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Rebel: A Tibetan Odyssey

Cheryl Aylward Whitesel · HarperCollins; 1st edition
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

In the closed society of turn-of-the-century Tibet, the outside world is a threatening place. But not to Thunder. Ever rebellious, he longs to become a trader and visit faraway places. But when he has forbidden contact with a foreign explorer, Thunder is banished from his village. He is forced...
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The Goblins of Bellwater

Molly Ringle · Central Avenue Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Most people have no idea goblins live in the woods around the small town of Bellwater, Washington. But some are about to find out. Skye, a young barista and artist, falls victim to a goblin curse in the forest one winter night, rendering her depressed and silenced, unable to speak of what...
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Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes · Harcourt
Pages: 311
Format: Paperback

Oscar-winning film Charly starring Cliff Robertson and Claire Bloom-a mentally challenged man receives an operation that turns him into a genius...and introduces him to heartache.
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How do video games affect society?

Patricia D Netzley · ReferencePoint Press
Format: Book

80 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Mean Girls

Lindsay Lohan · Paramount
Format: DVD

Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows about "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and falls...
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My Lady Jane

Cynthia Hand · Harpercollins
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

The comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey. In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, featuring a reluctant king, an even more reluctant...

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Gemini

Sonya Mukherjee · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

In a small town, as high school graduation approaches, two conjoined sisters must weigh the importance of their dreams as individuals against the risk inherent in the surgery that has the potential to separate them forever.
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The Truth of the Matter

Andrew Klavan · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

"Never give in." Ever since he woke up in a terrorist torture chamber -- with a year of his life erased from his mind -- Charlie West has been on the run. He has one desperate hope of getting his life back: track down the mysterious agent named Waterman. But in fact, reaching...
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Piper Perish

Kayla Cagan · Chronicle Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Piper Perish inhales air and exhales art. The sooner she and her best friends can get out of Houston and get to New York City, the better. Art school has been Piper's dream her whole life, and now that senior year is halfway over, she's never felt more ready. But in the final months...
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Never say die

Anthony Horowitz · Philomel Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The world's greatest teen spy is back in action in a thrilling new mission: destroy once and for all the terrorist organization SCORPIA. Americans may have purchased more than 6 million copies of Alex's adventures, but now, more than ever, we all need his heroics.

Following the events...
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Etiquette & Espionage

Gail Carriger · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.
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The Raven Boys

Maggie Stiefvater · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 409
Format: Print book

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her.

His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy...

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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School)

Gail Carriger · Little
Pages: 307
Format: Paperback

It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.
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Such a Good Girl

AMANDA K MORGAN · Simon Pulse
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Pretty Little Liars meets Luckiest Girl Alive in this riveting novel about a practically perfect girl who is willing to do anything to make sure it stays that way. Absolutely anything.

Things to know about Riley Stone:

Riley Stone is just about perfect....
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Gender Roles

Gale · Greenhaven Press
Format: Hardcover

Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique procon format the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications. This title explores whether gender roles...
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