Alethea Kontis
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Laura Dockrill's young adult novel stars a refreshingly direct, unapologetic — and occasionally crass — plus-sized girl who uses her doctor-imposed food diary to record her life and feelings.
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Sona Charaipotra's young adult novel might be familiar to back-in-the-day fans of Doogie Howser — it's about 16-year-old supergenius Saira, fresh out of med school and interning at a hospital.
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Lauren Morrill's new YA novel follows 17-year-old Maritza, who's used to taking care of herself. But when she lands with a foster mother who truly cares about her, it turns her life upside down.
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Aminah Mae Safi's new young adult novel is rooted in a famous plot arc from the television show Gilmore Girls — but you don't have to be a fan to enjoy this dense, fulfilling love story.
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Mason Deaver's new young adult novel follows a teenager who's kicked out of their house after coming out as nonbinary. Deaver, who's also nonbinary, says it's the book they needed to read as a kid.
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Sandhya Menon's followup to her hit young adult novel When Dimple Met Rishi follows a young woman with a big voice, a big personality — and to her family's dismay (though not her own), a big body.
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Adi Alsaid's new novel follows a teen romance columnist whose senior-year breakup has resulted in a raging case of writer's block. It's a beautiful illustration of the raw nerves that come with love.
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Lillie Vale's new young adult novel follows Babe Vogel, who's perfectly happy in her small town life, even though her friends have mostly moved on — until a "summer boy" arrives to complicate things.
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Faith Erin Hick's sweet new YA novel is reminiscent of the real-life conflict between Batman co-creators Bob Kane and Bill Finger — and asks what happens when the next generation meets up.
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Hannah Capin's zippy new young adult novel follows intrepid journalist Annie (she's from Cleveland so her pal Henry calls her Cleves) as she investigates the mystery of Henry's dead girlfriends.