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“I realized then that I didn't understand anything. I read all the books I could.”

― Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Some Favorite New Young Adult Books

Shapes of Love

by L. V. Peñalba

from Wednesday Books

Maybe Tomorrow I'll Know

by Alex Ritany

From Norton Young Readers

A Smile Like Yours

by Emily Thomas

From Kids Can Press

The Last Best Quest Ever

by F.T. Lukens

from Margaret K. McElderry Books

The Ocean Would Paint Me Blue

by Zoulfa Katouh

from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Medicine Wheels

by Byron Graves

from Heartdrum

Hear Ye Mortals

by Yamile Saied Méndez

from Levine Querido

Behind Five Willows

by June Hur

from Feiwel & Friends

We Could Be Anyone

by Anna-Marie McLemore

from Feiwel & Friends

An Expanse of Blue

by Kauakanilehua Mahoe Adams

from Heartdrum

Salvacion

by Sandra Proudman

from Wednesday Books

The Heirs

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

from Feiwel & Friends

The Dragon and the Sun Lotus

by Amelie Wen Zhao

from Delacorte Press

Goldenborn

by Ama Ofosua Lieb

from Scholastic Press

Release Me

by Tahereh Mafi

from Storytide

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