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Me & Earl & the Dying Girl

Jesse Andrews - FBA Powersetup
Format: Hardcover

It is a universally acknowledged truth that high school sucks. But on the first day of his senior year, Greg Gaines thinks he's figured it out. The answer to the basic existential question: How is it possible to exist in a place that sucks so bad? His strategy: remain at the periphery at all times....
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Joyride

Anna Banks - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Who says opposites dont attract?Its been several years since Carly Vegas parents were deported. Carly lives with her older brother, studies hard, and works the graveyard shift at a convenience store to earn enough to bring her parents back from Mexico. Arden Moss used to be the star quarterback...
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Lucid

Jay Bonansinga
Format: eBook

Lori Blaine is not your average seventeen-year-old high school student. Cool and iconoclastic in her dread-locks and natty thrift shop garb, with an IQ that's off the charts, she is the ersatz leader of a pack of Goth kids that circle around her in the halls of Valesburg Central
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Some Boys

Patty Blount - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Some girls say no. Some boys don't listen.When Grace meets Ian, she's afraid. Afraid he'll reject her like the rest of the school, like her own family. After she accuses Zac, the town golden boy, of rape, everyone turns against her. Ian wouldn't be the first to call her a slut...
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Better off friends

Elizabeth Eulberg - Point
Format: Hardcover

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY . . . for teens, from romantic comedy star Elizabeth Eulberg.

For Macallan and Levi, it was friends at first sight. Everyone says guys and girls cant be just friends, but these two are. They hang out after school, share tons of inside jokes,...
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Geography Club

Brent Hartinger - HarperTeen; First Edition/first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Book 1 in the Russel Middlebrook Series. Russel Middlebrook is convinced he's the only gay kid at Goodkind High School. Then his online gay-chat buddy turns out to be none other than Kevin, the popular but closeted star of the school's baseball team. Soon Russel meets other gay students...
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Stupid Fast

Geoff Herbach - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Book

Praise for Stupid Fast A rare mix of raw honesty and hilarity. Stupid Fast is Stupid Good! -Peter Bognanni, author of The House of TomorrowI AM NOT STUPID FUNNY.I AM STUPID FAST.My name is Felton Reinstein, which is not a fast name. But last November, my voice finally dropped and I grew...
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Shuffle, Repeat

Jen Klein - Random House Children's Books
Format: Print book

When Harry Met Sally for YA romance readers. This opposites-attract love story is perfect for fans of Huntley Fitzpatrick, Stephanie Perkins, and Jenny Han. June wants high school to end and real life to begin. Oliver is soaking up senior year's glory days. They could have coasted...
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Testing the Truth

Shannon Knudsen - Darby Creek
Format: Print book

When Kai Tamura sneaks into Ms. Opal's classroom for a look at an upcoming exam, he discovers that he's not the only one breaking rules. Ms. Opal is changing answers on her students' standardized tests?and Kai snaps some photos to prove it. Kai doesn't decide to bust Ms. Opal...
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How it Ends

Cathy Lo - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

There are two sides to every story. It's friends-at-first-sight for Jessie and Annie, proving the old adage that opposites attract. Shy, anxious Jessie would give anything to have Annie's beauty and confidence. And Annie thinks Jessie has the perfect life, with her close-knit...
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Tease

Amanda Maciel - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by real-life incidents, Amanda Maciel's highly acclaimed debut novel Tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and strong...
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Infinite in Between

Carolyn Mackler - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

The Breakfast Club meets Boyhood in this striking young adult novel from Printz Honor author Carolyn Mackler, which chronicles the lives of five teenagers through the thrills, heartbreaks, and joys of their four years in high school."Characters live, grow, and ultimately come of age in a beautifully...
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Reconstructing Amelia: A Novel

Kimberly McCreight - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In Reconstructing Amelia, the stunning debut novel from Kimberly McCreight, Kate's in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter's exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective...
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Truth and Nothing but

Stephanie Perry Moore - Darby Creek Publishing
Format: Print book

The Sharp sisters are bold, bright, sassy, stylin', and fierce. As the daughters of mayoral candidate Stanley Sharp, all eyes are on them as they attend high school. Every choice they make can make or break their father's campaign—and make or break their own chances for success....
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Dairy Queen

Catherine Gilbert Murdock - Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When you dont talk, theres a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.Harsh words indeed, from Brian Nelson of all people. But, D. J. cant help admitting, maybe hes right. When you dont talk, theres a lot of stuff that ends up not getting said.Stuff like why her best friend, Amber, isnt...
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This Is Where It Ends

Marieke Nijkamp - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

This #1 New York Times Bestseller chronicles the 54 harrowing minutes of a school shooting and follows four students who must confront their greatest hopes, and darkest fears, as they come face-to-face with the boy with the gun. 10:00 a. m. The principal of Opportunity, Alabama's high school...
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The Girl Who Fell

S M Parker - Simon Pulse
Format: Print book

In this gripping debut novel, high school senior Zephyr Doyle is swept off her feet - and into an intense and volatile relationship - by the new boy in school.His obsession. Her fall. Zephyr Doyle is focused. Focused on leading her team to the field hockey state championship and leaving...
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Giving Up the V

Serena Robar - Simon Pulse
Format: Paperback

Spencer “Responsible” Davis is nowhere ready to “give up the V,” as opposed to her hormonally crazed crew of friends, obsessed with the who-what-when-where-how of it all. “It” being . . . well, you get it. Even Spencer’s male friends, who claim...
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Bestest. Ramadan. Ever.

Medeia Sharif - Flux; Original edition
Format: Paperback

No pizza. No boyfriend. (No life.) Okay, so during Ramadan, we're not allowed to eat from sunrise to sunset. For one whole month. My family does this every year, even though I've been to a mosque exactly twice in my life. And it's true, I could stand to lose a few pounds. (Sadly,...
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Geek Girl

Holly Smale - Harpercollins
Format: Print book

Geek + runway = a runaway UK hit! Geek Girl is the first book in a hilarious, internationally bestselling series that's perfect for fans of Louise Rennison and The Princess Diaries.Harriet Manners is a geek. She always has been, and she thought she always would be - but when she's discovered...
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Spontaneous

Aaron Starmer
Format: Hardcover

"Aaron Starmer skillfully welds sharp humor, deep loss, and roaring escapades. Truly the smartest and funniest book about spontaneous combustion you will ever read." - John Green, #1 bestselling author of The Fault In Our StarsA darkly funny and sp
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This Is My Brain on Boys

Sarah Strohmeyer - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

Jane Austens Emma meets The Rosie Project in this quirky, irresistible, romantic comedy from Sarah Strohmeyer, the author of Smart Girls Get What They Want.Addie Emerson doesnt believe in love. Not for herself anyway. With one year left of high school, shes more interested in snagging a full...
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In Real Life

Lawrence Tabak - Tuttle Publishing; Hardcover with Jacket edition
Format: Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old math prodigy Seth Gordon knows exactly what he wants to do with his lifeplay video games. Every spare minute is devoted to honing his skills at Starfare, the worlds most popular computer game. His goal South Korea, where the top pros are rich and famous. But the best players...
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Fan Art

Sarah Tregay - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

A sweet contemporary romance about a boy who falls in love with his best friend, and the girls who help them get together.Jamie Peterson has a problem Even though he tries to keep his feelings to himself, everyone seems to know how he feels about Mason, and the girls in his art class are determined...
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Naked

Stacey Trombley - Entangled Publishing
Format: Paperback

The best place to hide is in a lie... I could never fit in to the life my parents demanded. By the time I was thirteen, it was too much. I ran away to New York City...and found a nightmare that lasted three years. A nightmare that began and ended with a pimp named Luis. Now I am Dirty Anna....
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The Art of Being Normal: A Novel

Lisa Williamson - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

An inspiring and timely debut novel from Lisa Williamson, The Art of Being Normal is about two transgender friends who figure out how to navigate teen life with help from each other. . David Piper has always been an outsider. His parents think hes gay. The school bully thinks hes a freak....
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Places No One Knows

Brenna Yovanoff - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

For fans of Lauren Oliver and E. Lockhart, here is a dreamy love story set in the dark halls of contemporary high school, from New York Times bestselling author Brenna Yovanoff. Waverly Camdenmar spends her nights running until she can't even think. Then the sun comes up, life...
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