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2) We ship it
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The last thing highly organized Olivia Schwartz wants to do the summer before her senior year of high school is go on a cruise with her parents and younger brothers, so when Olivia meets charming, exciting Sebastian, she feels like she can have fun, but when past secrets come to light, Olivia must face the long-ignored truths about herself, Sebastian, her older brother's death years before, the past she thought she understood and the future she's...
Author
Series
Heartstopper volume 5
Pub. Date
2023
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship soon follows, and that soon develops int something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance. But Nick is struggling with feelings of his own, and as the two grow closer and take on the ups and downs of high school, they come to understand the surprising and...
Author
Series
Garden of the cursed volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt Books and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old cursebreaker Marlow Briggs reluctantly pretends to be in love with a powerful noble to gain entry into an illustrious--and deadly--society that holds clues to her mother's disappearance.
Since fleeing the gilded halls of Evergarden for the muck-filled canals of the Marshes, Marlow Briggs has made a name for herself as the best godsdamn cursebreaker in Caraza City. But no matter how many cases she solves, she is still haunted by...
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Rin Rin, who runs a flower shop near the zoo, is obsessed with Panda-kun, and tries various ways of getting closer to him. And we learn more about the friendship of Polar Bear-san and Grizzly-san when they were little cubs. Get ready for volume 2 of this serene slice-of-life manga filled with fluff and food and humans and animals coexisting.."--
8) Take
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Reader
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Cara doesn't want to go to college; she wants different kinds of challenges. She is growing distant from her friends and hasn't spoken to her father in eons. And her ex-boyfriend and fellow climber, Nat, broke up with her over text. Then Cara hears that her father is missing. Trying to track him down, she discovers a trail of clues centering around the history and life of legendary mountaineer, outdoorsman, author, and all around dirtbag, Beckett...
9) Dear killer
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Kit, a seventeen-year-old moral nihilist serial killer, chooses who to kill based on anonymous letters left in a secret mailbox, while simultaneously maintaining a close relationship with the young detective in charge of the murder cases"--
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"At Polar Bear Café your heart is at ease, enjoying the delicious coffee and the antics of the regulars. The penguins gather for a meeting to figure out how to sell their Penguin Cards full of penguin facts and trivia (you can read them at the end of the volume!) Panda-kun accidentally gives them a brilliant idea... Meet the new friends in volume 3 of this humorous slice-of-life manga where animals and humans live and work together."--
Series
Horimiya volume 16
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The sweet “aww”-inspiring tale of school life comes to a close!! As the school year concludes and the building empties with the newly graduated students planning to leave for good, Miyamura wanders the hallways one last time. Wondering who he would be if he had never gotten to know his friends―if he had never met Hori―Miyamura breathes in air steeped in nostalgia before finally stepping out under the blue sky to start a new chapter of his...
Author
Series
Rainbow! (Sunny) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Teenager Boo Meadows has pink hair and a very vivid imagination -- she has trouble separating from the real world. In her daydreams, she dances beautifully at balls or fights monsters as a magical girl. In reality, she has a complicated home life, work stress, school stress, and a wicked crush on the girl of her dreams. When a new student, Mimi, arrives at school, Boo starts exploring a side of herself that she never considered before. As she grows...
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Polar Bear is a walking, talking, pun-loving bear who runs a serene café. The regulars include a lovestruck zookeeper with a crush on the café's waitress, and a panda who stops by after a hard day of being a panda at the zoo. Join the café's colorful clientele through the seasons in this comforting and pawfully funny manga about daily specials, romantic complications, and working the (coffee) grind."--
15) Venom & vow
Author
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Cade McKenna is a transgender prince who's doubling for his brother. Valencia Palafox is a young dama attending the future queen of Eliana. Gael Palma is the infamous boy assassin Cade has vowed to protect. Patrick McKenna is the reluctant heir to a kingdom, and the prince Gael has vowed to destroy. Cade doesn't know that Gael and Valencia are the same person. Valencia doesn't know that every time she thinks she's fighting Patrick, she's fighting...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"For witches, love is power, and to open the Door of Truth— the ultimate goal for any spellcaster—Melissa needs to forge the strongest bonds she can. By now, she’s perfected her routine: marry a naive witch, use her to gain power, and discard her afterward. Melissa’s next target is Tanya, a young girl who’s fascinated by magic and longs to follow in her new mentor’s footsteps. But Tanya has a charm unlike Melissa’s other brides, and...
17) Constellations
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A debut graphic novel about a queer teen living in the margins who is determined to find their way ahead. Are you supposed to be a boy or a girl? It's a question that follows Claire everywhere. Inescapable on the street, in school, and even at home. A black hole forever trying to pull them in. But as long as they have ride-or-die best friend Greg at their side and a drink in their hand, everything will be okay. Right? Except, Claire can never...
Series
Polar bear in love volume 4
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Seal has finally learned how to swim, but Polar Bear isn't ready to say good-bye to his love just yet--not until Orca shares with the novice a heart-wrenching love story of his own."--
Series
Polar bear in love volume 3
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Cathy the penguin makes a debut, and is giving our duo a pep talk on love. But what'll happen when an orca--apex predator of the Arctic--bears down on them?!"--Cover
20) Bellegarde
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told in alternating voices, in eighteenth-century France, popular ultra-wealthy teen, Beau Bellegarde, bets he can transform working-class Evie into school royalty.
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