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421) The way he looks
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A fun and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who's fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him reconsider his plans.
422) Maria
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"While living in Santa Barbara and attending a private school, Maria's life was comfortably boring. Then her sister died, her father lost his job, and the whole family was forced to start over. When they move to the barrio in East L.A. to live with Maria's grandma, Maria recovers her roots and becomes empowered. She can't continue hiding that she is a lesbian when she meets Natalia, a grumpy chola who smells like sugar and turns Maria's life upside...
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Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship -- the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. And it is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the most important truths about themselves...
425) Mikala
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"Mikala is a native Hawaiian growing up in New Jersey with her grandparents. Although they are loving parents, they have their own dreams and hopes for Mikala. First on this list is her dating a guy from her own culture. Two problems: Mikala likes girls, and she hates everything that has to do with Hawaii. Mikala is forced to lie to her grandparents while writing fantasies in her diary. She and Soledad, her only lesbian friend, sneak out to New York...
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Evan tiene diecisiete años y se siente perdido. Su madre es muy estricta y constantemente le recuerda que él es una decepción. Su padre prefiere evitar conflictos y mantenerse alejado de ellos. Cansado, solo y muerto de miedo, Evan se desahoga en sus diarios y sus dibujos. Sin embargo, este verano lo sorprenderá. Henry, su mejor amigo, se ha vuelto irresistible y no puede dejar de imaginar que ser algo más que amigos es un sentimiento mutuo....
428) Assassinistas
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When a kidnapping hits too close for home for former hit-woman Octavia, she is forced out of retirement and back into the bounty-hunting business. With her former partners unavailable, she recruits her son and his boyfriend to aid and abet her in a semester of murder-based work study, where she'll teach them everything she knows--if she can get them to put down the video games and stop making out long enough to concentrate on the mission.
430) Recuerda aquella vez
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"En los meses después del suicidio de su padre, ha sido difícil para Aaron Soto, a sus dieciseis anos de edad, encontrar de nuevo la felicidad, pero eso le sigue dando vueltas. Con el apoyo de su novia Genevieve y su madre con el exceso de trabajo, va recordando poco a poco como se podría sentir. Pero el dolor y la cicatriz en forma de sonrisa en su muneca le impiden olvidarlo por completo. Cuando Genevieve se aleja durante un par de semanas, Aaron...
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A father takes action after his cross-dressing teen is violently attacked.
"When his cross-dressing teenage son suffers a brutally violent attack, a mannequin-factory manager desperately seeks help and, when none can be found, is forced to take matters into his own hands. Based on a true story"--IMDb.
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Youth is Larry Clark's Kids meets Chronicle. X-Men by way of Frank Ocean. It smashes together the violence of coming of age with the violence of the superhero narrative--as well as the beauty. Six months later. Some of the kids are dead. Some are missing. Some are trying to do better. One thing is for certain: They're not the only ones with powers, anymore. The greatest teen superhero book of the decade continues here.
433) Almost home
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Seven teens who live on the streets of Los Angeles and who each have their own hard-luck story, form their own dysfunctional family, complete with love and belonging, abuse and betrayal.
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The hurt locker: US Army Staff Sergeant Will James, Sergeant J.T. Sanborn and Specialist Owen Eldridge comprise the Bravo Company's bomb disposal unit stationed in Baghdad. James is the tech team leader. When he arrives on the scene, Bravo Company has thirty-nine days left on its current deployment, and it will be a long thirty-nine days for Sanborn and Eldridge whose styles do not mesh with that of their new leader. James' thrill of the dismantlement...
435) Just Julian
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"Nineteen-year-old Julian doesn't see any point to life. After years of bullying at school, he is so depressed that his single mother must stay home from work to care for him, and the only outlet for his feelings is his artwork. He sees a glimmer of hope after meeting the similarly out-of-place Romeo at a party and sharing a kiss with him. But Romeo has always identified as straight--and he hangs out with a group of guys who hurt Julian's friend Paris...
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A fun and tender story about friendship and the complications of young love. Leo is a blind teenager who is fed up with his overprotective mother and the bullies at school. Looking to assert his independence, he decides to study abroad to the dismay of his best friend, Giovana. When Gabriel, the new kid in town, teams with Leo on a school project, new feelings blossom in him that make him reconsider his plans.
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Ryo Sakaguchi has a deep, dark secret: he's a fudanshi--a straight boy obsessed with boys' love (BL), the genre of stories revolving around the romance between two men. While he has trouble understanding how others don't find the same bliss he does from his unusual hobbies, that doesn't make it any easier for Ryo to buy his precious manga from the "girls" section of the store, or any simpler explaining the world of boys' love, shipping wars, and doujinshi...
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"Kevin has gone from the new kid in town to one of the most well-known and popular students at Riverdale High School! Struggling to stay on top of his new duties while trying to find time for a social life, Kevin deals with the mishaps and mayhem that have always been a staple of high school life in Riverdale. From his first car to first dates to a starring role in a school play (written by Veronica?!) it's bound to be an eventful year for Kevin....
439) ¡Por nosotros!
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Ben ha sobrevivido al primer año de la universidad, pero se siente más estancado que nunca. Las clases le demandan un gran esfuerzo, su trabajo a media jornada con su padre es aún peor y su mejor amigo Dylan lleva actuando raro durante semanas. Lo único positivo es su compañero de escritura, Mario, que le ha estado dando muchas clases de español y, sobre todo, muchos besos. Mario tiene grandes sueños puestos en Hollywood, y eso hace que Ben...
440) Under the radar
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"One more year. That's all Gunnar has to wait until graduation. More importantly, it's one more year until he'll feel ready to come out. Gunnar has kept his sexuality a secret -- only his twin sister knows he is gay. Coming out now would make him the target of homophobic bullies at his school. But a year is a long time, especially when life starts moving at its own pace, and Gunnar meets guys he wants to date. Set in rural Alberta, Under the Radar...
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