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5 new YA reads to check out this fall

As autumn's chill creeps in, we look to five new YA releases that will both haunt you and bewitch your heart, including books by the authors of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and The City Beautiful.
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As autumn's chill creeps in, we look to five new YA releases that will both haunt you and bewitch your heart.

Serious, pensive and heartfelt, these novels will reward the reader with unusual — and important — perspectives.

We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

Avery barely remembers her grandmother, Mama Letty. So when her family moves from D.C. to Bardell County, Georgia, to be with her while she dies of cancer, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Avery and her mom haven't even visited since Avery was a toddler — and it's pretty clear that it's because her grandmother is a bitter, unpleasant woman. At least Avery is able to make new friends — and maybe her cute next door neighbor Simone could be even more than a friend.

But the longer Avery spends in Bardell, the more she begins to think that there are a lot of

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