In 1919 Boston, best friends Corinne and Ada perform illegally as illusionists in an infamous gangster's nightclub, using their "afflicted" blood to con Boston's elite, until the law closes in.
Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali
Fifteen-year-old Janna Yusuf, a Flannery O'Connor-obsessed book nerd and the daughter of the only divorced mother at their mosque, tries to make sense of the events that follow when her best friend's cousin--a holy star in the Muslim community--attempts to assault her at the end of sophomore year.
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
Suzette returns home to Los Angeles from boarding school and grapples with her bisexual identity when she and her brother Lionel fall in love with the same girl, pushing Lionel's bipolar disorder to spin out of control and forcing Suzette to confront her own demons
You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with a beautiful (albeit illegal) graffiti mural.
More Diverse Teen Fiction --
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
American Panda by Gloria Chao
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
The Belles by Dhonielle J. Clayton
Down and Across: A Novel by Arvin Ahmadi
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
Forged by Fire by Sharon M. Draper
The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough
A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena
Gobi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Ellen Oh
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through October 5, 2018.
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