African Town by Latham, Irene 

Paperback(Putnam, 2023)

BTSB #: 544442 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
Lexile: 790

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Novels in verse Black people - Fiction Slave trade - Fiction Africa - Fiction

Summary: Chronicles the story of the last Africans brought illegally to the United States on the Clotilda in 1860.

Ain't burned all the bright by Reynolds, Jason 

BTSB Prebound(Atheneum, 2022)

BTSB #: 748298 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-14   
AR: 5.2 UG

Genres: Family Life

Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Freedom - Fiction Family life - Fiction

Summary: A smash up of art and text that viscerally captures what it means to not be able to breathe, and how the people and things you love most are actually the oxygen you most need.

All my rage by Tahir, Sabaa 

BTSB Prebound(Razorbill, 2022)

BTSB #: 870976 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 4.2 UG Lexile: 590 HD

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Pakistani Americans - Fiction Family life - Fiction Immigrants - Fiction Forgiveness - Fiction

Summary: A family extending from Pakistan to California, deals with generations of young love, old regrets, and forgiveness.

Children of Ragnarok [Runestone Saga Volume: 1]by Chima, Cinda Williams 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 211432 Available

Dewey: FAges: 13-17   


Genres: Folk Tales, Fables, Mythology Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Norse mythology - Fiction Magic - Fiction

Summary: Desperate to escape her demon master, runecaster Reggin Eiklund flees to the Grove, while Eric Halvorsen, falsely accused of murdering his modir and stepfadir, journeys to the Grove at the behest of a powerful jarl interested in restoring magic to the world.

Hollow fires by Ahmed, Samira 

BTSB Prebound(Little, Brown, 2022)

BTSB #: 047057 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   


Genres: Multicultural Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Hate crimes - Fiction Homicide - Fiction Reporters and reporting - Fiction Muslims - Ficton Ghosts - Fiction White supremacy movements - Fiction Mystery fiction Chicago (Ill.) - Fiction

Summary: After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school.

I must betray you by Sepetys, Ruta 

BTSB Prebound(Philomel Books, 2022)

BTSB #: 800253 Available

Dewey: FAges: 12-16   
AR: 4.3 UG Lexile: 500 HL

Genres: Family Life Historical Fiction

Subjects: Spies - Fiction Family life - Romania - Fiction Dictatorship - Fiction Revolutions - Fiction Romania - History|y1989, Revolution - Fiction Bucharest (Romania) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In a country governed by isolation, fear, and a tyrannical dictator, seventeen-year-old Cristian Florescu is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informer, but he decides to use his position to try to outwit his handler, undermine the regime, give voice to fellow Romanians, and expose to the world what is happening in his country.

We deserve monuments by Hammonds, Jas 

BTSB Prebound(Roaring Brook Press, 2022)

BTSB #: 416776 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5 UG

Genres: Family Life Mystery Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Family problems - Fiction Secrets - Fiction Racism - Fiction Lesbians - Fiction African Americans - Fiction

Summary: When seventeen-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decades-old family secrets and a mystery surrounding the town's racist past.

Weight of blood by Jackson, Tiffany D. 

BTSB Prebound(HarperCollins, 2022)

BTSB #: 485006 Available

Dewey: FAges: 14-18   
AR: 5 UG

Genres: Multicultural Scary/Horror Stories

Subjects: Bullies - Fiction City and town life - Fiction Racism - Fiction High schools - Fiction Homicide - Fiction

Summary: An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their image: host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. But when Springville residents--at least the ones still alive--are questioned about the horror that happened on prom night, they all have one explanation . . . Maddy did it.