Coming of age (83)
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Island of a Thousand Mirrors by Nayomi Munaweera EN
Sri LankaDescription:
A U.S. release of an award-winning first novel traces the experiences of two women on opposing sides of the Sri Lankan Civil War who connect in unexpected ways when a Tamil aspiring teacher is arrested by soldiers and placed in the path of a young woman from a loving Sinhala family.
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Julius : Roman by Christian Zehnder DE
Country: Europe / 
Switzerland
Switzerland
Description:
Über Abschied und Aufbruch, Freundschaft und Liebe "Julius" ist die Geschichte eines jungen Mannes, der hinaus ins Leben tritt. Und es ist die Geschichte einer wunderbaren Freundschaft zwischen Julius und Martin. Es ist auch die tragische Liebesgeschichte zwischen Julius und Jadwiga und die nur vermeintlich geglückte Liebesgeschichte zwischen Julius und Caroline. Julius ist ein zeitgenössischer, zugleich aber unzeitgemässer Romantiker, der von der Idylle seines bisherigen Lebens Abschied nimmt. Christian Zehnder erzählt ebenso dicht wie poetisch. Er hat einen kleinen, höchst feinen Bildungsrom... continue
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Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen EN
DenmarkDescription:
The story of a group of friends in Nuuk, Greenland, on the cusp of adulthood, exploring life, seeking authenticity and establishing their own queer identities
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Little Brother : A Refugee's Odyssey by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia EN
GuineaDescription:
Based on the author's own life, this heartbreaking novel about an African migrant takes you inside the refugee crisis—for readers of The Lost Children's Archive and The Girl with the Louding Voice. Ibrahima is still a boy when his father dies, but as the eldest son he must leave their home village in the Guinean countryside in search of work to support his family. Eventually apprenticed to a trucker in the capital, he learns that his younger brother has dropped out of school and fled to Libya to pursue the dream of finding work in Europe. Leaving behind everything, Ibrahima sets off with the a... continue
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Maame : A Today Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick by Jessica George EN
GhanaDescription:
An unforgettable debut about a young British Ghanaian woman as she navigates her twenties and finds her place in the world, for readers of Queenie and The Other Black Girl.
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Memorial : A Novel by Bryan Washington EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, O, the Oprah Magazine, Esquire, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Refinery29, Real Simple, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Literature, and Lit Hub “A masterpiece.” —NPR “No other novel this year captures so gracefully the full palette of America.” —The Washington Post “Wryly funny, gently devastating.” —Entertainment Weekly A funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms,... continue
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Ninth Building by Zou Jingzhi EN
ChinaDescription:
Ninth Building is a fascinating collection of vignettes drawn from Zou Jingzhi's experience growing up during the Cultural Revolution, first as a boy in Beijing and then as a teenager exiled to the countryside. Zou poetically captures a side of the Cultural Revolution that is less talked about--the sheer tedium and waste of young life, as well as the gallows humor that accompanies such desperate situations. Jeremy Tiang's enthralling translation of this important work of fiction was awarded a PEN/Heim Grant.
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Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun by Tola Okogwu EN
NigeriaDescription:
Black Panther meets Percy Jackson in this action-packed superhero series about a British-Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers. Soon to be a feature film with a major streamer! Check out the complete series – Onyeka and the Rise of the Rebels is out now and Onyeka and the Heroes of the Dawn is out March 2024. And don't miss Onyeka and the Secret Superhero, the special World Book Day story coming February 2024! ‘Onyeka is the superhero you’ve been waiting for.’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars Onyeka has a lot of hair – the kind that ma... continue
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Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"In these irreverent pages, a shapeshifter gets a crash course in gender and sexuality by inhabiting both sides of the binary and arriving precisely somewhere in the middle." —O, The Oprah Magazine “HOT” (Maggie Nelson) • “TIGHT” (Eileen Myles) • “DEEP” (Michelle Tea) It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. He studies queer theory, has a dyke best friend, makes zines, and is a flaneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Paul t... continue
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Penance by Eliza Clark EN
Country: Europe / 
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Description:
On a beach in a run-down seaside town on the Yorkshire coastline, sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson is set on fire by three other schoolgirls.
Nearly a decade after the horrifying murder, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from hours of interviews with witnesses and family members, painstaking historical research, and most notably, correspondence with the killers themselves. The result is a riveting snapshot of lives rocked by tragedy, and a town left in turmoil.
But how much of the story is true?
Compulsively readable, provocative, and distur... continue