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• Brewed With Love

  Page, Shelly,

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  Teen witch Sage teams up with her former best friend and first crush, Ximena, to prevent her family's apothecary from falling to the competition.

• Twenty-four Seconds From Now...

  Reynolds, Jason,

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  The #1 New York Times best-selling author 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

• I Was Told There Would Be Romance

  Arnold, Marie,

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  Fifteen-year-old Fancy Augustine, a Haitian American girl who only wants a boyfriend and an invite to Imani Park’s birthday party, navigates around BFFs, high school, crushes and family to fulfill her desires.

• Tangleroot

  Williams, Kalela,

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  When Noni and her mother, a renowned scholar of Black literature, move to Tangleroot Plantation in Virginia, Noni becomes fascinated with the slave-holding former owners and uncovers the sinister history surrounding her home and ancestry.

• More Than This

  Marquis, Krystal,

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  Four empowered and passionate young Black women navigate a rapidly changing society and discover the courage to steer their own paths in life and love, in a book inspired by a real-life story.

• My Fairy God Somebody

  Allen, Charlene Y.,

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  Clae discovers clues about a mysterious person she calls her fairy god somebody and then becomes determined to unearth her family history during a summer in New York and finds a family trail someone’s tried hard to bury.

• When the Mapou Sings

  Pinede, Nadine,

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  Sixteen-year-old Lucille hopes to open a school alongside her best friend where girls can learn what it means to be Haitian, but when her friend vanishes, a dream sets events in motion where Lucille risks losing everything she cares about.

• Togetha

  Miller, Keith F., Jr.,

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  Jay and Leroy are caught in the crosshairs of the powerful Bainbridge family that is determined to reshape Savannah, and they recruit old friends, former enemies and Jay’s once-upon-a-time crush to find the evidence to expose the Bainbridges’…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• (S)kin

  Zoboi, Ibi Aanu,

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  Fifteen-year-old Marisol, who sheds her skin every new moon and shifts into a fireball witch, is connected by a family secret to 17-year-old Genevieve, who reaches for some memory of her estranged mother, in a novel in verse based on Caribbean…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Am the Dark That Answers When You Call

  Shea, Jamison,

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  Laure adjusts to the aftermath of leaving her old world behind and faces vicious monsters, including herself, in this sequel to I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me.

• The Queen's Spade

  Raughley, Sarah,

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  Nineteen-year-old Sarah, a princess of the Egbado Clan until the British Crown kidnapped her, wants revenge against her godmother, Queen Victoria, so she aligns herself with a crime lord, in a historical thriller inspired by true events.

• Honeysuckle and Bone

  Tobias, Trisha,

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  Carina Marshall wants to reinvent herself in Jamaica, her mother’s homeland, where she has an au pair gig for a wealthy, politically powerful family, but when strange things start happening to her, she must figure out what is haunting her.

• Love on Paper

  Parker, Danielle,

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  Mary Decanso and Caleb Bernard are two nepo baby writers attending an exclusive writers retreat who are paired up in a romance writing competition and must work through writer’s block to create their own love story.

• Needy Little Things

  Desamours, Channelle,

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  Seventeen-year-old Sariyah, who can sense people's immediate needs, must use her ability to solve her friend's mysterious disappearance while dealing with family challenges and avoiding the same danger that befell her friend.

• This Ends in Embers

  Cole, Kamilah,

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  After her sister, Faron, is kidnapped by a brutal conqueror, Elara must use powers both modern and ancient to bring her home, and save their country from war.

• Oathbound

  Deonn, Tracy,

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  Bree Matthes exiled herself from the Legendborn Order to keep those she loves safe, but the price is a bargain with the Shadow King, in a story blending Southern Black Girl Magic with secret societies and the legend of King Arthur.

• Dear Manny

  Stone, Nic,

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  From the New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin comes the thrilling final installment of the series, set in college. Jared (white, Justyce's roommate, woke) is running for Junior class president. With his antiracism platform, he's a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Children of Useyi

  Utomi, Moses Ose,

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  The elite group of girl warriors from the Mud Fam, who excel in the sport of Bowing, face new challenges and threats when a mysterious man claiming to come from the gods arrives and initiates a dangerous tournament.

• The Family I'm in

  Flake, Sharon G.,

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  The bestselling and award-winning author of The Skin I'm In and The Life I'm In returns with a novel that explores the complex relationships between Black boys and their fathers, and what it truly means to be a man.

• Love in 280 Characters or Less

  Stringfield, Ravynn K.,

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  Told through blog posts, messages, and more, a Black girl navigates college, love, and the online space, in this coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of Highly Suspicious & Unfairly Cute and The Neighbor Favor!