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The Confusion of Laurel Graham

Adrienne Kisner · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A teen copes with her grandmother's coma by becoming obsessed with a mystery bird that she cannot identify in Adrienne Kisner's sharp and poignant YA novel, The Confusion of Laurel Graham.Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has a singular, all-consuming ambition in this life: become...
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The Downstairs Girl

Stacey Lee · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

From the critically-acclaimed author of Under a Painted Sky and Outrun the Moon and founding member of We Need Diverse Books comes a powerful novel about identity, betrayal, and the meaning of family."A triumph of storytelling. A bold portrait of this country's past, brilliantly painted...
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Heartwood Box

Ann Aguirre · Tor Teen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Heartwood Box is a dark, romantic YA suspense novel with an SF edge from New York Times bestselling author Ann Aguirre ... In this tiny, terrifying town, the lost are never found.When Araceli Flores Harper is sent to stay with her great-aunt Ottilie in her ramshackle Victorian home, the plan...
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How We Became Wicked

Alexander Yates · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

When an insect-borne plague begins to envelop the world, three sixteen-year-olds struggle to survive amongst the healthy "trues" and the infected "wickeds" in this gripping dystopian tale from the author of The Winter Place.A plague, called Wickedness, is pulsing through...
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Midnight Beauties

Megan Shepherd · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The witches, beasties, goblins, and Royals return in this spellbinding conclusion to New York Times best-selling author Megan Shepherd's Grim Lovelies duology.
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Spin the Dawn

Elizabeth Lim · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Project Runway meets Mulan in this sweeping YA fantasy about a young girl who poses as a boy to compete for the role of imperial tailor and embarks on an impossible journey to sew three magic dresses, from the sun, the moon, and the stars.Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor...
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Start Here

Trish Doller · Simon Pulse
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Two teens go on a life-changing sailing trip as they deal with the grief of losing their best friend in this heartwrenching, hopeful novel from the author of Something Like Normal and In a Perfect World.Willa and Taylor were supposed to spend the summer after high school sailing from Ohio...
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Women and Sports

A W Buckey · Referencepoint Pr Inc
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

Female athletes are objectified, underrepresented in mainstream sports coverage, and often struggle for the same professional opportunities as male athletes. Women in Sports explores the history behind these issues, the effects of these issues on women and society, and ongoing efforts toward...
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You're You

Mette Bach · James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

Freyja, leader on her school's Gay-Straight Alliance, is a politically active 17-year-old who has always identified as a lesbian. When her girlfriend breaks up with her, she is upset and has to distance herself from her ex and the pride video blog they created together. Freyja needs...
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