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SJPL Mock Printz 2022

A list of the book selections for the San José Public Library Mock Printz 2022 committee.

San José Public Library

12 items

  • Thriller. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Lo Denham, wants to expose the Unity Project as a cult and reconnect with her indoctrinated sister, but as she immerses herself in the group with no signs of Bea, Lo begins to question…
    BookNew York : Wednesday Books, 2021. — YA FICTION Summers
  • Immigration. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "A novel in verse follows the experiences of a misfit teen in a discriminatory suburban community who questions her mixed heritage before unexpected family revelations force her to fight…
    BookNew York : Make Me A World, [2021] — YA FICTION Elhillo
  • Mystery/Thriller. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related…
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021. — YA FICTION Boulley
  • Historical Fiction/LGBTQIA+. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "'That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other. Have you ever heard of such a thing?' Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when…
    BookNew York : Dutton Books, 2021. — YA FICTION Lo
  • Historical Fiction. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "After smuggling herself onto the RMS Titanic, British-Chinese teenager Valora Luck reunites with her twin brother and tries to convince him that their acrobatic training could be…
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2021] — YA FICTION Lee
  • Historical Fiction. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "In 1860 Louisiana, eighty-year-old Madame Sylvie decides to sit for a portrait, as horrific stories that span generations from the big house and the fields are revealed." -…
    BookNew York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — YA FICTION Williams
  • Graphic Novel/LGBTQIA+. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced…
    BookNew York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic, 2021. — YA FICTION Ostertag
  • Realistic Fiction. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "When his best friend, Delaney, gets them both full rides to an elite prep school in Connecticut, Cash must choose between his need to love and protect Delaney and his loyalty to…
    BookNew York : Crown, 2021. — YA FICTION Zentner
  • Graphic Novel/Memoir. Also available in eBook. "Tells the true story of John Lewis and his colleagues in the movement following the historic success of the Selma campaign and the Voting Rights Act." - Novelist
    BookNew York : Abrams ComicArts, 2021. — YA 328.7309 RUN
  • Contemporary Romance. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "When she takes a job as a "merch girl" on a tour bus full of beautiful influencers, Moon Fuentez, the twin sister of a social media star, questions her destiny as the…
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2021] — YA FICTION VasquezG
  • Revolution in Our Time

    the Black Panther Party's Promise to the People

    Magoon, Kekla,
    Nonfiction. Also available in eBook and eAudiobook. "In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers’ community activism, grounded in the concept of…
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press , 2021. — YA 323.1196 Magoon
  • Graphic Novel/Coming-of-Age. Also available in eBook. "Living in a new country is no walk in the park—Nao, Hyejung, and Tina can all attest to that. The three became fast friends by living together in the Himawari House in Tokyo and…
    BookNew York, NY : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, 2021. — YA FICTION Himawari