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• The Art Thieves

  Rogers, Andrea L.,

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  In the year 2052, Stevie is working at a museum to save money for college when she meets a boy who claims to be on a mission from the future—to save art pieces from a climate catastrophe.

• Bitter

  Emezi, Akwaeke,

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  17-year-old Bitter studies painting at an art school, where she’s safe from the revolution brewing outside. But when a friend is injured, she uses her painting to conjure a vengeful monster.

• The Breakup Lists

  Khorram, Adib,

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  A high school stage manager has to navigate complex feelings when he starts falling for his sister’s boyfriend.

• Charles M. Schulz

  the Creator of Snoopy & Peanuts

  Kuki, Yuzuru,

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  This manga portrays moments in the life of iconic cartoonist Charles Schulz using a variety of art styles.

• The Dos and Donuts of Love

  Jaigirdar, Adiba,

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  In this fluffy romance, Shireen is thrilled to land a spot on the Junior Irish Baking Show, but less thrilled when she finds out she’ll be competing alongside her ex-girlfriend and a new crush.

• Freshman Year

  Mai, Sarah,

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  A budding cartoonist chronicles the changes and stresses of her first year of college in this humorous graphic memoir.

• Hope Ablaze

  Rana, Sarah Mughal,

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  A Pakistani-American teen, whose uncle is wrongfully imprisoned, must choose between staying safe or speaking out when one of her political poems goes viral.

• If I Promise You Wings

  Small, A. K.,

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  After the death of her best friend, 17-year-old Alix tries to move on by immersing herself in the complicated world of Parisian fashion—and an even more complicated romance.

• Punk Rock Karaoke

  Xunise, Bianca,

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  This musically-enhanced graphic novel follows Ariel, a teen punk rocker in Chicago, as they struggle to hold their band—and friendships—together in the face of post-graduation changes.

• Right Here, Right Now

  Dunlap, Shannon,

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  Two musicians continually find connection and healing with each other as their paths cross in multiple alternate universes.

• The Swans of Harlem

  Five Black Ballerinas, a Legacy of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History : Adapted for Young Readers

  Valby, Karen,

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  The true story of the Dance Theatre of Harlem and five of the Black ballerinas who fought for greater equality in their art.

• These Vengeful Wishes

  Montalban, Vanessa,

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  After moving to her mother’s eccentric hometown, aspiring painter Ceci becomes obsessed with the local legend of La Cegua, an angry spirit who may be influencing her paintings.

• The Unboxing of a Black Girl

  Shanté, Angela,

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  In this poetic memoir, the author recalls lessons she learned from growing up in New York City and finding her art outside the “boxes” that society tries to place around Black girls.

• What's Eating Jackie Oh?

  Park, Patricia (Fiction writer),

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  Struggling to meet her parents’ expectations in school, Jackie chases her true dream of becoming a chef by entering a cutthroat TV cooking competition.

• Wolfwood

  Baer, Marianna,

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  Indigo tries to complete the series of paintings her mother abandoned due to chronic illness, but finds the lines between art and reality blurring in disturbing ways.