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The Girl and the Grove

Eric Smith · Flux
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Teenager Leila's life is full of challenges. From bouncing around the foster care system to living with seasonal affective disorder, she's never had an easy road. Leila keeps herself busy with her passion for environmental advocacy, monitoring the Urban Ecovists message board and joining...
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Global Trade Organizations

Holly Lynn Anderson · Mason Crest
Pages: 80
Format: Library Binding

After World War II ended in 1945, the world seemed smaller, more connected. World leaders decided that a lasting peace could only be achieved through an international economic order. Unrestricted global trade, leading to economic prosperity for all, would be the best way to bring nations...
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Dance of Thieves

MARY E PEARSON · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

When the patriarch of the Ballenger empire dies, his son, Jase, becomes its new leader. Even nearby kingdoms bow to the strength of this outlaw family, who have always governed by their own rules. But a new era looms on the horizon, set in motion by a young queen, which makes her the target...
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The Big F

MAGGIE ANN MARTIN · Swoon Reads
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

A spunky, contemporary novel about friendship, failure, and what happens when things don't go according to plan, ideal for readers who like their heroines smart and strong -- but not perfect.Danielle's plans for the future were all figured out... until she failed senior English and her single...
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Darkness

Sagine Jean · Epic Escape
Pages: 184
Format: Library Binding

Seventeen-year-old Sydney Mendoza can handle anything life throws at her. But when Hurricane Angelica floods the New York City subway system and her little brother Sammy gets lost in it, Sydney's not sure if she can manage alone. It's nineteen-year-old Will Tatum's first day on the job with...
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The Swan Riders

Erin Bow · Margaret Mcelderry Bks
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Treacherous twists await Greta as the stakes get even higher in this stunning follow-up to the "masterful" (School Library Journal, starred review) novel, The Scorpion Rules.Greta Stuart has become AI. New transmitters have silvered her fingerprints. New receptors have transformed...
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What Girls Are Made of

Elana K Arnold · Carolrhoda Lab
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

When Nina Faye was fourteen, her mother told her there was no such thing as unconditional love. Nina believed her. Now she'll do anything for the boy she loves, to prove she's worthy of him. But when he breaks up with her, Nina is lost. What is she if not a girlfriend? What is she made...
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Disappeared

Francisco X Stork · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Four Months AgoSara Zapata's best friend disappeared, kidnapped by the web of criminals who terrorize Juarez.Four Hours AgoSara received a death threat - and with it, a clue to the place where her friend is locked away.Four Weeks AgoEmiliano Zapata fell in love with Perla Rubi, who will...
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The Sky between You and Me

Catherine Alene · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 490
Format: Hardcover

An emotional and heart wrenching novel about grief and striving for perfection. Lighter. Leaner. Faster. Raesha will to do whatever it takes to win Nationals. For her, competing isn't just about the speed of her horse or the thrill of the win. It's about honoring her mother's memory and holding...
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The Monstrous Child

Francesca Simon · Faber & Faber
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

A stunning, operatic, epic drama, like no other. Meet Hel, an ordinary teenager - and goddess of the Underworld. Why is life so unfair? Hel tries to make the best of it, creating gleaming halls in her dark kingdom and welcoming the dead who she is forced to host for eternity. Until eternity...
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Thirteen Reasons Why 10th Anniversary Edition

Jay Asher · Razorbill
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times bestseller and modern classic that's been changing lives for a decade gets a gorgeous revamped cover and never-before-seen additional content, including: · An introduction from its award-winning author, Jay Asher; · The until-now-secret alternate...
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Radioactive!: How Irène Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World

Winifred Conkling · Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2016.
Pages: 227
Format: Print book

The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists' groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb. In 1934, Irène Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the world: artificial...
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Pointe, Claw

Amber J. Keyser · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Jessie Vale dances in an elite ballet program. She has to be perfect to land a spot with the professional company. When Jessie is cast in an animalistic avant-garde production, her careful composure cracks wide open. Nothing has felt more dangerous.Meanwhile, her friend Dawn McCormick's...
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Price of Duty

Todd Strasser · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author Todd Strasser comes a gripping new novel that explores the struggles of war, the price paid by those who fight in them, and what it really means to be a hero.Jake Liddell is a hero. At least, that's what everyone says he is. The military is even awarding him a Silver...
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Scream All Night

DEREK MILMAN · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A darkly hilarious contemporary realistic young adult novel about growing up and finding your place in the world, perfect for fans of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Running With Scissors. DARIO HEYWARD KNOWS ONE THING: He's never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that...
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