Short 'n sweet
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW Teen Book Bingo 2024 category: Short 'n sweet. Short stories, essays, articles, book under 250 pages-- we're looking for short and accessible here! Teen Book Bingo is our teen summer reading program presented in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed.
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The Sprite and the Gardener
Fiction. A sprite nurtures both confidence and community as she embraces magic. A feel-good fantasy of flowering friendship. (Kirkus) (GN) 79 pages,
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Frontera
Fiction. Undocumented and recently deported Mexican national Mateo Renteria sets out on a harrowing journey across the Sonoran Desert to return to the United States for his senior year of high school. (Kirkus) (GN) 240 pages.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Fire From the Sky
Fiction. A Sámi teen wrestles with his sexuality amid tradition and homophobia in this novel translated from Swedish and set in an Indigenous Arctic community. (Kirkus) 205 pages.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Being Ace
Nonfiction. Whether adventuring through space, outsmarting a vengeful water spirit, or surviving haunted cemeteries, no two aces are the same in these 14 unique works that highlight asexual romance, aromantic love, and identities across the asexual spectrum. Short stories.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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Haruki Murakami Manga Stories
Fiction. In this adept international collaboration, a French comics team transforms four fantasy-tinted short stories by Murakami into comics, bringing his vertiginous imagination to life. (Publishers Weekly) (GN) 142 pages. Short stories.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Nerdcrush
Fiction. Shy sixteen-year-old Ramona uses cosplay as a way to escape her shyness and feel seen, but when she emails her crush using her online persona, Rel, and he starts to fall for her, Ramona must decide whether to hide behind her character forever or take a chance and let her crush see the real her. 224 pages.
Format: Book
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Wings in the Wild
Fiction. When a hurricane exposes Soleida's family's secret sculpture garden, the Cuban government arrests her artist parents, forcing her to escape alone to Central America where she meets Dariel, a Cuban American boy, and together they work to protect the environment and bring attention to the imprisoned artists in Cuba. 224 pages.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
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The Black Girl Survives in This One
Fiction. Celebrating a new generation of bestselling and acclaimed Black writers, The Black Girl Survives in This One makes space for Black girls in horror. Fifteen chilling and thought-provoking stories place Black girls front and center as heroes and survivors who slay monsters, battle spirits, and face down death. Prepare to be terrified and left breathless by the pieces in this anthology. Short stories.
Format: Book
Availability: No Longer Available
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Cheer Up!
Fiction. Two high school cheerleaders learn from each other while falling for one another. (Kirkus) (GN) 128 pages.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Ghost Roast
Fiction. When a night out with the popular crowd ends in disaster, high school student Chelsea Grant is forced to work for her dad at Paranormal Removal Services where she discovers she can actually see ghosts and tries to keep it a secret. (GN) 208 pages.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: All copies in use
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