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Racial Profiling: Everyday Inequality

Alison Behnke · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions such as law enforcement agencies, government bodies, and schools routinely use race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of an offense.The high-profile deaths of unarmed...
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Thanks for the Trouble

Tommy Wallach · Simon & Schuster BYFR
Pages: 276
Format: Print book

Tommy Wallach, the New York Times bestselling author of the "stunning debut" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) We All Looked Up, delivers a brilliant new novel about a young man who overcomes a crippling loss and finds the courage to live after meeting an enigmatic girl."Was...
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Meant to Be

Julie Halpern · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

What if your soul mate was decided for you?It started happening a few years ago: the names of MTBs -- "meant to be" mates -- appeared emblazoned on the skin at age eighteen. Agatha's best friend has embraced the phenomenon and is head over heels in love with her MTB. But Aggy...
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Sometimes It Lasts

Abbi Glines · Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

Cage York has to choose between a love of the game and a love of the girl in this sultry Sea Breeze novel from New York Times bestselling author Abbi Glines.Cage York finally has everything he ever wanted. And Eva is at the very top of that list - the perfect girl with a temper as hot as her fabulously...
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Extreme rock climbing

Daniel Benjamin · Marshall Cavendish
Format:  eBook : Document : Juvenile audience : English

"Explores the sport of extreme rock climbing"--Provided by publisher.
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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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Cold Calls

Charles Benoit · Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Three high school students - Eric, Shelly, and Fatima - have one thing in common: "I know your secret." Each one is blackmailed into bullying specifically targeted schoolmates by a mysterious caller who whispers from their cell phones and holds carefully guarded secrets over...
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Deadfall

Stephen Wallenfels · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Twin brothers Ty and Cory Bic are on the run. When they encounter a dying deer in the middle of a remote mountain road with fresh tire tracks swerving down into a ravine, they know they have to help. But when they reach the wrecked car the vehicle appears empty, with signs that the driver...
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Merrow

Ananda Braxton-Smith · Candlewick Press
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In this breathless and beautifully crafted tale, twelve-year-old Neen Marrey must separate town gossip from town lore to learn the truth about her mother - and herself.The people of Carrick Island have been whispering behind Neen's back ever since her father drowned and her mother disappeared....
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Minders

Michele Jaffe · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 395
Format: Hardcover

"A dark, dangerous and twisty near-future mystery from the incomparable Michelle Jaffe. Don't miss this book!"--Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times Bestselling Author of Blue BloodsQ: If the boy you love commits a crime, would you turn him in?Sadie Ames is a type-A teenager...
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The Light Between Worlds

LAURA E WEYMOUTH · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

What happens when you return to the real world after being in a fantastical one like Narnia? This YA debut by Laura E. Weymouth is perfect for fans of Melissa Albert's The Hazel Wood and Lev Grossman's The Magicians.Six years ago, sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell were swept away to a strange...
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Bloom: A Girl's Guide to Growing Up Gorgeous

Carmindy · Perigee
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback

From the makeup artist on TLC's What Not to Wear, a full color make-up book that shows teenagers how to embrace their own inner beauty. Carmindy gives teens the beauty basics and best skincare practices needed to grow up gorgeous. Instead of teaching them to cover up their "flaws,"...
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Ungodly: A Novel

Kendare Blake · Tor Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

As ancient immortals are left reeling, a modern Athena and Hermes search the world for answers in Ungodly, the final Goddess War novel by Kendare Blake, the acclaimed author of Anna Dressed in Blood. For the Goddess of Wisdom, what Athena didn't know could fill a book. That's what...
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Saving Hamlet

Molly Booth · Hyperion
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Emma Allen couldn't be more excited to start her sophomore year. Not only is she the assistant stage manager for the drama club's production of Hamlet, but her crush Brandon is directing, and she's rocking a new haircut that's sure to get his attention. But soon after school starts, everything...
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When Mr. Dog Bites

Brian Conaghan · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

All Dylan Mint has ever wanted is to keep his Tourette's in check and live life as a "normal" teenager. The swearing, the tics, the howling "dog" that escapes when things are at their worst--nothing about Tourette's makes it easy to meet cute girls or have normal...
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