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• The Scammer

  Jackson, Tiffany D.,

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  Bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson delivers another stunning, ripped-from-the-headlines thriller, following a freshman girl whose college life is turned upside down when her roommate's ex-convict brother moves into their dorm and starts…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Twenty-four Seconds From Now...

  a Love Story

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  Bestselling author Jason Reynolds tackles a first-time sexual experience from the guy’s perspective in this unfiltered and undeniably sweet stream of consciousness story about teen boy Neon, who is about to experience a huge first with his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dark Place

  Lewis, Britney S.,

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  Seventeen-year-old Hylee Williams didn't ask to disappear. But she did disappear, and not only that, but when she vanished from our world, she materialized in a dark, twisted version of the night that changed her life forever: the night her older…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Poison Heart

  Bayron, Kalynn,

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  When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers, she will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they never expected--it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Book Might Be About Zinnia

  Morris, Brittney,

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  A compelling novel told in two timelines (2024 and 2006) as one teen searches for her biological mother and the other copes with giving up her baby.

• Early Departures

  Reynolds, Justin A.,

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  What if you could bring your best friend back to life--but only for a short time?

• Black Was the Ink

  Coles, Michelle,

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  A few days after Malcolm's arrival at the family farm in Mississippi, his great-aunt tells him that the state is acquiring the farm to widen a highway. It's not news Malcolm is concerned about, but someone plans to make it his concern. One minute…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Slam!

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014,

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  Seventeen-year-old "Slam" Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.

• Kings of B'more

  Thomas, R. Eric,

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  Two Black queer best friends face their last day together with an epic journey through Baltimore in this magnetic YA debut by bestselling author of Here for It, R. Eric Thomas.

• Legendborn

  Deonn, Tracy

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Whiteout

  a Novel

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  Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance.

• There Goes the Neighborhood

  Adia, Jade,

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  A raised fist against the destructive forces of gentrification and a love letter to communities of color everywhere, Jade Adia's unforgettable debut tells the darkly hilarious story of three best friends willing to do whatever it takes to stay…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Concrete Rose

  Thomas, Angie,

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  Angie Thomas revisits Garden Heights seventeen years before the events of The Hate U Give in this searing and poignant exploration of Black boyhood and manhood.

• Chaos Theory

  Stone, Nic,

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  A gripping romance about two teens: a certified genius living with a diagnosed mental disorder and a politician's son who is running from his own addiction and grief. Don't miss this gut punch of a novel about mental health, loss, and discovering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Girl Unlimited

  the Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard

  Brown, Echo

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  Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Saving Savannah

  Bolden, Tonya,

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  Savannah Riddle is lucky. As a daughter of an upper class African American family in Washington D.C., she attends one of the most rigorous public schools in the nation--black or white--and has her pick among the young men in her set. But lately the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• By Any Means Necessary

  Montgomery, Candice,

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  On the day Torrey officially becomes a college freshman, he gets a call that might force him to drop out before he's even made it through orientation: the bee farm his beloved uncle Miles left him after his tragic death is being foreclosed on.Torrey…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Enough

  Stories of Being Young & Black in America

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  A collection of short stories explore what it is like to be young and black, centering on the experiences of black teenagers and emphasizing that one person's experiences, reality, and personal identity are different than someone else.