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A Torch Against the Night

Sabaa Tahir · Razorbill
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

THE ASTONISHING SEQUEL TO THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, AN EMBER IN THE ASHES"Most Spectacular Sequel" -- Entertainment Weekly Summer 2016 Must List"Even higher stakes than its predecessor ... thrilling..." - Publishers Weekly, starred review"[An] action-packed,...
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The Walk On

John Feinstein · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 359
Format: Paperback

Bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein kicks off a new series for middle grade featuring Alex Myers, a student athlete who tries to take on the sports establishment in his new town. Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it's clear that that position...
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Boost Your Career: How to Make an Impact, Get Recognized, and Build the Career You Want

Sander Flaum · Allworth Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Many people spend years working themselves into the ground, only to be passed over for the promotions, recognition, and pay raises they deserve. Today, there is a new set of unwritten rules for getting ahead, and they are all about making an impact. In Boost Your Career, Sander and Mechele...
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Into the Drowning Deep

MIRA GRANT · Orbit
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant, author of the renowned Newsflesh series, returns with a novel that takes us to a new world of ancient mysteries and mythological dangers come to life. Seven years ago, the Atargatis set off on a voyage to the Mariana Trench to film a "mockumentary"...
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Overturned

L R Giles · Scholastic Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas:...
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The Takedown

Corrie Wang · Freeform
Pages: 369
Format: Hardcover

Kyla Cheng doesn't expect you to like her. For the record, she doesn't need you to. On track to be valedictorian, she's president of her community club, a debate team champ, plus the yummy Mackenzie Rodriguez has firmly attached himself to her hip. She and her three high-powered best friends...
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The Book of Dust

Philip Pullman · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

The much-anticipated new work from the author of The Golden Compass is coming at last! Renowned storyteller Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of Lyra Belacqua and His Dark Materials for a thrilling and epic adventure in which daemons, alethiometers, and the Magisterium all play...
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The Siren

Kiera Cass · HarperTeen
Pages: 327
Format: Print book

From Kiera Cass, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series, comes a captivating stand-alone fantasy romance.Kahlen is a Siren, bound to serve the Ocean by luring humans to watery graves with her voice, which is deadly to any human who hears it. Akinli is human - a kind,...
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Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of Nasa

SUE BRADFORD EDWARDS · ESSENTIAL LIBRARY
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Hidden Human Computersdiscusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
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Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy

Ameriie · BLOOMSBURY USA
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Leave it to the heroes to save the world--villains just want to rule the world. In this unique YA anthology, thirteen acclaimed, bestselling authors team up with thirteen influential BookTubers to reimagine fairy tales from the oft-misunderstood villains' points of view. These fractured,...
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Tell Me Three Things

Julie Buxbaum · Ember
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A New York Times Bestseller "Here are three things about this book: (1) It's . . . funny and romantic; (2) the mystery at the heart of the story will keep you turning the pages; (3) I have a feeling you'll be very happy you read it." - Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical...
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Scion of the Fox: The Realms of Ancient, Book 1

Samantha Beiko · ECW Press
Pages: 440
Format: Hardcover

As the winter ice begins to thaw, the fury of a demon builds -- all because one girl couldn't stay dead . . .Roan Harken considers herself a typical high school student -- dead parents, an infected eyeball, and living in the house of her estranged, currently comatose grandmother (well,...
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Shadowhouse Fall

Daniel José Older · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary sequel to the New York Times bestseller Shadowshaper is daring, dazzling, defiant. "A magical revolution on the page." -- Leigh Bardugo "[Older] leaves us openmouthed and speechless, asking "What just happened to me?!" -- Jacqueline Woodson Sierra...
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Beast

Brie Spangler · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 330
Format: Print book

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA witty, wise, and heart-wrenching reimagining of Beauty and the Beast that will appeal to fans of Rainbow Rowell and David Levithan. Tall, meaty, muscle-bound, and hairier than most throw rugs, Dylan doesn't...
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The Special Ones

Em Bailey · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Esther is one of the Special Ones: four young spiritual guides who live in a remote farmhouse under the protection of a mysterious cult leader. He watches them around the clock, ready to punish them if they forget who they are - and all the while, broadcasting their lives to eager followers...
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