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Four eids and a funeral

Let's get one thing straight: this is a love story.Said Hossain hates Tiwa Olatunji. And Tiwa would happily never see Said again in her life. Growing up, the two were inseparable, but they have barely spoken since the incident many Eids ago and both of them would like to keep it that way. But when Said comes home for a funeral and the town's Islamic Centre burns down on the same day, they have to face each other again and sparks fly.

This book won't burn

Noor Khan is the new girl at school. Moving to the tiny town of Bayberry with her mother and sister after their family life is upended, she's determined to keep her head down and make it through her final year, unnoticed.While hiding out in her school library, Noor notices that hundreds of books are being removed from the shelves and boxed up: a new school policy banning books that parents object to. Worse, almost all the books being targeted are by queer and BIPOC authors. Outraged, Noor and her new friends decide to read some of the banned books out loud to their classmates, to protest this new policy at school.

Dungeons and drama

No one loves musicals more than Riley - her dream is to be a Broadway director. But when the spring show is canceled, Riley has to figure to a way to bring it back. Easier said than done - she's stuck working at her dad's game store.Riley can't waste time at a dead-end job. So she convinces her co-worker Nathan to help her. In exchange, she'll help him make his gamer-girl crush jealous.

The glass girl

Bella is at breaking point. Everyone in her life needs something from her, and there’s only one thing that dulls the pain.Alcohol smooths the sharp edges and makes things so much easier. But one night changes everything. When she awakes in hospital with no memory of what happened, it’s time to face reality. And for Bella, that means rehab and the bumpy road to recovery.  

The reappearance of Rachel Price

18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness. Rachel is gone, presumed dead. The case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. But then Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.

Flopping in a winter wonderland

All Aaron wants for Christmas is for his brother, Casey, to get over his ex, Raquel. He’d prefer not to be at Winter Wonderland, the island north of Alaska that’s home to a year-round Christmas theme park. But Casey loves Christmas, so here they are. All Kris wants for Christmas is for his uncle to move back to Winter Wonderland to be the first gay Santa. After some slippery ice sends Aaron and Kris literally flopping into each other, Kris agrees to help Aaron with his plan to keep Casey single. But in all their scheming, both can’t stop thinking about kissing the other.

I hope this doesn't find you

Most ardently : a Pride & Prejudice remix

London, 1812. Oliver Bennet feels trapped. Not just by the endless corsets, petticoats, and skirts he's forced to wear on a daily basis but also by society's expectations. The world - and the vast majority of his family and friends - think Oliver is a girl named Elizabeth. He finds solace in the few times he can sneak out and explore the city dressed as a young gentleman. During one such excursion, Oliver becomes acquainted with Darcy, a sulky, rude young man.

Twenty-Four Seconds From Now A Regular Love Story

Seventeen-year-old Neon is about to have sex with his girlfriend, Aria, for the first time. He's hiding in the bathroom, nervous, wanting to do everything right This tender piece of fiction discusses how to approach first sex, how to respect women, how to be gentle, how to make it about love. It shows us a refreshingly different side to male sexuality.

When Haru was here

Dear Wendy