Topical/Coming of Age

  • Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose

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    “Nye’s sheer joy in communicating, creativity, and caring shine through.”–Kirkus Reviews

    A moving and celebratory poetry collection from Young People’s Poet Laureate and National Book Award Finalist N

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    • Author: Nye, Naomi Shihab
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: March 15 2022
    • ISBN10: 0063144654
    • Language: English
  • Mosquitoland

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    “Top-notch” —USA Today
    “Illuminating” —Washington Post
    “A breath of fresh air” —Entertainment Weekly
    “Memorable” —People

    After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her ho

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    • Author: Arnold, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: March 01 2016
    • ISBN10: 0147513650
    • Language: English
  • King of Shadows

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    Only in the world of the theater can Nat Field find an escape from the tragedies that have shadowed his young life. So he is thrilled when he is chosen to join an American drama troupe traveling to Lo… [more below]

    • Series: Aladdin Fantasy
    • Author: Cooper, Susan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 186
    • Publish Date: June 01 2001
    • ISBN10: 068984445X
    • Language: English
  • Go Set a Watchman

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    #1 New York Times Bestseller

    Go Set a Watchman is such an important book, perhaps the most important novel on race to come out of the white South in decades…
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    A landm

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    • Author: Lee, Harper
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: July 14 2015
    • ISBN10: 0062409859
    • Language: English
  • Lie with Me

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    The Advocate‘s Best Gay Novel of 2019
    A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
    O, The Oprah Magazine‘s Best LGBTQ Books That’ll Change the Literary Landscape in 2019
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    • Author: Besson, Philippe
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: April 30 2019
    • ISBN10: 1501197878
    • Language: English
  • Bright Lights, Big City

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    With the publication of Bright Lights, Big City in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. The novel follows a young man, living in Manhattan as if he o… [more below]

    • Series: Vintage Contemporaries
    • Author: McInerney, Jay
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 182
    • Publish Date: August 12 1984
    • ISBN10: 0394726413
    • Language: English
  • The Bittlemores

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    A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwriter, member of Canada’s Music Hall of Fame and star of her own hit TV sitcom. A little bit All Creat[more below]

    • Author: Arden, Jann
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: November 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 1039008712
    • Language: English
  • Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood: Coming of Age in the Sixties

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    John D’Emilio is one of the leading historians of his generation and a pioneering figure in the field of LGBTQ history. At times his life has been seemingly at odds with his upbringing. How does a boy… [more below]

    • Author: D’Emilio, John
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: October 18 2022
    • ISBN10: 1478015926
    • Language: English
  • The Fifth Quarter

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    Get ready to hit the court in this heartfelt, sporty, graphic novel, the first in Mike Dawson’s middle-grade duology about a girl who deals with her insecurities through her love of basketball.

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    • Series: Fifth Quarter
    • Author: Dawson, Mike
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: May 25 2021
    • ISBN10: 1250244188
    • Language: English
  • Oh My Gods!

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    Oh My Gods!, the first in a new middle grade graphic novel series, reads as if Raina Telgemeier and Rick Riordan teamed up to write a comic, and offers a fresh and funny spin on Greek mythology. When [more below]

    • Series: Omgs #1
    • Author: Cooke, Stephanie
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 208
    • Publish Date: January 05 2021
    • ISBN10: 0358299527
    • Language: English
  • Bring on the Blessings

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    Bestselling author Beverly Jenkins makes the move to trade paperback with this rich and moving story that introduces us to the beautiful Kansas town of Henry Adams, and the townspeople who make it uni

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    • Series: Blessings #1
    • Author: Jenkins, Beverly
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: January 27 2009
    • ISBN10: 0061688401
    • Language: English
  • For Goodness Sex: A Sex-Positive Guide to Raising Healthy, Empowered Teens

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    “A breath of much-needed fresh air around a very charged subject.”–Christiane Northrup, M.D., OB/GYN physician and author of the New York Times bestsellers Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom and The Wisd

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    • Author: Vernacchio, Al
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: April 18 2023
    • ISBN10: 0063251299
    • Language: English
  • While We Were Dreaming

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    Rico, Mark, Paul and Daniel were 13 when the Berlin Wall fell in autumn 1989. Growing up in Leipzig at the time of reunification, they dream of a better life somewhere beyond the brewery quarter. Ever

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    • Author: Meyer, Clemens
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 528
    • Publish Date: September 19 2023
    • ISBN10: 1804270288
    • Language: English
  • We’re Safe When We’re Alone

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    Son is real. Son was saved from a life he cannot remember. Son is a human in a mythical world of ghosts. This is what Father tells him.

    Son has lived his entire life inside the mansion. He is a good

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    • Series: Nvla
    • Author: Nghiem, Tran
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 168
    • Publish Date: September 19 2023
    • ISBN10: 1566896835
    • Language: English
  • Eiji and Shiro: From Zeroes to Heroes

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    Mobuyama “Eiji” A-Ji and Mobuyama “Shiro” C-ro have lived their entire lives as nothing more than “extras” to other people’s stories. It can’t end like this, right? There must be a way out! Both shari… [more below]

    • Author: Azuma, Kaya
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: August 15 2023
    • ISBN10: 1634423836
    • Language: English
  • Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World

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    In the wake of a destructive tornado, Ivy Aberdeen develops feelings for another girl in this stunning, tender novel about emerging identity, perfect for fans of The Thing About Jellyfish.

    When a tor

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    • Author: Blake, Ashley Herring
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: March 26 2019
    • ISBN10: 0316515477
    • Language: English
  • Ice Dogs

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    Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysteri… [more below]

    • Author: Johnson, Terry Lynn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: November 03 2015
    • ISBN10: 054466387X
    • Language: English
  • The Girls with No Names

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    INSTANT INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

    A beautiful tale of hope, courage, and sisterhood–inspired by the real House of Mercy and the girls confined there for daring to break the rules.

    Growing up in New Yo

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    • Author: Burdick, Serena
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: January 07 2020
    • ISBN10: 778308731
    • Language: English
  • Worser

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    A bullied 12-year-old boy must find a new normal after his mother has a stroke and his life is turned upside down.

    William Wyatt Orser, a socially awkward middle schooler, is a wordsmith who, much to

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    • Author: Ziegler, Jennifer
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: May 09 2023
    • ISBN10: 0823454568
    • Language: English
  • Dog’s Best Friend

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    Discover the series that inspired the Middle School movie with this hilarious installment of James Patterson’s hit series starring everyone’s favorite underdog, with non-stop laughs on every page.
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    • Series: Middle School #8
    • Author: Patterson, James
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: October 24 2016
    • ISBN10: 0316349542
    • Language: English
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