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SAY MOREFrom the outset of this guide, the author, a journalist and consent activist, is clear that it’s intended for teen readers: Preceding the main...
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THE EVER-CHANGING EARTHFollowing a distant glimpse of a small Asian child named Kûn pedaling through a modern landscape past outsize ghostly images of turbulent waters...
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SAINT-SEDUCING GOLDJoan’s godfather, Baba Ben, is still locked away in the Tower of London, so it’s Joan’s job as one blessed by the Orisha Ogun to protect their...
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BEFORE NOW WAS NOWIn New Mexico, Andrea “Rae” Aragon suffers a frayed relationship with her mother, a recovering alcoholic. Her mom’s struggles have tanked her...
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FALL OF THE IRON GODSSix months after the fall of the Narrows, the members of the rebel group Red Hand face an ongoing threat from the South Asian Province’s...
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RUMAYSARumaysa is back in this sequel to Rumaysa: A Fairytale (2023), this time with a spin on the classic fairy tale “Snow White and the Seven...
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SWEETNESS IN THE SKINPumkin Patterson’s story starts when she’s 11, a bright student and the apple of her Auntie Sophie’s eye. Sophie lives with her half-sister—the...
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A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESSJoaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999) began composing music as a young man in Valencia, Spain, at a school for the blind, where he learned a complex...
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A WHISPER IN THE WALLSAs expected, Landwin Brood doesn’t appreciate Theo’s new bond to Ren Monroe; despite her brilliance and magical prowess, Landwin won’t look past...
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LUCKY SCRAMBLETwelve-year-old Tyler Gooden loves solving his Rubik’s Cube. After his dad died three years ago, he felt adrift until he found this gift from...
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THE RULEBREAKERPage, Washington bureau chief of USA Today , biographer of Barbara Bush and Nancy Pelosi, draws on abundant sources and hundreds of interviews...
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WE ARE HOMEWhen Donald Trump snarled to the members of Congress’s progressive “Squad” that they should “go back where they came from,” although three of...
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KID-VENTORSThe book profiles kids ranging in ages from 6 to 16, detailing the challenges they faced and their paths to delivering breakthrough inventions...
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OCEAN'S GODORIOcean Yoon is still part of the Alliance, the space agency of a united Korea—but barely. After a tense encounter that ended in a firefight,...
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FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE ITAmarie Walker hightails it out of Washington, D.C., after her ungrateful fiance cheats on her again. It’s time to take her Black girl magic...
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THE BACKYARD BIRD CHRONICLESIn his introduction to Tan’s “nature journal,” David Allen Sibley, the acclaimed ornithologist, nails the spirit of this book: a “collection of...
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THE CLIMATE DIARIESJax Wilkinson, an 11-year-old with a penchant for breaking the rules, struggles academically and clashes with teachers but harbors a fervent...
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THE FRAGILE BLUE DOTIn the story “The Real Manhattan,” New York–based journalist Abbie Dial scores a chance to interview a famed “climate crusader.” But just a few...
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JO'S SPECIAL GIFTSJo is like other kids, but he’s also “unique in [his] own way.” He loves outer space and music, and sometimes shouts words he likes while...
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REAR-VIEW REFLECTIONS ON RADICAL CHANGEWhile activism that addresses social justice and climate change has helped define our current moment, the practice is hardly new; many people,...
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LAST BETSPainter Elly Sorenson returns to the island of Bonaire, a mecca for scuba divers and high-rolling gamblers, to complete a year-old commission;...
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FACING MIGHTY FEARS ABOUT BEING APART FROM PARENTS“So, being apart happens.” Despite a page design best described as utilitarian, this series entry offers clingy young readers and their...
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TERRIBLE HORSESA younger sibling has an older—and much cooler—sister. “I want her friends to be my friends. I want her things to be my things,” the child tells...
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IT'S MURDER, YOU BETCHA!Doris Day Anderson is like many other 61-year-old women—aside from the fact that she recently solved a murder. Doris has sworn to put her nosy...
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TEACHING EDDIE TO FLYArthur, a small bear, is friends with Eddie, an ostrich. After Arthur asks Eddie why he doesn’t fly, Eddie explains that he wasn’t taught....
