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1) Ultraviolet
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
294 pages : 20 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirteen-year-old Elio is struggling with "coming of age"--first love, first heartbreak, first real fight (which lands him in the hospital), and what it means to be a "man", a true friend, and an ally, as well as how to overcome a culture of toxic masculinity.
2) Mid-Air
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A tender-souled boy reeling from the death of his best friend struggles to fit into a world that wants him to grow up tough and unfeeling. It's the last few months of eighth grade, and Isaiah feels lost. He thought his summer was going to be him and his boys Drew and Darius, hanging out, doing wheelies, watching martial arts movies, and breaking tons of Guinness World Records before high school. But now, more and more, Drew seems to be fading from...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A winning debut novel about a young teenage girl in Jamaica determined to bake her way out of her dysfunctional family and into the opportunity of a lifetime."
Pumkin Patterson is a thirteen-year-old girl living in a tiny two-room house in Kingston, Jamaica, with her grandmother (who wants to improve the family's social standing), her Aunt Sophie (who dreams of a new life in Paris for her and Pumkin), and her mother Paulette (who's rarely home)....
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