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  • Book Recommendations for Young Adult & Adult-YA Crossover

    Book Jacket: Beautyland

    Beautyland
    by Marie-Helene Bertino

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    Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino tells the story of a precocious girl named Adina. Living with her low-income single mother in Philadelphia, Adina faces ...

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    Erin Lyndal Martin
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      by Elif Batuman
    3. The Falconer
      by Dana Czapnik
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    Book Jacket: The Capital of Dreams

    The Capital of Dreams
    by Heather O'Neill

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    'Sometimes war can set a woman free,' declares Sofia Bottom's larger-than-life intelligentsia mother Clara. The fictional country of Elysia reveres the arts and...

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    Pei Chen
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    1. Foul Days
      by Genoveva Dimova
    2. Weyward
      by Emilia Hart
    3. Ragnarok
      by A.S. Byatt
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    Book Jacket: Playworld

    Playworld
    by Adam Ross

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    Adam Ross's ambitious novel Playworld follows Griffin, a high school freshman living in New York City in 1980, over the course of a busy and formative year. The setup is ...

    Book Reviewed by:
    Chloe Pfeiffer
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    1. Martyr!
      by Kaveh Akbar
    2. The Mighty Red
      by Louise Erdrich
    3. Long Island Compromise
      by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
  • Book Recommendations for Young Adult & Adult-YA Crossover

    Book Jacket: Hello Beautiful

    Hello Beautiful
    by Ann Napolitano

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    Ann Napolitano's much-anticipated Hello Beautiful pulls the reader into a warm, loving familial atmosphere in what has been described as an homage to Louisa May Alcott&#...

    Book Reviewed by:
    Abby Edgecumbe
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    1. Romantic Comedy
      by Curtis Sittenfeld
    2. All Adults Here
      by Emma Straub
    3. The Dutch House
      by Ann Patchett

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Rivers Solomon writes about life in the margins, where they are much at home. In addition to appearing on the Stonewall Honor List and winning a Firecracker Award, Solomon's debut ...

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