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Caraval

Stephanie Garber - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestseller! Welcome, welcome to Caraval -- Stephanie Garber's sweeping tale of the unbreakable bond between two sisters. It's the closest you'll ever find to magic in this world...Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved...
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Long Way Home

Katie McGarry - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving It's the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it's up to her to do the saving....
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Wolverine vs. the Marvel Universe

Mark Gruenwald - Marvel Comics
Format: Print book

Wolverine takes on all comers in a collection of his classic brawls with Marvel's finest! Sparks fly as Adamantium claws strike Captain America's shield! Wolverine and Daredevil battle over Bushwacker! Spider-Man's world is forever changed in an espionage thriller! Wolverine...
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Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy

Chynna Clugston-Flores - BOOM! Box
Format: Paperback

The Lumberjanes and Gotham Academy kids team up!DREAM TEAM UP! When a teacher at Gotham Academy goes missing, it's up to Olive, Maps, Colton, Pom, and Kyle to figure out what is happening and how to get her back. With only an outdated birthday invitation as the clue, they find themselves...
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Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy

Chynna Clugston-Flores - BOOM! Box
Format: Paperback

The Lumberjanes and Gotham Academy kids team up!DREAM TEAM UP! When a teacher at Gotham Academy goes missing, it's up to Olive, Maps, Colton, Pom, and Kyle to figure out what is happening and how to get her back. With only an outdated birthday invitation as the clue, they find themselves...
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Fight Like a Girl: 50 Feminists Who Changed the World

Laura Barcella - Zest Books
Format: Print book

Nearly every day there's another news story, think piece, or pop cultural anecdote related to feminism and women's rights. Conversations around consent, equal pay, access to contraception, and a host of other issues are foremost topics of conversation in American media. And today's teens...
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Consider

Kristy Acevedo - Jolly Fish Press
Format: Print book

As if 17-year-old Alexandra Lucas' anxiety disorder isn't enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear, heralding the end of the world. They bring an ultimatum: heed the warning and step through a portal-like vertex to safety, or stay and be destroyed by a comet that is on a collision course...
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Ghostopolis

Doug TenNapel - GRAPHIX; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

A page-turning adventure of a boy's journey to the land of ghosts and back.Imagine Garth Hale's surprise when he's accidentally zapped to the spirit world by Frank Gallows, a washed-out ghost wrangler. Suddenly Garth finds he has powers the ghosts don't have, and he's...
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Consider

Kristy Acevedo - Jolly Fish Press
Format: Print book

As if 17-year-old Alexandra Lucas' anxiety disorder isn't enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear, heralding the end of the world. They bring an ultimatum: heed the warning and step through a portal-like vertex to safety, or stay and be destroyed by a comet that is on a collision course...
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A Crown of Wishes

Roshani Chokshi - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

From the author of The Star-Touched Queen comes a beautiful lush fantasy, Roshani Chokshi's A Crown of Wishes.Gauri, the princess of Bharata, has been taken as a prisoner of war by her kingdom's enemies. Faced with a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose....
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Wanderlost

Jen Malone - Harper Teen
Format: Print book

Not all those who wander are lost, but Aubree Sadler most definitely is on this novel's whirlwind trip through Europe. A romantic and charming YA debut perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins and Jenny Han.Aubree can't think of a better place to be than in perfectly boring Ohio, and she's...
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A Single Stone

Megan McKinlay - Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook

In an isolated society, one girl makes a discovery that will change everything - and learns that a single stone, once set in motion, can bring down a mountain.Jena - strong, respected, reliable - is the leader of the line, a job every girl in the village dreams of. Watched over by the Mothers...
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Asking For It

Louise O'Neill - Quercus
Format: Print book

Emma O'Donovan is eighteen, beautiful, and fearless. It's the beginning of summer in a quiet Irish town and tonight she and her friends have dressed to impress. Everyone is at the party, and all eyes are on Emma. The next morning Emma's parents discover her collapsed on the doorstop of their...
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Wrath of the Storm

Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Trouble has a way of seeking out Nicolas Calva, and it's not likely to leave him alone any time soon. With Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and the possibility of a Jupiter Stone in play, all the powers of Rome are circling Nic. He'll have to maneuver his way through scheming government...
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Rick and Morty Vol. 1

Zac Gorman - ‎Oni Press
Format: Paperback

The hit comic book series based on Dan Harmon and Justin Roilands hilarious [adult swim] animated show RICK & MORTY is now available in its first collection! Join the excitement as depraved genius Rick Sanchez embarks on insane adventures with his awkward grandson Morty across the universe...
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Middle School: Escape to Australia

James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

In the newest installment of James Patterson's bestselling Middle School series, everyone's favorite underdog hero Rafe Khatchadorian is headed to the dangerous wilds of Australia! Rafe isn't exactly considered a winner in Hills Village Middle School to say the least, but everything's...
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American Street

Ibi Zoboi - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

American Street is an evocative and powerful coming-of-age story perfect for fans of Everything, Everything; Bone Gap; and All American Boys. In this stunning debut novel, Pushcart-nominated author Ibi Zoboi draws on her own experience as a young Haitian immigrant, infusing this lyrical...
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Found: A Mickey Bolitar Novel, Book 3

Harlan Coben - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From internationally bestselling author Harlan Coben comes this third action-packed installment of his bestselling young adult series.It's been eight months since Mickey Bolitar witnessed the shocking, tragic death of his father. Eight months of lies, dark secrets, and unanswered questions....
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The Flip Side

Shawn Johnson - Simon & Schuster BFYR
Format: Print book

From gold medalist and reality TV star Shawn Johnson comes a debut YA novel inspired by her own experiences as an elite teenage gymnast just in time for the Summer 2016 Olympic games. Charlie Ryland has a secret. She may "seem" like your average high school sophomore but she s just...
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The End of Oz

Danielle Paige - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

In this dark, action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, Amy Gumm travels from Oz to the twisted land of Ev, where she fights to free Oz from evil once and for all.My name is Amy Gumm. You might remember me as the other girl from Kansas. When a tornado...
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Speed of Life

Carol Weston - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Hardcover

Sofia lost her mother eight months ago, and her friends were 100% there for her. Now it's a new year and they're ready for Sofia to move on.Problem is, Sofia can't bounce back, can't recharge like a cellphone. She decides to write Dear Kate, an advice columnist for Fifteen Magazine, and is surprised...
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We Are Still Tornadoes: A Novel

Michael Kun - St. Martins Griffin
Format: Hardcover

"Readers aching for a combination of the 80s and a romance like Rainbow Rowells Eleanor & Park will be stoked." -- BOOKLIST . Its the summer of 1982, and for Scott and Cath, everything is about to change. . Growing up across the street from each other, Scott and Cath have been...
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Stranger Than Fanfiction

Chris Colfer - ‎Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a funny, heartbreaking, unforgettable novel about friendship and fame. Cash Carter...
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Radio Silence

Alice Oseman - Harper Teen
Format: Print book

From critically acclaimed author Alice Oseman comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic new teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said "could put her among the great...
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City of Saints & Thieves

Natalie Anderson - Putnam Pub Group
Format: Print book

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Gone Girl in this enthralling murder mystery set in Kenya. In the shadows of Sangui City, there lives a girl who doesn't exist. After fleeing the Congo as refugees, Tina and her mother arrived in Kenya looking for the chance to build a new life...
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Life in a Fishbowl

Len Vlahos - Bloomsbury
Format: Print book

Fifteen-year-old Jackie Stone's father is dying.When Jackie discovers that her father has been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, her whole world starts to crumble. She can't imagine how she'll live without him . . . Then, in a desperate act to secure his family's future, Jackie's father...
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Dreamland Burning

Jennifer Latham - Little
Format: Print book

Some bodies won't stay buried.Some stories need to be told. When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family's property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past... and the present.Nearly...
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Blacklist

Alyson Noel - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book

Internationally bestselling author Alyson Noel is back with Blacklist, the second book in her Beautiful Idols series, where celebrity worship becomes a dark and dangerous game. A glizy guilty pleasure read for mystery novel addcits and fans of the Pretty Little Liars books and TV show.Wannabe...
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Goodbye Days

Jeff Zentner - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

"Gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately life-affirming," says Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also A Star, of this novel about finding strength and hope after tragedy. Perfect for fans of Me and Earl...
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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

Steve Sheinkin - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

"Sheinkin has made a career of finding extraordinary stories in American history." -- The New York Times Book ReviewUndefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog sports story -- and more. It's an unflinching look...
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Frogkisser!

Garth Nix - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Poor Princess Anya. Forced to live with her evil stepmother's new husband, her evil stepstepfather. Plagued with an unfortunate ability to break curses with a magic-assisted kiss. And forced to go on the run when her stepstepfather decides to make the kingdom entirely his own.Aided by a loyal...
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Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers

Deborah Heiligman - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Printz Honor Book * YALSA Nonfiction Award Winner * Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner * SCBWI Golden Kite Winner * Cybils Senior High Nonfiction Award WinnerFrom the author of National Book Award finalist Charles and Emma comes an incredible story of brotherly love.The deep...
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Bang

BARRY LYGA - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Fans of 13 Reasons Why will find a lot to like in Lyga's latest." --Entertainment Weekly
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Grendel's Guide to Love and War

A E Kaplan - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Perks of Being a Wallflower meets Revenge of the Nerds in this tale of a teen misfit who seeks to take down the bro next door, but ends up falling for his enemy's sister and uncovering difficult truths about his family in the process. Tom Grendel lives a quiet life - writing...
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Say I Love You. Vol. 17

Kanae Hazuki - Kodansha Comics
Format: Hardcover

LOVE AT A DISTANCE Mei is now in a vocational school to become a preschool teacher, and Yamato is in college with the aim of eventually becoming a professional photographer. But as they get more involved in their individual pursuits, they have fewer chances to see each other, putting a strain...
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My Hero Academia, Vol. 7 (7)

Kohei Horikoshi - VIZ Media LLC
Format: Paperback

Midoriya inherits the superpower of the worlds greatest hero, but greatness wont come easy.. What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks"? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning...
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Skim

Mariko Tamaki - Groundwood Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

"Skim" is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth who goes to a private girls' school in the early '90s. When her classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her boyfriend, who then kills himself — possibly because he's (maybe) gay — the entire...
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Bull

David Elliott - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Much like Lin-Manuel Miranda did in Hamilton, the New York Times best-selling author David Elliott turns a classic on its head in form and approach, updating the timeless story of Theseus and the Minotaur. A rough, rowdy, and darkly comedic young adult retelling in verse,...
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Legion

Julie Kagawa - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

From the limitless imagination of Julie Kagawa comes the next thrilling novel in The Talon Saga. The legions will be unleashed, and no human, rogue dragon or former dragonslayer can stand against the coming horde. Dragon hatchling Ember Hill was never prepared to find love at all - dragons...
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Triple Threat

Gwenda Bond - Switch Pr
Format: Print book

She's cracked down on a mind-melding gang of bullies and saved the ex-mayor of Metropolis from the double who framed him. But now, Lois Lane embarks on a case even she isn't sure she can solve . . .
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Alex and Eliza: A Love Story

Melissa de la Cruz - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Witches of East End and the Descendants series comes the love story of young Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler. 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance,...
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Mars One

Jonathan Maberry - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Go on the adventure of a lifetime with a teen and his family after they are selected to colonize Mars in this thrilling new novel from multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry.. Tristan has known that he and his family were going to be on the first mission to colonize...
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The Bone Witch

Rin Chupeco - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Young Adult Book of Spring 2017!In the captivating start to a new, darkly lyrical fantasy series for readers of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir, Tea can raise the dead, but resurrection comes at a price...Let me be clear: I never intended to raise my brother...
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