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Libby Strout is dubbed "America's Fattest Teen," but after her mom's death, she hopes to start the new school year as the girl who can do anything no matter her weight. Jack Masselin has the skill of fitting in except he can't recognize faces, and…

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Raven and Garfield have both experienced traumatic life events and have their own hidden secrets. They meet for the first time in Nashville as both try and seek answers from Slade Wilson. A YA romance story about trust and acceptance.

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Together, Tamar and Fayard live through a thousand lives and have seen the ups and downs of life. Through all these lives lived, one thing never changed, which is their passionate love for one another. The problem is they can never see how their love…

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Feder is based in Chicago. Her work explores emotion, feminism, and pop culture.

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This playful picture book celebrates a variety of body types, genders, hair types, and skin colours. It uses friendly images to deliver lessons on body positivity and inclusivity.

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A multidisciplinary individual, Potters is an author and editor of sexual and gender identity journals and children’s books. With a focus on inclusivity and body neutrality, Potters works to spread positivity throughout her works.

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Wab Kinew is the best-selling andaward-winning author ofGo Show the World and The Reason You Walk. Heis a former musician, journalist, and CBC broadcaster and is currently both the MLA for Fort Rouge and the Leader of the Manitoba NDP.

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Trace Reynolds is a white-Puerto Rican 12-year-old who has always looked up to his 17-year-old brother Will. But when Will suffers from a traumatic brain injury during a football game, their family starts to fall apart. Will's depression, anger…

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Grey sisters are nuns that purify and cleanse the bodies of the dead so their souls can pass on. The protagonist, Artemisia, is training to become one. But when her covent is threatened by possessed soldiers, she awakens an ancient spirit, the…

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An unnamed protagonist must continue life without his friend James. A fantastical story about love, friendship, and grief between two teenage boys. Non-linear storytelling told through recollections of memories and dreams. Biblical and mythological…

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Sideways Pike is a teenage lesbian witch who finds an unlikely friendship in the three most popular girls of her school. Together, the diverse group of friends form a powerful coven in which they explore friendship, love, and magic.

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Alicia Màs is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer from Elche, Spain. She studied fine arts in Valencia before completing a teaching master's degree and moving to London.

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University of California, Berkley and USC School of Law graduate Norah Weinstein currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children. She is an attorney and one of two co-CEOs of Baby2Baby, a non-profit organization she and her friend Kelly…

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Hannah Abigail Clarke's first novel isThe Scapegracers. It is sequeled by The Scratch Daughters. They have been published in Lunch Ticket, PRISM international, Dream Pop Press, Portland Review, Gothic Nature Journal, Eidolon, and Chaleur…

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Born in London and raised in Vancouver, Kelly Sawyer Patricof moved to New York first and ventured into modelling before meeting her husband. The pair then moved to Malibu, where they started a family. After years of volunteering, she and her friend…

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Jessica Alba is an American actress and businesswoman. She rose to fame as a Hollywood actress, founded The Honest Company in 2012, and published her first novel in early 2013. A leading voice in charity and activism, she is an advocate and an…

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When her mother suggests she give up her favourite teddy bear, Bach, to make room for a brand new one, Tiana doesn’t know what to do. Tiana’s character acts as the perfect example of selflessness, generosity, and the value of giving to others. The…

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Angie Thomas is a former rapper turned author. She holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Belhaven University. Her debut novel, The Hate U Give, actually began as a project in university. After being published, it was made into a film as well as…

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It's Pizza Time! Based on the TV/Cartoon show, Peppa’s Pizza Party is a tie-in that follows Nick Jr’s Peppa Pig and her family as they make the dough, prepare the ingredients, and assemble their own homemade pizzas.

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Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter tries to balance two very different lives in the poor, predominantly black neighborhood where she lives and the posh, predominantly white, suburban prep school she attends. She is forced to face her reality when…

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Bugz is a shy Anishinaabe teen girl, but online, she’s a confident video gamer. Her two worlds collide when she befriends Feng, a Muslim Uighur teen boy and fellow gamer who moves into the Rez. Together, they must learn to reconcile broken…

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Beautiful Creatures is a romantic fantasy that follows the characters Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes. Lena arrives in Ethan’s small town, where he learns the secrets of her peculiar family. Lena’s powers come with a family curse, and upon her 16th…

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Cozy and thriving independent book store opened in 1994. Wide variety of Children's books and Young Adult books.

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Indigo is a large chain store with a vast selection of children and YA novels. The company's mission statement states that through their products and marketing, they want to represent all communities wish to show diversity and inclusion and to better…

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Singing Pebble Books is a self-care bookstore that opened in 1988. It has a small but thoughtful Children's and Young Adult Literature section.

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