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Pieces of Me

Amber Kizer - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

When high school oddball and introvert Jessica Chai is killed in a car accident, her parents decide that Jessica would have wanted her organs donated to those who so desperately need these gifts of life. But Jessica is angry about dying and being dismembered. Taking the idea of cell memory...
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Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek

Maya van Wagenen - ‎Dutton Books for Young Readers; First Edition
Format: Hardcover

2015 YALSA Award for Excellence in NonfictionNew York Times Bestseller A breakout teen author explores...
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Grandmaster: A Novel

David Klass - Square Fish/Frances Foster Books
Format: Print book

Freshman Daniel Pratzer gets a chance to prove himself when the chess team invites him and his father to a weekend-long parent-child tournament. Daniel, thinking that his father is a novice, can't understand why his teammates want so badly for them to participate. Then he finds out the truth:...
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The Body in the Woods: A Point Last Seen Mystery

April Henry - Square Fish, Henry Holt and Company, 2015. ©2014
Format: Print book

Alexis, Nick, and Ruby have very different backgrounds: Alexis has spent her life covering for her mom's mental illness, Nick's bravado hides his fear of not being good enough, and Ruby just wants to pursue her eccentric interests in a world that doesn't understand her. When the three teens...
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Buzz Kill

Beth Fantaskey - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Seventeen-year-old Millie joins forces with her classmate, gorgeous but mysterious Chase Colton, to try to uncover who murdered head football coach "Hollerin' Hank" Killdare--and why.
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Midnight Thief, Book 1 Midnight Thief

Livia Blackburne - Hyperion, 2015. ©2014
Format: Print book

Growing up on Forge's streets has taught Kyra how to stretch a coin. And when that's not enough, her uncanny ability to scale walls and bypass guards helps her take what she needs.But when the leader of the Assassins Guild offers Kyra a lucrative job, she hesitates. She knows how to get by on her own,...
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Famous Last Words

Katie Alender - Scholastic, 2015.
Format: Print book

Hollywood history, mystery, murder, mayhem, and delicious romance collide in this unputdownable thriller from master storyteller Katie Alender. Now in paperback!Willa is freaking out. It seems like she's seeing things. Like a dead body in her swimming pool. Frantic messages on her walls....
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Falls the Shadow

Stefanie Gaither - Simon & Schuster BFYR
Format: Print book

Cate's sister may be a clone, but that doesn't make her a killer. Does it? Murder, morality, and a slow-burning romance fill the pages of this futuristic thriller "for die-hard fans of Divergent and The Hunger Games" (Kirkus Reviews) .When Cate Benson was a kid,...
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Just a Drop of Water

Kerry O'Malley Cerra - Sky Pony Press
Format: Book

Ever since he was little, Jake Green has longed to be a soldier and a hero like his grandpa, who died serving his country. Right now, though, he just wants to outsmartand outrunthe rival cross country team, the Palmetto Bugs. But then the tragedy of September 11 happens. It s quickly discovered...
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I Have a Bad Feeling About This

Jeff Strand - Sourcebooks, 2013.
Format: Paperback

Wilderness Survival Tip #1 Drinking your own sweat will not save your life. Somebody might have told you that, but they were trying to find out if you'd really do it. Henry Lambert would rather play video games than spend time in the great outdoors -- but that doesn't make him a wuss. Skinny...
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The Blood Guard

Carter Roy - Two Lions
Format: Print book

When thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove's seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too? His mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact,...
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The Blood Guard

Carter Roy - Two Lions
Format: Print book

When thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove s seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too? His mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact,...
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Codename Zero

Chris Rylander - Walden Pond Pr
Format: Print book

From Chris Rylander, author of the breakout hit Fourth Stall saga, comes an incredibly funny and clever mash-up of middle grade school story and spy adventure.There are places in the world where heroes are born. There are places where brave men and women fight a never-ending battle against...
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