Dhonielle Clayton
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STO Kids' Readalikes: Harry Potter
Wayland YA Booklists: Magic Schools, Training Camps & Apprenticeships
Wayland YA Booklists: Magic Schools, Training Camps & Apprenticeships
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Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds, but when she falls under suspicion for helping a criminal escape prison she must, with the help of her new friends and her own growing powers, find a way to clear her family's name.
2) The Belles
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English
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"Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orléans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made beautiful. But it's not enough for Camellia to be just a Belle. She wants to be the favorite--the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in...
3) Whiteout
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English
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Medfield Cozy Reads for Teens - Romances for All Seasons
Medfield Self Discovery Stories for Teens - Novels
Medfield Staff Reads 1/12/2024
Medfield Staff Reads 2024 Archive
Medfield Self Discovery Stories for Teens - Novels
Medfield Staff Reads 1/12/2024
Medfield Staff Reads 2024 Archive
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Atlanta is blanketed with snow just before Christmas, but the warmth of young love just might melt the ice in this novel of Black joy, and cozy, sparkling romance -- by the same unbeatable team of authors who wrote the New York Times bestseller Blackout! is the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life. But will they be able to make it happen, in spite of the storm? No one is prepared...
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In her second year at Arcanum Training Institute, Ella grapples with fame, unearths a perilous school secret, and faces a mysterious magical illness outbreak, prompting her, alongside Brigit and Jason, to clear her name, while working tirelessly to safeguard the Marvellian realm from impending chaos.
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Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) volume 3
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English
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Rebellious and outspoken Edel Beauregard enters the Beauty Trials--a deadly competition to find the next Queen of Orleans.
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Belles (Dhonielle Clayton) volume 2
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English
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"The evil queen Sophia's imperial forces will stop at nothing to keep Camille, her sister Edel, and her loyal guard, Rémy, from returning Charlotte to the palace and her rightful place as queen. With the help of an underground resistance movement called the Iron Ladies-a society that rejects beauty treatments entirely-and the backing of alternative newspaper the Spider's Web, Camille uses her powers, her connections, and her cunning to outwit her...
8) Blackout
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English
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Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teens in love to this charming, hilarious, and heartwarming novel that shines a bright light through the dark.
A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion, a different kind of electricity sparks...
A first meeting.
Long-time friends.
Bitter
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English
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"A juicy, elegant, absolutely flawless thriller with a twist. It's the diverse Gossip Girl we've been waiting for!" —Tiffany D. Jackson, New York Times best-selling author of Grown and White Smoke
"Explosive." —Entertainment Weekly
All it takes is one spark to start a blaze.
At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for the children of DC's elite, a single rumor has the power
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Tiny pretty things volume 1
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English
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Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance -- but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of her ballet star sister brings out a dangerous edge in her. And perfectionist June needs to land a lead role this year or her controlling mother will put an end to her dancing dreams forever....
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Conjureverse volume 1
Publisher
Puck
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
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Ella Durand es la primera conjuradora que asiste al Instituto de Formación Arcana, una escuela de magia en las nubes, donde los prodigiosos (aquellos jóvenes con poderes especiales) de todo el mundo ponen en práctica sus habilidades. A pesar de su entusiasmo, Ella descubre que ser la primera no es nada fácil: algunos prodigiosos desconfían de su magia y la consideran malvada y antinatural. Con el tiempo, Ella se hará amiga de Masterji Thakur...
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Tiny pretty things volume 2
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English
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June, Bette, and Gigi have given their all to dance at Manhattan's most elite ballet school. Now they are competing one final time for a spot at the prestigious American Ballet Company. With the stakes higher than ever, these girls have everything to lose...and no one is playing nice.
June is starting to finally see herself as a prima ballerina. However, getting what she wants might cost her everything--including the only boy she's ever loved. Legacy...
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious, and heartwarming stories that shine a bright light through the dark"--
14) The rumor game
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Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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At Foxham Prep, a posh private school for Washington, D.C.'s elite, a rumor gains momentum as it collects followers on social media, pulling three girls into its path--Bryn, who wants to erase all memories of the mistake she made last summer; cheer captain Cora, who desperately wants to believe in her boyfriend's faithfulness; and shy Georgie, newly hot after a summer at fat camp and ready to reinvent herself--but who can stop a dangerous rumor once...
16) Blackout
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Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Medfield Cozy Reads for Teens - Romances for All Seasons
Medfield Self Discovery Stories for Teens - Novels
Medfield Self Discovery Stories for Teens - Novels
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"Six . . . authors bring the . . . warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of . . . stories that shine a bright light through the dark"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson. Black is...three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds. Black is...Nic Stone's high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of. Black is...two girls kissing in Justina Ireland's story set in Maryland. Black is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed...
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Untold legends volume 1
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English
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Thirsty for fresh blood? Sink your teeth into vampire stories from young adult fiction's leading voices. In this delicious new collection edited by Zoraida Cordova and Natalie C. Parker, you'll find stories about the lurking vampires of social media, the rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, the eager vampires coming out-and going out for their first kill-and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures...
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Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today-Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America.
Black is...sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.
Black is...three friends walking back from the community pool talking about...
