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Wonder

R. J. Palacio - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS, OWEN WILSON, AND JACOB TREMBLAY!Over 5 million people have read the #1 New York Times bestseller WONDER and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy with an extraordinary face. The book that inspired the Choose...
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If You Could Be Mine: A Novel

Sara Farizan - Algonquin
Format: Book

Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children's/Young Adult One of Rolling Stone's 40 Best YA Novels A 2014 ALA Rainbow List Top 10 Title A BOOKLIST Top 10 First Novels for Youth 2013 A Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best" 2013 In this stunning debut,...
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The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley

Shaun David Hutchinson - Simon Pulse
Format: Print book

A heartbreaking yet uplifting story of grief about a boy who has lost everything, but finds new hope drawing in the shadows of a hospital. Features a thirty-two-page graphic novel.Andrew Brawley was supposed to die that night, just like the rest of his family. Now he lives in the hospital,...
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Sorta Like a Rock Star

Matthew Quick - ‎Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Coming to Netflix this summer as a major motion picture called ALL TOGETHER NOWJuno...
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Split

Swati Avasthi - Alfred A. Knopf
Format: Book

A riveting portrait of life after abuse from an award-winning novelist.Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father's fist) , $3.84, and a secret. He tries to move on, going for new friends,...
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Thirteen Reasons Why

Jay Asher - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Eerie, beautiful, and devastating." - Chicago Tribune "A stealthy hit with staying power. . . . thriller-like pacing." - The New York Times "Thirteen Reasons Why will leave you with...
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Ask the Passengers

A.S. King - Little
Format: Book

Astrid Jones desperately wants to confide in someone, but her mother's pushiness and her father's lack of interest tell her they're the last people she can trust. Instead, Astrid spends hours lying on the backyard picnic table watching airplanes fly overhead. She doesn't know the passengers...
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Blankets

Craig Thompson - Top Shelf
Format: Paperback

Named one of Time's top 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time!"...A rarity: a first-love story so well remembered and honest that it reminds you what falling in love feels like. ...achingly beautiful." - Time magazineWrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin...
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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.Liesel...
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The Fault in Our Stars

John Green - Dutton Books
Format: Paperback

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about...
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