Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione: Basil Eyres and Arabella Oregano are both students of cooking with magic at Porta Bella Magiculinary Academy, and although the two are instantly smitten with each other, Arabella has a secret with the potential to throw Basil's future aspirations into jeopardy.
Darkhearts by James L Sutter: When his former bandmate dies, David is thrown back into contact with singer Chance, forcing him to rediscover all the things that once made them so close—and that tore them apart—as he attempts to claim the celebrity he’s been denied.
Family Style : Memories of an American from Vietnam by Pham Thien (graphic memoir): Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author’s childhood immigration to America where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream.
Good As Gold by Buford Candace: Suddenly an outcast from her popular squad after her father loses his job, Casey and a new group of friends search for her town’s rumored sunken treasure to save her family and her future, unwittingly bringing a dangerous truth to the surface.
Love Letters for Joy by Melissa See: Less than a year away from graduation, seventeen-year-old Joy is too busy overachieving to be worried about relationships. She’s determined to be Caldwell Prep’s first disabled valedictorian. And she only has one person to beat, her academic rival Nathaniel. But it’s senior year and everyone seems to be obsessed with pairing up. One of her best friends may be developing feelings for her and the other uses Caldwell’s anonymous love-letter writer to snag the girl of her dreams. Joy starts to wonder if she has missed out on a quintessential high school experience. She is asexual, but that’s no reason she can’t experience first love, right? She writes to Caldwell Cupid to help her sort out these new feelings and, over time, finds herself falling for the mysterious voice behind the letters. But falling in love might mean risking what she wants most, especially when the letter-writer turns out to be the last person she would ever expect.
Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale (Graphic Novel) by Stephanie Strohm: Discovering her father might still be alive, voiceless queen of Atlantica Ariel resurfaces, determined to overthrow the murderous sea witch Ursula before she destroys her home, her prince and the world she once longed to be part of.
Pedro & Daniel by Frederico Erebia and Julie Kwon: Growing up in 1970s Ohio, Mexican American brothers Pedro and Daniel, who are not like other boys, manage an abusive home life, school, coming out, first loves, first jobs and the AIDS epidemic, leaning on each other always and forever.
Saint Juniper's Folly by Alex Crespo: Wandering into Saint Juniper’s Folly, the nearby woods, Theo stumbles on a haunted house with a boy physically trapped inside and turns to witch Taylor for help to free him, forcing them all to face their own demons to escape the Folly’s shadows.
Some Shall Break by Ellie Marney: Targeted by a copycat serial killer, junior FBI consultant Emma Lewis returns to Quantico where she must face her past traumas to save lives by asking juvenile sociopath Simon Gutmunsson for help but discovers he’s hiding secrets that could impact the entire investigation. (This is a sequel to None Shall Sleep).
Something More by Khalilieh Jackie: Trying to hide her autism diagnosis, fifteen-year-old Palestinian-Canadian girl Jessie creates a list of goals to help navigate her first year of high school but is forced to go off script when two very different boys steal her heart.
The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar: Competing on a televised baking competition in the hope of bringing much-needed attention to her parents’ beloved donut shop, Shireen Malik finds things heating up when her fellow contestants include her ex-girlfriend and her new crush, as well as a saboteur.
The Faint of Heart by Wilson Kerilynn: Trying to exist in a world where she’s the only one left with a heart, June stumbles upon an abandoned heart and must choose between saving a boy she barely knows, who’s in pain, and revitalizing the sister she loves dearly, who feels nothing.
The Grimoire of Grave Fates by Margaret Owen and Hanna Alkaf: Told from more than a dozen alternating viewpoints, this spellbinding collection of stories follows 18 students at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary as they each try to solve the murder of a professor, discovering that magic doesn’t always play by the rules.
The Secret Summer Promise by Keah Brown: Planning the best summer ever, Andrea Williams realizes that there's just one thing that could ruin it: her best friend Hailee finding out her true feelings, so Andrea will fall out of love with her--or so she thinks.
When it All Syncs Up by Ameyaw Maya: After being denied yet another lead because she doesn’t “look” the part, Black teen ballet dancer Aisha switches high schools where she faces the same issues, which affects her mental health, until she finds the strength inside to dance on her own terms.
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