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Everything Must Go: A Novel

Jenny Fran Davis · Wednesday Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Flora Goldwasser has fallen in love. She won't admit it to anyone, but something about Elijah Huck has pulled her under. When he tells her about the hippie Quaker school he attended in the Hudson Valley called Quare Academy, where he'll be teaching next year, Flora gives up her tony...

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If You Give a Cat a Cupcake

Numeroff Laura Joffe/ Bond Felicia · Harpercollins
Format: Print book

The lovable cat who first appeared in If You Give a Pig a Party now has his very own book in the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling If You Give... series!

If you give a cat a cupcake, he'll ask for some sprinkles to go with it. When you give him the sprinkles, he might spill...

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Into the Hurricane

NEIL CONNELLY · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

TWO PEOPLE WITH LOSSES

Eli and Max both have good reasons to go to the lighthouse on Shackles Island. For Max, it's an old vacation spot, the rare location where she has only good memories -- so it's the right place to scatter her dad's ashes. For Eli, it's the highest point near...
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The Librarian of Auschwitz

Antonio Iturbe · Macmillan Young Listeners
Format: Audio CD

This title features a prologue read by Dita Kraus.Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, The Librarian of Auschwitz is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Written with touching sensitivity...
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Four-Four-Two

Dean Hughes · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 268
Format: Print book

From the author of Soldier Boys and Search and Destroy comes a thought-provoking, action-packed page-turner based on the little-known history of the Japanese Americans who fought with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.

Yuki Nakahara is an American.
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Friends with Boys

Faith Erin Hicks · First Second; Original edition
Format: Book

A coming-of-age tale with a spooky twist! Maggie McKay hardly knows what to do with herself. After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her older brothers, it's time for Maggie to face the outside world, all on her own. But that means facing high...
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Perfect liars.

Kimberly Reid · Tu Books
Pages: 326
Format: Print book

Andrea Faraday is junior class valedictorian at the exclusive Woodruff School, where she was voted Most Likely to Do Everything Right. But looks can be deceiving. When her parents disappear, her life and her Perfect Girl charade begins to crumble, and her scheme to put things right just...

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The Circus

OLIVIA LEVEZ · Oneworld Publications
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Why would a girl who has everything want to run away and never be found?Willow has staged runaways ever since she was a little girl. She has everything a young person should want: a rich daddy, clothes, money, a pony and a place at a prestigious boarding school. In reality, she has everything...
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Game Change

JOSEPH MONNINGER · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Zeb Holloway is happy to work in his uncle's auto repair shop and cruise through school without much effort. He's a quarterback on his high school's undefeated football team, but he never plays. Why would he when T.T. Munroe - a walking, talking highlight real - is around?...
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The Warden and the Wolf King

Andrew Peterson · Christianaudio ; Prince Frederick
Format: Audiobook on CD

All winter long, people in the Green Hollows have prepared for a final battle with Gnag the Nameless and the Fangs of Dang. Janner, Kalmar, and Leeli--Throne Warden, Wolf King, and Song Maiden of Anniera--are ready and willing to fight alongside the Hollowsfolk, but when the Fangs make...
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Hunted: A House of Night Novel

P. C. Cast · St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition
Format: Print book

What if the hottest guy in the world was hiding a nameless evil, and all he wanted was you?At the start of this heart-pounding new installment of the bestselling House of Night series, Zoey and her gang must discover a way to deal with an unexpected danger that might bring them all down....
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16 Isn't Always Sweet

Cassandra Carter · Harlequin Kimani; Original edition
Format: Paperback

From best friend to frenemy to flat-out enemyFor her Sweet 16, Jordan Wright gets rid of the frizzy hair, the conservative clothes, and finally likes the hip new girl smiling in the mirror. So when she hears about an open casting call for the hottest rapper's new video, she has the confidence...
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Caged

Norah McClintock · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 106
Format: Paperback

Even if Kenzie's dog had somehow managed to escape from the family's fenced backyard, Kenzie knows the big, lovable chocolate Lab wouldn't have gone far. As they search for Clancy, Kenzie and his dad keep hearing stories about other dogs that have gone missing too. When Kenzie...
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Alex, Approximately

Jenn Bennett · Simon Pulse
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

In this delightfully charming teen spin on You've Got Mail, the one guy Bailey Rydell can't stand is actually the boy of her dreams - she just doesn't know it yet.

Classic movie buff Bailey "Mink" Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows...
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