War and Speech....Mean Girls meets the debate team!

War and Speech by acclaimed children's playwright Don Zolidis follows protagonist Sydney Williams, a shy, anti-social, teenager who has lived her entire life by the phrase that "not everyone can be a winner." Sydney especially resonates with this saying when her white collared dad gets sent to prison for embezzlement, and she is forced to move with her minimum wage working mother into a small, crummy apartment. Faced with a new school, Eaganville High promises Sydney a new start. Except, unlike most schools, Eaganville is ruled by the school's debate team, whom of which take the quote "winner takes all"quite too seriously. Sydney is soon befriended by a group of fellow misfits, each of whom has been personally victimized by the speech team. It turns out Sydney is the perfect plant to take down the speech team from within.

With the help of her co-conspirators, Sydney throws herself into making Nationals in speech, where she will be poised to topple the corrupt regime. But what happens when Sydney realizes she actually has a shot at . . .winning? Sydney lost everything because of her dad's obsession with being on top. Winning at speech might just be her ticket out of a life of loserdom. Can she really walk away from that?

A book equal parts hilarious as it is heartwarming, War and Speech can probably convince just about anybody to join their school's debate team. A light, fun, entertaining read, Don Zolidis once again shows off his comedic chops while creating a riveting journey with a protagonist you can't help but fall in love with.

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Pumpkin....don't be a drag, just be a queen!

   Calling all drag superstars....as well as lovers of rom coms,  LGBTQ+ fiction & high school dramas, boy have we got a book for you. The talented Julie Murphy returns for her final book in her Dumplin' trilogy with Pumpkin! Discover how a gay teen turns a bully's prank into an adventure full of laughs, tears, drama....and of course....drag. 

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The Gravity of Us... escape to an alternate 2020 with a Mars mission and young love

We just read The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper.

Seventeen-year-old Cal Lewis Jr. is a Brooklyn hipster and social media guru who wants to be a reporter after he graduates college. But then he moves with his family to Texas so his father become part of the 2020 NASA Mars mission. Cal is forced to rethink his plans as he adjusts to the Texas climate, gets thrown into the spotlight, and finds love. This is a story about finding your voice and finding yourself, and it offers a nice, alternative 2020 - a great read for fans of romance, realistic fiction, social media, and character-driven books.⁠
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