Seahawks Reads Book List 2020-2021Like this list

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• After the Shot Drops

  Ribay, Randy

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  Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood

• All Boys Aren't Blue

  a Memoir-manifesto

  Johnson, George M. (George Matthew), 1985-

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  In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Your Twisted Secrets

  Urban, Diana

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  What do the queen bee, star athlete, valedictorian, stoner, loner, and music geek all have in common? They were all invited to a scholarship dinner, only to discover it's a trap. Someone has locked them into a room with a bomb, a syringe filled with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Almost American Girl

  An Illustrated Memoir

  Ha, Robin

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  A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life—perfect for fans of American Born Chinese. Memoir

• The Blood Countess

  Popović, Lana

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  In 1578 Hungary, sixteen-year-old Anna is elevated from scullery maid to chambermaid by the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Báthory, falling completely under the Countess's spell until Anna realizes that she is not a friend but a prisoner of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Changeling

  A Novel.

  LaValle, Victor, 1972-

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  Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. He is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Before…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Clap When You Land

  Acevedo, Elizabeth

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  Sixteen-year-olds Camino Rios, of the Dominican Republic, and Yahaira Rios, of New York City, are devastated to learn of their father's death in a plane crash and stunned to learn of each other's existence. A novel in verse told in two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Downstairs Girl

  Lee, Stacey

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  1890, Atlanta. By day, seventeen-year-old Jo Kuan works as a lady's maid for the cruel Caroline Payne, the daughter of one of the wealthiest men in Atlanta. But by night, Jo moonlights as the pseudonymous author of a newspaper advice column for 'the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragon Hoops

  Yang, Gene Luen

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  Gene Luen Yang understands stories -- comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him 'Stick' and every basketball game he played ended in pain.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girls Save the World in This One

  Parsons, Ash

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  When ZombieCon comes to their small town, June and her best friends battle long lines for photo ops, meet their favorite actors, and save the world from actual zombies when things get real.

• A Heart in a Body in the World

  Caletti, Deb

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  Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma

• If It Bleeds

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  From #1 New York Times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas—Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Let Me Hear a Rhyme

  Jackson, Tiffany D.

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  Brooklyn, 1998. Biggie Smalls was right: Things done changed. But that doesn't mean that Quadir and Jarrell are cool letting their best friend Steph's music lie forgotten under his bed after he's murdered--not when his rhymes could turn any Bed Stuy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love From A to Z

  Ali, S. K.

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  Zayneb, the only Muslim in class, isn’t bad. She’s angry. When she gets suspended for confronting her teacher, and he begins investigating her activist friends, Zayneb heads to her aunt’s house in Doha, Qatar where, fueled by the guilt of getting…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

  Tokuda-Hall, Maggie

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  Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. For Flora, former starving urchin, the brutal life of a pirate is about survival: don't trust, don't stick out, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ninth House

  Bardugo, Leigh

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  Galaxy "Alex" Stern is the most unlikely member of Yale's freshman class. Raised in the Los Angeles hinterlands by a hippie mom, Alex dropped out of school early and into a world of shady drug-dealer boyfriends, dead-end jobs, and much, much worse.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not So Pure and Simple

  Giles, Lamar, 1979-

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  Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she’s finally available. So when Kiera volunteers for an opportunity at their church, Del’s right behind her. Though he quickly realizes he’s inadvertently…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Only Mostly Devastated

  Gonzales, Sophie, 1992-

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  When his aunt's illness keeps Ollie in North Carolina, he hopes his summer fling with Will can grow into something more, but at school Will proves to be a completely different--and firmly closeted--man.

• Rated

  Grey, Melissa

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  For the students at the prestigious Maplethorpe Academy, every single thing they do is reflected in their ratings, updated daily and available for all to see. But when an act of vandalism sullies the front doors of the school, it sets off a chain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Silence of Bones

  Hur, June

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  In Joseon Dynasty-era Korea, sixteen-year-old Seol, an indentured servant within the police bureau, becomes entangled in a politically-charged investigation into the murder of a noblewoman.