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Maybe in Paris

Rebecca Christiansen · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Keira Braidwood lands in Paris with her autistic brother, Levi, and high hopes. Levi has just survived a suicide attempt and months in the psych ward - he's ready for a dose of the wider world. Unlike their helicopter mom and the doctors who hover over Levi, Keira doesn't think Levi's certifiable....
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The Bridge Home

Padma Venkatraman · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

"Readers will be captivated by this beautifully written novel about young people who must use their instincts and grit to survive. Padma shares with us an unflinching peek into the reality millions of homeless children live every day but also infuses her story with hope and bravery...
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Roar

Cora Carmack · Tor Teen
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Cora Carmack's young adult debut: Roar. In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control them.Aurora Pavan comes from one of the oldest Stormling families in existence. Long ago, the ungifted pledged fealty and service...
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Are You Seeing Me?

Darren Groth · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest. It's been a year since their dad lost his battle with cancer and Justine became the sole caregiver for her autistic brother, Perry. Now Perry has been accepted...
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Witchfall

Victoria Lamb · Harlequin Teen; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Her darkest dreams are coming true In Tudor England, 1555, Meg Lytton has learned how powerful her magick gift can be. But danger surrounds her and her mistress, the outcast Princess Elizabeth. Nowhere is safe in the court of Elizabeth's fanatical sister, Queen Mary. And as the Spanish...
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Call Forth the Waves

L.J. Hatton · Skyscape
Pages: 346
Format: Print book

Earth, not so very long from now: the silent, inscrutable alien visitors who bathed the planet in transforming rains have moved on, leaving behind a world much changed.Penn Roma, age sixteen, is blessed - or cursed - with supernatural talents she has always concealed. Her sisters, likewise...
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Airports, Exes, and Other Things I'm Over

Shani Petroff · Swoon Reads
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A bad storm, two cancelled flights, trapped with the guy who broke her heart ... Shani Petroff delivers laugh out loud comedy and unforgettable disasters in this highly relatable comedy of errors about a teen stuck in an airport with her cheating ex. Flight delayed. Send help. Not him.After...
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What creature are you most like?

Brooke Rowe · Cherry Lake Publishing
Pages: 32
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

Readers will enjoy exploring hidden aspects of their personality as they discover what creature they are most like in this engaging quiz book. Written in the high-low format, this book has a HIGH interest level to appeal to a more mature audience but maintains a LOW level of complexity...
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Being a Girl

Hayley Long · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Other books give you the facts - BEING A GIRL tells you the truth!Being a girl is awesome. It can also be really, really hard. And no one knows that better than girls who are going through it right now. From BFFs to Mean Girls, selfies to self-esteem, pimples and periods and peer pressure,...
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Day Zero

Kresley Cole · Valkyrie Press
Format: Print book

Arcana means secrets, and these Arcana Chronicles vignettes from #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole are filled with them. Experience firsthand the beginning of the end and behold the apocalypse through the eyes of characters you only thought you knew.Ashes to ashes . . .Evie Greene's...
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This Is Not a Love Letter

Kim Purcell · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

One week. That's all Jessie said. A one-week break to get some perspective before graduation, before she and her boyfriend, Chris, would have to make all the big, scary decisions about their future--decisions they had been fighting about for weeks. Then, Chris vanishes. The police think...
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Lucky Broken Girl

Ruth Behar · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover

"A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds." - Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative - based on the author's childhood in the 1960s - a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life...
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A Dog in the Cave: The Wolves Who Made Us Human

Kay Frydenborg · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

We know dogs are our best animal friends, but have you ever thought about what that might mean? Fossils show we've shared our work and homes with dogs for tens of thousands of years. Now there's growing evidence that we influenced dogs' evolution - and they, in turn, changed ours. Even...
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Emily and the Strangers Volume 2: Breaking the Record

Rob Reger · Dark Horse Books
Format: Hardcover

Emily--and her new band, the Strangers--won the battle of the bands and received a record contract with Awesomely Awesome Records, but can the girl who just figured out how to get along with her friends manage dealing with a major corporation? And whats the deal with the legions of stray...
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Eight Days on Planet Earth

CAT JORDAN · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A heart-wrenching romance full of twists that are sure to bring tears to readers' eyes, from Cat Jordan, author of The Leaving Season.How long does it take to travel twenty light years to Earth?How long does it take to fall in love?To the universe, eight days is a mere blip, but to Matty...
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