Grounded
Told in alternating points of view, at Hurston Airport, four unlikely kids' lives are changed forever when their flight is grounded by weather following a Muslim convention.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: airports, muslims, friendship, juvenile fiction / holidays & celebrations / other, religious, juvenile fiction / social themes / emotions & feelings, realistic fiction [X]
Ruptured
"Phoebe navigates fear, grief, and hope for recovery about when her mother has a ruptured brain aneurysm while their family is on vacation, and right after her mother shares that she's planning to leave Phoebe's father"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Talia's Codebook For Mathletes
Starting her own all-girls mathlete team, Talia, who loves math puzzles and code-breaking, is determined to lead her team to victory while trying to break the social code of preteen life.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: girls, middle schools, school stories, mathematics, realistic fiction [X], school fiction, humorous fiction
Everything I Know
"Mia's world crumbles when she finds out she has to move across the country.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: autistic youth, autism, moving, realistic fiction [X], high interest-low vocabulary books, novels in verse
Stuck With You
"Ben is on a train back to Ottawa after a visit with his dad in Toronto when he runs into the last person he wants to see: Caleb, the handsome, confident boy who recently and accidentally broke Ben's phone.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: bisexuals, railroad travel, bisexual people, romance fiction, lgbtqia+ fiction, hi/lo, realistic fiction [X], ontario, romance fiction, high interest-low vocabulary books
Wild Wishes And Windswept Kisses
"The four teen Singh sisters navigate romance, coming of age, and chasing their dreams over the course of one windy November day"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
The Museum Of Lost And Found
When eleven-year-old Vanessa discovers an abandoned museum, she starts filling it with her own projects and art and memories, thinking maybe, if she can put them all together in just the right way, she can finally understand why she and her relationships are the way they are.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: museums, interpersonal relations, friendship, jews, juvenile fiction / social themes / friendship, juvenile fiction / fantasy & magic, realistic fiction [X]
Tagging Freedom
Set in the early days of the Syrian Civil War, cousins Kareem and Samira, living in Massachusetts, navigate the growing conflict in Syria, new friendships, and the use of art to express themselves.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 610
Slugfest
"Forced to take Physical Education Equivalency, aka "Slugfest," in summer school so he can maintain his star spot on the JV football team, Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor that turns into a summer he'll never forget"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: football players, physical education and training, summer schools, schools, scandals, friendship, physical education, school stories, realistic fiction [X], school fiction
Dungeons And Drama
"Musical lover Riley has big aspirations to become a director on Broadway.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: dating (social customs), interpersonal relations, video games, realistic fiction [X], romance fiction
What She Missed
Sixteen-year-old Ebony is devastated when her family moves from Houston to her grandmother's house in the country, but in her new small Texas town, she pushes her boundaries until she realizes she may have gone too far.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: families, friendship, love, african americans, family life, blacks and african americans, bildungsroman fiction, realistic fiction [X], texas, bildungsromans
All The Yellow Suns
Sixteen-year-old queer Indian American, Maya, who falls for her white, wealthy, and complicated female classmate, Juneau, is asked to join a secret society of artists, vandals, and mischief-makers who fight for justice at their school.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lesbians, artists, secret societies, student movements, east indian americans, coming of age, bildungsroman fiction, lgbtqia+ fiction, realistic fiction [X], asian american fiction, bildungsromans, lesbian fiction, queer fiction
Chasing Pacquiao
When Bobby is unwillingly outed he turns to boxing, finding a hero in Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, but when Pacquiao publicly denounces homosexuality, Bobby must discover a hero within himself.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: boxing stories, bullying, gay men, filipino americans, boxing, bullies and bullying, lgbtqia+ fiction, multicultural fiction, realistic fiction [X]
An Echo In The City
"Two teenagers come of age against the backdrop of the 2019 Hong Kong protests"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: protest movements, coming of age, asian american fiction, realistic fiction [X], hong kong (china), bildungsromans
Shut Up, This Is Serious
"Belen Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: hispanic americans, families, high school students, dating (social customs), depression, mental, family life, dating, coming of age, latinx fiction, teen pregnancy fiction, realistic fiction [X], oakland (calif.), social problem fiction, bildungsromans