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TESTIMONY FROM YOUR
PERFECT GIRL
BY KAUI HART HEMMINGS
G.P. PUTNAM’S SONS
BFYR, $
When Annie Tripp’s father
is accused of scamming
investors, the well-to-do
teen is forced to leave her
lavish NYC life and move
upstate to live a quiet exis-
tence with her estranged
relatives. Things outside of
the city are, well, different,
but Annie eventually finds
friends, a crush and, of
course, plenty of well-kept
family secrets.
STAND ON THE SKY
BY ERIN BOW
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
HARCOURT BFYR, $
In their Kazakh nomad com-
munity, Aisulu’s brother,
Serik, is set to become the
next leader in their family
of eagle trainers. Since
only men are supposed to
fly them, it goes against
all tradition for Aisulu to
train an eagle. But with her
brother ill and her parents
out in search of a cure,
Aisulu has no choice but to
upend tradition.INTERNMENT
BY SAMIRA AHMED
LITTLE, BROWN AND CO.
BFYR, $
Layla and her family are
forced into internment
camps for Muslim American
citizens after the president
declares Muslims are a
threat “during times of war.”
But Layla refuses to give
in to the rhetoric that has
caused this surreal situation
to play out. With help fromher BF on the outside, Layla
leads a revolution against
injustice and becomes a
beacon for freedom.SOME PLACES MORE
THAN OTHERS
BY RENÉE WATSON
BLOOMSBURY KIDS, $
Amara desperately wants to
tag along on her dad’s trip
to Harlem so she can expe-
rience something outside
of suburban Oregon—so she
does. Once there, she stum-
bles upon years-old family
disagreements and disap-
pointment. But there’s an
upside: Amara gets to spend
life-changing time with a
fam she’s never known.THE REST OF THE STORY
BY SARAH DESSEN
BALZER + BRAY, $Emma Saylor is caught
between two worlds: home
and North Lake. At home,
where she was raised by her
single father, she’s Emma.
Then she spends a summer
with her late mother’s
family on North Lake and
suddenly she’s Saylor, her
mother’s nickname for her.
While Emma’s busy piecing
together her mom’s story,
she reconnects with her
childhood best friend, Roo,
and realizes she’s writing a
story of her very own.GIRL GONE VIRAL
BY ARVIN AHMADI
VIKING BFYR, $
Master coder Opal Hopper
is elated to enroll in the
elite, Silicon Valley-esque
Palo Alto Academy. There,
she becomes involved in a
contest on Wave, thenewest, all-immersive
virtual reality platform—and
she’s determined to come
out victorious. Why? The
winner will meet Wave’s
founder, who just so hap-
pens to be the last person
to see Opal’s father alive.THE NEW GIRL CODE
BY NIKI SMIT
INSPIRINGFIFTY, $
Charlie loves fashion—and
just about anything that
has to do with computers.
So she develops her own
styling-made-easy app, The
Fashionist. Much to her
surprise, her creation takes
off and, soon enough, she
becomes her high school’s
newest It girl. What Charlie
doesn’t anticipate? All the
drama that comes along
with the coveted title.12 GL AUGUST | SEPTEMBER 2019