Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (#QP2020) Nominees Round Up, June 4 Edition

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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America Edited by Ibi Zoboi, with stories by Jason Reynolds, Nic Stone, Liara Tamani, Renée Watson, Rita Williams-Garcia and more.
Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: January 8th 2019
ISBN: 9780062698728

Black Enough is a collection of 17 short stories written by some of the biggest name Black authors of YA.  The young Black people in these stories confront all the typical teenage life experiences as well as some atypical ones.  Some have tragedy and some romance, and all of the stories are shaped with rich plots and emotions.

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Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (#QP2020) Nominees Round Up, April 23 Edition

The Past and Other Things that Should Stay Buried by Shaun David Hutchinson
Simon Pulse
Publication Date: February 19, 2019
ISBN: 9781481498579

Dino’s family runs a funeral home preparing bodies for burial, and up until now, the bodies have stayed dead.  July, Dino’s ex-best friend, wakes up while he’s preparing her body for her funeral. In her not-dead state, she and Dino must figure out why this has happened, and how to fix it, all while avoiding detection and grappling with their present and past.

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Best Fiction for Young Adults (#BFYA2020) Nominees Round Up, April 12 Edition

The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf
Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: February 5, 2019
ISBN: 978-1534426085 

When a race riot between the Malays and Chinese breaks out in 1969 Malaysia, Melati, who is Malay, must survive while overcoming her OCD and searching for her mother. She is aided by a Chinese family, forming a bond with them and, particularly, their teenage son Vince.

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