Come November

Don't Call Me Ishmael

All-American Muslim Girl

Indigo Donut

Kendra

Liccle Bit

A Separate Peace with Connections

Banned Book Club

Ambitious high school senior Efrain Rodriguez dreams of escaping the South Bronx for an Ivy League college like Harvard or Yale. But how is his family going to afford to pay for a prestigious university when Moms has to work insane hours to put food on the table as it is? And Efrain wouldnt dare ask that good-for-nothing father of his who has traded his family in for younger models. Left with few options, Efrain chooses to do something he never thought he would. He embarks on a double lifehonor student by day, drug peddler at nightconvinced that by temporarily capitulating to societys negative expectations of a boy like him, he can eventually defy them.Sofia Quintero makes a stunning debut writing for young adults with this gritty, complex, and real exploration of the life of an urban teen whose attempt to leave one world behind for a better one could cost him everything.From the Hardcover edition.

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Come November

Katrin Van Dam, 2018

Don't Call Me Ishmael

Michael Gerard Bauer, 2006

All-American Muslim Girl

Nadine Jolie Courtney, 2019

Indigo Donut

Patrice Lawrence, 2017

Kendra

Coe Booth, 2008

Liccle Bit

Alex Wheatle, 2015

A Separate Peace with Connections

John Knowles, 1959

Banned Book Club

Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, Ko Hyung-Ju, 2020