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• ¡Ay, Mija!

  My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

  Suggs, Christine,

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  Sixteen-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía. At first, Christine struggles to connect with family they don’t yet share a language with. Soon Christine settles into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Limbo

  A Graphic Memoir

  Lee, Deb J. J.,

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  Set between New Jersey and Seoul, this coming-of-age story follows the author as she goes to South Korea, where she realizes something that changes her perspective on her family, her heritage and herself.

• Mister Miracle

  the Great Escape

  Johnson, Varian,

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  Scott Free, a student at the Goodness Academy on the planet Apokolips, wants to escape to Earth but falls in love with the head of the Female Furies--the one person tasked with ensuring he never escapes.

• Across a Field of Starlight

  Delliquanti, Blue,

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  Lu and Fassen are from different worlds and separate solar systems, so when the war of Fassen's world invades Lu's peaceful home, they find themselves at the forefront of a battle they hoped would never happen.

• Nubia

  Real One

  McKinney, L. L. (Leatrice L.),

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  Nubia has always stood out because of her Amazonian strength, but even though she uses her ability for good she is seen as a threat, so when her best friend Quisha is threatened by a boy who thinks he owns the town, Nubia risks everything…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Huda F Are You

  Fahmy, Huda,

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  Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, everyone is the hijabi girl. Huda is lost in a sea…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Juliet Takes a Breath

  Rivera, Gabby,

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  Juliet, a self-identified queer, Bronx-born Puerto Rican-American, comes out to her family to disastrous results the night before flying to Portland to intern with her feminist author icon--whom Juliet soon realizes has a problematic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Far Sector

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  Green Lantern Sojourner "Jo" Mullein must investigate a murder in the City Enduring, while navigating its three races' rocky history and current coexistence at the edge of the universe.

• Quincredible. Vol. 1, Quest to Be the Best!

  Barnes, Rodney,

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  Quinton West went from being a small guy getting beaten up to a small guy with the superpower of invulnerability. To supplement his only superpower, he realizes he can use his hobby of creating Rube Goldberg devices to outsmart opponents.

• Almost American Girl

  An Illustrated Memoir

  Ha, Robin,

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  Shares the author's experiences as an only child born to a single mother in Korea, who abruptly moved to the United States as a teenager and the difficulties she had fitting in in both countries.

• Suncatcher

  Pimienta, Jose,

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  Beatriz must play the perfect song in order to free her grandfather's soul from his guitar after he passes away

• Displacement

  Hughes, Kiku,

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  On a visit to San Francisco, Kiku finds herself transported in time back to the 1940s Japanese-American internment camp that her late grandmother, Ernestina, was forcibly relocated to during World War II.

• I Was Their American Dream

  a Graphic Memoir

  Gharib, Malaka,

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  "I Was Their American Dream is at once a coming-of-age story and a reminder of the thousands of immigrants who come to America in search for a better life for themselves and their children. The daughter of parents with unfulfilled dreams…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sparrowhawk

  Dawson, Delilah S.,

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  As the illegitmate daughter of a Naval Captain, Artemisia has never fit in with her father's family, nor the high class world to which they belong. However, when she is targeted by the Faerie Queen and pulled into another realm, she has no…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Mage

  Barnes, Daniel,

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  When St. Ivory Academy, a historically white wizarding school, opens its doors to its first-ever black student, everyone believes that the wizarding community is finally taking its first crucial steps toward inclusivity. Or is it? When Tom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miles Morales

  Straight Out of Brooklyn

  Ahmed, Saladin,

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  "Miles Morales swings back into the spotlight! Balancing a normal life, school, friends, family and super-heroing has never been easy for Miles, but when the rampaging Rhino and a cadre of mysterious criminals start plaguing Brooklyn,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• They Called Us Enemy

  Takei, George, 1937-

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  Presents a graphic memoir detailing the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism.

• Spectacle. Book One

  Gedris, Megan Rose, 1986-

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  Pragmatic engineer Anna works as a psychic in the Samson Brothers Circus, but she doesn't believe in anything supernatural--until her twin sister Kat is murdered and comes back as a very demanding ghost. Sharing a room with her sister was…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dodge City

  Trujillo, Josh,

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  Dodge City is a YA sports comedy about making sense of a chaotic world and growing up against the insane backdrop of competitive dodgeball, told through the eyes of oddball TomAŁs and his teammates. Life comes at you fast, but dodgeballs…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• FTL, Y'all!

  Tales From the Age of the $200 Warp Drive

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  Six months from now, detailed schematics anonymously uploaded to the Internet will describe, in perfect detail, how to build a faster-than-light engine for $200 in easily-available parts. Space travel will become instantly--and…Read moreRead more of this annotation