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September 25, 2019

Hamilton and Peggy!: A Revolutionary Friendship

L M ELLIOTT - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

Drawing from historical journals and letters, New York Times bestselling author Laura Elliot weaves a richly detailed tale about the extraordinary Peggy Schuyler and her revolutionary friendship with Alexander Hamilton. Perfect for fans of the smash Broadway musical sensation Hamilton.Peggy...
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All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"A do not miss for fans of Eleanor and Park and The Fault in Our Stars, and basically anyone who can breathe."--Justine MagazineA New York Times bestsellerSoon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning!A 2016 Zoella Book Club Pick! Theodore...
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Finnikin of the Rock

Melina Marchetta - Candlewick Press
Format: Book

2008 Printz Award Winner Melina Marchetta crafts an epic fantasy of ancient magic, exile, feudal intrigue, and romance that rivets from the first page.

Finnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were...
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When Dimple Met Rishi

Sandhya Menon - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller An NPR Best Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2017 A School Library Journal Best Young Adult Book of 2017 A Bustle Best YA Novel of 2017 A PopSugar Best Young Adult Novel...
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Sailor Moon 1

Naoko Takeuchi - ‎Kodansha Comics; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

Usagi Tsukino is a normal girl until she meets up with Luna, a talking cat, who tells her that she is Sailor Moon. As Sailor Moon, Usagi must fight evils and enforce justice, in the name of the Moon and the mysterious Moon Princess. She meets other girls destined to be Sailor Senshi...
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Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday

Natalie C. Anderson - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Forced to become a child soldier, a sixteen-year-old Somali refugee must confront his painful past in this haunting, thrilling tale of loss and redemption for fans of A Long Way Gone and What is the What When Abdi's family is kidnapped, he's forced to do the unthinkable: become...
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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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Through the Woods

Emily Carroll - Margaret K McElderry
Format: Paperback

Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation "His Face All Red," in print for the first time.Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that...
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Jackaby

William Ritter - Algonquin
Format: Book

"Miss Rook, I am not an occultist," Jackaby said. "I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion--and there are many illusions. All the world's a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain."A...
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Three Dark Crowns

KENDARE BLAKE - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback

New York Times Bestseller * New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 * Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 * Kirkus Best Book of the YearFans of acclaimed author Kendare Blake's Anna Dressed in Blood will devour Three Dark Crowns, a dark and inventive fantasy about three sisters...
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September 18, 2019

The Rise and Fall of the Gallivanters

M. J. Beaufrand - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

In Portland in 1983, girls are disappearing. Noah, a teen punk with a dark past, becomes obsessed with finding out where they've gone - and he's convinced their disappearance has something to do with the creepy German owners of a local brewery, the PfefferBrau Haus. Noah worries about the missing...
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Hot Dog Girl

Jennifer Dugan - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A fresh and funny contemporary YA rom-com about teens working as costumed characters in a local amusement part."I'm wrecked with love for this funny, joyful, bighearted book." --Becky Albertalli, bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaElouise (Lou) Parker...
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Sweet Blue Flowers, Vol. 1

Takako Shimura - VIZ Media: VIZ Signature
Format: Paperback

Fumi is glad Akira is back in her life. Even in kindergarten, Akira knew how to stand up for herself, and she was always willing to stand up for Fumi too. But Fumis first love recently got married, and Fumi is grappling with a broken heart and the fact that her sweetheart was another woman...
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The Girl from the Well

Rin Chupeco - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

"[A] Stephen Kinglike horror story...A chilling, bloody ghost story that resonates." - KirkusFrom the highly acclaimed author of the Bone Witch trilogy comes a chilling story of a Japanese ghost looking for vengeance and the boy who has no choice but to trust her, lauded as a "a...
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The Exact Opposite of Okay

Laura Steven - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Bitingly funny and shockingly relevant, The Exact Opposite of Okay is a bold, brave, and necessary read for fans of Louise O'Neill and Jennifer Mathieu. Eighteen-year-old Izzy O'Neill knows exactly who she is - a loyal friend, an aspiring comedian, and a person who believes that milk shakes...
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I Was Here

Gayle Forman - Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) , 2015.
Format: Book

 When her best friend, Meg, commits suicide by drinking a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything - so how did she miss the signs of Meg's depression? But when Cody travels to Meg's...
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Internment

Samira Ahmed - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Rebellions are built on hope.Set in a horrifying near-future United States, seventeen-year-old Layla Amin and her parents are forced into an internment camp for Muslim American citizens.With the help of newly made friends also trapped within the internment camp, her boyfriend...
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The Darkest Part of the Forest

Holly Black - Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover

In the woods is a glass coffin. It rests on the ground, and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives....
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Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Mariko Tamaki - First Second
Format: Paperback

Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend.Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her,...
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September 11, 2019

Starworld

Audrey Coulthurst - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

In a novel in two voices, a popular teen and an artistic loner forge an unlikely bond - and create an entire universe - via texts. But how long before the real world invades Starworld?Sam Jones and Zoe Miller have one thing in common: they both want an escape from reality. Loner Sam flies...
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When We Caught Fire

Anna Godbersen - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Luxe series comes a lush, romantic novel about the love triangle that started Chicago's infamous Great Fire.It's 1871, and Emmeline Carter is poised to take Chicago's high society by storm. Between her father's sudden rise to wealth and her recent...
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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1

AKIRA HIMEKAWA - VIZ MEDIA
Format: Print book

Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards' power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror...
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Cold Calls

Charles Benoit - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Three high school students - Eric, Shelly, and Fatima - have one thing in common: "I know your secret." Each one is blackmailed into bullying specifically targeted schoolmates by a mysterious caller who whispers from their cell phones and holds carefully guarded secrets over...
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This is Our Story

Ashley Elston - Hyperion
Format: Print book

No one knows what happened that morning at River Point. Five boys went hunting. Four came back. The boys won't say who fired the shot that killed their friend, Grant; the evidence shows it could have been any one of them. Kate Marino's senior year internship at the District Attorney's Office...
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Blind

Rachel DeWoskin - Viking Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

When Emma Sasha Silver loses her eyesight in a nightmare accident, she must relearn everything from walking across the street to recognizing her own sisters to imagining colors. One of seven children, Emma used to be the invisible kid, but now it seems everyone is watching her. And just...
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The One Thing

Marci Lyn Curtis - Hyperion, 2015.
Format: Print book

After losing her sight--and the future she dreamed of--seventeen-year-old Maggie meets the one person with the ability to help her see all the possibilities life still holds.
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Maria Holic Volume 1

Minari Endou - TokyoPop
Format: Paperback

Kanako is a sophomore who enrolls in an all-girls school because she has a phobia of men and wants to find her destined yuri partner. She meets a captivating freshman named Mariya who fits her criteria - except her seemingly ideal mate happens to be a cross-dressing sadistic boy.
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Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Enter the Grishaverse with the #1 New York Times-bestselling Six of Crows.Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price -- and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist...
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Exorsisters Volume 1

Ian Boothby - Image Comics
Format: Paperback

Included in Book Riot's Best Comics of 2018 Did you sign a deal with the devil? Has a loved one been dragged to Hell? Then Kate and Cate Harrow should be the first ones you call for timely soul removal at a reasonable rate. This collection is perfect for fans of case-solving procedurals...
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September 4, 2019
Ever the Hunted: A Clash of Kingdoms Novel

Erin Summerill - HMH Teen
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen year-old Britta Flannery is at ease only in the woods with her dagger and bow. She spends her days tracking criminals alongside her father, a legendary bounty hunter -- that is, until her father is murdered. The alleged killer is none other than Cohen McKay, her father's former...
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The Dangerous Art of Blending In

ANGELO SURMELIS - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

A raw, powerful, but ultimately uplifting debut novel perfect for fans of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe from debut author Angelo Surmelis. Seventeen-year-old Evan Panos doesn't know where he fits in. His strict immigrant Greek mother refuses to see him as anything...
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The Lost Coast

Amy Rose Capetta - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

The spellbinding tale of six queer witches forging their own paths, shrouded in the mist, magic, and secrets of the ancient California redwoods.Danny didn't know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down on Tempest,...
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Just Peachy: Comics About Depression, Anxiety, Love, and Finding the Humor in Being Sad

Holly Chisholm - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

Adventures in Dealing with Everyday Struggles, Getting Help, and Doing Just Okay SometimesJust Peachy is a comic series that explores what the day-to-day is like with depression and/or anxiety. The all-too-real cartoon protagonist gives readers a character to empathize with, and helps...
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The Cruel Prince

Holly Black - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An instant bestseller!By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some...
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How to Be Luminous

Harriet Reuter Hapgood - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

A heartrending story of art, love, grief, and color.Minnie Sloe and her sisters have weathered it all together -- growing up without fathers, living an eccentric lifestyle with a pet rabbit named Salvador Dali, and riding out their famous artist mother's mental highs and lows. But then...
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Witch Hat Atelier 1

Kamome Shirahama - Kodansha Comics
Format: Paperback

Best of the Year - AV Club, New York Public Library, Nerdist, SYFY Wire, Chicago Public Library "Harry Potter meets Kikis Delivery Service!" -AV Club . A beautifully-illustrated story about a girl who longs for magic in her life and learns that, on the inside, she already is what...
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Royce Rolls

Margaret Stohl - Freeform
Format: Print book

Sixteen-year-old Bentley Royce seems to have it all: an actual Bentley, tuition to a fancy private school, lavish vacations, and everything else that comes along with being an LA starlet. But after five seasons on her family's reality show, Rolling with the Royces, and a lifetime of dealing...
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I Want to Eat Your Pancreas

Yoru Sumino - Seven Seas
Format: Paperback

Also known as Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, the manga version of the coming-of-age novel that inspired two films! In this deeply moving first-person story, an introverted high school boy finds his classmate's diary -- and learns her biggest secret. Yamauchi Sakura is dying from a pancreatic...
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First & Then

Emma Mills - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book

Recommended in John Green's Book Giving Guide for the Holidays 2015Devon Tennyson wouldn't change a thing. She's happy silently crushing on best friend Cas, and blissfully ignoring the future after high school. But the universe has other plans. It delivers Devon's cousin Foster, an unrepentant...
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