Teen Booklists

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• Teen Book Club Kits
• Teen E-books
• Inspirational Teen Poetry & Novels in Verse
• Asian Pacific American Heritage for Teens
• Black Lives Matter - Teen edition
• LGBTQ+ Teen Reads
• Famous African Americans for Teens
• Women's Equality Day 2020 - Teen Reads
• Hispanic Heritage for Teens
• Vote! Teen Reads
• Native American Heritage for Teens
• Great Books 2020 for Teens
• Civil Rights Resources for Teens
• Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominees 2019-20

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Felix Ever After
by Kacen Callendar

Black, queer, and transgender teen Felix searches for love in all the wrong places while grappling with the facets of his identity. Ages 14-18

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
by Holly Jackson

As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past. Ages 15-18

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The Grace Year
by Kim Liggett

Terney James, sixteen, struggles to endure the year in which she and other young women are banished to the wild until, purified, the survivors are allowed to return home and marry. Ages 15-18

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All Your Twisted Secrets
by Diana Urban

"What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it's a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with pois

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The Assignment
by Liza M. Wiemer

Standing in opposition to a class assignment to debate Hitler's Final Solution, seniors Cade and Logan become embroiled in turmoil involving their teacher, principal, Commissioner of Education, white supremacists, and their entire community. Ages 12-14

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They Went Left
by Monica Hesse

Zofia, a teenage Holocaust survivor, travels across post-war Europe as she searches for her younger brother and seeks to rebuild her shattered life Ages 15-18.

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Not So Pure and Simple
by L.R.Giles

Del Rainey unwittingly joins a Purity Pledge class at church, hoping to get closer to his long-term crush, Kiera. Ages 14-18

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All-American Muslim Girl
by Nadine Jolie Courtney

Allie, aged seven when she knew her family was different and feared, struggles to claim her Muslim and Arabic heritage while finding her place as an American teenager. Ages 12-14

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My heart underwater.
by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo

Reeling from her father's coma and kissing a female teacher, seventeen-year-old Corazon suddenly finds herself in the Philippines with a half-brother she had never met. Ages 14-18.

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A Few Red Drops: the Chicago Race Riot of 1919
by Claire Hartfield

Examines the events and forces leading up to 1919 race riots in Chicago. Ages 12-14.

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