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The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTold in two distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus’s bold and lyrical debut is the story of two black girls from very different backgrounds finding love and happiness in a world that seems determined to deny them both.Trinidad...Categorized as:
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If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA lyrical story of star-crossed love perfect for readers of The Hate U Give, by National Ambassador for Children's Literature Jacqueline Woodson—now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, and including a new preface by the author Jeremiah feels good inside his own skin. That is, when he's in his own Brooklyn neighborhood...Categorized as:
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Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about family, friendship, and belonging—with a propulsive mystery at its heart.Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, an elite boarding school in the English countryside, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera... -
One True Loves by Elise Bryant
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLenore Bennett has always been a force. A star artist and style icon at her high school, she’s a master in the subtle art of not giving a . . . well, you know what. But now that graduation is here, she’s a little less sure.She’s heading to NYU in the fall with a scarlet U (for “undeclared”) written across her chest... -
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Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJane the Virgin meets To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before in this charming debut romantic comedy filled with Black Girl Magic. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi and Nicola Yoon, with crossover appeal for readers of Jasmine Guillory and Talia Hibbert romances.Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life... -
Blackout: A Novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSix critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark.A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion, a different kind of electricity sparks...A first meeting.Long-time friends...Categorized as:
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Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree days. Two girls. One life-changing music festival. Olivia is an expert at falling in love . . . and at being dumped. But after the fallout from her last breakup has left her an outcast at school and at home, she’s determined to turn over a new leaf... -
Fresh Ink by Nicola Yoon, Malinda Lo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn partnership with We Need Diverse Books, thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors come together in this remarkable YA anthology featuring ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print.Careful--you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink...Categorized as:
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The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story...Categorized as:
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Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.A flying demon feeding on human energies...Categorized as:
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Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
The shadows have risen, and the line is law.All Bree wanted was to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death. So she infiltrated the Legendborn Order, a secret society descended from King Arthur’s knights—only to discover her own ancestral power. Now, Bree has become someone new:A Medium. A Bloodcrafter. A Scion.But the ancient war between demons and the Order is rising to a deadly peak... -
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsTHIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME.The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two women.Essun has inherited the power of Alabaster Tenring. With it, she hopes to find her daughter Nassun and forge a world in which every orogene child can grow up safe... -
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsThe second novel in a new fantasy trilogy by Hugo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award nominated author N.K. Jemisin.THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night... -
Drama High: Pushin' by L. Divine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIf only there was a potion to make all Jayd Jackson's troubles disappear. . . Even though Jayd's finished with the AP exams and finally has some space of her own at her mother's house, she's got to deal with the drama all around her...Categorized as:
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The Law of Moses by Amy Harmon
If I tell you right up front, right in the beginning that I lost him, it will be easier for you to bear. You will know it’s coming, and it will hurt. But you’ll be able to prepare. Someone found him in a laundry basket at the Quick Wash, wrapped in a towel, a few hours old and close to death...Categorized as:
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Sweet Dreams by L. Divine
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn Jayd Jackson's world, the end is just the beginning... If only life could always be as sweet as Jayd's dreams...Categorized as:
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Me: Moth by Amber McBride
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story.Moth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted.Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he’ll be able to understand his ongoing depression...Categorized as:
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Me by Amber McBride
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMoth has lost her family in an accident. Though she lives with her aunt, she feels alone and uprooted.Until she meets Sani, a boy who is also searching for his roots. If he knows more about where he comes from, maybe he’ll be able to understand his ongoing depression. And if Moth can help him feel grounded, then perhaps she too will discover the history she carries in her bones...Categorized as:
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Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school’s senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start... -
The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a homeless man who glows like a living sun to her strange sight. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city...Categorized as:
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Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollow a black teen as she finds her place among a family of women gifted with magical abilities.In the Jim Crow South, white supremacy reigns and tensions are high. But Evalene Deschamps has other things to worry about. She has two little sisters to look after, an overworked single mother, and a longtime crush who is finally making a move...Categorized as:
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A Dream So Dark by L.L. McKinney
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsStill reeling from her recent battle (and grounded until she graduates), Alice must abandon her friends to complete her mission: find The Heart and prevent the Red Lady's rise. But the deeper she ventures into Wonderland, the more topsy-turvy everything becomes. It’s not until she’s at her wits end that she realizes—Wonderland is trying to save her...Categorized as:
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This Side of Home by Renée Watson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIdentical twins Nikki and Maya have been on the same page for everything—friends, school, boys and starting off their adult lives at a historically African-American college. But as their neighborhood goes from rough-and-tumble to up-and-coming, suddenly filled with pretty coffee shops and boutiques, Nikki is thrilled while Maya feels like their home is slipping away...Categorized as:
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A Phoenix First Must Burn by Elizabeth Acevedo, Amerie
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSixteen tales by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic.Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals...Categorized as:
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The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsSixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs... -
American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe rock in the water does not know the pain of the rock in the sun.On the corner of American Street and Joy Road, Fabiola Toussaint thought she would finally find une belle vie—a good life.But after they leave Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Fabiola’s mother is detained by U.S...Categorized as:
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Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFledgling, Octavia Butler’s last novel, is the story of an apparently young, amnesiac girl whose alarmingly un-human needs and abilities lead her to a startling she is in fact a genetically modified, 53-year-old vampire... -
A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA...Categorized as:
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The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAntony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now . . . Henry and Flora.For centuries Love and Death have chosen their players. They have set the rules, rolled the dice, and kept close, ready to influence, angling for supremacy. And Death has always won. Always... -
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAntony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now... Henry and Flora.For centuries Love and Death have chosen their players. They have set the rules, rolled the dice, and kept close, ready to influence, angling for supremacy. And Death has always won. Always...
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