https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks en-us 2020-11-18 21:19:37 UTC 2023-08-16 04:26:23 UTC hello@padlet.com alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/942840047  A slow-burn romance in a cutthroat kitchen! There’s more to becoming a top chef for 17-year-old Isabella Fields than just not getting chopped … especially when the chances of things heating up with an intriguing boy and becoming a food star in the kitchen are both on the chopping block. ]]> 2020-11-19 18:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/942840047 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/942847635 Sabrina the Teenage Witch meets Roller Girl in this hilarious, one-of-a-kind graphic novel about a half-witch who has just discovered the truth about herself, her family, and her town and is doing her best to survive middle school now that she knows everything!]]> 2020-11-19 18:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/942847635 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/942857353 Rowena feels like her family is a frayed string of lights that someone needs to fix with electrical tape. After her mother died a few years ago, she and her sister, Ariana, drifted into their own corners of the world, each figuring out in their own separate ways how to exist in a world in which their mother is no longer alive.]]> 2020-11-19 18:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/942857353 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/942870063 Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family.]]> 2020-11-19 18:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/942870063 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/972797290 Cassandra has a gift. Animals can show her what they're thinking. And she's done keeping her talent a secret.]]> 2020-11-30 18:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/972797290 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/972808710 Claude isn’t dangerous or brilliant—he’s an average kid coping with abandonment, violence, riots, failed love, and societal pressures as he steers his way past the signposts of youth: childhood friendships, basketball tryouts, first love, first heartbreak, picking a college, moving away from home. ]]> 2020-11-30 18:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/972808710 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/972820709 A collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity]]> 2020-11-30 18:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/972820709 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/972834725 Things just got weird for Prudence Wu. One minute, she's cashing in on a routine smuggling deal. The next, she's escaping enforcers on the wings of what very much appears to be a sentient cybernetic dragon.]]> 2020-11-30 18:45:44 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/972834725 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973138646 A diary comic with an upbeat, adorable flair that tells the charming tale of Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and transition–as well as falling in love with a man who’s head over heels for her.]]> 2020-11-30 19:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973138646 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973142845 Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves.]]> 2020-11-30 19:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973142845 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973147459 In this nail-biting sequel to Tehlor Kay Mejia’s critically acclaimed fantasy novel We Set the Dark on Fire, La Voz operative Carmen is forced to choose between the girl she loves and the success of the rebellion she’s devoted her life to. Perfect for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale and Anna-Marie McLemore.]]> 2020-11-30 19:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973147459 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973153808 Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right.]]> 2020-11-30 19:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973153808 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973242849 Anna Wiener—stuck, broke, and looking for meaning in her work, like any good millennial--left a job in book publishing for the promise of the new digital economy. She moved from New York to San Francisco, where she landed at a big-data startup in the heart of the Silicon Valley bubble]]> 2020-11-30 20:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973242849 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973249769 In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda we follow Simon’s BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst.]]> 2020-11-30 20:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973249769 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973257223  Giles spotlights the consequences of societal pressure, confronts toxic masculinity, and explores the complexity of what it means to be a “real man.”]]> 2020-11-30 20:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973257223 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973260566 With her passion for scientific experimentation and her pet tarantula Violet, Tess de Sousa is no ordinary orphan. When a stranger shows up at Ackerbee’s Home for Lost and Foundlings, claiming to be a distant relative come to adopt her, Tess hopes to find some answers to her mysterious origins.]]> 2020-11-30 20:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973260566 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973336903 In one impulsive moment the summer before they leave for college, overachievers Scarlett and David plunge into a brief and irresistible swirl of romance, particle physics, and questionable decisions.]]> 2020-11-30 20:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973336903 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973341283 Leslie Odom Jr., burst on the scene in 2015, originating the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since then, he has performed for sold-out audiences, sung for the Obamas at the White House, and won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical. But before he landed the role of a lifetime in one of the biggest musicals of all time, Odom put in years of hard work as a singer and an actor.]]> 2020-11-30 20:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973341283 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973363959 This modern, groundbreaking YA anthology explores the complexity and beauty of interracial and LGBTQ+ relationships where differences are front and center.]]> 2020-11-30 20:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973363959 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973367690 All’s fair in love and cheese — that is, until Pepper and Jack’s spat turns into a viral Twitter war. Little do they know, while they’re publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they’re also falling for each other in real life — on an anonymous chat app Jack built.]]> 2020-11-30 20:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973367690 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973371077 Eleven-year-old Josh Duncan has never had much luck making friends--not the real kind, anyway. Moving to a new town is supposed to be a chance to leave behind the problems that plagued Josh at his last school. Problems like Big Brother, Josh's favorite and best friend. Because, as Josh's parents tell him, he's too old to still have imaginary friends.]]> 2020-11-30 20:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973371077 alkalan1 https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973375308 A historical YA horror novel based on the infamous real-life inspiration for Countess Dracula]]> 2020-11-30 20:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/alkalan1/librarybooks/wish/973375308