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• With Love, Echo Park

  Namey, Laura Taylor,

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  Cuban American teenagers Clary, seventeen, and Emilio, eighteen, grew up together in the Echo Park community of Los Angeles clashing over their visions for the future of the neighborhood, but they find there is something stronger than…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Where Wolves Don't Die

  Treuer, Anton,

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  After a terrible fight with bully Matt Schroeder, Ezra becomes the prime suspect when Matt’s house burns down and is sent away to run traplines with his grandfather in a remote part of Canada while the investigation is ongoing.

• What's Eating Jackie Oh?

  Park, Patricia (Fiction writer),

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  A Korean American teen tries to balance her dream to become a chef with the cultural expectations of her family when she enters the competitive world of a TV cooking show.

• Hello, Goodbye

  a Novel

  Stollenwerck, Kate,

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  A charming and heartfelt novel about a girl helping her grandmother unravel an old family secret that leads to adventure and love over one unforgettable summer.

• Firekeeper's Daughter

  Boulley, Angeline,

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  Treated like an outsider in both her hometown and on the Ojibwe reservation, a half-Native American science geek and star hockey player places her dreams on hold in the wake of a family tragedy.

• Abuela, Don't Forget Me

  Ogle, Rex,

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  Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy.

• Call Me Iggy

  Aguirre, Jorge Augusto,

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  Crushing on a girl at school who doesn’t know he exists, Ohio-born Colombian American teen Iggy finds his life unraveling when his grandfather’s ghost decides to meddle in his love life, setting him off on a journey of self-discovery.

• The Astonishing Color of After

  Pan, Emily X. R.,

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  After her mother's suicide, grief-stricken Leigh Sanders travels to Taiwan to stay with grandparents she's never met, determined to find her mother who she believes turned into a bird.

• Hey, Kiddo

  Krosoczka, Jarrett,

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  From award-winning, "New York Times"-bestselling author Krosoczka comes a powerful, unforgettable graphic memoir about growing up with a drug-addicted mother, a missing father, and two unforgettably opinionated grandparents.

• Darius the Great Is Not Okay

  Khorram, Adib

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  A Persian-American youth who prefers pop culture to the traditions of his mixed family struggles with clinical depression and the misunderstandings of older relatives while bonding with a boy who helps him embrace his Iranian heritage.

• White Bird

  Palacio, R. J,

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  Inspired by the author’s best-selling Wonder, a graphic novel debut traces the heartrending story of a grandmother who as a Jewish girl was hidden by a brave, compassionate family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II.

• Love Is a Revolution

  Watson, Renée,

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  Falling for an activist during an open-mic party, plus-sized Nala tells increasingly complicated lies about how much she shares her crush’s interests, before learning unanticipated lessons in radical love and self-love.

• With the Fire on High

  Acevedo, Elizabeth,

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  Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago has been doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Curses and Other Buried Things

  George, Caroline, 1997-

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  When Susana's 18th birthday triggers a generational curse, prompting her to sleepwalk into the Okefenokee Swamp behind her grandparents' house, she realizes the roots of her family tree run deeper than she believed.

• An Appetite for Miracles

  Kemp, Laekan Zea,

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  When Danna and Raúl meet, sparks fly immediately and they embark on a mission to heal her grandfather...and themselves.

• ¡Ay, Mija!

  My Bilingual Summer in Mexico

  Suggs, Christine,

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  16-year-old Christine takes their first solo trip to Mexico to spend a few weeks with their grandparents and tía.

• The Boy You Always Wanted

  Quach, Michelle,

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  Francine loves her grandfather, but their time together is running out. He has one final wish: to see a male heir carry on the family traditions. Francine knows his ideas are outdated, but she would do anything for him.

• You Don't Live Here

  Schneider, Robyn,

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  After the sudden death of her mother, Sasha moves in with her grandparents and realizes new truths about herself.

• Now That I've Found You

  Forest, Kristina,

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  Following in the footsteps of her überfamous grandma, 18-year-old Evie Jones is poised to be Hollywood's next big star. That is until a close friend's betrayal leads to her being blacklisted.

• We Deserve Monuments

  Hammonds, Jas,

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  When 17-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decade-old family secrets and a mystery surrounding the town's racist past.