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The Parthenon of Ancient Greece

Don Nardo · Referencepoint Press
Format: Hardcover

Discusses the origins, construction, completion, uses, history, and eventual ruin of the Parthenon. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1963 March on Washington

David Aretha · Morgan Reynolds Pub.
Format:  Book : Biography : Elementary and junior high school : English

Looks at the rise of Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement leading up to the 1963 March on Washington where King delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech, presenting details about the march and those who took part.
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The French Impressionist

Rebecca Bischoff · Amberjack Pub
Pages: 259
Format: Print book

Rosemary is fifteen and gloriously free, on her own for the very first time. Part of an exchange program for aspiring artists, she arrives in southern France with one goal: she doesn't plan to leave, ever. She wants a new life and a new identity. But her situation, crafted from lies...
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Restore Me

Tahereh Mafi · HarperCollins
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The girl with the power to kill with a single touch now has the world in the palm of her hand.Juliette and Warner's story continues in the electrifying fourth installment of Tahereh Mafi's New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series.Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector...
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How We Roll

Natasha Friend · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Quinn is a teen who loves her family, skateboarding, basketball, and her friends, but after she's diagnosed with a condition called alopecia which causes her to lose all of her hair, her friends abandon her. Jake was once a star football player, but because of a freak accident -- caused...
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Freedom's Slave

Heather Demetrios · Balzer Bray
Pages: 608
Format: Print book

Freedom's Slave is the exhilarating end to Heather Demetrios's Dark Caravan Cycle - a modern jinni fantasy-adventure trilogy, which Publishers Weekly called "an intricate and smartly written story," perfect for fans of Laini Taylor's Daughter of Smoke & Bone series...
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Dreamstrider

Lindsay Smith · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 394
Format: Print book

A high-concept, fantastical espionage novel set in a world where dreams are the ultimate form of political intelligence.Livia is a dreamstrider. She can inhabit a subject's body while they are sleeping and, for a short time, move around in their skin. She uses her talent to work as a spy for the Barstadt...
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Hope Solo

Tammy Gagne · Mitchell Lane Publishers
Format:  Book : Biography : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

"Wherever Hope Solo goes, drama seems to follow her. From the story about her father kidnapping Hope and her brother when they were kids to her performance on the reality show Dancing with the Stars, journalists are never at a loss for something to say about this professional soccer...
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Dear Reader: A Novel

Mary O'Connell · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

"Dear Reader is a story for anyone who believes in the power of books to help you figure out your life and remind you to go out and live it." -- Book RiotFor seventeen-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School is her beloved...
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Hidden Pieces: A Novel

Paula Stokes · HarperTeen
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A small town. A big secret. A deadly game.From the author of Liars, Inc., comes a dark, contemporary thriller with twists and turns that are perfect for fans of We Were Liars, Little Monsters, and One of Us Is Lying.Embry Woods has secrets. Some are small, like the ones about her complicated...
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Dicey's Song

Cynthia Voigt · Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The Newbery-winning novel in Cynthia Voigts timeless series is repackaged with a modern look. When Momma abandoned Dicey Tillerman and her three siblings in a mall parking lot and was later traced to an asylum where she lay unrecognizing, unknowing, she left her four children no choice...
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Warcross

MARIE LU · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 353
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu - when a game called Warcross takes the world by storm, one girl hacks her way into its dangerous depths. For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn't just a game - it's a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base...
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The Stranger Game

Cylin Busby · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

The Stranger Game is a dark, suspenseful, and twisty novel that is Gone Girl for teens. Perfect for fans of Lauren Oliver and E. Lockhart.When Nico Morris's older sister mysteriously disappears, her parents, family, and friends are devastated. But Nico can never admit what she herself feels:...
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The Call

Peadar O'Guilin · David Fickling Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Thousands of years ago, humans banished the Sidhe fairy race to another dimension. The beautiful, terrible Sidhe have stewed in a land of horrors ever since, plotting their revenge... and now their day has come. Fourteen year-old Nessa lives in a world where every teen will be "Called."...
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