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📖A Girl's Guide to Love and Magic

Debbie Rigaud

Scholastic Press 

Ages: 14 and up

Pages: 288

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Cover Art | A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic by Debbie Rigaud

Perfect for fans of The Sun Is Also a Star and Blackout, this YA novel from Debbie Rigaud is a celebration of Haitian and Caribbean culture, and a story of first love, vodou, and finding yourself, all set against the backdrop of the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn.

Cicely Destin, a Haitian American teen living in Brooklyn, loves the annual West Indian Day Parade that takes place in her neighborhood. The colors, clothes, tastes, sights, and sounds all celebrating Caribbean culture fill her with pride and joy. This year, the parade will be extra special: it falls on Cicely's birthday, AND Cicely will get to hang out with her awesome aunt, Mimose, a social media influencer known for dabbling in Haitian vodou. But when Mimose's dabbling becomes a little too real, and she seems to be possessed by a rogue spirit right before the parade, it's up to Cicely, plus her best friend, Renee, and her crush (!), Kwame, to try to set things right. Cicely and her friends set off on a winding, thrilling scavenger hunt through Brooklyn to find the items that will undo the possession. But can Cicely help her aunt if she doesn't fully realize her own powers just yet?

This nuanced, joyful, and loving exploration of Haitian American culture, based on Debbie Rigaud's own experiences growing up, is pure magic.

Artwork by Erick Dávila

Release date | Jul 26, 2022 Goodreads

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Simone Breaks All the Rules Excerpt

It's senior year, and Simone Thibodeaux is ready to shake things up.

Until now, her life has been sealed in a boy-proof container, thanks to her strict Haitian immigrant parents, who enforce no-dating rules and send Simone to an all-girls high school. As for prom? Simone is allowed to go on one condition: Her parents will select her date (a boy from a nice Haitian immigrant family, obviously).

Simone is desperate to avoid the humiliation of the setup -- especially since she's crushing on a boy she knows her parents wouldn't approve of. It's time to take action. So Simone and her fellow late-bloomer friends make a Senior Year Bucket List of all the things they haven't had a chance to do. Like: sneaking out of the house, skipping class (gasp!), and oh yeah -- choosing their own prom dates.

But as the list takes on a life of its own, things get much more complicated than Simone expected. She'll have to discover which rules are worth breaking, and which might save her from heartbreak.

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Photos from my wonderfully supportive friend (and mega-talented author) Debbie Rigaud, who posted them to her instagram. 

These are going to her kids-- it means a lot to me to create work that can help Black children feel seen and loved and represented.

That is especially important right now.

You can find these notebooks, stickers, and waaaay more on my Redbubble page! <3

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SIMONE BREAKS ALL THE RULES

by Debbie Rigaud

(Scholastic Press, 6/1/21)

9781338681727

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Late bloomers unite! This fresh and funny #ownvoices novel from rising star Debbie Rigaud is perfect for fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and Booksmart. Simone Thibodeaux's life is sealed in a boy-proof container. Her strict Haitian immigrant parents enforce no-dating rules and curfews, and send Simone to an all-girls school. As for prom? Simone is allowed to go on one condition: her parents will select her date (a boy from a nice Haitian immigrant family, obviously). Simone is desperate to avoid the humiliation of the set up -- especially since she's crushing on a boy she knows her parents wouldn't approve of. With senior year coming to a close, Simone makes a decision. She and her fellow late-bloomer friends will create a Senior Year Bucket List of all the things they haven't had a chance to do. On the list: kissing a boy, sneaking out of the house, skipping class (gasp!), and, oh yeah -- choosing your own prom date. But as the list takes on a life of its own, things get more complicated than Simone expected. She'll have to discover which rules are worth breaking, and which will save her from heartbreak.

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (July 30th, 2019) ___

Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know! ___

New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen

Shatter the Sky by Rebecca Kim Wells

The Year They Fell by David Kreizman

Truly, Madly, Royally by Debbie Rigaud

Skyjacked by Paul Griffin

The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill

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New Sequels:

Spark (Skin Books #2) by Alice Broadway

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Happy reading!

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I am *finally* putting up some of the photos from #CLE Reads.

The day was beautiful and the Festival was perfectly organized.  The authors were funny and wise and generous and I had a great time hearing everything they had to say.

I really hope they do it again next year.