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Finding Humor in Adolescence

FICTION

SECOND HELPINGS

by Megan McCafferty

Sassy and packed with more plot twists than a Real World marathon: likely to be snapped up eagerly by teen and preteen... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

WITHERING TIGHTS

by Louise Rennison

Fourteen-year-old Tallulah Casey is headed to summer theatre school in Yorkshire armed with nothing more than a good-luck... Full review >

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TEENS & YOUNG ADULT

BESTEST. RAMADAN. EVER.

by Medeia Sharif

A humorous, hip look at the ups and downs of fasting for Ramadan within the context of intergenerational and cultural... Full review >

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