Alexandra's Staff Picks

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1. Last night at the Telegraph Club

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Author:
Lo, Malinda
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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11 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Cary Regional - Young Adult
YA LO
Holly Springs Community - Young Adult
YA LO
Southeast Regional - Young Adult has 2
YA LO
Description:
"Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite...

2. The magic fish

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Author:
Trung, Le Nguyen
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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Cary Regional - Young Adult Graphic Novels has 2
YA TRUNG
Leesville Community - Young Adult Graphic Novels
YA TRUNG
North Regional - Young Adult Graphic Novels
YA TRUNG
Description:
"It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tié̂n, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?"--

3. Seraphina

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Author:
Hartman, Rachel, 1972-
Series:
Seraphina volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.4 stars
Formats:
Book, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:
In a world where dragons and humans coexist in an uneasy truce and dragons can assume human form, Seraphina, whose mother died giving birth to her, grapples with her own identity amid magical secrets and royal scandals, while she struggles to accept and develop her extraordinary musical talents.