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American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera

American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera

For Nesto Vasquez, moving his Afro-Caribbean food truck from New York City to the wilds of Upstate New York is a huge gamble. If it works? He’ll be a big fish in a little pond. If it doesn’t? He’ll have to give up the hustle and return to the day job he hates. He’s got six months to make it happen—the last thing he needs is a distraction.

Jude Fuller is proud of the life he’s built on the banks of Cayuga Lake. He has a job he loves and good friends. It’s safe. It’s quiet. And it’s damn lonely. Until he tries Ithaca’s most-talked-about new lunch spot and works up the courage to flirt with the handsome owner. Soon he can’t get enough—of Nesto’s food or of Nesto. For the first time in his life, Jude can finally taste the kind of happiness that’s always been just out of reach… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Coming out
Homomisia
Racism
Misogyny
Fatmisia & body shaming
Disordered food & weight thoughts
Alcohol consumption
Terminal cancer
Heart attack mentioned
Death of a parent, off-page

Vampires Never Get Old edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie Parker

Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bites edited by Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker with contributions by Samira Ahmed, Julie Murphy, Dhonielle Clayton, Tessa Gratton, Heidi Heilig, Mark Oshiro, Rebecca Roanhorse, Laura Ruby, V.E. Schwab and Kayla Whaley

Eleven fresh vampire stories from young adult fiction’s leading voices! In this delicious new collection, you’ll find stories about lurking vampires of social media, rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, eager vampires coming out―and going out for their first kill―and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures of the night. Welcome to the evolution of the vampire―and a revolution on the page.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Seven Nights for Dying by Tessa Gratton	– Alcohol consumption – Grief & loss depiction Death of a parent
Mirrors, Windows & Selfies by Mark Oshiro	– Blood depiction – Murder – Captivity mentioned
The House of Black Sapphire by Dhonielle Clayton	– Slavery mentioned – Blood depiction
The Boy from Blood River by Rebecca Roanhorse	– Homomisia – Terminal illness – Death of a parent – Murder – Bullying
Senior Year Sucks by Julie Murphy	– Animal abuse mentioned
The Boy and the Bell by Heidi Heilig	– Transmisia – Misgendering – Threatened outing (blackmail) – Vivisepulture (being buried alive)
In Kind by Kayla Whaley	– Abelsim – Parental abuse – Attempted murder by overdosing (filicide)
A Guidebook for the Newly Sired Desi Vampire by Samira Ahmed	– Colonialism – Racism
Bestiary by Laura Ruby	– Parental abuse & neglect – Abandonment – Alcohol consumption – Drug abuse – Murder mentioned
Vampires Never Say Die by Zoraida Córdova & Natalie C. Parker	– Blood depiction
First Kill by V.E. Schwab	– Anxiety – Murder mentioned

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy

Since then, it’s been Ramona and her family against the world. Standing over six feet tall with unmistakable blue hair, Ramona is sure of three things: she likes girls, she’s fiercely devoted to her family, and she knows she’s destined for something bigger than the trailer she calls home in Eulogy, Mississippi. But juggling multiple jobs, her flaky mom, and her well-meaning but ineffectual dad forces her to be the adult of the family. Now, with her sister, Hattie, pregnant, responsibility weighs more heavily than ever. The return of her childhood friend Freddie brings a welcome distraction… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Lesbomisia & lesbomisic slurs
Alcohol consumption

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back. Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

Homophobia mentioned
Fatphobia & body shaming (theme)
Alcohol consumption
Bullying

Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer

Call It What You Want by Brigid Kemmerer

When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player to social pariah. Even worse, his father’s failed suicide attempt leaves Rob and his mother responsible for his care.

Everyone thinks of Maegan as a typical overachiever, but she has a secret of her own after the pressure got to her last year. And when her sister comes home from college pregnant, keeping it from her parents might be more than she can handle.

When Rob and Maegan are paired together for a calculus project, they’re both reluctant to let anyone through the walls they’ve built. But when Maegan learns of Rob’s plan to fix the damage caused by his father, it could ruin more than their fragile new friendship…

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Classism (theme)
Queermisia & homomisia mentioned
Conversion therapy recounted
Cheating
Physical & emotional child abuse
Teacher-student relationship
Disownment recounted
Panic attacks
Suicide discussed
Graphic attempted suicide of a parent recounted
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Pregnancy
Abortion discussed
Emesis (multiple scenes)
Blood & graphic physical injuries depiction
Stroke mentioned
Attempted murder by strangulation, off-page
Physical assault, on-page
Gun violence recounted
Imprisonment of a parent
Bullying
Poverty (theme)

A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

A Heart So Fierce and Broken by Brigid Kemmerer

The curse is finally broken, but Prince Rhen of Emberfall faces darker troubles still. Rumours circulate that he is not the true heir and that forbidden magic has been unleashed in Emberfall. Although Rhen has Harper by his side, his guardsman Grey is missing, leaving more questions than answers.

Rumoured to be the heir, Grey has been on the run since he destroyed Lilith. He has no desire to challenge Rhen–until Karis Luran once again threatens to take Emberfall by force. Her own daughter Lia Mara sees the flaws in her mother’s violent plan, but can she convince Grey to stand against Rhen, even for the good of Emberfall?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Ableism & ableist language
Sexism
Indentured servitude
Child sexual slavery & sex work, implied
Arranged marriage discussed
Alcohol consumption
Pregnancy mentioned
Blood & injury depiction
Emesis
Dead bodies
Murder & attempted murder
Torture, on-page
Graphic whipping
Knife violence & stabbing
Imprisonment
Hostage situation
War themes
Animal death, on-page
Hunting

Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

When Apple’s mother returns after eleven years away, Apple feels whole again. But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother’s homecoming is bittersweet. It’s only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is that she begins to see things as they really are.

A story about sad endings.
A story about happy beginnings.
A story to make you realise who is special.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Abandonment
Child neglect
Alcohol abuse

Moonrise by Sarah Crossan

Moonrise by Sarah Crossan

Seventeen-year-old Joe hasn’t seen his brother in ten years. Ed didn’t walk out on the family, not exactly. It’s something more brutal. Ed’s locked up — on death row.

Now his execution date has been set, and the clock is ticking. Joe is determined to spend those last weeks with his brother, no matter what other people think … and no matter whether Ed committed the crime. But did he? And does it matter, in the end?

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Alcohol consumption
Recreational drug use
Incarceration for the presumed shooting of a police officer

Catch the Light by Kate Sweeney

Catch the Light by Kate Sweeney

Nine months after the death of her father, Marigold; her little sister, Bea; and her mom move from sunny California to Upstate New York to live with Mary’s aunt El. Maybe New York will be a fresh start for them.

But living in New York means missing all the things Mary left–from her BFF, Nora; to her now long-distance boyfriend, Bennett; her older sister, Hannah; and the memories of her father tied to the places she used to live. How can she keep them in her life with everything so far away?

Then, while settling into the new normal, Mary meets Jesse, a fellow photographer and kindred spirit who just seems to get her. Falling into a friendship with Jesse feels easy, there’s something about him she can’t stop thinking about. But as things with Bennett are so uncertain, she can’t seem to make a move either way.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Alcohol consumption
Death of a father recounted

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

1932, Minnesota—the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O’Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent’s wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a brokenhearted little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call their own.

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Trigger & Content Warnings:

Racism
Sex work mentioned
Paedophilia & child sexual abuse, implied
Child abuse & neglect
Alcoholism
Alcohol consumption & abuse
Murder
Gun violence