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• That Self-same Metal

  Williams, Brittany N.,

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  "1605 London. Joan Sands is a gifted craftswoman who creates and upkeeps the stage blades for William Shakespeare's acting company, The King's Men. Her skill with her blades comes from a magical ability to control metal, an ability gifted by her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• House of Marionne

  Elle, J.,

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  "Seventeen-year-old Quell is reluctantly inducted into a magical debutante society of social elites where she must bind with her forbidden magic while evading the assassin who has been tasked with hunting her kind."

• The Belles

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  "In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world

• Remixed Classics

  My Dear Henry : a Jekyll & Hyde Remix

  Bayron, Kalynn,

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  "In this reimagination of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a teen boy tries to discover the reason behind his best friend's disappearance and the arrival of a mysterious and magnetic stranger"

• Legendborn

  Deonn, Tracy,

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  "After her mother dies in an accident, Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC-Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape-- until Bree witnesses a magical…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gilded Ones

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  "Inspired by the culture of West Africa, a feminist fantasy debut traces the experiences of an intuitive girl who is invited to leave her discriminatory village to join the emperor's army of near-immortal women warriors."

• Wings of Ebony

  Elle, J.,

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  "When her mother is shot dead on her doorstep, life for Rue and her sister Tasha changes forever. Taken from her neighborhood by the father she never knew, Rue is forced to leave her little sister behind, and whisked away to Ghizon-- a hidden island…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• March

  Bk. 1

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  "The long-overdue move to chronicle American history in graphic novel form takes another great step forward with this first volume of a projected history of the civil rights struggle. Instead of taking an all-inclusive, Eyes on the Prize-style…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nsibidi Scripts

  Akata Witch

  Okorafor, Nnedi,

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  "Twelve-year-old Sunny Nwazue, an American-born albino child of Nigerian parents, moves with her family back to Nigeria, where she learns that she has latent magical powers which she and three similarly gifted friends use to catch a serial killer."

• Dear Martin

  Stone, Nic

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  "Writing letters to the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., seventeen-year-old college-bound Justyce McAllister struggles to face the reality of race relations today and how they are shaping him."

• Orisha Legacy

  Children of Blood and Bone

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  "Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean…Read moreRead more of this annotation