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The Nature of Witches by Rachel GriffinHappy Earth Day! Learn more here: https://www.earthday.org/House of Hollow by Krystal SutherlandThe Ones We're Meant To Find by Joan HeWar Girls by Tochi OnyebuchiDoor North Liberty Library

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Something More by Jackie KhaliliehCelebrate National Arab American Heritage Month. Learn more here: https://arabamericafoundation.org/national-arab-american-heritage-month/Read alikes:All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie CourtneyRonit & Jamil by Pamela L. LaskinMan O' War by Cory McCarthyDoor North Liberty Library

Happy National Library Week! Learn more here:https://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweekRead alikes:Attack of the Black Rectangles by Amy Sarig KingThe List by Patricia FordeSave Me a Seat by Sarah WeeksDoor North Liberty Library

As if on Cue by Marisa KanterRead alikes:A Show for Two by Tashie BhuiyanTo All the Boys I Loved Before by Jenny HanSecond Chance Summer by Morgan MatsonDoor North Liberty Library

Love, Light, & Lit: Co-parenting with Care by North Liberty LibraryDoor North Liberty Library

The House that Whispers by Lin ThompsonRead alikes:The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin ThompsonToo Bright to See by Kyle Lukoff Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring BlakeDoor North Liberty Library

All my Rage by Sabaa TahirRead alikes:An Emotion of Great Delight Tahereh MafiFirekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline BoulleyClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoDoor North Liberty Library

When Life Gives you Lemons, Make Peach Pie by Erin DowningRead alikes:The Penderwicks Book by Jeanne BirdsallThe Vanderbeekers of 141st Street / by Karina Yan GlaserPie In the Sky by Remy LaiSummer of a Thousand Pies by Margaret DillowayDoor North Liberty Library

That Weekend by Kara ThomasRead alikes:You'll Be the Death Of Me by Karen McManusI Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit FrickThe Ivies by Alexa DonneDoor North Liberty Library

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Kneel by Candace BufordRead alikes:Why We Fly by Kimberly JonesPunching the Air written by Ibi Zoboi with Yusef SalaamThe Cost of Knowing by Brittney MorrisDoor North Liberty Library

You'll Be the Death Of Me by Karen M. McManusRead alikes:A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly JacksonThey Wish They Were Us by Jessica GoodmanThe Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow & Liz LawsonThat Weekend by Kara ThomasDoor North Liberty Library

Recognize! : An Anthology Honoring and Amplifying Black Life edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis HudsonRead alikes:Black Boy Joy edited by Kwame MbaliaTake the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance edited by Bethany C. MorrowFresh Ink edited by Lamar GilesDoor North Liberty Library

Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn SolomonRead alikes:Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha SaeedBetter Than the Movies by Lynn PainterTweet Cute by Emma LordDoor North Liberty Library

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The Lost Library by Rebecca SteadRead alikes: Ban This Book by Alan GratzEscape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris GrabensteinThe Wild Book by Juan VilloroDoor North Liberty Library

Story Walk: "Bus Stop" by North Liberty LibraryDoor North Liberty Library

Drizzle, Dreams, and Lovestruck Things by Maya PrasadRead alikes: Flirting With Fate by J.C. CervantesIt All Comes Back To You by Farah Naz RishiGreat or Nothing by Joy McCulloughDoor North Liberty Library

Unseen Magic by Emily Lloyd-JonesRead alikes: Wildseed Witch by Marti DumasLove, Sugar, Magic series by Anna Meriano A Snicker of Magic by Natalie LloydThe Tea Dragon Society by Katie O'NeillA Magic Steeped In Poison by Judy I. Lin (YA)Door North Liberty Library

Dear Martin by Nic StoneRead alikes:The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasFor Every One by Jason ReynoldsMonday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. JacksonDoor North Liberty Library

Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo by Adrianna CuevasRead alikes: Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos HernandezThe Dream Weaver Reina Luz AlegreThe Cursed Moon by Angela CervantesDoor North Liberty Library

A Song Below Water by Bethany C. MorrowRead alikes:Dear Martin by Nic StoneUnequal : A Story of America by Michael Eric DysoThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasInk Knows No Borders : Poems of the Immigrant and Refugee Experience edited by Patrice VecchioneDoor North Liberty Library

The Ice House by Monica SherwoodRead alikes:When You Reach MeThe Thing About JellyfishBridge to TerabithiaDoor North Liberty Library

Eight Nights of Flirting by Hannah ReynoldsRead alikes:Lucy Clark will not Apologize by Margo RabbCool for the Summer by Dahlia AdlerFall of Whit Rivera by Crystal MaldonadoDoor North Liberty Library

The Talent Thief by Mike ThayerRead alikes:Simon Sort of Says by Erin BowAru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani ChokshiAmari and the Night Brothers by B.B. AlstonDoor North Liberty Library

Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric GansworthRead-alikes include:Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories For Kids edited by Cynthia Leitich SmithThe Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Life In Native America by David TreuerMe (Moth) by Amber McBrideDoor North Liberty Library

Don’t Want to be Your Monster by Deke MoultonRead-alikes include:The Way Back by Gavriel SavitGravebooks by J.A. WhiteDemons of the Ocean by Justin SomperDoor North Liberty Library

Felix Ever After by Kacen CallenderRead-alikes include:Act Cool by Tobly McSmithI Wish You All the Best by Mason DeaverMeet Cute Diary by Emery LeeDoor North Liberty Library

Greenglass House by Kate MilfordRead-alikes include:Winterhouse by Ben GutersonCity Spies by James PontiThe Mysterious Benedict Society Book by Trenton StewartDoor North Liberty Library

Cemetery Boys by Aiden ThomasRead-alikes include:Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemoreThe Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole NovoaThe Witch King by H.E. EdgmonHell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph WhiteDoor North Liberty Library

No Matter the Distance by Cindy BaldwinRead-alikes include: Like a Hurricane by Jonathan BecotteLasagna Means I Love You by Kate O'ShaughnessyFive Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott (YA book)Door North Liberty Library

Imogen, Obviously by Becky AlbertalliRead-alikes include: The Girl Next Door by Cecilia VinesseI Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonI'll Be the One by Lyla LeeDoor North Liberty Library

The Witch of Woodland by Laurel SnyderRead-alikes include: Hereville: How Mirka got her sword by Barry DeutschEllen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass.It's My Party and I Don't Want To Go by Amanda PanitchDoor North Liberty Library

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The Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline BoulleyRead-alikes include:A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little BadgerPatron Saints of Nothing by Randy Ribay Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea KempCity of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. AndersonDoor North Liberty Library

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Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit: https://iesusa.org/RSVP for Business Across Borders (Tuesday, July 25th):https://forms.office.com/g/ekQcYkQiiqDoor North Liberty Library

Next Reads: "Stamped For Kids" by North Liberty LibraryDoor North Liberty Library

Next Reads: "Tamarind And The Star Of Ishta" by North Liberty LibraryDoor North Liberty Library

Next Reads: "16 And Pregnant" by North Liberty LibraryDoor North Liberty Library

Next Reads: "The Town With No Mirrors" by North Liberty LibraryDoor North Liberty Library

Next Reads: "We Are Not Broken" by North Liberty LibraryDoor North Liberty Library

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour Read-alikes include: This one's for you by Kate Sweeney The Porcupine of Truth by Bill Konigsburg Paper Towns by John GreenDoor North Liberty Library

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling Read-alikes include: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty Forget me Not by Ellie Terry Roll with It by Jamie SumnerDoor North Liberty Library

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book The Davenports by Krystal Marquis Read-alikes include: A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia Pride by Ibi Aanu Zoboi Josephine by Beverly JenkinsDoor North Liberty Library

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Attack of the Black Rectangles by A. S. King Read-alikes include: Answers in the Pages by David Levithan (also featured on episode 38!) Ban this Book by Alan Gratz The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane YolenDoor North Liberty Library

Next Reads: "Holler Of The Fireflies" by North Liberty LibraryDoor North Liberty Library

This week on Next Reads, Erin reads from the book Feral Youth by Shaun David Hutchinson, Read-alikes include: Holdup by Terri Fields When I am Through with You by Stephanie Kuehn Sometimes we tell the Truth by Kim Zarins And of course the original Canterbury Tales by ChaucerDoor North Liberty Library