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By Camilla Garrison

Nimona

By ND Stevenson

Graphic Novel, Fantasy Fiction

In this graphic novel, Nimona the shapeshifter joins former knight Ballister Blackheart in a fight against the Institution government and Ambrosius Goldenloin, Blackheart’s nemesis (or so we think) since childhood. Follow Nimona on her adventures, while learning the backstories of the two evil masterminds.

A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder

By Ali Novak

YA, Mystery

In a Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi decides to solve a murder for her senior project. In their small town, Andie Bell was killed by her boyfriend five years ago, and when the police found enough evidence, the case was closed with Andie still missing. Pippa was never convinced, having met the kind, always laughing Sal Singh. Starting as a project to clear Sal’s and his family’s name, Pippa got herself into a case more complicated than she thought…

My Life With the Walter Boys

By Holly Jackson

Fiction

When Jackie Howard’s family is involved in a tragic accident, she moves from New York into a house of eleven boys in the middle of nowhere (Colorado). Finding herself in the midst of a hectic but close family, and only just resurfacing from grieving, Jackie manages to find a little bit of belonging there, and even love.