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Metaltown

Kristen Simmons - Recorded Books
Format: Hardcover

Newsies meets The Jungle in an all-new stand-alone novel from the author of Article 5 and The Glass Arrow. Best friends Colin and Ty live one day at a time - the only way its possible to survive in Metaltown, where money is in short supply, illness runs rampant, and street rules are the highest...
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Take the Key and Lock Her Up

Ally Carter - Scholastic (Us)
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter returns with the third entry in this runaway series. For the past three years, Grace Blakely has been desperate to find out the truth about her mother's murder. She thought it would bring her peace. She thought it would lead her to answers....
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Gemina

Amie Kaufman - New York
Format: Print book

The highly anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that critics are calling "out-of-this-world awesome." Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna's social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed....
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Bad Blood

Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Hyperion
Format: Print book

When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals program, she had one goal: uncover the truth about her mother's murder. But now, everything Cassie thought she knew about what happened that night has been called into question. Her mother is alive, and the people holding her captive are more...
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When the Sea Turned to Silver

Grace Lin - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller A National Book Award FinalistAn IndieBound BestsellerThis breathtaking, full-color illustrated fantasy is inspired by Chinese folklore, and is a companion to the Newbery Honor winner Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother...
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Archie Vol. 2

Mark Waid - Archie Comics
Format: Print book

The all-new ARCHIE adventure continues! Superstar writer Mark Waid teams up with the best and brightest artists in comics to bring a modern take to the legendary Riverdale cast of characters. The book will captures the bite and hilarious edge of Archie's original tales in a modern, forward-looking...
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The Romantics

Leah Konen - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Lauren Myracle and Rainbow Rowell, The Romantics will charm readers of all ages. Gael Brennan is about to have his heart broken when his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents' painful separation. Love intervenes with the intention of setting...
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The Last One: A Novel

Alexandra Oliva - Random House Audio
Format: Audiobook

Survival is the name of the game as the line blurs between reality TV and reality itself in Alexandra Olivas fast-paced novel of suspense. She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far. It begins with a reality TV show. Twelve contestants are sent into the woods to face...
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Boy Robot

Simon Curtis - Simon Pulse
Format: Print book

Seventeen-year-old Isaak discovers the truth about his origin and the underground forces that must come together to fight against a secret government organization formed to eradicate those like him in this high-octane science fiction debut.There once was a boy who was made, not created....
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Pushing Perfect

Michelle Falkoff - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

A girl's quest for perfection results in dangerous consequences in this smart, suspenseful YA novel by the author of Playlist for the Dead. Fans of We Were Liars and The Secret History will devour this layered, ensemble-cast novel, which will keep readers thinking - and guessing - until...
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Lockwood & Co. The Creeping Shadow

Jonathan Stroud - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Print book

After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy, Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment....
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Fate of Flames (1) (The Effigies)

Sarah Raughley - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Paperback

Four girls with the power to control the elements must come together to save the world from a terrible evil in this "series opener [that] has it all" (Kirkus Reviews) .. Years ago, everything changed. Phantoms, massive beasts of nightmare, began terrorizing the world. At the same...
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The Diabolic

S J Kincaid - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens when the galaxy's most deadly weapon masquerades as a senator's daughter and a hostage of the galactic court.A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single task: Kill in order...
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Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II

Albert Marrin - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA BOOKLIST Editor's ChoiceOn the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes a harrowing and enlightening look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II - from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin...
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Interference

Kay Honeyman - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Print book

As a Congressman's daughter in Washington, D.C., Kate Hamilton is good at getting what she wants -- what some people might call "interfering." But when her family moves to West Texas so her dad can run in a special election, Kate encounters some difficulties that test all her political...
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The Rains: A Novel

Gregg Hurwitz - Tor Teen
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Rick Yancey's "The 5th Wave, " the first YA page-turner from "New York Times "bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz. In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns into a war zone. No one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance...
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Plutona

Jeff Lemire - Image Comics
Format: Print book

Five kids discover the body of the world's greatest super hero, Plutona, in the woods after school one day. This discovery sends them on a dark journey that will threaten to tear apart their friendship and their lives.
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Doctor Strange Vol. 1: The Way of the Weird

Jason Aaron - Marvel Comics
Format: Print book

Only Doctor Strange can protect our world from the darkness beyond - now, witness the full toll that constant struggle takes on Earth's Sorcerer Supreme! Every spell cast comes at a cost, but what happens when Strange falls behind on his tab? Find out as the good doctor wakes up somewhere...
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Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 10 (10)

Sui Ishida - VIZ Media LLC
Format: Paperback

Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh.. Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way - except their craving for human flesh.. Ken Kaneki is an ordinary college student until a violent encounter turns him into...
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The Dog, Ray

Linda Coggin - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

By turns humorous, poignant, and moving, this tale of a girl who comes back to Earth as a dog is a nuanced portrait of death, love, grief, and hope.When my death came it was swift. Swift as a running horse. It wasted no time.Daisy, age twelve, has died in a car accident. She finds...
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Wildings

Eleanor Glewwe - Viking Childrens Books
Format: Print book

A captivating fantasy about the bond between twins, and the power of children to stand up for what's right.Rivka is one of the magical elite and the daughter of an important ambassador. But she harbors a deep secret: She once had a twin brother, Arik. When Arik failed to develop his own magical...
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Elite: A Hunter novel

Mercedes Lackey - Hyperion
Format: Print book

Hunting monsters was supposed to be the hard part. When Joy came to Apex City, all she cared about was protecting the Cits from the dangers lurking outside protective barriers. She understood the need for the secrecy surrounding her Hunts-no need to cause a panic by announcing just how real...
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When the moon was ours.

Anna-Marie Mclemore - A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

Longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Young People's LiteratureStonewall Book Award Honor"McLemore's second novel is such a lush surprising fable, you half expect birds to fly out of the pages ... McLemore uses the supernatural to remind us that the body's need to speak...
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Holding Up the Universe

Jennifer Niven - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places comes a heart-wrenching story about what it means to see someone - and love someone - for who they truly are.Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed...
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What Light

Jay Asher - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From Jay Asher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why, comes a holiday romance that will break your heart, but soon have you believing in love again. . . . "A beautiful story of love and forgiveness."...
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The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

Chelsea Sedoti - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Print book

Hawthorn wasn't trying to insert herself into a missing person's investigation. Or maybe she was. But that's only because Lizzie Lovett's disappearance is the one fascinating mystery their sleepy town has ever had. Bad things don't happen to popular girls like Lizzie Lovett, and Hawthorn...
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The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos

Kami Garcia - Imprint
Format: Print book

How did Fox Mulder become a believerRead this dark thriller to find out why millions of people became obsessed with The X-Files. In the spring of 1979, seventeen-year-old Fox Mulder has bigger problems than applying for college. Five years ago, his younger sister disappeared from...
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Star Wars: Ahsoka

E. K. Johnston - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

Fans have long wondered what happened to Ahsoka after she left the Jedi Order near the end of the Clone Wars and before she reappeared as the mysterious Rebel operative Fulcrum in Rebels. Finally her story will begin to be told. Following her experiences with the Jedi and the devastation...
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Star Wars: Ahsoka

E. K. Johnston - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

Fans have long wondered what happened to Ahsoka after she left the Jedi Order near the end of the Clone Wars and before she reappeared as the mysterious Rebel operative Fulcrum in Rebels. Finally her story will begin to be told. Following her experiences with the Jedi and the devastation...
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The Warden's Daughter

Jerry Spinelli - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Print book

From Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli (Maniac Magee, Stargirl) comes the "moving and memorable" (Kirkus Reviews, starred) story of a girl searching for happiness inside the walls of a prison. Cammie O'Reilly lives at the Hancock County Prison--not as a prisoner,...
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The Boomerang Effect

Gordon Jack - Harper Teen
Format: Print book

A hilariously subversive YA debut that explores the meaning of friendship and loyalty, and also why you should avoid being trapped in a small space with an angry chicken. Perfect for fans of Andrew Smith's Winger and Frank Portman's King Dork.It all started with a harmless prank. But now high...
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Maresi

Maria Turtschaninoff - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

Only women and girls are allowed in the Red Abbey, a haven from abuse and oppression. Maresi, a thirteen-year-old novice there, arrived in the hunger winter and now lives a happy life in the Abbey, protected by the Mother and reveling in the vast library in the House of Knowledge, her favorite...
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The March Against Fear: The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power

Ann Bausum - National Geographic Partners
Format: Print book

James Meredith's 1966 march in Mississippi began as one man's peaceful protest for voter registration and became one of the South's most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. It brought together leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael, who formed an unlikely...
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

Cassandra Clare - Margaret Mcelderry Bks
Format: Print book

The New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling collection of short stories chronicling the adventures of Simon Lewis as he trains to become a Shadowhunter is now available in print for the first time with ten brand-new comic illustrations!Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire,...
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This is Our Story

Ashley Elston - Hyperion
Format: Print book

No one knows what happened that morning at River Point. Five boys went hunting. Four came back. The boys won't say who fired the shot that killed their friend, Grant; the evidence shows it could have been any one of them. Kate Marino's senior year internship at the District Attorney's Office...
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Trevor Noah - Spiegel & Grau
Format: Paperback

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man's coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times...
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Teach Me to Forget

Erica Chapman - Merit Press
Format: Print book

Ellery wants to die. Nothing is going right. Her younger sister is dead, and her family is in a shambles. But on the day that she tries to end it all, even the gun won't work. When she tries to return it, she's intercepted by a security guard who also happens to be a boy in one of her classes,...
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Frostblood

Elly Blake - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

This New York Times bestseller is perfect for fans of Red Queen. An "enchanting and fast-paced debut" that "lights up the page with magic, romance, and action."Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a Fireblood who has concealed her powers of heat and flame from the cruel...
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A List of Cages

Robin Roe - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

FIVE STARRED REVIEWS! #1 BESTSELLER! "I love this book with my whole heart."--Jennifer Niven "Remarkably gripping and moving."--Emma Donoghue "Triumphant."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Beautiful and brilliant."--Shelf Awareness (starred review)...
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Lost Stars

Lisa Selin Davis - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Eleanor & Park meets Perks of Being a Wallflower in this bittersweet 1980's story about love, loss, and a comet that only comes around every ninety-seven years. When Carrie looks through her telescope, the world makes sense. It's life here on Earth that's hard to decipher....
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A Million Worlds with You

Claudia Gray - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

The fate of the multiverse rests in Marguerite's hands in the final installment of the Firebird trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray.Ever since she used the Firebird, her parent's invention, to cross through alternate dimensions, Marguerite has been at the center of a cross-dimensional...
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Rules of the Game

James Frey - HarperCollins
Format: Print book

The explosive final novel in the Endgame trilogy. Two keys have been found. The strongest Players are left. One final key remains to win Endgame and save the world.For Sarah, Jago, Aisling, Maccabee, Shari, An, and Hilal, Endgame has reached its final phase. The third key, Sun Key, is all that...
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Ever the Hunted: A Clash of Kingdoms Novel

Erin Summerill - Dreamscape Media
Format: Audiobook

Seventeen year-old Britta Flannery is at ease only in the woods with her dagger and bow. She spends her days tracking criminals alongside her father, a legendary bounty hunter -- that is, until her father is murdered. The alleged killer is none other than Cohen McKay, her father's former...
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor

Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Print book

Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal...
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We Know It Was You

Maggie Thrash - Simon Pulse
Format: Print book

Twin Peaks meets Pretty Little Liars in acclaimed author Maggie Thrash's new Strange Truth series.It's better to know the truth. At least sometimes. Halfway through Friday night's football game, beautiful cheerleader Brittany Montague - dressed as the giant Winship...
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Girl Online: Going Solo: The Third Novel by Zoella

Zoe Sugg - Atria/Keywords Press
Format: Print book

The third novel in the New York Times bestselling Girl Online series by the award-winning YouTuber and blogger Zoe "Zoella" Sugg.Penny's life is back to normal. As Penny starts the school year she's ready to face the world - alone. Noah has gone off the radar after ending...
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History Is All You Left Me

Adam Silvera - Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

"This book will make you cry, think, and then cry some more." - Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything From the New York Times bestselling author of More Happy Than Not comes an explosive examination of grief, mental illness,...
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

J K Rowling - Arthur A Levine
Format: Print book

When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone... Inspired by the original Hogwarts textbook by Newt Scamander,...
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Darkstalker

Tui Sutherland - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

Three dragons. One unavoidable, unpredictable destiny. This is the beginning... of the end. In the SeaWing kingdom, a young prince learns he is an animus -- capable of wonderful magic that comes with a terrible price. In the mind of a NightWing dragonet, a thousand futures unfold -- and almost...
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Wayfarer (Passenger)

Alexandra Bracken - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Paperback

Ive been orphaned by my time.The timeline has changed.My future is gone.Etta Spencer didnt know she was a traveler until the day she emerged both miles and years from her home. Now, robbed of the powerful object that was her only hope of saving her mother, Etta finds herself stranded once...
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Carve the Mark

Veronica Roth - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book

Fans of Star Wars and Divergent will revel in internationally bestselling author Veronica Roth's stunning new science-fiction fantasy series.On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape...
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Vassa in the night

Sarah Porter - Tor Teen
Format: Print book

"A dark, thoroughly modern fairy tale crackling with wit and magical mayhem." -- Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone "An enchantingly twisted modern fairy tale, perfect for those who prefer Grimm to Disney. Inventive, darkly...
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Heartless

Marissa Meyer - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

The #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller that Gregory Maguire (Wicked and After Alice) calls "full of heart."Long before she was the terror of Wonderland, she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love. Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite...
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Financial Literacy for Millennials: A Practical Guide to Managing Your Financial Life for Teens, College Students, and Young Adults

Andrew O. Smith CFO - Praeger
Format: Print book

There is growing awareness that teaching consumers more about finance is an urgent national priority--and that their education should begin early. Combining practical advice with targeted information on virtually every aspect of personal finance and money management, this book is the ideal...
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We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler

Russell Freedman - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed...
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