Suggested Reads for
10th Grade
A Magic Steeped in Poison Judy I. Lin T LIN,J
Live Your Best Lie Jessie Weaver T WEAV,J
Ning enters a cutthroat magical competition to find the kingdom's greatest master of the art of brewing tea, but political schemes and secrets make her goal of gaining access to royal physicians to cure her dying sister far more dangerous than she imagined.
When four teens discover the dead body of influencer Summer Cartwright, they must piece together the truth behind her online persona to find out who killed her.
Seventeen-year-old Aziza El-Amin, the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts, teams up with a cursed boy looking for answers and a young necromancer in order to eradicate a new threat in the woods and take back her hometown.
House of Yesterday Deeba Zargarpur T ZARG,D
We Deserve Monuments Jas Hammonds T HAMM,J
Last Chance Dance Lakita Wilson T WILS,L
Struggling with her parent's divorce and her grandmother's dementia, fifteen-year-old Sarah Khan tries to distract herself in a home renovation project. She finds that the house is full of dark family secrets and dark truths that ensure nothing will ever be the same.
When seventeen-year-old Avery moves to rural Georgia to live with her ailing grandmother, she encounters decade-old family secrets and a mystery surrounding the town's racist past.
Into the Light Mark Oshiro T OSHI,M
Embrace Your Size: My Own Body Positivity Hara GN 306.4 HARA
Seventeen-year-old queer adoptee Manny, now homeless, sets out to find his sister Elena, who is still enmeshed in Christ's Dominion, the community that abandoned him, but the journey is fraught with danger, as he is forced to confront the religious trauma from his past.
A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size author chronicles her own journey with body positivity, what inspired her to change her mindset, and how she learned to love herself as she is.
The Buried and the Bound Rochelle Hassan T HASS,R
Leila is devastated when her high school boyfriend breaks up with her right before graduation, but when she gets paired with four unrequited crushes in the lead-up to her school's annual Last Chance Dance, she might just fall in love with someone new.
Bash! Vol. 1 Rudy Gobert T GN GOBE,R BASH — an intergalactic game of basketball played by athletes from across the cosmos. Rudy comes from a poor neighborhood, but dreams of being a BASH star, and his talent might just make it happen: but can he make it while threats come from every corner of the galaxy?