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How It Feels to Fly

Kathryn Holmes · Harper Teen
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

A struggle with body dysmorphia forces one girl to decide if letting go of her insecurity also means turning her back on her dreams.Sam has always known she'd be a professional dancer - but that was before her body betrayed her, developing unmanageable curves in all the wrong places. Lately,...
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The Day the World Went Nuclear: Dropping the Atom Bomb and the End of World War II in the Pacific

BILL O'REILLY · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe, but in the Pacific, American soldiers face an enemy who will not surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Meanwhile, in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest...
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Prince in Disguise

Stephanie Kate Strohm · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Someday I want to live in a place where I never hear "You're Dusty's sister?" ever again. Life is real enough for Dylan-especially as the ordinary younger sister of Dusty, former Miss Mississippi and the most perfect, popular girl in Tupelo. But when Dusty wins the hand...
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Two Summers

Aimee Friedman · Point
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

ONE SUMMER in the French countryside, among sun-kissed fields of lavender . . . ANOTHER SUMMER in upstate New York, along familiar roads that lead to surprises . . . When Summer Everett makes a split-second decision, her summer divides into two parallel worlds. In one, she travels to France,...
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City of Bones: Movie Tie-in Edition

Cassandra Clare · Margaret K. McElderry Books; Media Tie-In edition
Format: Paperback

Don't miss The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, now a major motion picture. Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly).Enter the world of the Shadowhunters in this special...
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Lies I Told

Michelle Zink · Harper Teen
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

Grace Fontaine has everything: beauty, money, confidence, and the perfect family. But it's all a lie.Grace has been adopted into a family of thieves who con affluent people out of money, jewelry, art, and anything else of value. Grace has never had any difficulty pulling off a job,...
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Don't Get Caught

Kurt Dinan · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 331
Format: Print book

10:00 tonight at the water tower. Tell no one. -Chaos ClubWhen Max receives a mysterious invite from the untraceable, epic prank-pulling Chaos Club, he has to ask: why him? After all, he's Mr. 2.5 GPA, Mr. No Social Life. He's Just Max. And his favorite heist movies have taught him this...
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Long Way Down

JASON REYNOLDS · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult...
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The Way I Used to Be

Amber Smith · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 367
Format: Print book

A New York Times bestseller. In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel "is a poignant book that realistically looks at the lasting effects of trauma on love, relationships, and life" (School Library Journal, starred review) .Eden was always good at being good....
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Stay with Me

Mila Gray · Simon Pulse
Pages: 356
Format: Paperback

From the author of Come Back to Me comes a heartwrenching novel about a forbidden romance, a wounded marine, and the girl who's determined to save him.Didi Monroe has waited her whole life for happily ever after. So when charming Zac Ridgemont sweeps her off her feet, Didi believes...
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Me and Miranda Mullaly

Jake Gerhardt · Puffin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

"Jake Gerhardt's debut novel is sweet, knowing, and a super-fun read. Takes you right back to the awkwardness and earnestness of adolescence, with a lot of cringe and even more laughs." - Patton Oswalt, New York Times bestselling author, comedian, and actorThey each have...
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Thinking critically. Cyberbullying

Stephen Currie · ReferencePoint Press
Format: Print book

Cyberbullying, or the harassment of teenagers and others through texts, email, and social media, is a growing issue both in schools and in society. Through narrative-driven pro/con formatsupported by facts, quotes, anecdotes, and full-color illustrationsthis title examines issues related...
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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel

Neal Stephenson · William Morrow
Pages: 768
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.When...
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The Darkest Corners

Kara Thomas · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

"Gripping from start to finish, The Darkest Corners took me into an underbelly I didn't know existed, with twists that left me shocked and racing forward to get to the end."-Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red QueenFor fans of Gillian Flynn's...
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