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Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Young Adult
Tour: It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland

Tour: It Goes Like This by Miel Moreland

In Miel Moreland’s heartfelt young adult debut, It Goes Like This, four queer teens realize that sometimes you have to risk hitting repeat on heartbreak. Eva, Celeste, Gina, and Steph used to think their friendship was unbreakable. After all, they’ve been though a lot together, including the astronomical rise of Moonlight Overthrow, the world-famous queer pop

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Fantasy, Young Adult
Tour: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

Tour: Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas

When children go missing, people want answers. When children go missing in the small coastal town of Astoria, people look to Wendy for answers. It’s been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods, but when the town’s children start to disappear, the questions surrounding her brothers’ mysterious circumstances are

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Fantasy, Young Adult
Blitz Sign-Up: City of Spells by Alexandra Christo

Blitz Sign-Up: City of Spells by Alexandra Christo

City of Spells, the follow-up to Alexandra Christo’s gritty YA fantasy, Into the Crooked Place, finds the world on the brink of war and four unlikely allies facing sacrifices they had never imagined. After the loss of Wesley and the horrifying reveal that Zekia is helping the Kingpin of her own free will, Tavia, Saxony, and

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Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Tour: Girl on the Ferris Wheel by Julie Halpern & Len Vlahos

Tour: Girl on the Ferris Wheel by Julie Halpern & Len Vlahos

In Girl on the Ferris Wheel, Julie Halpern and Len Vlahos expertly tackle this quirky and poignant romance that explores what first love really means—and how it sometimes hurts like hell. Tenth graders Eliana and Dmitri could not be more different. He’s an outgoing, self-confident drummer in a punk band called Unexpected Turbulence. Eliana is introspective

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Contemporary, Young Adult
Blitz Sign-Up: I Stop Somewhere by T.E. Carter

Blitz Sign-Up: I Stop Somewhere by T.E. Carter

THE LOVELY BONES meets ALL THE RAGE in a searing, heartbreaking contemporary story of a lost teenager, and the town she leaves behind. Ellie Frias disappeared long before she vanished. Tormented throughout middle school, Ellie begins her freshman year with a new look: she doesn’t need to be popular; she just needs to blend in

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