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Masters of Make-up Effects
Berger, Howard (Special effects makeup artist)
Cursed Bunny
Chung, Bora
Feast While You Can
Clements, Mikaella
Queer as Folklore
Coward, Sacha
Freaky Folklore
Darkness Prevails
Humans
Davies, Surekha
Monsters
Dederer, Claire
This Book Won't Burn
Ahmed, Samira (Fiction writer)
Zodiac
Ai, Weiwei
The Book Censor's Library
ʻĪsá, Buthaynah
Banned Books
Banned Together
The Genius of Judy
Bergstein, Rachelle
Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray
The Jump
Morris, Brittney
The Game of Love and Death
Brockenbrough, Martha
The Blackwoods
Colbert, Brandy
Six Truths and A Lie
Shukairy, Ream
Ruin Road
Giles, Lamar
Life Skills Book for Teens
Stiles, Maureen
Sunshine
Krosoczka, Jarrett
Rick Kotani's 400 Million Dollar Summer
Brown, Waka T.
Big Family Beach Day
Crews, Nina
Sam(ira)'s Worst (best) Summer
Hamza, Nina
On A Summer Night
Hopkinson, Deborah
City Summer, Country Summer
Laymon, Kiese
Summer at Squee
Wang, Andrea
One Crazy Summer
Williams-Garcia, Rita
To Go on Living
Abgari͡an, Narinė
A Perfect Day to Be Alone
Aoyama, Nanae
On the Clock
Baglin, Claire
The Unworthy
Bazterrica, Agustina María
Mother River
Canxue
The Remembered Soldier
Daanje, Anjet
Eternal Summer
Gänsler, Franziska
