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Please Be My Star book cover

Please Be My Star
Victoria Grace Elliott

Twenty-four Seconds From Now book cover

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now…
Jason Reynolds

Ex Marks the Spot book cover

Ex Marks the Spot
Gloria Chao

Cat Companions book cover

Cat Companions Maruru and Hachi, Volume 1
Yuri Sonoda

Aria of the Beech Forest book cover

Aria of the Beech Forest, Volume 1
Yuguri Aika

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Darkly
Marisha Pessl

Side Quest book cover

Side Quest
Samuel Sattin

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The Teen Breakup Survival Guide
Lenora M. Ziegler

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Relit: 16 Latinx Remixes of Classic Stories
Sandra Proudman

I'm Here book cover

I’m Here: A Peer Counseling Guide for Teens

Everything We Never Had book cover

Everything We Never Had
Randy Ribay

The Lost Souls of Benzaiten book cover

The Lost Souls of Benzaiten
Kelly Murashige

The Ultimate Driving Book

The Ultimate Driving Book
Emma Carlson Berne

How to Survive Your Parents book cover

How to Survive Your Parents
Shawn Goodman

Amigurumi Friends book cover

Amigurumi Friends
Jade Gauthier-Boutin

Money for Adulting

Money for Adulting
Michelle Hung

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A Bánh Mi for Two
Trinity Nguyen

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unOrdinary, Volume 1
uru-chan

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