Lamar Giles. HarperTeen, $17.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-229756-3
Nicknamed “Panda” at school because of her mixed-race heritage, Lauren Daniels has yet another identity. On her anonymous photo-blog, Gray Scales, Panda exacts a mixture of revenge and justice on teachers and students who earn her wrath, taking...
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Lamar Giles. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-545-81250-4
Famed poker player Nathan “the Broker” Tate is back in Las Vegas and free from death row after fresh evidence overturns a wrongful murder conviction. When he winds up dead outside his casino, his 16-year-old daughter, Nikki, already responsible for...
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Lamar Giles, illus. by Dapo Adeola. Versify, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-328-46083-7
In his inventive middle grade debut, Giles (Overturned) riotously scrambles time, moving it backward, forward—and not at all. In the Virginia county that’s home to genial African-American cousins and renowned sleuths Otto and Sheed Alston (whose...
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Lamar Giles. Scholastic, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-338-21921-0
In this intense thriller, tech-savvy Kya Caine and social media expert Fuse Fallon have little in common save their bitter rivalry and their friendship with Paris Secord, also known as popular teen DJ ParSec. But after ParSec is killed, a group of...
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Lamar Giles. HarperTeen, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-06-234919-4
High schooler Del Rainey has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten, but Kiera has “never been single. Nev. Er.” When she suddenly experiences a breakup, though, he’s determined to give things a go, inadvertently signing up for their church’
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Lamar Giles. Scholastic Press, $19.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-338-75201-4
High school junior Jermaine “Jay” Butler lives year-round at walled, world-famous Karloff Country Resort. He spends his days attending classes at the prestigious Karloff Academy, working shifts at mega-popular theme park Enchantria, and hanging with
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Lamar Giles. Scholastic Press, $19.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-338-89413-4
Black high school senior and football star Cade Webster has his life mapped out: attend college on a sports scholarship, get drafted into the NFL, and use his resulting fame to vacate his family from their gang-run neighborhood in Virginia. After...
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Lamar Giles. HarperCollins/Amistad, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-212184-4
This engrossing thriller blends gritty crime storytelling with solid, realistic family drama. "Nick" and his family are in the Witness Protection Program, due to his father's past association with a dangerous crime boss. However, they are...
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Edited by Ibi Zoboi. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-06-269872-8
This collection of 17 original stories is written by contemporary black authors who explore “teens examining, rebelling against, embracing, or simply existing within their own idea of blackness.” The tales offer a wide array of perspectives and...
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Edited by Chris Grabenstein. HarperCollins, $17.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-288420-6
Multiple Edgar Award winners and nominees are among the 20 contributors to this engaging anthology of snappily paced capers entailing codes, ciphers, and math and science puzzles. Several gumshoes featured here have demonstrated their sleuthing...
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