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First Second
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Medfield - Teen Picks - Seasonal - Summer
Read a book that has been challenged or banned (Youth)
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"Every summer, Rose goes with her mom and dad to a lake house in Awago Beach. It's their getaway, their refuge. Rosie's friend Windy is always there, too, like the little sister she never had. But this summer is different. Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting, and when Rose and Windy seek a distraction from the drama, they find themselves with a whole new set of problems. One of the local teens - just a couple of years older than Rose and Windy...
2) Pardalita
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English
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Cary Library's Best Books of 2023 - For Teens
Medfield - Culture - LGBTQIA+ Stories for Teens - Graphic Novels
Medfield - Culture - LGBTQIA+ Stories for Teens - Graphic Novels
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"16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father's new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know...
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Twelve-year-old Edie and her impossibly cool cousin, Rae, set out to complete a mysterious list of "Good Ideas for Summertime" that their eccentric late grandmother wrote back when she was their age. But good ideas? Most of them seem like bad ideas. Reckless. Foolish. Ridiculous. Still, by accomplishing everything on the list, rule-abiding Edie feels certain that she can become the effortlessly brave adventurer she dreams of being, just like her daring...
4) Brownstone
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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WINNER OF THE PRINTZ AWARD
A Harvey Award Nominee!
An Indie Next List Selection!
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book!
A Publishers Weekly Best Book!
"Angsty. Awkward. With a scrappy heart of gold, Brownstone is a must-read for anyone who's ever felt totally out of place." —Gabby Rivera, bestselling author of Juliet Takes a Breath
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...5) Pardalita
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MILDRED L. BATCHELDER HONOR WINNER
School Library Journal Best of the Year
BCCB Best of the Year (Blue Ribbon Selection)
A beautiful slice-of-life story that is This One Summer meets Ursula K. Le Guin's Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, told in flashbacks
16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are...
School Library Journal Best of the Year
BCCB Best of the Year (Blue Ribbon Selection)
A beautiful slice-of-life story that is This One Summer meets Ursula K. Le Guin's Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, told in flashbacks
16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are...
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English
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"The numbers are staggering: Over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded by gunfire. What does that do to the spirit of individuals and communities? Drawing on his decades of experience, Alex Kotlowitz set out to chronicle one summer in the city, writing of those who have emerged from the violence and whose stories reveal the capacity--and the breaking point--of the human heart and soul....
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English
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Following the distressing events of the previous hours, the 'Sex on the Beach' contestants are coming apart at the seams. Previous loyalties start to fray, and with secrets the group thought buried now coming to the fore, it seems like murder isn't the only thing on the agenda.
Will the contestants survive until morning? Or is this one summer they really won't be able to forget . . .
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English
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The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a non-fiction anthology mixing prose, comics, and illustrated stories on the lives and loves of an amazing cast of female creators. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (The Heart Goes Last), Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer), Trina Robbins (Wonder Woman), Marguerite Bennett (Marvel's A-Force), Noelle Stevenson (Nimona), Marjorie Liu (Monstress), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), and over fifty more creators. It's a compilation...
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A Vera Wang dress, the reception at a sophisticated London venue, and a guest list that reads like a society gossip column are all the ingredients of Anna Whitehall's perfect wedding that never was...
Spending the summer uncovering hidden treasures in a vintage shop, Anna can still vividly remember both her childhood dreams; the first was that she'd become a Prima Ballerina, and dance on stage resplendent in a jewel-encrusted tutu. The second was...
10) A Sister
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English
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A coming of age story in the tradition of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, Tillie Walden's Spinning, and Mariko Tamaki's This One Summer.
Antoine, a teenager, is on holiday at the seaside with his parents and his younger brother, Titi. Both spend most of their time drawing, at restaurants and on the beach. But one day He le`ne and her mother come to spend a few days with the family and her presence will change Antoine's life.
In A Sister, Bastien...
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Archie by Nick Spencer volume 705
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English
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Riverdale's been abuzz with rumors of the town's hottest couple: Archie and… who? While everyone tries to discover the identity of Archie's new girlfriend, learn how Archie and Sabrina Spellman's whirlwind romance came to be-and what that means for everyone else in Archie's life. Meanwhile, Jughead and Reggie are busy solving a mystery of their own-one that could have life-altering consequences! Writer Nick Spencer (Spider-Man) teams up with co-writer...
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Overwatch Tracer - London Calling volume 1
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English
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Overwatch may be disbanded, but Tracer's time in "retirement" is up...
After a punk-rock omnic named Iggy shows Tracer the dire living conditions forced upon London's omnics, Tracer vows to help. But things might not be so easy, especially with larger forces sowing conflict between humans and omnics in London. Acclaimed Eisner and Harvey award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Wonder Woman) and kinetic artist Babs Tarr (Batgirl, Motor...
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Dark Horse Comics, LLC
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English
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Overwatch may be disbanded, but Tracer's time in ""retirement"" is up . . . After a punk-rock omnic named Iggy shows Tracer the dire living conditions forced upon London's omnics, Tracer vows to help. But things might not be so easy, especially with larger forces sowing conflict between humans and omnics in London. Acclaimed Eisner and Harvey award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Wonder Woman) and kinetic artist Babs Tarr (Batgirl,...
14) Roaming
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Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal-winning authors Jillian Tamaki (Boundless) and Mariko Tamaki (Cold). Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of the city, capturing a spontaneous...
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Lumberjanes (Chapter books) volume 5
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English
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"Over the years, there have been countless magical creatures spotted at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types: mermaids, moon mice, griffins, Cloudies-you name it, the campers have seen it! But there's only one group of Lumberjanes equipped to catalog all the strange happenings at the camp: Roanoke cabin. Jo, April, Molly, Mal, Ripley, and Barney are working to earn their BEAST trophy, which is an epic...
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Supergirl Being Super volume 2
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English
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Caldecott Honor and Eisner Award-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer) combine forces for this incredible coming-of-age tale! This is the Girl of Steel as you've never seen her before. She's super-strong. She can fly. She crash-landed on Earth in a rocket ship. But for Kara Danvers, winning the next track meet, celebrating her 16th birthday and surviving her latest mega-zit are...
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2016.
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English
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"An outcast teen girl explores the mysteries of friendship, family, faith, and phenomena, including the greatest mystery of all--herself"--
At a school full of jocks and girls who don't even know what irony is, life for Montgomery would be impossible if it weren't for her best friends, Thomas and Naoki. The three are the only members of Jefferson High's Mystery Club, dedicated to exploring the unexplained, from ESP and astrology to super powers and...
18) Summerlong
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English
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The tensions beneath the surface of Claire and Don Lowry's seemingly contented marriage explode in the bedrooms and backyards of a small Midwestern town over the course of a long, hot summer, as they discover that married life is not what they had predicted.
19) Ready or Not
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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This "bright and bittersweet" (Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author) graphic novel for fans of Jenny Han and This One Summer follows a group of friends in a post-graduation summer of adventures and offbeat dares.
With senior year finally behind them, Cassie and her three best friends are on their way to what's next. Like their parents, the crew has always been inseparable: there's Marcy, the artist, for whom...
With senior year finally behind them, Cassie and her three best friends are on their way to what's next. Like their parents, the crew has always been inseparable: there's Marcy, the artist, for whom...
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DC Comics
Language
English
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"It's the Girl of Steel as you've never seen her before, when Caldecott Honor-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) teams with Eisner Award-nominated artist Joëlle Jones (Lady Killer) for a coming-of-age tale in SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER. Kara Danvers isn't any different than any other teenager in her hometown. Problems with school. Problems with boys. Problems with friends. But while growing pains shake up Kara's world, a series of earth-shaking...
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