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Category: Young Adult

The Enigma Game by Elizabeth Wein

January 19, 2021

Review by Louise Brecht

Louisa Adair didn’t know what Sergeant Lind was talking about. None of them did, not really. They’d only wanted to save lives, not hoard the machine that is the key target of a massive British Intelligence operative.
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The Iron Will of Genie Lo by F. C. Yee

January 12, 2021

Review by Claudine Yip
Last time, she saved the city. Next up: the universe? Or worse: college applications?
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Loveless by Alice Oseman

January 5, 2021

Review by Charmaine Lee
Finally, a tribute to young adults who have been herded into reading romance novels, but repeatedly feel disappointed by them, and have no idea why. … More Loveless by Alice Oseman

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The Stone of Sorrow by Brooke Carter

December 1, 2020

Review by Logaine Navascués

Runa is an apprentice runecaster, but she wishes she were somebody else. Someone who’s not short, skinny and pale, with wild, wiry, white hair and strange eyes. … More The Stone of Sorrow by Brooke Carter

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Wilder Girls by Rory Power

November 10, 2020

Review by Hira Peracha

The Tox—A parasite, a plague, a disease. It affects every single person and thing at Raxter School for Girls, but, some more than others. … More Wilder Girls by Rory Power

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The Bone Thief by Breeana Shields

October 27, 2020

Review by Louise Brecht

As overcome by sorrow as Saskia is in the opening pages of The Bone Thief, she is fiercely determined to avenge the loss of her loved ones and to stop the man responsible for their disappearance dead in his tracks…if she can find him. … More The Bone Thief by Breeana Shields

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The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sarif

October 20, 2020

Review by Emily-Anne Mikos

The world has wondered how the story of James Bond would change if the titular character were a woman, and the answer is in The Athena Protocol. Jessie Archer takes the stereotypical male-focused spy story and gives it a unique voice that only a woman can deliver—and it’s awesome. … More The Athena Protocol by Shamim Sarif

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Palimpsest: Documents of a Korean Adoption, by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom

October 13, 2020

Review by Logaine Navascués

When an adopted Korean girl decides to look back into her past to discover more about her biological parents, she uncovers a web of lies and systematic corruption behind Korea’s international adoption processes. … More Palimpsest: Documents of a Korean Adoption, by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom

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Spin by Lamar Giles

October 6, 2020

Review by Jennifer Irvine.

In this mystery, IT nerd Kya Caine and social media expert Fuse Fallon are bitter rivals for Paris Secord, famously known as DJ ParSec’s, attention. Then, 16-year-old ParSec is found lying dead on her turntable and Kya and Fuse happen to both be at the murder scene.
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Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

August 18, 2020

Review by Micah Killjoy

It’s 2003 and 19-year-old Juliet Palante is a queer Latinx babe living in the Bronx who’s got a newfound power in her womanhood and can call herself a feminist. Or can she really? … More Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

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