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Olivia Twist

Lorie Langdon · Blink
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Olivia Twist is an innovative reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic tale Oliver Twist, in which Olivia was forced to live as a boy for her own safety until she was rescued from the streets. Now eighteen, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads: revealed secrets threaten to destroy the "proper"...
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After the Shot Drops

Randy Ribay · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A powerful novel about friendship, basketball, and one teen's mission to create a better life for his family in the tradition of Jason Reynolds, Matt de la Pena, and Walter Dean Myers. Bunny and Nasir have been best friends forever, but when Bunny accepts an athletic scholarship across...
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Cadaver & Queen

Alisa Kwitney · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

When Elizabeth Lavenza enrolled at Ingold as its first female medical student, she knew she wouldn't have an easy time. From class demands to being an outsider among her male cohorts, she'll have to go above and beyond to prove herself. So when she stumbles across what appears to be a faulty...
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The Belles

Dhonielle Clayton · Freeform
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orleans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orleans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform...
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Flight Season: A Novel

MARIE MARQUARDT · Wednesday Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From Marie Marquardt, the author of Dream Things True and The Radius of Us, comes a story of two teenagers learning what to hold on to, what to let go of, and that sometimes love gets in the way of our plans.Back when they were still strangers, TJ Carvalho witnessed the only moment in Vivi...
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Honor Among Thieves

RACHEL CAINE · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Meet your new favorite kickass heroine in this daring YA series by New York Times bestselling authors Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre, a thrilling yet romantic futuristic adventure perfect for fans of Claudia Gray's A Thousand Pieces of You.Petty criminal Zara Cole has a painful past that's...
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The Calculus of Change

Jessie Hilb · Clarion Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A poignant and empowering teen novel of grief, unrequited love, and finding comfort in one's own skin. Aden isn't looking for love in her senior year. She's much more focused on things like getting a solo gig at Ike's and keeping her brother from illegal herbal recreation. But when Tate...
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Heart of Iron

ASHLEY POSTON · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

An action-packed tale full of romance, royalty, and adventure, inspired by the story of Anastasia. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Cinder, and the cult classic television show Firefly. Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature. Found as a child drifting...
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FADE TO US

JULIA DAY · Wednesday Books
Pages: 320

Julia Day's Fade to Us is a story about found families, the bond of sisterhood, and the agony and awe of first love. Brooke's summer is going to be EPIC-- having fun with her friends and a job that lets her buy a car. Then her new stepfather announces his daughter is moving in. Brooke...
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Children of Blood and Bone: The OrÏsha Legacy

Tomi Adeyemi · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir.They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us. Now we rise.Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha...
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The Heart Forger

Rin Chupeco · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

In The Bone Witch, Tea mastered resurrection -- now she's after revenge... No one knows death like Tea. A bone witch who can resurrect the dead, she has the power to take life...and return it. And she is done with her self-imposed exile. Her heart is set on vengeance, and she now possesses...
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Twelve Steps to Normal

Farrah Penn · Jimmy Patterson
Format: Audio CD

James Patterson presents this emotionally resonant novel that shows that while some broken things can't be put back exactly the way they were, they can be repaired and made even stronger.Kira's Twelve Steps To A Normal Life1. Accept Grams is gone.2. Learn to forgive Dad.3. Steal back ex-boyfriend...
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Tess of the Road

Rachel Hartman · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

Meet Tess, a brave new heroine from beloved epic fantasy author Rachel Hartman."Surprising, rewarding, and enlightening, both a fantasy adventure and a meta discourse on consent, shame, and female empowerment."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Not to be ignored. Absolutely...
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Wintersong

S Jae-Jones · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

"Wintersong is a maze of beauty and darkness, of music and magic and glittering things, all tied together with exquisite writing. This is a world you will want to stay lost in." -- Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling authorDark, romantic, and unforgettable, Wintersong is an enchanting...
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The Precious Dreadful: A Novel

Steven Parlato · Simon Pulse
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Combining romance and humor with elements of the paranormal, this is a profound novel about one teenage girl's decision to redefine her life in the wake of supernatural events.Teddi Alder is just trying to figure out her life. When she joins SUMMERTEENS, a library writing group, she's...
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The Secrets We Bury

STACIE RAMEY · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

In an effort to escape his family, Dylan sets out on the Appalachian trail -- but he can't escape his past -- or his secrets in this novel from the author of The Sister Pact.Dylan Taggart is on the run. His family is trying to put him in a school for psychologically challenged students,...
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