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1) Shark teeth
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Seventh-grader Sharkita "Kita" embarks on a tumultuous journey to keep her family together while handling the consequences of her mother's alcoholism.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In the room beneath a theater stage, the ghosts of Juliet, Ophelia, Cordelia, and other teenage girls who died tragically in Shakespeare's plays, share their experiences and trauma and get the chance to retell the stories of their lives in their own terms.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Helping her popular next-door neighbor Gayil set up what she thinks are harmless pranks, 12-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl Shaindy must figure out how to stop them before she becomes the next target when the pranks escalate and turn malicious.
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
25 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Yasmin is not sure she is cut out to be an astronaut, but a class trip to the space museum, and a tour of the mission control exhibit gives her another idea about how she could still be involved in the space program.
5) Big
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Maya Reynolds has practically grown up in her family's Brooklyn pizza shop, Soul Slice, and is a true city girl. When her family moves to a small town in Pennsylvania to open another pizza place, everything changes. Being the new girl is hard enough. At Soul Slice 2.0, Maya is assigned delivery duty. And her first delivery is a disaster. Can you make a worse impression than tripping ... and falling face-first into a rude boy's pizza order? When that...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Life is tough for twelve-year-old orphan Adia. Her aunt and uncle believe she's an ogbanje, a demon-possessed child that brings misfortune wherever they go, and Adia can't disagree, especially when she suddenly manifests mysterious powers that she can't control, causing an earthquake in her village. So when Adia is offered a kitchen apprenticeship at the faraway Academy of Shamans, she flees with nothing but a pouch of change, her cat Bubbles, and...
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ambition. Drive. Determination. Talent. Courage. Teamwork. Every athlete knows what it takes to win. But for players who are teen girls, the stakes are so much higher. In this anthology, the voices of these athletes come alive, highlighting the ferocity of those who are often shunted to the side. From navigating rampant misogyny to forging a sisterhood through sweat or just reveling in the love of the game, the stories in Out of Our League address...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publsihers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A hilarious murder mystery-rom-com from author and comedian Kate Weston investigates the sinister side of social media when bullying turns bloody-and a string of classmate deaths by menstrual cup and sanitary pad sets amateur sleuth Kerry hot on the trail of a menstrual murderer. Perfect for fans of Truly Devious and Fleabag.
10) Painted devils
Author
Series
Little thieves volume 2
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
504 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Reformed" jewel thief and scam artist Vanja accidentally starts a cult around a Low God, the Scarlet Maiden, who claims Emeric as her virgin sacrifice, and desperate to save the only man she's ever cared for, Vanja seeks a dangerous alternative.
"After accidentally starting a cult and invoking the wrath of the gods, a scam artist must fight to save everyone she has ever loved in this sequel to Margaret Owens YA fantasy Little Thieves. When misfortune...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Yasmin opted to be the director of her school play, but she is finding it difficult to keep the actors happy and the play moving forward--until she finally asserts her authority and makes the changes necessary to save the play.
13) We could fly
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise. Drawing on lyrics from the song 'We Could Fly' by Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell, which...
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