Turtles All the Way Down YA FIC Green (Kennedy/Westergard) Aza Holmes, a high school student with obsessive-compulsive disorder, becomes focused on searching for a fugitive billionaire.

This Is My Brain in Love YA FIC Gregorio (Westergard) Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden.

Waiting for Fitz YA FIC Hyde (Kennedy) Hospitalized for her OCD, Addie Foster and her new schizophrenic friend, seventeen-year-old Fitzgerald Whitman IV, escape the psychiatric ward and undertake a journey to find the elusive--and endangered--bird, the Kirtland's warbler.

Darius the Great is Not Okay YA FIC Khorram (Kennedy/Westergard) Clinically-depressed Darius Kellner, a high school sophomore, travels to Iran to meet his grandparents, but it is their next-door neighbor, Sohrab, who changes his life.

Finding Audrey YA FIC Kinsella (Westergard) Fourteen-year-old Audrey is making slow but steady progress dealing with her anxiety disorder when Linus comes into the picture and her recovery gains momentum.

The Bridge YA FIC Konigsberg (Kennedy) Aaron and Tillie do not know each other, but they both feel suicidal and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Includes resources about suicide prevention and suicide prevention for LGBTQIA+ youth.

Just Breathe YA FIC McGovern (Kennedy/Westergard) Jamie is suffering from severe depression, and David manages to keep his cystic fibrosis under the radar, but when their paths cross during a hospital visit, the two develop a friendship over origami that soon begins to deepen.

Say What You Will YA FIC McGovern (Kennedy) A girl confined to a wheelchair by cerebral palsy and a boy stymied by an obsessive-compulsive disorder are assigned to spend time together in what becomes a blossoming friendship that neither expected.

The Liar's Daughter YA FIC Peterson (Westergard) Desperate to escape deprogramming after being rescued from a cult, seventeen-year-old Piper wants to rejoin her family, but the truth about that family, her past, and herself cannot be denied.

Tell Me My Name YA FIC Reed (Kennedy) Eighteen-year-old Fern's life spirals out of control after troubled former child star Ivy Avila arrives on Commodore Island, ultimately forcing Fern to take agency over her own existence.

The Castle School (for troubled girls) YA FIC Sheinmel (Westergard) Paralyzed by grief, Moira feels punished when her parents send her to a therapeutic boarding school in Maine where she meets eleven other troubled girls and gradually begins to understand her parents' true intentions behind sending her there.

History is All You Left Me YA FIC Silvera (Kennedy) Secrets are revealed as OCD-afflicted Griffin grieves for his first love, Theo, who died in a drowning accident.

We, the Wildflowers YA FIC Simmons (Kennedy) Four unruly teens living together in a home for troubled youth find connection and strength, like that of wildflowers, as they face their harrowing pasts and new tragedies.

Jane Anonymous YA FIC Stolarz (Kennedy) In chapters alternating between "then" and "now," seventeen-year-old Jane Anonymous chronicles the events leading up to her abduction and seven-month captivity and her painful return to family and friends.

The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B YA FIC Toten (Westergard) Adam not only is trying to understand his OCD, while trying to balance his relationship with his divorced parents, but he's also trying to navigate through the issues that teenagers normally face, namely the perils of young love.

Just Our Luck YA FIC Walton (Kennedy) Leo has always been told to stay away from Evey Paros, but after his anxiety disorder causes a fight at school, he has no choice but to ask for her help.

Eliza and Her Monsters YA FIC Zappia (Kennedy) Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's worked for begins to crumble.

Nonfiction

Beneath the Surface: A teen's guide to reaching out when you or your friend is in crisis YA 616.8527 Hugstad (Kennedy/Westergard) Presents a guide to addressing and overcoming anxiety, depression, and mental illness in teenagers, outlining how to recognize the warning signs of mental illness and offering resources to turn to for help.

Rewire Your Anxious Brains for Teens: Using CBT, neuroscience, & mindfulness to help you end anxiety, panic & worry YA 618.9285 Kissen (Kennedy/Westergard) Anxiety is a huge problem among today's teens-that's why teens need tangible tips and tools they can use every day to manage fears, stress, and worry. In Rewire Your Anxious Brain for Teens, four anxiety specialists offer practical and essential skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), neuroscience, and mindfulness to help teen readers "rewire" their anxious brain and get back to living their lives.

Stuff That's Loud: A teen's guide to unspiraling when OCD gets noisy YA 616.8522 Sedley (Kennedy/Westergard) Provides strategies for breaking free from the intrusive thoughts and behaviors that accompany obsessive-compulsive disorder, drawing on exercises to explain how to manage symptoms and avoid spiraling.

Heads Up: Changing minds on mental health YA 616.89 Siebert (Kennedy/Westergard) This nonfiction book for teen readers is a guide to understanding mental health and coping with mental illness, trauma and recovery. It features real-life stories of resilient teens and highlights innovative approaches to mental-health challenges.

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What She Found in the Woods YA FIC Angelini (Kennedy) While summering in her grandparents' small Oregon town, where a serial murderer lurks, eighteen-year-old Magdalena faces recovery from a scandal at her Manhattan private school, schizophrenia, and falling in love with "Wildboy."

Firekeeper's Daughter YA FIC Boulley (Kennedy) Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.

Remedy YA FIC Corrigan (Westergard) A girl who has been struggling with inexplicable poor health her entire life becomes the focal point of her mother's increasingly suspicious online funding campaign for medical expenses.

The Ivies YA FIC Donne (Kennedy) The Ivies, five prep school elites who would kill to get into the colleges of their dreams, has a showdown after Liv gets into Harvard and queen bee Avery does not.

The Follower YA FIC Doughty (Westergard) Instagram-famous triplets Cecily, Amber, and Rudy--the children of home renovation superstars--are ready for a perfect summer. They've just moved into the site of their parents' latest renovation project when they begin to receive chilling messages from someone called The Follower. It soon becomes clear that this anonymous threat is more than a simple Internet troll, and he can't wait to shatter the Cole family's perfect veneer and take back what's his.

The Initial Insult YA FIC McGinnis (Kennedy) Ostracized by the elite community of Amontillado, Ohio, after the disappearance of her parents, Tress organizes a Halloween costume party at an abandoned house, where she launches a macabre plan to force a popular former friend to confess what she knows.

The Cousins YA FIC McManus (Kennedy/Westergard) After receiving an invitation to spend the summer with their estranged grandmother, the Story cousins arrive at her house only to discover that she is not there, and the longer they stay on the island, the more they realize their mysterious family history has some deadly secrets.

Pride and Premeditation YA M Price (Kennedy) Sixteen-year-old aspiring lawyer Lizzie Bennet seeks to solve a murder before her rival Mr. Darcy beats her to it.

Lucy Clark Will Not Apologize YA M Rabb (Kennedy) After being bullied one too many times, Lucy retaliates. But when the fallout is far worse than she meant it to be, she gets sent to Manhattan to serve as a full-time companion to the eccentric Edith Fox. Edith is glamorous and mysterious--nothing like Lucy expected. Though Edith's world of hidden gardens and afternoon teas is beguiling, there's one other thing about her that makes her unlike anyone Lucy has ever met...she thinks someone is trying to kill her. And it's up to Lucy to find out who it is.

The Girls I've Been YA FIC Sharpe (Westergard) When seventeen-year-old Nora O'Malley, the daughter of a con artist, is taken hostage in a bank heist, every secret she is keeping close begins to unravel.

Influence YA FIC Shepard (Kennedy/Westergard) After her family moves to Los Angeles, Delilah Rollins, already a minor Internet celebrity, plunges into the competitive and glamorous world of social media influencers, but can cosmetics and good lighting conceal cheating, manipulation, blackmail, and murder?

Teen Killers Club YA FIC Sparks (Kennedy) When seventeen-year-old Signal Deere is been framed for the murder of her best friend, she joins a secret society of teenage assassins to avoid a lifetime behind bars.

The Project YA FIC Summers (Kennedy) Lo Denham wants to expose the Unity Project as a cult and reconnect with her indoctrinated sister, but as she immerses herself in the group with no signs of Bea, Lo begins to question everything she thought was true.

The Obsession YA FIC Sutanto (Westergard) After freeing her mother from an abusive relationship, Delilah Wong refuses to play a part in Logan's delusional romance--but how can she convince him to let her go?

Fadeaway YA FIC Vickers (Kennedy) When a high school basketball star goes missing overnight after thousands watched him secure the title for his team, his best friend, his conflicted ex-girlfriend, and his devastated younger brother search for clues that expose deeply hidden community secrets.

Every Single Lie YA FIC Vincent (Kennedy) High school junior Beckett's life is turned upside-down when she discovers a dead baby in her small-town high school's locker room, and her police detective mother investigates while cyberbullies claim it is Beck's child.

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True Crime Books

Mind of A Criminal YA 363.25 Bodden (Westergard) An in-depth look at how psychological profilers analyze behaviors and patterns to identify suspects and help solve crimes, employing real-life examples such as the Jeffrey Dahmer case.

Getting Away With Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case YA 364.1523 Crowe (Kennedy) Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old, Emmett Till, in Mississippi, in 1955.

The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, & The Fall of Imperial Russia YA 947.083 Fleming (Kennedy/Westergard) Traces the story of the Russian Revolution, the lives of the Romanov family, and the story of their tragic deaths, in an account that draws on primary source materials.

The Zodiac Killer: Terror and Mystery YA 364.1523 Haugen (Westergard) Examines the details of the Zodiac Killer case in 1960s San Francisco, including the victims, the crimes, and speculations as to the identity of the Zodiac Killer.

Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA YA 363.25 Heos (Westergard) Provides readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics.

The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden & The Trial of the Century YA 345.744 Miller (Kennedy/Westergard) Examines the Borden murders, using newspaper articles to recreate the events and the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden and exploring Lizzie's story to theorize on what may have happened.

The 57 Bus YA 364.1555 Slater (Kennedy) True story of two teenagers and the crime that changed their lives.

Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King Jr's Assassin YA 323.092 Swanson (Kennedy/Westergard) James Earl Ray and Martin Luther King, Jr. had two very different life journeys -- but their paths fatally collide when Ray assassinates the world-renown civil rights leader. This book provides an inside look into both of their lives, the history of the time, and a blow-by-blow examination of the assassination and its aftermath. Also by Swanson: Chasing Lincoln's Killer, "The President Has Been Shot": The Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Emigration and Immigration Stories

Fiction

Indivisible YA FIC Aleman (Kennedy/Westergard) New York City high school student Mateo dreams of becoming a Broadway star, but his life is transformed after his parents are deported to Mexico.

Come On In: 15 stories about immigration and finding home YA FIC Alsaid (Kennedy/Westergard) This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by critically acclaimed and bestselling YA authors who are shaped by the journeys they and their families have taken from home, and to find home.

Love in English YA FIC Andreu (Kennedy) Feeling blocked after moving from Argentina to New Jersey, a sixteen-year-old poet finds herself torn between a cute American boy in her math class and a Greek student who understands the struggles she is facing in an ESL class.

American Panda YA FIC Chao (Kennedy) A freshman at MIT, seventeen-year-old Mei Lu tries to live up to her Taiwanese parents' expectations, but no amount of tradition, obligation, or guilt prevent her from hiding several truths--that she is a germaphobe who cannot become a doctor, she prefers dancing to biology, she decides to reconnect with her estranged older brother, and she is dating a Japanese boy.

Our Wayward Fate YA FIC Chao (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Ali is simultaneously swept up in a whirlwind romance and down a rabbit hole of family secrets when another Taiwanese family moves into tiny, predominantly-white, Plainhart, Indiana.

Something in Between YA FIC De La Cruz (Westergard) After learning of her family's illegal immigrant status, Jasmine realizes that college may be impossible and that deportation is a real threat, uncertainties she endures as she falls for the son of a congressman who opposes an immigration reform bill.

Lobizona YA FIC Garber (Kennedy) When her mother is arrested by ICE, sixteen-year-old Argentinian Manu--who thinks she is hiding in a Miami apartment because she is an undocumented immigrant--discovers that her entire existence is illegal.

Beast Rider: A boy's journey beyond the border YA FIC Johnston (Westergard) To be reunited with his brother, twelve-year-old Manuel will have to cross the border and survive the perilous journey from Mexico to Los Angeles.

An Emotion of Great Delight YA FIC Mafi (Kennedy) In the wake of 9/11, Shadi, a child of Muslim immigrants, tries to navigate her crumbling world of death, heartbreak, and bigotry in silence, until finally everything changes.

Dream Things True YA FIC Marquardt (Kennedy) Evan, the nephew of a conservative southern senator, and Alma, who lives with her large, warm Mexican family, fall in love, but when Immigration and Customs Enforcement begins raids on their town, Alma knows she needs to tell Evan her secrets, but how can she tell her country-club boyfriend that she is an undocumented immigrant?

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter YA FIC Sanchez (Kennedy) When her sister, considered the perfect Mexican daughter by her parents, dies, Julia tries to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family despite her own grief and her mother's penchant for pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.

We Are Not From Here YA FIC Sanchez (Kennedy) Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeäna 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.

Illegal YA FIC Stork (Kennedy) To escape the violent cartel that is after them in Ciudad Juaarez, siblings Sara and Emiliano flee across the border, seeking a better life in the United States and hoping to bring their pursuers to justice, only to discover that an even greater danger awaits them.

The Grief Keeper YA FIC Villasante (Kennedy) After escaping a detention center at the U.S. border, seventeen-year-old Marisol agrees to participate in a medical experiment hoping to keep her and her younger sister, Gabi, from being deported to El Salvador.

Game Seven YA FIC Volponi (Westergard) A sixteen-year-old shortstop in Cuba who dreams of playing with the pros must choose between his country and his father who defected to the U.S.

The Sun Is Also a Star YA FIC Yoon (Kennedy) Natasha, whose family is hours away from being deported, and Daniel, a first generation Korean American who strives to live up to his parents' expectations, unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together.

Nonfiction

Americapedia : Taking the dumb out of freedom YA 320.6097 Anderson (Kennedy) Presents a blend of humor and a civic textbook to cover American politics, international relations, religion, and culture.

The Distance Between Us YA B Grande (Kennedy/Westergard) At the age of 8, Reyna Grande made the dangerous and illegal trek across the border from Mexico to the United States, and discovered that the American Dream is much more complicated that it seemed.

Call Me American: The extraordinary true story of a young Somali immigrant YA B Iftin (Kennedy) Adapted from the adult memoir, an intimate portrait of modern immigration describes how the author's family was forced by war to leave their home in Somalia before he received an opportunity to win the annual U.S. visa lottery.

In Search of Safety: Voices of refugees YA 309.906 Kuklin (Kennedy/Westergard) Documents the stories of five refugees resettled in Nebraska, including a translator from Afghanistan and a Yazidi woman from Iraq, and others from Myanmar, South Sudan, and Burundi, detailing why they had to leave their homelands, their struggles to reach the United States, and their new lives in America.

We Are Here to Stay: Voices of undocumented young adults YA 304.8 Kuklin (Kennedy/Westergard) Documents the stories of nine undocumented immigrants to the United States, fleeing violence and seeking freedom, detailing how each youth left their homelands to start a new life in America.

The Far Away Brothers: Two teenage immigrants making a life in America YA 979.466 Markham (Kennedy/Westergard) The inspiring true story about identical twin teenage brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California as undocumented immigrants.

This Land Is Our Land: A history of American immigration YA 304.8097 Osborne (Westergard) This book explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups evolved throughout U.S. history, particularly between 1800 and 1965. The book concludes with a summary of events up to contemporary times, as immigration again becomes a hot-button issue.

Americanized: Rebel without a green card YA B Saedi (Kennedy) The author describes how, in San Jose, California, in the 1990s, her life as an Iranian American teen was upended by her discovery that she and her family entered as undocumented immigrants.

Online Resources

American Civil Liberties Union General Human Rights.

The Dream Information for and about Dreamers and education rights.

U.S. Department of Education: Resources for Immigrants, Refugees, Asylees, and other New Americans Information and resources for immigrant, refugee, asylee students and families.

Local Resources

American Friends Service Committee - Immigrant Rights Program 973-643-1924

El Centro Hispanoamericano - Counseling and representation 908-753-8730

Jewish Family Services of Middlesex County - Immigrant and refugee services 732-777-1940

Girlhood: Teens around the world in their own voices YA 305.2352 Ahuja (Kennedy/Westergard) Journalist Masuma Ahuja introduces us to 31 teenage girls from 29 countries. Through diary entries and photographs, they share their own stories of growing up and show what ordinary girlhood is like all over the world.

Monstrous: The lore, gore, and science behind your favorite monsters YA 001.944 Beccia (Kennedy) Could Dr. Frankenstein's machine ever animate a body? Why should vampires drink from veins and not arteries? What body parts are best for zombies to eat? (It's not brains.) This fascinating encyclopedia of monsters delves into the history and science behind eight legendary creatures, from Bigfoot and the kraken to zombies and more. Find out each monster's origin story and the real-world history that informed it, and then explore the science of each creature in fun and surprising ways.

Singled Out: The true story of Glenn Burke YA B Burke (Kennedy/Westergard) The true story of Glenn Burke, a "hidden figure" in the history of sports: the inventor of the high five and the first openly gay MLB player.

Can't Stop Won't Stop YA 306.4842 Chang (Kennedy) Exploring hip hop's beginnings up to the present day, Jeff Chang and Dave "Davey D" Cook provide a provocative look into the new world that the hip hop generation has created. Based on original interviews with DJs, b-boys, rappers, activists, and gang members, with unforgettable portraits of many of hip hop's forebears, founders, mavericks, and present day icons, this book chronicles the epic events, ideas and the music that marked the hip hop generation's rise.

The Beautiful Struggle: A memoir YA B Coates (Kennedy/Westergard) A memoir from Ta-Nehisi Coates, in which he details the challenges on the streets and within one's family, especially the eternal struggle for peace between a father and son and the important role family plays in such circumstances.

Poisoned Water: How the citizens of Flint, Michigan fought for their lives and warned the nation YA 615.9256 Cooper (Westergard) Reveals the true story of Flint, Michigan's poisoned water supply, describing how the water crisis unfolded in 2014 and the history of racism and segregation that led up to it.

Apollo 13: A Successful Failure YA 629.454 Edge (Westergard) This young adult book tells the story of the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. It was the seventh manned mission in the Apollo space program and the third that was meant to land on the Moon. The landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded, threatening all lives onboard the craft. This book explores how the team worked together and what the space program learned from the experience

Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia YA 327.1273 Favreau (Kennedy) An account of the Cold War spies whose survival depended on carefully orchestrated deceptions as they fought in the shadows to help avert global nuclear war and, in so doing, changed the global landscape in ways that are still felt today.

Apple: Skin to the core: A memoir in words and pictures YA B Gansworth (Kennedy) The Native American author recounts the story of his family, from the legacy of government boarding schools to his personal experiences fighting to be an artist balancing multiple worlds.

20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius YA 621 Graves (Kennedy) 20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius starts off with very approachable introductory projects, making it a great starting point for beginners. It then builds to more challenging projects, allowing more experienced users to go further by incorporating technologies like Raspberry Pi, Processing and Scratch programming, 3D Printing, and creating wearable electronics with Makey Makey. Projects are divided into four categories: "Fun and Games," Interactive," Hacks and Pranks," and "Makey Makey Go."

Blood and Germs: The Civil War battle against wounds and disease YA 973.77 Jarrow (Westergard) Explores the science and grisly history of U.S. Civil War medicine, using actual medical cases and first-person accounts by soldiers, doctors, and nurses. Also by Jarrow: Bubonic Panic, Red Madness, Spooked!

The Black Friend: On being a better white person YA 305.8 Joseph (Kennedy/Westergard) Presents race-related anecdotes from the author's past, weaving in his thoughts on why they were hurtful and how he might handle things differently now, in hopes of bringing more race awareness to Americans.

Baseball's Leading Lady: Effa Manley and the rise and fall of the Negro Leagues YA B Manley (Westergard) The true story of Effa Manley, the first and only woman in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and her ownership role in the Negro Leagues leading up to the integration of Major League Baseball.

Violet and Daisy YA 792.702 Miller (Kennedy/Westergard) This is an absorbing and compulsively readable story of Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins who were the sensation of the US sideshow circuits in the 1920s and 1930s. In a story loaded with questions about identity and exploitation, Sarah Miller delivers a completely compelling, empathetic portrait of two sisters whose bonds were so sacred that nothing--not even death--would compel Violet and Daisy to break them. Also by Miller: The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets, The Borden Murders

Atomic Women: The untold stories of the scientists who helped create the nuclear bomb YA 355.8251 Montillo (Kennedy/Westergard) They were leaning over the edge of the unknown and afraid of what they would discover there--meet the World War II female scientists who worked in the secret sites of the Manhattan Project. Recruited not only from labs and universities from across the United States but also from countries abroad, these scientists helped in--and often initiated--the development of the atomic bomb, taking starring roles in the Manhattan Project. In fact, their involvement was critical to its success, though many of them were not fully aware of the consequences.

Stamped: Racism, antiracism, and you YA 305.8009 Reynolds (Kennedy/Westergard) A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today.

The Cat I Never Named: A true story of love, war, and survival YA B Sabic-El-Rayess (Kennedy/Westergard) In Bihac, Bosnia, in 1992, sixteen-year-old Amra and her family face starvation and the threat of brutal ethnic violence as Serbs and Bosnians clash, while a stray cat, Maci, provides solace.

Born to Fly YA 797.52 Sheinkin (Kennedy/Westergard) National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin tells the story of the 1929 Women's Air Derby, the first official all-female air race in the U.S. Also by Sheinkin: Lincoln's Grave Robbers, Undefeated, The Notorious Benedict Arnold, Most Dangerous, The Port Chicago 50, Bomb

Permanent Record: How one man exposed the truth about government spying and digital security YA B Snowden (Westergard) In 2013, Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth.

Race Against Time: The untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men YA 976.788 Wallace (Westergard) In October 1919, a group of black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Up stepped Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved. Could he save the men's lives and set them free?

What the Eagle Sees: Indigenous stories of rebellion and renewal YA 970.0049 Yellowhorn (Kennedy/Westergard) Traces the history of the indigenous populations of the Americas after the arrival of Europeans, discussing how different civilizations faced disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation to keep their cultures alive.

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Realistic and Contemporary Stories

Perfectly Parvin YA FIC Abtahi (Westergard) After being dumped at the beginning of freshman year, Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to Homecoming.

Clap When You Land YA FIC Acevedo (Kennedy/Westergard) Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people. In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal's office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash. Separated by distance -- and Papi's secrets -- the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered. And then, when it seems like they've lost everything of their father, they learn of each other. Also by Acevedo: With The Fire on High, The Poet X

Swing YA FIC Alexander (Kennedy/Westergard) Noah and his best friend Walt want to become cool, make the baseball team, and win over Sam, the girl Noah has loved for years. When Noah finds old love letters, Walt hatches a plan to woo Sam. But as Noah's love life and Walt's baseball career begin, the letters alter everything. Also by Alexander: Rebound, Solo, The Crossover

The Summer of Impossibilities YA FIC Allen (Kennedy/Westergard) Forced to spend time together at a lake house while their best-friend mothers reconnect, four girls navigate crushes and secrets, including an escalating health problem, during a transformative summer.

Everything's Not Fine YA FIC Carlson (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams, just like her aunt Colleen, but must face her mother's heroin addiction and its ramifications first.

Where the Rhythm Takes You YA FIC Daas (Kennedy/Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Reyna has spent most of her life at the Plumeria, her family's gorgeous seaside resort in Tobago. But what once seemed like paradise is starting to feel more like purgatory. It's been two years since Reyna's mother passed away, two years since Aiden-her childhood best friend, first kiss, first love, first everything-left the island to pursue his music dreams.

The Hollow Inside YA FIC Davis (Kennedy) After years on the run, sixteen-year-old Phoenix and mom Nina travel back to Nina's hometown to get revenge on the man she says ruined her life.

Don't Ask Me Where I'm From YA FIC De Leon (Kennedy) Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school, but when family secrets come out and racism at school gets worse than ever, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand.

10 Truths and a Dare YA FIC Elston (Westergard) It's Senior Party Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and family traditions. Olivia couldn't be more ready...But when the tiny hiccup of an unsigned off-campus P.E. form puts Olivia in danger of not graduating at all, she has one week to set things straight without tipping off her very big and very nosy extended family.

Some Other Now YA FIC Everett (Westergard) Jessi is caught between two brothers as the three navigate family, loss, and love over the course of her seventeenth and eighteenth summers. Jessi spent her childhood in the house next door, challenging Rowan Cohen to tennis matches while his older brother, Luke, studied in the background and Mel watched over the three like the mother Jessi always wished she had. Now it's been almost a year since Jessi visited the Cohen house. Rowan is gone. Mel is in remission and Luke hates Jessi for the role she played in breaking his family apart. Jessi spends her days at a dead-end summer job avoiding her real mother, who suddenly wants to play a role in Jessi's life after being absent for so long. When Luke comes home from college, it's hard to ignore the past. When he asks Jessi to pretend to be his girlfriend for the final months of Mel's life, she finds that everything has changed-- but is willing to play pretend for one final summer.

Dear Universe YA FIC Gonsalves (Kennedy/Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Chamomile struggles to bring together her two universes of school, filled with the hype of senior year and future plans, and home, where her father is living with a terminal illness, until she meets a fellow student and hospital volunteer who helps her understand both worlds as one.

This Is My Brain In Love YA FIC Gregorio (Westergard) Rising high school juniors Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici fall in love while trying to save the Wu family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden.

With You All the Way YA FIC Hand (Kennedy) Ada's life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and she's had it up to here with her gorgeous older sister's unsolicited advice. But things really hit the fan during a family vacation in Hawaii, where Ada discovers her own mother is having an affair. Apparently, everyone is falling into bed with people they shouldn't. Everyone except Ada. But when Ada decides she's going to stop trying and start doing--sex, that is--her best laid plan overlooks an inconvenient truth: feelings, romantic or not, always get in the way.

When You Look Like Us YA FIC Harris (Kennedy/Westergard) When his sister Nicole disappears, Jay Murphy must take up the search for her when the police department won't investigate her case.

Tokyo Ever After YA FIC Jean (Kennedy/Westergard) 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 irreverant eighteen-year-old from northern California.

Unscripted YA FIC Kronzer (Kennedy) When seventeen-year-old Zelda is chosen for an elite team at a prestigious improvisation camp, it is a big step toward achieving her dreams, but first she must survive her teammates' sexism and coach's cruelty.

Laurel Everywhere YA FIC Moynihan (Westergard) After the death of her mother and siblings, fifteen-year-old Laurel Summers' father struggles with grief and depression, leaving her it to her friends to help her cope with her pain and loss.

Pumpkin YA FIC Murphy (Kennedy/Westergard) Creating a drag-show audition tape that culminates in an unkind nomination for prom queen, an overweight and openly gay teen partners with a girl who has been nominated for prom king to embrace their true selves. Also by Murphy: Puddin', Dumplin', Ramona Blue, Side Effects May Vary

This Boy YA FIC Myracle (Kennedy) Paul Walden realizes at the beginning of his freshman year that he will never be a leader, but he has made a new friend, he thinks a girl might be interested, and he is content with what he is, with the help of some casual drug use that has more effect than he knows.

Like Home YA FIC Onomae (Kennedy) Chinelo is all about her neighborhood Ginger East, but when her friend Kate's parent's store is vandalized and the vandal still at large, Nelo and her beloved Ginger East are shaken to their core.

You Don't Live Here YA FIC Schneider (Kennedy) After the sudden death of her mother, Sasha moves in with her grandparents and realizes new truths about herself.

Smash It! YA FIC Simone (Westergard) Olivia "Liv" James is done with letting her insecurities get the best of her. So she does what any self-respecting hot mess of a girl who wants to SMASH junior year does. She makes a list a F*ck It list. Be bold do the things that scare me. Learn to take a compliment. Stand out instead of back. Now she's got a part in her school's musical production of Othello, new friends and the attention of three very different boys. In Liv's own words, F*ck it. What s the worst that can happen?" The answer is ... a lot. #SMASHIT.

Running YA FIC Sylvester (Kennedy) When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero-while the whole country is watching.

Love is a Revolution YA FIC Watson (Kennedy/Westergard) Harlem teenager Nala is looking forward to a summer of movies and ice cream until she falls in love with the very woke Tye and pretends to be a social activist.

Turtle Boy YA FIC Wolkenstein (Westergard) Seventh-grader Will's Bar Mitzvah community service project, visiting an incurably ill older boy in the hospital, leads to a friendship that is life-changing for both them and those around them.

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Cool for the Summer YA FIC Adler (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Lara's dream of catching Chase Harding's eye finally comes true even as Jasmine, with whom she just spent a confusing, oddly romantic summer, reenters her life.

Kate in Waiting YA FIC Albertalli (Kennedy/Westergard) Best friends Kate Garfield and Anderson Walker share a love of theater and crushes on the same guys, but when one of their long-distance crushes shows up at their school, real feelings might end their friendship.

Misfits in Love YA FIC Ali (Kennedy) Janna Yusuf and her friends are planning for her brother's nikah. But what started as a simple marriage ceremony is turning into the biggest event of the summer-and a chance for Janna to finally reveal her crush...or so she thinks.

Hello (from here) YA FIC Baker (Westergard) Maxine and Jonah meet as California is going into lockdown due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic declaration, and must learn how to build their relationship at a distance through personal tragedies and triumphs.

Counting Down With You YA FIC Bhuiyan (Kennedy) Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents' rules. Tutoring the school's resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Pretending to date him? But Ace Clyde does everything right, he brings her coffee in the mornings, impresses her friends without trying, and even promises to buy her a dozen books (a week) if she goes along with his fake-dating facade.

Happily Ever Afters YA FIC Bryant (Westergard)A gifted young romance author is accepted into a prestigious writing program and suddenly loses her creativity, until an unexpected love comes her way.

Only the Pretty Lies YA FIC Crane (Kennedy) Daughter of a massage therapist and a pothead artist and blissfully entering her senior year in high school, Amoris never wants to leave her progressive hometown. Everything changes when Jamison Rush moves in next door. One of the few Black students in Alder Creek, Jamison sees Amoris's idyllic town through different eyes. He encourages Amoris to look a little closer, too. When Jamison discovers a racist mural at Alder Creek High, Amoris' worldview is turned upside down

Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry YA FIC Goffney (Kennedy/Westergard) Quinn keeps lists of everything--from the days she's ugly cried, to "Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud" and all the boys she'd like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing. Then, an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public. Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennett--the last known person to have her journal--in a race against time to track down the blackmailer. Together, they journey through everything Quinn's been too afraid to face, and along the way, Quinn finds the courage to be honest, to live in the moment, and to fall in love.

Never Saw You Coming YA FIC Hahn (Kennedy) 18-year-old Meg Hennessey just found out her entire childhood was a lie. Instead of taking a gap year before college to find herself, she ends up traveling north to meet what's left of the family she never knew existed. While there, she meets Micah Allen, a former pastor's kid whose dad ended up in prison, leaving Micah with his own complicated relationship about the church. The clock is ticking on Pastor Allen's probation hearing and Micah, now 19, feels the pressure to forgive - even when he can't possibly forget. As Meg and Micah grow closer, they are confronted with the heavy flutterings of first love and all the complications it brings. Together, they must navigate the sometimes-painful process of cutting ties with childhood beliefs as they build toward something truer and straight from the heart.

Slingshot YA FIC Helnwein (Westergard) Fifteen-year-old Grace Welles is barely surviving life at a third-tier boarding school in the Florida swamps when she accidentally saves new student Wade Scholfield and everything changes.

The Marvelous Mirza Girls YA FIC Karim (Kennedy) To cure her post-senior year slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen decides to follow her mom on a gap year trip to New Delhi, hoping India can lessen her grief and bring her voice back. In the world's most polluted city, Noreen soon meets kind, handsome Kabir, who introduces her to the wonders of this magical, complicated place. With the help of Kabir--plus Bollywood celebrities, fourteenth-century ruins, karaoke parties, and Sufi saints--Noreen discovers new meanings for home. But when a family scandal erupts, Noreen and Kabir must face complex questions in their own relationship: What does it mean to truly stand by someone--and what are the boundaries of love?

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet YA FIC Kemp (Kennedy) Told in two voices, Pen, whose dream of taking over her family's restaurant has been destroyed, and Xander, a new, undocumented, employee seeking his father, form a bond.

From Tokyo, With Love YA FIC Kuhn (Kennedy) Growing up under the care of a loving aunt, an orphaned judo student with a mixed heritage reevaluates her perspectives on happy endings while searching for evidence proving that she is related to a famous rom-com celebrity.

Glimpsed YA FIC Miller (Westergard) As eighteen-year-old high school Fairy Godmother Charity faces an existential crisis and blackmail from Noah, on whom she has a crush, she learns a great deal about her magic and herself.

She Drives Me Crazy YA FIC Quindlen (Kennedy/Westergard) Getting into a fender-bender with a beautiful rival after an embarrassing loss to her ex, a talented basketball athlete reluctantly agrees to a carpool arrangement before an opportunity for revenge leads to an unlikely relationship.

The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss YA FIC Parks (Westergard) Seventeen-year-old Evie Beckham has always been too occupied with her love of math and frequent battles with anxiety to want to date. Besides, she's always found the idea of kissing to be kind of weird. But by senior year, thanks to therapy and her friends, she's feeling braver than before. Maybe even brave enough to enter the national math and physics competition or flirt back with the new boy. Meanwhile, Evie's best friend, Caleb Covic, has always been a little in love with her. So he's horrified when he is forced to witness Evie's meet-cute with the new guy. Desperate, Caleb uses an online forum to capture Evie's interest--and it goes a little too well.

Pudge & Prejudice YA FIC Pittman (Westergard) After moving to Northfield with her family, Elyse Nebbit faces the challenge of finding her place in a new school, one dominated by social status and Friday night football. When Elyse's effortlessly beautiful older sister Jayne starts dating Charlie Bingley, the captain of the school football team, Elyse finds herself curious about Charlie's popular and brooding best friend, Billy Fitz.

American Betiya YA FIC Rajurkar (Kennedy) Eighteen-year-old Rani, a budding photographer, grapples with first love, family boundaries, and the complications of a cross-cultural relationship.

The Meet-Cute Project YA FIC Richardson (Kennedy/Westergard) High school junior Mia, who hates romantic comedies, must endure the "meet-cute" encounters her best friends set up to help her find a date for her sister's wedding.

Last Chance Books YA FIC Rodkey (Kennedy) Working at her family's independent bookstore during the summer before she leaves for college, Madeline Moore is determined to make the store succeed when she discovers that her crush, Jasper, works at the competing chain bookstore across the street.

All Kinds of Other YA FIC Sie (Kennedy) Two boys are starting over at a new high school. Jules is still figuring out what it means to be gay and just how out he wants to be. Jack is reeling from a fall-out with his best friend and isn't ready to let anyone else in just yet. When Jules and Jack meet, the sparks are undeniable. But when a video linking Jack to a pair of popular trans vloggers is leaked to the school, the revelations thrust both boys into the spotlight they'd tried to avoid

A Taste for Love YA FIC Yen (Westergard) Both high school senior Liza Yang and her mother share a love and talent for baking but disagree on the subject of dating, especially when Mrs. Yang turns her annual baking contest into a matchmaking scheme.

Instructions for Dancing YA FIC Yoon (Kennedy/Wetergard) After picking up a book from the library, Evie--who has given up on love--gains the ability to see how other people's romantic relationships will end.

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Fiction

Girl Made of Stars YA FIC Blake (Kennedy/Westergard) When Mara's twin brother Owen is accused of rape by her friend Hannah, Mara is forced to confront her feelings about her family, her sense of right and wrong, a trauma from her past, and the future with her girlfriend, Charlie.

One Great Lie YA FIC Caletti (Kennedy/Westergard) Charlotte's dream of a summer writing workshop in Venice with her favorite author brings the chance to investigate the mysterious poet in her family's past, meet fascinating new people, and learn truths about her idol.

Foul is Fair YA FIC Capin (Kennedy) After being drugged and gang-raped while crashing a St. Andrew's Prep party on her sixteenth birthday, Jade leads her friends in exacting a horrific revenge on the golden boys who attacked her.

Muted YA FIC Charles (Kennedy) A tale inspired by true events traces the experiences of a talented singer who wants to escape her all-white community before catching the attention of an R&B star who gives her access to fame and luxury in exchange for unscrupulous sacrifices.

Bad Romance YA FIC Demetrios (Westergard) When Grace and Gavin fall in love, Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a prison she's unable to escape.

You Know I'm No Good YA FIC Foley (Kennedy) When troubled teen Mia gets sent to Road Oak Academy, a therapeutic girls boarding school, she is forced to confront her painful past.

Have a Little Faith In Me YA FIC Hartl (Kennedy/Westergard) When CeCe's born-again ex-boyfriend dumps her after they have sex, she follows him to Jesus camp in order to win him back.

The Birds, the Bees, and You and Me YA FIC Hinebaugh (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Lacey Burke responds to the failure of her school's abstinence-only sexual education curriculum by handing out advice and contraceptives in the girls' bathroom, even as her own life gets complicated.

Grown YA FIC Jackson (Kennedy/Westergard) When legendary R&B artist Korey Fields spots Enchanted Jones at an audition, her dreams of being a famous singer take flight. Until Enchanted wakes up with blood on her hands and zero memory of the previous night. Who killed Korey Fields? Before there was a dead body, Enchanted's dreams had turned into a nightmare. Because behind Korey's charm and star power was a controlling dark side. Now he's dead, the police are at the door, and all signs point to Enchanted.

Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf YA FIC Krischer (Westergard) Told from two viewpoints, Blythe promises to fix things after her best friend rapes naive Ali at a party, drawing her into the ruthless popular crowd while Ali is still reeling. Includes a list of resources for victims of assault.

The Best Laid Plans YA FIC Lund (Kennedy) When eighteen-year-old Keely Collins decides to lose her virginity, she fears Dean, a college student, will be turned off by her inexperience, so she decides to start with lifelong friend Andrew.

We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire YA FIC McCullough (Westergard) A novel in prose and verse, follows the experiences of a teen who finds courage in the story of a 15th-century avenger when her sister's rapist is set free without prison time.

What Unbreakable Looks Like YA FIC McLaughlin (Kennedy) Lex was taken-trafficked-and now she's Poppy. Kept in a hotel with other girls, her old life is a distant memory. But when the girls are rescued, she doesn't quite know how to be Lex again. After she moves in with her aunt and uncle, for the first time in a long time, she knows what it is to feel truly safe. Except, she doesn't trust it. Instead she trusts what she shouldn't because that's what feels right. But when she is sexually assaulted by her so-called boyfriend and his friends, Lex is forced to reckon with what happened to her and that just because she is used to it, doesn't mean it is okay.

When Dimple Met Rishi YA FIC Menon (Kennedy) When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him.

Forward Me Back to You YA FIC Perkins (Kennedy) Told in separate voices, Kat and Robin leave Boston on a church mission to help combat human trafficking in India while Kat recovers from a sexual assault and Robin seeks his birth mother.

What Does Consent Really Mean? GN Wallis (Kennedy) Following the sexual assault of a classmate, a group of teenage girls find themselves discussing the term consent, what it actually means for them in their current relationships, and how they act and make decisions with peer influence.

Nonfiction

#MeToo and You: Everything you need to know about consent, boundaries, and more YA 176.4 Bondy (Kennedy/Westergard) Author Halley Bondy explores the nuances of emotions, comfort, and discomfort in sexually charged and emotionally abusive situations. Readers will learn about consent, harassment, abuse, and healthy boundaries in all types of relationships.

Real Talk About Sex & Consent: What every teen needs to know YA 613.9071 Bradshaw (Kennedy/Westergard) A complete guide for teen readers with essential information about setting boundaries, coercion, reciprocity, how the body and brain respond to trauma, and communication. With this comprehensive road map, teen readers will learn how to make sexual decisions that honor their sense of values and cultivate happy, healthy, and emotionally supportive relationships throughout their lives.

S.E.X. : The all-you-need-to-know sexuality guide to get you through your teens and twenties YA 613.9071 Corinna (Kennedy) The go-to sex ed guide for teens and young adults, tackling everything you want to know about sex, from consent, safe sex, emotional health and more, from the founder of scarleteen.com.

The Big Questions Book of Sex and Consent YA 176.4 Freitas (Kennedy/Westergard) Encourages readers to think about friendship, trust, and personal sexual parameters so that it can be determined if, when, and what is wanted in intimate situations.

Trans+: Love, sex, romance, and being you YA 306.768 Gonzales (Kennedy/Westergard) Includes a discussion on gender, dating, consent, relationship and sexual violence, doing it, and safer sex.

Sex : a book for teens : an uncensored guide to your body, sex, and safety YA 613.9071 Hasler (Kennedy) Discusses all aspects of sexuality and sexual behavior, including sexual orientation, masturbation, birth control, and sexually transmitted diseases, and answers teenagers' questions on sex in a straightforward and in-depth manner.

No More Excuses: Dismantling rape culture YA 362.883 Keyser (Kennedy) Soon after the sexual misconduct allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein became public in late 2017, the #MeToo movement went viral, opening up an explosive conversation about rape culture around the globe. Learn about the patriarchal constructs that support rape culture and how to dismantle them: redefining healthy manhood and sexuality, believing victims, improving social and legal systems and workplace environments, evaluating media with a critical eye, and standing up to speak out. Case studies provide a well-rounded view of real people on all sides of the issues.

Dating Violence YA 362.88 La Bella (Kennedy/Westergard) Women between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four experience the highest rate of dating violence, almost triple the national average. Understanding what dating violence is can help would-be victims, whether male or female, avoid getting involved with someone who could become violent, or provide readers much-needed guidance if they are already in a potentially violent relationship. Resources are provided to help victims end an unhealthy relationship and recover both emotionally and physically. Warning signs, causes, statistics, and options for legal recourse are also included.

The ABC's of LGBT+ YA 306.76 Mardell (Kennedy/Westergard) Shares in-depth definitions of LGBT+ terms, and offers personal anecdotes from LGBT+ people.

Everything You Need to Know About Sexual Consent YA 176.4 Mooney (Kennedy/Westergard) Communities and schools across the United States have recently been shocked by reports of the frequency of rape and sexual assault. Sexual consent has become an increasingly important issue. This book examines this difficult issue and reveals campus and community efforts to educate students about sexual consent, shortcomings in addressing rape accusations, and current laws pertaining to consent.

Doing It Right: Making smart, safe, and satisfying choices about sex YA 306.7083 Pardes (Westergard) Provides information and advice for young adults on sex-related issues, including sexual anatomy, sexual readiness, STDs, birth control, sexual and gender identity, masturbation, and rape.

Girl : Love, sex, romance, and being you YA 155.533 Rayne (Kennedy/Westergard) Offers an inclusive guide for self-identified girls intended to provide practical and candid guidance on such topics as sexuality, relationships, gender, sexual health, consent, and sexual assault.

Dating and Sex: A guide for the 21st century teen boy YA 613.9071 Smiler (Kennedy) Presents information about dating and sex for teenage boys, including such topics as puberty, asking someone out on a date, and sexual orientation.

Ask: Building consent culture 302.14 Stryker (Kennedy) A collection of essays by writers, journalists and activists exploring the role of consent in confronting power structures in day-to-day life.

Online Resources

Advocates for Youth Advocates for policies and champions programs that recognize young people’s rights to honest sexual health information; accessible, confidential, and affordable sexual health services; and the resources and opportunities necessary to create sexual health equity for all youth.

Hi Tops Provides people of all identities with sexual health education and support.

Join One Love Educates young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better.

Planned Parenthood Provides vital reproductive healthcare, sex education, and information worldwide.

Local Resources

Lillian and Lillian Foundation Seeks to teach character education and improve our society, with a focus on bullying, teen dating violence, and domestic violence.

Middlesex County Center for Empowerment Sexual violence counseling, advocacy, and prevention education.

Hotlines

Love is Respect A subset of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, this organizations empowers youth to end dating violence: 1-866-331-9474 or text "loveis" to 22522

Fiction

Chlorine Sky YA FIC Browne (Kennedy) Picked on at home, criticized for talking trash while beating boys at basketball, and always seen as less than her best friend, a girl struggles to like and accept herself.

Kneel YA FIC Buford (Kennedy) When his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Russell Boudreaux kneels during the national anthem in an effort to fight for justice and, in an instant, falls from local stardom to become a target of hatred.

Geese Are Never Swans YA FIC Clark (Kennedy/Westergard) Recruiting the tough coach who trained his suicide-victim older brother, an Olympics hopeful navigates the punishing and healing nature of sports while struggling with overwhelming feelings of rage.

Chessboxer YA FIC Davies (Kennedy/Westergard) Leah Baxter is a genius. She's a few wins away from becoming a junior chess grandmaster, and her life is on course to achieve everything her mom and coach want for her. But Leah is at stalemate--grieving for her father, and feeling suffocated. She decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and quit chess. But chess doesn't want to quit her. Soon Leah discovers her new gambit: chessboxing, a dangerous hybrid sport which will test her body and mind to their limits. Can the pawn become the queen?

Golden Arm YA FIC Deuker (Westergard) Lazarus Weathers, a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks, seeks to protect his half-brother while pitching his way out of poverty, one strike at a time.

Here to Stay YA FIC Farizan (Kennedy) When a cyberbully sends the entire high school a picture of basketball hero Bijan Majidi, photo-shopped to look like a terrorist, the school administration promises to find and punish the culprit, but Bijan just wants to pretend the incident never happened and move on.

The Passing Playbook YA FIC Fitzsimons (Kennedy/Westergard) Fifteen-year-old Spencer Harris is a proud nerd, an awesome big brother, and a David Beckham in training. He's also transgender. After transitioning at his old school leads to a year of isolation and bullying, Spencer gets a fresh start at Oakley, the most liberal private school in Ohio. At Oakley, Spencer seems to have it all: more accepting classmates, a decent shot at a starting position on the boy's soccer team, great new friends, and maybe even something more than friendship with one of his teammates. The problem is, no one at Oakley knows Spencer is trans--he's passing. So when a discriminatory law forces Spencer's coach to bench him after he discovers the "F" on Spencer's birth certificate, Spencer has to make a choice: cheer his team on from the sidelines or publicly fight for his right to play, even though it would mean coming out to everyone-- including the guy he's falling for.

Every Reason We Shouldn't YA FIC Fujimura (Westergard) Sixteen-year-old figure skater Olivia Kennedy's Olympic dreams have ended. She's bitter, but enjoying life as a regular teenager instead of trying to live up to expectations of being the daughter of Olympians Michael Kennedy and Midori Nakashima...until Jonah Choi starts training at her family's struggling rink. Jonah's driven, talented, going for the Olympics in speed skating, completely annoying... and totally gorgeous. Between teasing Jonah, helping her best friend try out for roller derby, figuring out life as a normal teen and keeping the family business running, Olivia's got her hands full. But will rivalry bring her closer to Jonah, or drive them apart?

Throw Like a Girl YA FIC Henning (Westergard) When high school junior Liv Rodriquez is kicked off her private school's softball team and loses her scholarship she must join her new school's football team to prove she can be a team player, all while falling for the star quarterback.

Cracking the Bell YA FIC Herbach (Westergard) While recovering from a game-related concussion, football star Isaiah wonders what his life would be like without the game.

Breath Like Water YA FIC Jarzab (Kennedy) Becoming famous for her early swimming talents, Susannah finds her Olympics dreams challenged by an injury, a new coach's revolutionary training strategies, and an unexpected romance with Harry, a fellow swimmer, who is facing challenges of his own.

Gut Check YA FIC Kester (Kennedy/Westergard) When star quarterback Brett suffers a terrible concussion, his brother Wyatt must decide if keeping his brother's secret is worth the risk to their relationship and their town's economic future.

Like Other Girls YA FIC Lundin (Kennedy/Westergard) After three other girls follow Mara's lead and join the football team, she's forced to confront her misconceptions about gender and her arch-nemesis.

People Like Us YA FIC Mele (Westergard) When a girl is found dead at her elite boarding school, soccer-star Kay Donovan follows a scavenger hunt which implicates suspects increasingly close to her, unraveling her group of popular friends and perfectly constructed life.

Furia YA FIC Mendez (Kennedy) Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.

Man Up YA FIC Oclon (Kennedy) With David's final baseball season starting and college plans still up on the air, he begins senior year on edge. But when his baseball coach, Coach Kelly, wants to know if David is gay, he is left speechless. David knows the answer to the question but was hoping to get through his final year without anyone noticing the hallway glances at Tyler, a star on the boy's track team, or their rides home together each day. In a school where his friends are turning their backs on him, he finds a new set of allies, that he didn't know roamed the high school halls. Although he was forced out of the closet before he thought he was ready, what happens next is up to him. David can either cower in the corners or man up.

The Knockout YA FIC Patel (Kennedy) When seventeen-year-old Kareena Thakkar finally admits she is a top-level Muay Thai fighter, knowing that might further alienate her from her Indian community, her classmates, especially handsome Amit, enthusiastically support her.

Game Changer YA FIC Shusterman (Kennedy/Westergard) Transported into other dimensions by a seemingly random hit, a young football player visits alternate worlds that evolved differently in accordance with respective belief systems.

All The Things We Never Knew YA FIC Tamani (Westergard) Carli and Rex have an immediate connection, an understanding that must mean first love, but family secrets, disappointments--and basketball, which holds center stage in both their lives--all create complications.

We Are the Wildcats YA FIC Vivian (Kennedy) A toxic coach finds himself outplayed by the high school girls on his team in this deeply suspenseful novel, which unspools over twenty-four hours through six diverse perspectives.

Nonfiction

Becoming Kareem: Growing up on and off the court YA B Abdul-Jabbar (Kennedy) An autobiography about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his life growing up in New York, becoming the basketball star he's known to be, and getting involved in the world around him as an activist for social change.

My Shot: Balancing it all and standing tall YA B Donne (Westergard) Elena Delle Donne delivers a powerful and motivational story of overcoming the challenges of competitive sports through balancing hard work and the support of a loving family.

Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the basketball team that awakened a city YA 796.323 Hoose (Kennedy) Traces the inspirational story of the Crispus Attucks High School Tigers basketball team and how they broke the color barrier in segregated 1950s Indiana to become state champions.

Games of Deception: The true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany YA 796.4809 Maraniss (Kennedy/Westergard) The true story of the birth of Olympic basketball at the 1936 Summer Games in Hitler's Germany.

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School football team YA B Thorpe (Kennedy/Westergard) A great American sport and Native American history come together in this true story of how Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner created the legendary Carlisle Indians football team.

Fair Play: How LGBT athletes are claiming their rightful place in sports YA 306.766 Zeigler (Kennedy) Discover key moments and issues that have shaped and transformed sports for LGBT people today.

Fiction

Rules for Being a Girl YA FIC Bushnell (Kennedy) After being assaulted by her charismatic English teacher, high school senior Marin Lospato experiences a feminist awakening, causing her to question double standards, start a feminist book club, and use the school newspaper to fight back.

A Heart in a Body in the World YA FIC Caletti (Kennedy) Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.

The Voting Booth YA FIC Colbert (Kennedy) The first year they are eligible to vote, Marva and Duke meet at their polling place and, over the course of one crazy day, fall in love.

Little Brother YA SF Doctorow (Kennedy/Westergard) After being interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus, released into what is now a police state, decides to use his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.

Dress Coded YA FIC Firestone (Westergard) An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion.

People Kill People YA FIC Hopkins (Kennedy/Westergard) Follows six teenagers as they are brought into close contact over the course of one tense week, in a town with political and personal tensions that build until one fires a fatal gunshot.

All American Boys YA FIC Reynolds (Kennedy) When sixteen-year-old Rashad is mistakenly accused of stealing, classmate Quinn witnesses his brutal beating at the hands of a police officer who happens to be the older brother of his best friend. Told through Rashad and Quinn's alternating viewpoints.

Take the Mic: fictional stories of everyday resistance YA FIC Take (Kennedy/Westergard) This anthology features fictional stories--in poems, prose, and art--that reflect a slice of the varied and limitless ways that readers like you resist every day.

The Inside of Out YA FIC Thorne (Kennedy) When her best friend comes out as a lesbian, Daisy leads the charge to end their school's ban on same-sex dates for the homecoming dance, but a local story goes viral and now everyone--including a cute college journalist--believes Daisy is gay, too.

Nonfiction

We Are Not Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide YA 323.1196 Anderson (Kennedy/Westergard) From the end of the Civil War to the tumultuous issues in America today, an acclaimed historian reframes the conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America.

The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian refugees GN 956.9104 Brown (Kennedy/Westergard) Don Brown depicts moments of both heartbreaking horror and hope in the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis. Shining a light on the stories of the survivors, The Unwanted is both a testament to the courage and resilience of the refugees and a call to action, serving as a timely reminder that this is not just a Syrian crisis, but a human crisis.

Glimmer of Hope: How tragedy sparked a movement YA 363.3309 Glimmer (Kennedy/Westergard) Glimmer of Hope is a book about the tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018, the March for Our Lives, and the ongoing fight for sensible gun legislation in the U.S.

Here We Are: feminism for the real world YA 305.42 Here (Kennedy) A scrapbook-style teen guide to understanding what it really means to be a feminist packed with contributions from a diverse range of voices, including celebrities and public figures, and featuring more than forty-four pieces, including an eight-page insert of full-color illustrations.

Teen Guide to Student Activism YA 371.81 Kallen (Kennedy) Teen Guide to Student Activism features stories about teens who are making a difference and shows other teens how they can do the same. The book discusses organizing, reaching out, and student rights. It also features insights from student activists about the challenges of balancing school and activism and the many lessons learned from their own activities and from earlier activists. The book includes many fully documented quotes from teens as well as an annotated list of Resources for Student Activists.

When They Call You a Terrorist: A story of Black Lives Matter and the power to change the world YA B Khan-Cullors (Kennedy/Westergard) This is the story of how the movement that started with a hashtag--#BlackLivesMatter--spread across the nation and then across the world and the journey that led one of its co-founders, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, to this moment. With journal entries, photos and notes that show the formation of an activist from a very young age, this meaningful, empowering account of survival, strength, and resilience seeks to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable.

Nevertheless, We Persisted: 48 voices of defiance, strength, and courage YA 170.44 Nevertheless (Kennedy/Westergard) A powerful collection of essays from actors, activists, athletes, politicians, musicians, writers, and teens, including Senator Amy Klobuchar, actress Alia Shawkat, actor Maulik Pancholy, poet Azure Antoinette, teen activist Gavin Grimm, and many, many more, each writing about a time in their youth when they were held back because of their race, gender, or sexual identity--but persisted.

Our Stories, Our Voices: 21 YA authors get real about injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America YA 305.4209 Our (Kennedy/Westergard) A collection of essays from twenty-one young adult authors explore their experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America.

Earth Day and the Global Environmental Movement: Standing up for Earth YA 394.262 Peterson (Kennedy) A historical look at the launch of Earth Day and a look at the global environmental movement that has sprung from it.

Girls Resist!: A guide to activism, leadership, and starting a revolution YA 320.4083 Rich (Kennedy) Provides an in-depth guide to social activism, including tips on picking a cause, planning a protest, and promoting awareness on social media.

The Suffragist Playbook: Your guide to changing the world YA 324.623 Robb (Kennedy/Westergard) A look at some of the prominent women behind the suffragist movement in the U.S., including Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Frances Willard, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul and many more.

She Takes a Stand: 16 fearless activists who have changed the world YA 320.082 Ross (Kennedy) Portraits of brave women from the late 1800s through today--role models who are passionate about important issues.

Rad American History A-Z: Movements & moments that demonstrate the power of the people YA 303.484 Schatz (Kennedy) An illustrated collection of radical and transformative political, social, and cultural movements in American history.

Steal This Country: A handbook for resistance, persistence, and fixing almost anything YA 320.0835 Styron (Kennedy/Westergard) Inspired by Abbie Hoffman's radical classic, Steal This Book, author Alexandra Styron's call for resistance and citizen activism will clearly be heard by young people who don't accept "it is what it is," who want to make sure everybody gets an equal piece of the American pie, and who know that the future of the planet is now.

We Say #Never Again: Reporting by the Parkland Student Journalists YA 363.3309 We (Kennedy/Westergard) Student reporters from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, recall the attack on their school, describe recovery efforts and their classmates' part in the struggle for gun control, and discuss their roles as journalists.

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The killing of Vincent Chin and the trial that galvanized the Asian American movement YA 305.895 Yoo (Kennedy/Westergard) A groundbreaking portrait of Vincent Chin and the murder case that took America's Asian American community to the streets in protest of injustice. America in 1982 - Anti-Asian American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin-a Chinese American man-beaten to death at the hands of two white men. Extensively researched from court transcripts and interviews with key case witnesses-many speaking for the first time-Yoo has crafted a suspenseful, nuanced, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in civil rights history, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism

We Are Displaced: My journey and stories from refugee girls around the world YA 305.2309 Yousafzai (Kennedy/Westergard) Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement -- first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are Displaced, which is part memoir, part communal storytelling, Malala not only explores her own story, but she also shares the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys -- girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they've ever known.

Online Resources

American Civil Liberties Union Defends individual rights and liberties that U.S. laws guarantee everyone in the country.

Garden State Equality N.J.'s statewide advocacy and education organization for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

It's On Us A movement to change the culture around sexual assault. It's On Us promotes sexual violence awareness, teaches bystander intervention, and supports survivors.

March For Our Lives Harnesses the power of young people to end gun violence.

National Parks Conservation Association Protects and enhances America's National Park System for present and future generations.

New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Empowers urban residents to realize and achieve their full potential.

Planned Parenthood Provides vital reproductive healthcare, sex education, and information worldwide.

Horror and Supernatural Stories

The Scapegracers YA FIC Clarke (Westergard) Forging an unexpected coven with the three most popular girls in school, an outcast lesbian witch casts curses, searches for love and eludes fundamentalist witch hunters while privately struggling with the realities of human friendships and supernatural perils.

Harrow Lake YA FIC Ellis (Kennedy) Lola Nox is sent to live with her estranged maternal grandmother in the mining town where her horror movie director father's most iconic film was set, when paranormal incidents and whispers of a century-old monster make her question if she'll make it out alive.

Diamond City YA FIC Flores (Westergard) Pulled from the streets at age twelve and trained to become one of the most powerful assassins in Sumerand, Aina discovers a conspiracy that could rewrite the kingdom's history and her own future.

Lobizona YA FIC Garber (Kennedy) Manuela Azul has been crammed into an existence that feels too small for her. As an undocumented immigrant who's on the run from her father's Argentine crime-family, Manu is confined to a small apartment and a small life in Miami, Florida. Until Manu's protective bubble is shattered. Her surrogate grandmother is attacked, lifelong lies are exposed, and her mother is arrested by ICE. Without a home, without answers, and finally without shackles, Manu investigates the only clue she has about her past--a mysterious "Z" emblem--which leads her to a secret world buried within our own. A world connected to her dead father and his criminal past. A world straight out of Argentine folklore, where the seventh consecutive daughter is born a bruja and the seventh consecutive son is a lobizón, a werewolf. A world where her unusual eyes allow her to belong. As Manu uncovers her own story and traces her real heritage all the way back to a cursed city in Argentina, she learns it's not just her U.S. residency that's illegal. . . .it's her entire existence.

The Buried YA FIC Grey (Westergard) Ten years ago, disaster struck the remote town of Indigo Falls. A horrific event drove the residents underground, into shelters that keep them safe from the danger on the surface. No one speaks about what happened that fateful day, but even the youngest still remember the fear and, most of all, the searing pain when sunlight touched their skin. Now, a handful of families inhabit this bunker together, guided by a charismatic leader named Dr. Imogen Moran. There are many rules Dr. Moran has instilled to govern life below ground. You must always tell the truth. You must avoid the light of the sun. You must never touch skin to skin. But the most important rule, the one that was drilled into their heads from the moment the hatch slammed shut all those years ago, was at the very end of the list. It rattled around in their skulls when all was silent, echoing in the quiet, lonely dark. You must never go outside.

The Glare YA FIC Harrison (Westergard) Moving to her father's home in California after a decade at her mother's isolated ranch, a teen who has been taught to fear technology reunites with friends and family members before experiencing nightmares about a dark-web video game that poses life-threatening dangers.

The Corpse Queen YA FIC Herrman (Kennedy) Orphaned seventeen-year-old Molly Green is eager to start a new life in her aunt's lucrative business selling corpses to medical students, but she quickly becomes entangled in a murderer's plans.

Dread Nation YA FIC Ireland (Kennedy) When families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies.

White Smoke YA FIC Jackson (Kennedy/Westergard) Believing her new home to actually be alive, especially when her brother almost dies, Marigold and her new blended family won't be safe until she brings the truth to light once and for all.

Dreaming Darkly YA FIC Kittredge (Kennedy/Westergard) After her mother's death, Ivy is sent to live on an island with a rich uncle where she experiences nightmares and learns about her family's murderous past.

Horrid YA FIC Leno (Kennedy) Following her father's sudden death, Jane North-Robinson and her mother are forced to move to the old North house in Maine, where Jane uncovers her family's disturbing secrets.

The Last Witness YA FIC McFall (Westergard) While on a camping trip to an isolated beach on the Scottish coast, Heather's friends stuffer the wrath of a malevolent spirit, and a year later, Heather remains imprisoned in a facility, refusing to admit guilt.

Even If We Break YA FIC Nijkamp (Kennedy) Friends Finn, Liva, Maddy, Carter, and Ever begin a farewell round of the game they have played for three years, but each is hiding secrets and the game itself seems to turn against them.

Girls Save the World in This One YA FIC Parsons (Westergard) When ZombieCon comes to their small town, June and her best friends battle long lines for photo ops, meet their favorite actors, and save the world from actual zombies when things get real.

The Woods Are Always Watching YA FIC Perkins (Kennedy) When two girls go backpacking deep in the woods of the Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, things go very wrong when they cross paths with a serial killer.

Hold Back the Tide YA FIC Salisbury (Kennedy) Everyone in this quiet lakeside community knows that Alva's father killed her mother, all those years ago. There wasn't enough proof to arrest him, though, and with no other family, Alva's been forced to live with her mother's murderer, doing her best to survive until she can earn enough money to run away. One of her chores is to monitor water levels in the loch--a task her father takes very seriously. It's a cold, lonely task, and a few times, Alva can swear she feels someone watching her.

What Big Teeth YA FIC Szabo (Kennedy) Returning to Maine after years at boarding school, Eleanor Zarrin barely remembers her monstrous family, but she sets off a series of events that could destroy them all.

Pan's Labyrinth YA FIC Toro (Kennedy) This spellbinding tale takes readers to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family.

The Bitterwine Oath YA FIC West (Westergard) Can eighteen-year-old Natalie and her great-great-grandmother's magical sisterhood end the cycle of violence in Natalie's small Texas town?

Now Entering Addamsville YA FIC Zappia (Westergard) Zora Novak is framed for a crime she didn't commit--in a town obsessed with ghosts, will she be able to find the culprit and clear her name before it's too late?