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Darts and Flowers

by Jeana Jorgensen

Funny and LGBTQ+ affirming, "Darts and Flowers" is a story about teenagers who are desperate to be loved, validated, and part of a community. In Dean Backus’s queer, comedic romantic novel "Darts and Flowers", friends reunite, and... Read More

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Blood Moon Prophecy

by Jeana Jorgensen

"Blood Moon Prophecy" is a delightful, inventive fantasy novel whose young cast grapples with a sense of destiny in a magical world. Dilani Kahawala’s fantasy novel "Blood Moon Prophecy" hinges on nautical and magical adventures and... Read More

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Origins

by John M. Murray

Origins: The Compound is a gory, gritty fantasy adventure in which a headstrong young man grapples with his sense of duty in the face of unrelenting malevolence. In Noah Kempton’s fantasy novel Origins: The Compound, an orphaned boy... Read More

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Things I Know

by Jeana Jorgensen

In Helena Close’s contemporary novel "Things I Know", a teenage girl battles with grief, memory, and her identity. Saoirse’s father relocated her and her two siblings from Limerick to an even smaller town after their mother’s... Read More

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The Wild Swans

by Jeana Jorgensen

Jackie Morris’s "The Wild Swans" is a dreamy retold fairy tale that’s full of hope, beauty, and love. A retelling of “The Wild Swans” by Hans Christian Andersen, the story revolves around the princess Eliza and her eleven... Read More

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Reign Returned

by Catherine Thureson

In Katie Keridan’s exciting and complex fantasy novel "Reign Returned", two strangers from quite different worlds join together and discover commonalities. Kyra is a healer and an Astral, a member of the golden-blooded realm. She... Read More

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Phalaina

by Suzanne Kamata

"Phalaina" is an enchanting dark fairy tale focused on an ethereal, red-eyed girl who may not be human. Manon is a little girl when she appears, alone in the woods, in late nineteenth-century England. Although she is free and happy, she... Read More

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The Truth about Everything

by Catherine Thureson

In Bridget Farr’s hopeful novel "The Truth about Everything", a teenager struggles to learn about life while living off of the grid. Lark has never been to school. Her only friend is Alex, the grandson of a man whom her father has some... Read More

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