“You’re this incredible, unstoppable force. You realized it was hurting you, and you got out. That’s the exact opposite of failure. I just-l hope you know how in awe of you I am.” – Rachel Lynn Solomon, Extracurricular
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Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
“But belonging meant denying who he was. Living as something he wasn’t had nearly torn him apart from the inside out. But he also loved his family, and his community. It was bad enough being an outsider; what would happen if they just couldn’t–or wouldn’t–accept him for who he was?”
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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
“You think kindness is some silly frivolous side virtue, when it is in fact the whole damn thing!”
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Landing in Place: A Graphic Novel written by Sherine Hamdy and illustrated by Myra El Mir
An Egyptian American girl struggles with her family, friends, college, and politics in Landing in Place: A Graphic Novel written by Sherine Hamdy and illustrated by Myra El Mir. If you’re looking for a graphic novel that reads like a well-written biography, try this book!
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Drop Dead Sisters by Amelia Diane Coombs
“My mom always used to say that you never feel older—that you’re the same person you were when you were younger—and I never used to believe her. But sometimes I swear I was just in high school, an anxious girl with a permanent stomachache who, embarrassingly enough, wanted people to like her more than she liked herself.”
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― Amelia Diane Coombs, Drop Dead Sisters