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Blood of My Blood

Barry Lyga · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Jazz Dent has been shot and left to die in New York City. His girlfriend Connie is in the clutches of Jazzs serial killer father, Billy. And his best friend Howie is bleeding to death on the floor of Jazzs own home in tiny Lobos Nod. Somehow, these three must rise above the horrors their...
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Rat Runners

Oisín McGann · Open Road Media Teen & Tween
Format: Print book

If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear . . .Four young thieves, one simple mission: Steal a black-leather box from the daughter of a murdered scientist without anyone noticing. But WatchWorld controls London now, and the organization knows everything.Every major street is monitored...
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The Great Greene Heist

Varian Johnson · Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Paperback

Saving the school -- one con at a time. (And in paperback!)"A political heist page-turner set in middle school? Is that even possible? Varian Johnson shows us how it's done." - Gordon Korman, author of SWINDLE"Do yourself a favor and start reading immediately." - Rebecca...
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City of Glass

Cassandra Clare · Margaret K. McElderry Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Love is a mortal sin, and the secrets of the past are deadly. Plunge into the third installment in the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly) .To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass,...
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Natural History Museum Book of Animal Records

Mark Carwardine · Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

Here are the achievers and the unique from the animal world mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. These are not only familiar records like highest, fastest, largest, these are the unusual, such as slowest growth the deep sea clam, most pecks in a day black woodpecker,...
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The Summer of Letting Go

Gae Polisner · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 316
Format: Hardcover

Just when everything seems to be going wrong, hope -- and love -- can appear in the most unexpected places.Summer has begun, the beach beckons -- and Francesca Schnell is going nowhere. Four years ago, Francesca's little brother, Simon, drowned, and Francesca's the one who should...
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Book Scavenger

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman · Christy Ottaviano Books
Pages: 354
Format: Print book

For twelve-year-old Emily, the best thing about moving to San Francisco is that it's the home city of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, book publisher and creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger (a game where books are hidden in cities all over the country and clues to find them...
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Dark Shimmer

Donna Jo Napoli · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 353
Format: Print book

Set in medieval Venice, this captivating fairy tale retelling by award-winning author Donna Jo Napoli explores belonging, beauty, and the transformative power of love through the eyes of a teenage girl. Dolce has grown up hidden away on an island in a lagoon. She is a giant, a freak, tormented...
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