Low-Key Kinda Smart

  The shapeless medicine of a dragon's breath is change. To Shape a Dragon's Breath Moniquill Blackgoose Year Published: 2023 Pages: 511 Genres: Fantasy, alternate history, academia, steampunk Topics: Colonization, racism, LGBTQ identity, dragons Recognition     Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction, 2023     Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, 2024 Summary Fifteen-year-old Anequs never thought she was anything special. She always assumed she would grow up to take care of her family household, according to the tradition of the indigenous people of the island of Masquapaug. But when she discovers a dragon egg and forms a powerful bond with its hatchling —the first dragon born on the island in generations —she realizes her life will have to change. Because her people have forgotten how to live with dragons and control their powerful breath, Anequs travels with her dragon to the only place she knows where she can learn t...

   People are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Becky Albertalli   Year Published: 2015 Pages: 303 Genres: YA fiction, contemporary realistic fiction, LGBTQ fiction, romance Topics: Coming out, first love, high school, friendship Recognition     William C. Morris YA Debut Book Award, 2016     Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2015     Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's/Young Adult LGBTQ Literature, 2015     Basis for the 2018 film Love, Simon Summary Simon Spier is a high school junior in an Atlanta suburb. He loves Oreos and Elliott Smith, and he's in the school production of Oliver! He's also gay, but no one else knows that yet. When Simon is captivated by a social media post from a boy at his school who uses the pen name "Blue," the two strike up an anonymous email correspondence with each other. Hiding behind...