Titles in red are part of the Turner Ashby High School Library collection.
| The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo – Xiomara secretly creates poetry to explore her shifting relationship with her Dominican immigrant parents, religion, her body, and chemistry lab partner/crush Aman.
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Speak: The Graphic Novel – Laurie Halse Anderson (author) and Emily Carroll (illustrator) – An incident at an end-of-summer party leaves Melinda speechless, an outcast, struggling to confront her torment while navigating the pressures of high school. This is a haunting and invigorating retelling of this award-winning novel that preserves Speak's powerful message. (GRA Fic/And)
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| Game Changer – Tommy Greenwald – Teddy Youngblood is one of the most talented incoming freshman football players on the team. After an incident at practice that lands Teddy in a coma, his family must fight to figure out what really happened.
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Hey Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction – Jarrett Krosocka – Beloved graphic novel creator Jarrett Krosoczka tells the story of his childhood growing up with a mother addicted to heroin and how his grandparents’ support of his passion for art helped him survive. (GRA 921/Krosoka) | |
| #murdertrending – Gretchen McNeil – In the near future, the prison system has been replaced with a reality TV show--Alcatraz 2.0--that features staged executions of convicted murderers. Dee Guerrera becomes a sensation by accidentally killing one of the executioners--but how long can she survive?
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Sunny, vol. 3 (Track series) – Jason Reynolds – Sunny considers himself a murderer, because his mother died giving birth to him. He has been running track to please his dad, but what he really wants is to dance. Coach has the perfect solution.
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| Lu, vol. 4 (Track series) – Jason Reynolds – “Lightning" Lu is heading into the track championships as co-captain of his team. When unexpected hurdles come up, he wonders if lightning can really strike twice.
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Amal Unbound – Aisha Saeed – Amal's dream of becoming a teacher in her small Pakistani village vanishes when she is forced to become an indentured servant to the powerful Khan family to pay off her own family's debt.
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| Animal Zombies!: And Other Blood-Sucking Beasts, Creepy Creatures, and Real-Life Monsters – Chana Stiefel – Eye-popping photographs amp up the creepy factor in this fact book of strange and dangerous animals.
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Sadie – Courtney Summers – After the brutal murder of her little sister Mattie, Sadie will stop at nothing to track down the man responsible and bring him to justice.
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| The Prince and the Dressmaker – Jen Wang – Frances, a talented young dressmaker, is given the chance to be the Prince's personal seamstress. What she doesn't expect is what type of clothing Prince Sebastian will request. (GRA Fic/Wan)
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