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The Boston Marathon Bombing
The Boston Marathon Bombing

Valerie Bodden · ABDO Publishing Company,
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

D-Day 1944, The fall of the Berlin Wall 1989, The Boston Marathon bombing 2013, For better or for worse, these extraordinary events changed the world. Essential vents offers a behind the scenes look at crucial moments of world history Read about revolutions, natural disasters, discoveries,...
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Meridian
Meridian

Josin L. McQuein · Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

The electrifying sequel to Arclight, which Pittacus Lore called "powerful and gripping." Those within the Arc thought that they were the last humans left after the world was destroyed—but they were wrong. There are more survivors. But there is also more to be afraid of. A suspenseful...
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This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

Esther Earl · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 431
Format: Book

New York Times Bestseller! "This moving read will have you reaching for the tissues and smiling with delight ... .Stunningly alive on the page, Esther shows that sometimes the true meaning of life - helping and loving others - can be found even when bravely facing death." -People...
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Better Than Perfect
Better Than Perfect

Simone Elkeles · Bloomsbury USA Childrens; Reprint edition
Format: Book

A fresh and fun repackage of Wild Cards, Better Than Perfect launches a romantic new series from New York Times bestselling author Simone Elkeles.After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military...
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The Door That Led to Where
The Door That Led to Where

Sally Gardner · Delacorte Press
Pages: 277
Format: Print book

In this fast-paced young adult mystery, Printz Honor winner Sally Gardner brings London to life as she explores crime, poverty, and ignorance over the span of almost two centuries, as a young man is given the opportunity to go back in time in order to make sense of the present. A fresh...
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Nightschool, Vol. 1: The Weirn Books
Nightschool, Vol. 1: The Weirn Books

Svetlana Chmakova · Yen Press
Format: Print book

Schools may lock up for the night, but class is in session for an entirely different set of students. In the Nightschool, vampires, werewolves, and weirns a particular breed of witches learn the fundamentals of everything from calculus to spell casting. Alex is a young weirn whose education...
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Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia
Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia

Kendall Jenner · Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Kendall and Kylie Jenner, stars on the hit reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, present their debut novel—a thrilling dystopian story about two super-powered girls who embark on a journey together. Two cities Two girls A shared destiny In a world of the far future, the great...
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Hungry
Hungry

H. A. Swain · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

In Thalia's world, there is no more food and no need for food, as everyone takes medication to ward off hunger. Her parents both work for the company that developed the drugs society consumes to quell any food cravings, and they live a life of privilege as a result. When Thalia meets...
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Basketball: Girls Rocking It
Basketball: Girls Rocking It

Barry Mableton · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

In 1972, equality of the sexes took a major step forward with the enactment of Title IX, which said that young women could not be excluded from playing their favorite sports in school. By 1976, women's basketball was an Olympic sport and well en route to becoming one of the most popular...
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park

Nate Frisch · Creative Paperbacks
Format: Book

Yellowstone National Park (Preserving America) by Nate Frisch
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Heap House: Book One
Heap House: Book One

Edward Carey · The Overlook Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to Heap House, the sprawling, slipshod maze of a mansion, built on the Heaps, a collection of forgotten trash and curios. Young Clod Iremonger and his eccentric family, the kings of mildew, moguls of mold, made their fortune from this collected detritus. The Iremongers are an odd old family,...
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Alive
Alive

Chandler Baker · Hyperion
Pages: 360
Format: Print book

Stella Cross's heart is poisoned. After years on the transplant waiting list, she's running out of hope that she'll ever see her eighteenth birthday. Then, miraculously, Stella receives the transplant she needs to survive. Determined to embrace everything she came so close to losing, Stella...
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A Death-Struck Year
A Death-Struck Year

Makiia Lucier · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover

A School Library Journal Starred ReviewA Georgia Peach Book Award Nominee 2015-2016A 2014 ABC Best Books for Children SelectionVOYA's Top Shelf Fiction for Middle School Readers 2014A 2014 'Indies Introduce New Voices' Selection A Spring 2014 Kids' Indie Next...
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Conversion
Conversion

Katherine Howe · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 402
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane comes a chilling mystery - Prep meets The Crucible. It's senior year at St. Joan's Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys'...
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The Cabin
The Cabin

Natasha Preston · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

My face fell when I saw the unknown number again.Someone had a big mouth."Think, Mackenzie," I muttered, rubbing the thudding in my forehead. Was I the only one getting these messages? And if not, why hadn't anyone said anything? Were they as scared as I was?We were friends....
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