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“Girls on the Verge” by Sharon Biggs Waller

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Sharon Biggs Waller, author of the 2016 TRCA title A Mad, Wicked Folly, has recently released a new novel. Girls on the Verge is the story of teenage pregnancy and Camille’s right to choose.

Camille, successfully playing Ophelia in a local community theater production of Hamlet, draws attention from the cutest boy in the play, and secures a spot in a prestigious theater program. But after learning the great news, she also finds out she’s pregnant. She can’t tell her parents and her best friend doesn’t agree with the decision Camille has made. At her most vulnerable, Camille reaches out to Annabelle Ponsonby, a girl she only barely knows from the theater. Annabelle agrees to drive her wherever she needs to go and eventually Bea comes on-board. Over the course of more than a thousand miles, friendships will be tested and dreams will be challenged.

“Shout” by by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written the poetry memoir Shout.

Speak was first published in 1999 and its graphic novel version was published in early 2018. Speak: The Graphic Novel was a 2019 TRCA nominee.

“The Storyteller” by Traci Chee

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In this, the third novel in the Sea of Ink and Gold Trilogy, Sefia is determined to keep Archer out of the Guard’s clutches and their plans for war between the Five Kingdoms. The Guard has already stolen her mother, her father, and her Aunt Nin. Sefia would sooner die than let them take anymore from her–especially the boy she loves. But escaping the Guard and the Book’s prophecy is no easy task. After all, what is written always comes to pass. As Sefia and Archer watch Kelanna start to crumble to the Guard’s will, they will have to choose between their love and joining a war that just might tear them apart

As many of you will remember, The Reader, the first trilogy installment, was a TRCA 2018 Nominee.

“From Twinkle, with Love” by Sandhya Menon

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From the author of When Dimple Met Rishi, a TRCA 2018 nominee, comes a charming romantic comedy about an aspiring teen filmmaker who finds her voice and falls in love.

Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, so when nerdy classmate and fellow film-obsessive Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a film for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle agrees. Suddenly Twinkle begins receiving anonymous romantic emails and finds herself torn between her longtime crush and her film-buff new friend.

Will Twinkle get the chance to showcase her artistic voice? Do dreams come true? Pick up a copy of From Twinkle, with Love today and discover Twinkle’s story.

“Be Prepared” by Vera Brosgol

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Vera Brosgol, author of the 2013 TRCA graphic novel Anya’s Ghost, has published a beautiful new memoir. A New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of 2018,
A Boston Globe Best Children’s Book of 2018, and selected as the Best Graphic Novel of 2018 by Parents Magazine, Be Prepared tells the story of a Russian girl living in the suburbs. Feeling isolated, Vera hopes that Russian summer camp will provide her with a place where she can finally fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined.