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Someday We Will Fly
During WWII, 15-year-old Lillia, forced to leave her mother behind, flees Warsaw, Poland, with her father and baby sister. As Jewish refugees, they come to live in Shanghai, China, which is occupied by Japan.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780670014965
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Sorcery of Thorns
Elisabeth is a foundling raised at one of the great libraries. Wishing to be a warden, she protects the world from the dangerous magical grimoires. She knows, as do all people, that magicians are evil, so when she gets caught up in a case of magical sabotage, things get hairy.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781481497619
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Sorry for Your Loss
Pup, the youngest of eight children in a boisterous but close-knit family, is rarely noticed and doesn't seem to mind. His unexpected success at a photography assignment leads him to look at his friendships, his family, and the tragic death of his brother in a whole new light.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780062571915
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Spin
After aspiring DJ Paris Secord is found murdered, two of her estranged friends, Fuse and Kya, must work together to figure out who killed Paris before her underground fandom, Dark Nation, ends them.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781338219210
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The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
After Audre's relationship with a young woman is exposed, her mother sends her away from Trinidad to live with her father in Minneapolis. There she connects with Mabel, who is suffering from a life-threatening illness. Told in alternating viewpoints, this is a moving novel of discovering how to live and love.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780525555483
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Start Here
Willa and Taylor were supposed to spend the summer after high school graduation sailing from Ohio to Key West with their best friend, Finley. But after Finley dies of leukemia, they must figure out how to take the trip without her, despite their estrangement.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781481479912
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Stepsister
In a race between Fate and Chance, Isabelle, one of Cinderella's stepsisters, forges her own destiny with the help of a Fairy Queen and her gifts. In Grimm-fairy-tale fashion, she must find the lost pieces of her heart to not only survive but save her family.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781338268461
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Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
Six short stories are connected by a world where the possibilities of body and genetic modification become darker and more advanced with each tale.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780525580959
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There Will Come A Darkness
The Age of Darkness is upon us, so says a secret prophecy foretold generations ago by the Seven Prophets. Five lives - an exiled prince, a serial killer known as the Pale Hand, a terminally ill girl, a gambler on the run, and a paladin in search of the Last Prophet who can either save or destroy the world - intersect in a race to prevent the prophecy from becoming reality.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020, William C. Morris YA Debut Award 2020
- ISBN: 9781250211750
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Thirteen Doorways, Wolves behind Them All
During the Great Depression and into WWII, Frankie and her younger sister are left at an orphanage in Chicago by their father as secrets are revealed through the eyes of a ghost, who narrates this tale of heartbreak, tragedy, and hope.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780062317643
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This Time Will Be Different
CJ, a dedicated underachiever, finds purpose in protecting her grandfather's flower shop from the venture capitalist who employs her mother and in protecting her best friend, Emily, from the girl who didn't just break Emily's heart but outed her.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780062473448
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Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc
Using historical poetic forms and excerpts from two trials—with concrete poetry blended in—Elliot brings Joan of Arc's story vividly to life. The sparse verse elicits a visceral response, while Joan is portrayed as an empowered individual, despite her youth.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781328987594
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War Girls
The year 2172 has not brought peace to war-torn Nigeria and Biafra. Onyii is both a fierce warrior on behalf of the Biafrans and a tender soul whose adopted sister, Ify, is Nigerian. Their relationship is strained when Ify is returned to her Nigerian home to be weaponized against the Biafrans.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780451481672
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We Are Lost and Found
Set in 1980s New York City, this title examines identity and sexuality during a time when exploring such things could be dangerous. All Michael wants to do is fall and love and lose his virginity without catching something. Is that too much to ask?- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781492681045
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We Set the Dark on Fire
After Dani's graduation from the Medio School for Girls, where she trained to become a politician's wife, a stranger opens her eyes to the privilege, oppressiveness, and excess of the ruling class, and she must decide whether to live forever in a gilded cage or take a stand.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780062691316
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The Weight of Our Sky
When a race riot between the Malays and Chinese breaks out in 1969 Malaysia, Melati—who is Malay—must survive while overcoming her OCD and searching for her mother. She is aided by a Chinese family, forming a bond with them and, particularly, their teenage son Vince.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781534426085
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When the Ground Is Hard
Adele has worked hard to be the perfect daughter and student at the Keziah Christian Academy in Swaziland, so her rapid loss of status among the wealthy girls is a blow to her pride. It isn't until she is forced to room with Lottie Diamond that she begins to discover what is truly important.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780525515579
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Where I End and You Begin
Ezra wants nothing more than to ask his forever crush, Imogen, to prom, but he has to get past Imogen's intense, Ezra-tormenting best friend, Wynonna. After a solar eclipse causes Ezra and Wynonna to switch bodies, they make a deal with each other to get their dream prom dates.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781484798355
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With the Fire on High
Emoni Santiago is a senior in high school and has a fiery passion for cooking and her family. With a young daughter and a grandma to take care of, Emoni is struggling to choose whether to follow her dreams of becoming a chef or stay with her family. -
Within These Lines
Through alternating voices of Italian girl, Evalina, and Japanese boy, Taichi, Morrill weaves a tale of the Japanese internment at California's Manzanar Relocation Camp that separates a couple fighting to be reunited.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9780310765233
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You Asked for Perfect
Ariel's whole life has revolved around creating the perfect high school resume, and when he fails a calculus quiz, handsome Amir agrees to tutor him. As a romance begins, everything Ariel has built starts to crumble, and he isn't sure what is worth holding onto.- Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2020
- ISBN: 9781492658276
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