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• This Day Changes Everything

  a Novel

  Underhill, Edward,

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  A new whirlwind rom-com about two queer teens who spend one life-changing day together in New York City. Abby Akerman believes in the Universe. After all, her Midwest high school marching band is about to perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Arya Khanna's Bollywood Moment

  Avachat, Arushi,

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  Shaadi preparations are in full swing, which means lehenga shopping, taste testing, dance rehearsals, and best of all, Arya’s sister Alina is home. The Khannas are together again, finally, and Arya wants to enjoy it. So she stifles her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Getaway List

  a Novel

  Lord, Emma,

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  Moving to NY for the summer, Riley reunites with childhood best friend Tom, the co-creator of The Getaway List that enumerates all the adventures they’ve wanted to do together, and discovers the biggest adventure of all as they work their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Didn't See That Coming

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  Playing anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players, 17-year-old gamer girl Kiki Sirega, whose online best friend doesn't know her true identity since they've never met in real life, unwittingly transfers to his school…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Like Me Better

  Weber, Robby,

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  This is not how soccer-star Zack Martin thought his summer would go. When the captain's prank means trouble for the whole squad, Zack’s left with no choice but to take one for the team and cover for him. Now he’s trading parties and beach…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

  Croucher, Lex,

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  Forced to spend the summer together at Camelot in the run up to their nuptials, Arthur and Gwendoline, betrothed since birth, discover they make better allies than enemies as they cover for each other so they can pursue their real romantic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Free Radicals

  Riesen, Lila,

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  Sixteen-year-old Mafi Shahin is well-aware that life is not always fair. If it was fair, her parents might allow her to hang out with a member of the male species, other than her cat Mr. Meowgi. If it was fair, her crush and basketball…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Time It's Real

  Liang, Ann (Young adult author),

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  Constantly uprooted by her mother’s consulting career, 17-year-old Eliza Lin has lived in six countries and attended 12 elite schools. After years of impermanence, Eliza struggles to fit in anywhere, and feels that her senior year at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Friday I'm in Love

  Garrett, Camryn,

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  Deciding to throw herself an epic coming out party with singing, dancing and rainbow cake, 16-year-old Mahalia Harris finds herself buried in a mountain of bills, unfinished schoolwork and enough drama that could end her party before it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Love Match

  Taslim, Priyanka,

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  Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson, New Jersey. While Zahra’s plans for financial security this summer involve working long hours at Chai Ho and saving up for college writing…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling

  Bryant, Elise,

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  Pretending to be someone they're not, Delilah, who is unable to open up, and Reggie, a D&D Dungeon Master who is role-playing someone confident, fall for a version of each other that doesn't really exist when fate keeps throwing them…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Right Where I Left You

  Winters, Julian,

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  School’s out, senior year is over, and Isaac Martin is ready to kick off summer. His last before heading off to college in the fall where he won’t have his best friend, Diego. Where—despite his social anxiety—he’ll be left to make friends…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Do-over

  Painter, Lynn,

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  Stuck in some sort of time loop that forces her to live through the worst Valentine's Day EVER over and over again, Emilie Hornby wonders what will happen when the universe stops doling out do-overs when something good starts to come out…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Never Ever Getting Back Together

  Gonzales, Sophie, 1992-

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  Eighteen-year-old Maya Bailey enters a reality dating competition to get revenge on her cheating, royal-adjacent ex-boyfriend, and she ends up falling for another girl on the show--in fact, the girl he cheated on her with.

• Salt and Sugar

  Carvalho, Rebecca,

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  Lari Ramires comes from a long line of bakers and aspires to join their ranks at Salt, her family’s bakery in Olinda, Brazil. Across the street is rival bakery Sugar, which is owned by the Molinas, who have been the Ramires’ enemies for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Excavate a Heart

  Arlow, Jake Maia,

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  Fresh off a breakup, college freshman Shani is distracted from her monthlong paleoichthyology internship when she gets involved with May, but when their relationship takes a serious turn, Shani's heartache over her ex-girlfriend's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller

  Ireland, Meredith,

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  When Kelsie Miller’s best friend stops speaking to her and Eric Mulvaney Ortiz is ghosted by his girlfriend, the two rivals embark on a road trip together to win back their exes, but come to an unexpected realization along the way.

• Well, That Was Unexpected

  Sutanto, Jesse Q.,

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  When their parents secretly set them up, Sharlot Citra and George Clooney Tanuwijaya (whose father is obsessed with American celebrities) are thrown together on a trip to one of the most romantic places on earth, which leads to the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Imaginary Mary

  Hand, Cynthia, 1978-

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  In 18-something-or-other, Mary Godwin, daughter of the late activist-writer Mary Wollstonecraft, aches to pen an epic tale. Across town, Ada Byron is furious when inventor Charles Babbage openly claims her mathematical work as his own.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Feeling of Falling in Love

  Deaver, Mason,

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  Just days before spring break, Neil Kearney is set to fly across the country with his childhood friend (and current friend-with-benefits) Josh, to attend his brother's wedding—until Josh tells Neil that he's in love with him and Neil…Read moreRead more of this annotation