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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Sherman Alexie - Little, Brown and Co.
Format: Paperback

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other...
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24 Girls in 7 Days

Alex Bradley - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

Jack Grammar, average American senior, has no date to the prom. Or so he thinks. Percy and Natalie, Jack's so-called best friends, posted an ad in the classified section of the online version of the school newspaper. They figured it couldn't hurt-after all, there's not much...
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Dan Versus Nature

Don Calame - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

From screenwriter Don Calame comes another outrageously funny and raunchy tale of teen boys whose plans go awry - this time, on a survivalist camping trip.Shy and scrawny Dan Weekes spends his time creating graphic novels inspired by his dream girl and looking out for his mom as she dates...
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Leverage

Joshua C. Cohen - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

A Top Ten Best Fiction Book for Young Adults as Selected by the American Library Association The football field is a battlefield Theres an extraordinary price for victory at Oregrove High It is paid on-and off-the football field And it claims its victims without mercy-including the most...
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The Maze Runner

James Dashner - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

Book one in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! And don't miss The Fever Code, the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how the maze was built! When Thomas wakes up in the lift,...
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Little Brother

Cory Doctorow - Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
Format: Book

But his whole world changes when he and his friends find themselves caught in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his crew are apprehended by the Department of Homeland Security and whisked away to a secret prison...
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Don't Turn Around

Michelle Gagnon - HarperCollins; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In Michelle Gagnons debut YA thriller, Dont Turn Around, computer hacker Noa Torson is as smart, tough, and complex as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoos Lisbeth Salander.The first in a trilogy, Dont Turn Arounds intricate plot and heart-pounding action will leave readers desperate for book...
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Paper Towns

John Green - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

From the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery #1 New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Publishers Weekly BestsellerNow a major motion picture When...
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Guys write for Guys read

Jon Scieszka - Viking Juvenile; Edition Unstated edition
Format: Hardcover

What is a typical guy moment, anyhow? Daniel Pinkwater remembers thedisappointment of meeting his Lone Star Ranger hero up close and personal. Gordon Korman relishes the goofy ultra violence of the old Looney Tunes cartoons. Stephen King realizes that having your two hundred- pound babysitter...
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Stick

Michael Harmon - Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Stick" is the best wide receiver in the history of his high school - the football seems magnetically drawn to his hands, hence his nickname. Preston is an outcast, and his pipsqueak stature and nerdy social status couldn't be further from a star athlete's. Stick...
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The Enemy

Charlie Higson - Hyperion
Format: Book

In the wake of a devastating disease, everyone sixteen and older is either dead or a decomposing, brainless creature with a ravenous appetite for flesh. Teens have barricaded themselves in buildings throughout London and venture outside only when they need to scavenge for food. The group...
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Go Big or Go Home

Will Hobbs - HarperCollins; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

A meteorite is hurtling toward the Black Hills of South Dakota. . . . Brady Steele watches in awe as a fireball comes crashing through the roof of his house. Brady immediately calls up his cousin, Quinn. They both love all things extreme, and this is the most extreme thing ever!Fred, as Brady...
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New Boy

Julian Houston
Format: Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Rob Garrett wants nothing more than to escape the segregated South and prove himself. But in late 1950s Virginia, opportunity doesn't come easily to an African American. So Rob's parents take the unusual step of enrolling their son in a Connecticut boarding sch
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Deacon Locke Went to Prom

BRIAN KATCHER - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

The love life of an awkward teen takes an unforgettable turn after he brings his grandmother to prom in this funny, offbeat, and smile-inducing contemporary romance that is pitch perfect for fans of Jesse Andrews and Robyn Schneider.Promposals are taking over Deacon Locke's high school...
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The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence

Stan Lee - Disney Press
Format: Hardcover

Stan Lee presents a brand new, magical, super-powered adventure! When twelve magical superpowers are unleashed on the world, a Chinese-America teenager named Steven will be thrown into the middle of an epic global chase. He'll have to master strange powers, outrun super-powered mercenaries,...
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Yellow Flag

Robert Lipsyte - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

In any race, there are drivers and, at the front of the pack, there are racers. In the final laps, it's the racer who moves his car through the sweet spot, picks off the competition, and drives through a hole to win. In Kyle's family, his older brother, Kris, has always been the racer,...
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Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Bccb Blue Ribbon Fiction Books (Awards))

David Lubar - Dutton Juvenile; 1st Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Starting high school is never easy. Seniors take your lunch money. Girls you’ve known forever are suddenly beautiful and unattainable.The guys you grew up with are drifting away.And you can never get enough sleep. Could there be a worse time for Scott’s mother to announce she’s...
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Traitor

Andy McNab - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Book

All his life Danny Watts has dreamed of becoming a soldier. But there's a problem: The grandfather he's never met, army hero Fergus Watts, was a notorious traitor, and now family history is keeping Danny out of Officer's Training school. Danny is determined to track Fergus down....
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The Prince of Venice Beach

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

Robert "'Cali" Callahan is a teen runaway, living on the streets of Venice Beach, California. He's got a pretty sweet life: a treehouse to sleep in, a gang of surf bros, a regular basketball game...even a girl who's maybe-sorta interested in him.What he doesn't...
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Always a Catch

Peter Richmond - Philomel Books
Format: Book

A ripped-from-the-headlines story about teens and steroids.From a New York Times bestselling sports writer comes the story of one boy's quest to stay true to himself without letting down his team. Jack and his father have never seen eye to eye ... until Jack's dad gives him the chance...
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Steelheart

Brandon Sanderson - Delacorte Press
Format: Book

The #1 New York Times bestseller that James Dashner called "fantastic," with "relentless" suspense and an "explosive" climax. And don't miss the rest of the Reckoners series, including Firefight - now a #1 New York Times bestseller...
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Orbiting Jupiter

Gary D. Schmidt - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

The two-time Newbery Honor winner Gary D. Schmidt delivers the shattering story of Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter, Jupiter. After spending time in a juvenile facility, he's placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn,...
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The Beginning of Everything

Robyn Schneider - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Paperback

Robyn Schneiders The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye.Varsity tennis captain Ezra...
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Winger

Andrew Smith - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in a heartbreakingly funny novel.Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He's living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby...
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The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love

Sarvenaz Tash - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

John Hughes meets Comic Con in this hilarious, unabashedly romantic, coming-of-age novel about a teenager who is trying to get his best friend to fall in love with him from the author of "Three Day Summer. " Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy... Archie and Veronica... Althena and Noth......
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The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

Teresa Toten - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

Filled with moments of deep emotion and unexpected humor, this understated and wise novel explores the complexities of living with OCD and offers the prospect of hope, happiness and healing. Perfect for readers who love Eleanor & Park and All the Bright Places. ADAM'S...
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Game Seven

Paul Volponi - Speak
Format: Hardcover

A fastball of a book by Paul Volponi - an author who knows sports and suspense! Julio Ramirez Jr. lives in the shadow of his famous father. Not just because Julio Senior is a pitcher for the Miami Marlins and famous for his scorching fastball, but because he defected from Cuba, leaving...
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Playing Without the Ball

Rich Wallace

Some might think Jay was cheated. By his mother, who walked out when he was 9. By his dad, who took a job a couple thousand miles away and let him stay above a bar in a one-room apartment. By the basketball coach, who saw his talent but chose youth over determination. And even Jay
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Leviathan

Scott Westerfeld - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Book

It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their Leviathan is a whale...
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Adam Canfield: The Last Reporter

Michael Winerip - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Raising money to resurrect the banned school paper brings Adam in contact with some quirky characters in this sharp, funny novel starring the ace middle-grade reporter.A "dirty" school election, suspicious state test scores - Adam Canfield and his star reporters are chasing...
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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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