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I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys (Feb. 1)

Award-winning author Ruta Sepetys’ latest historical YA novel follows a 17-year-old aspiring writer in Romania who is blackmailed by the secret police to become an informant. “Sepetys brilliantly blends a staggering amount of research with heart, craft, and insight in a way very few writers can,” praises Kirkus Reviews in a starred review of this “compulsively readable and brilliant” book.

Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie (Feb. 8)

This debut novel stars boy-crazy Cuban American teenager Ophelia Rojas, who discovers “the course of love –

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