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Closing Down Heaven
Lesley Choyce · Red Deer Press
Pages: 220
Format: Print book
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In this whimsical free-verse novel, young Hunter quite literally propels himself out of this world and into the next after pushing his bike just a little too far. In fact, he flies right off a cliff only to awaken in a place called Heaven. Here he meets a compelling young friend named Trinity.... |
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Uprooted: The Japanese American Experience During World War II
Albert Marrin · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA BOOKLIST Editor's ChoiceOn the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes a harrowing and enlightening look at the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II - from National Book Award finalist Albert Marrin Just seventy-five... |
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I Am Number Four
Pittacus Lore · HarperCollins; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Nine of us came here.We look like you. We talk like you.We live among you—butWe are not you. We have powers you dream of having. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—But we are real.They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number... |
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Edgeland
JAKE HALPERN · PUTNAM PUB Group
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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An upper-middle grade thriller by the New York Times bestselling Nightfall authors-perfect for fans of James Dashner's Maze Runner books.Thousands of miles south of the island of Bliss, day and night last for 72 hours. Here is one of the natural wonders of this world: a whirlpool thirty... |
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Scythe
Neal Shusterman · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 433
Format: Print book
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Two teens must learn the "art of killing" in this Printz Honor-winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those... |
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Spill Zone
Scott Westerfeld · First Second
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Three years ago an event destroyed the small city of Poughkeepsie, forever changing reality within its borders. Uncanny manifestations and lethal dangers now await anyone who enters the Spill Zone.The Spill claimed Addison's parents and scarred her little sister, Lexa, who hasn't spoken... |
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Dear My Blank: Secret Letters Never Sent
Emily Trunko · Crown
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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From the popular Tumblr of the same name comes a collection of heart-warming, tear-jerking, and gut-wrenching anonymous letters that people never intended - or didn't have the courage - to send. The Tumblr Dear My Blank - created by 16-year-old Emily Trunko and followed by over 35,000... |
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Quilt of States: Piecing Together America
Adrienne Yorinks · National Geographic Children's Books
Pages: 128
Format: Library Binding
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There is no book quite like Quilt of States—the unique combination of handmade quilts with the voice of each state heard through the writing of one of the state's librarians to illustrate the coming together of the United States of America.Using one of the only two original American... |
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The Young World
Chris Weitz · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 373
Format: Hardcover
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"Chris Weitz has made a beautiful transition from writing and directing films to novels. The Young World is populated with characters you won't forget and a story as fresh and urgent as Divergent."--James Patterson, #1 NY Times bestselling author of Maximum Ride. |
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Beastly Brains: Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel
Nancy F Castaldo · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 152
Format: Print book
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In Beastly Brains, Castaldo delves into the minds of animals and explores animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and historical anecdotes. Researchers from Charles Darwin to Jane Goodall have spent years analyzing the minds of animals, and today's... |
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The Reader
Traci Chee · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 442
Format: Print book
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Instant New York Times BestsellerA stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of, perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and BoneSefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt,... |
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Alex and Eliza: A Love Story
Melissa de la Cruz · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Witches of East End and The Descendants comes the love story of young Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler. 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing... |
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Rescued
Eliot Schrefer · Scholastic Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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The third entry in the taut, heart-wrenching quartet that made Eliot Schrefer a two-time National Book Award finalist introduces us to an orangutan held captive in suburban America. |
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The Thickety: Well of Witches
J A White · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 512
Format: Print book
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J. A. White's The Thickety: Well of Witches is an epic quest into an enchanted kingdom with new kinds of magic, an old enemy, and only one way out. Fans of Neil Gaiman will love this third novel in the spectacular and twisty fantasy series that has readers and reviewers raving.Kara... |
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