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Kristen Lippert-Martin · Egmontusa
Pages: 335
Format: Hardcover

The Bourne Identity meets Divergent in this action-packed debut thriller with a Katniss-esque heroine fighting to regain her memories and stay alive, set against a dystopian hospital background.Sarah starts a crazy battle for her life within the walls of her hospital-turned-prison when...
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Critical Survey of Young Adult Literature: Print Purchase Includes Free Online Access

Salem Press · Salem Press
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

This comprehensive collection provides thoughtful examination of the Authors, Works, Genres, Themes and Film Adaptations that have contributed to the popularity and success of the young adult genre. Author Biographies-Complete coverage of 40 of the most notable young adult authors from...
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Goldeline

JIMMY CAJOLEAS · HarperCollins
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon and The Thickety, this spellbinding story follows a young girl named Goldeline on an adventure through a fairy tale forest filled with dark and wondrous magic. In the wild, free woods of the Hinterlands, where magic is as real as stories are,...
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The Bitter Side of Sweet

Tara Sullivan · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Linda Sue Park and A Long Way Gone, two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern-day Ivory CoastFifteen-year-old Amadou counts the things that matter. For two years what has mattered are the number of cacao pods he and his younger brother, Seydou, can chop down in a day....
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Burn Baby Burn

Meg Medina · Candlewick
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover

While violence runs rampant throughout New York, a teenage girl faces danger within her own home in Meg Medina's riveting coming-of-age novel.Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York summer of 1977, when the city is besieged by arson, a massive blackout, and a serial killer...
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This Is Not a Love Letter

Kim Purcell · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

One week. That's all Jessie said. A one-week break to get some perspective before graduation, before she and her boyfriend, Chris, would have to make all the big, scary decisions about their future--decisions they had been fighting about for weeks. Then, Chris vanishes. The police think...
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Prettyboy Must Die: A Novel

Kim Reid · Tor Teen
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A CIA prodigy's cover is blown when he accidentally becomes an internet sensation in #Prettyboy Must Die, Kimberly Reid's fun, fast thriller inspired by the #Alexfromtarget story.When Peter Smith's classmate snaps a picture of him during a late night run at the track, Peter thinks he might...
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Between the Blade and the Heart

AMANDA HOCKING · Wednesday Books
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

When the fate of the world is at stakeLoyalties will be testedGame of Thrones meets Blade Runner in this commanding new YA fantasy inspired by Norse Mythology from New York Times bestselling author Amanda Hocking.As one of Odin's Valkyries, Malin's greatest responsibility is to slay immortals...
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Firebrand: A Steeplejack novel

A J HARTLEY · Tor Teen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author A. J. Hartley returns to his intriguing, 19th-century South African-inspired fantasy world in Firebrand, another adrenaline-pounding adventure.Once a steeplejack, Anglet Sutonga is used to scaling the heights of Bar-Selehm. Nowadays she assists politician...
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The Singing Bones

Shaun Tan · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Wicked stepmothers, traitorous brothers, cunning foxes, lonely princesses: There is no mistaking the world of the Brothers Grimm and the beloved fairy tales that have captured generations of readers. Now internationally acclaimed artist Shaun Tan shows us the beautiful, terrifying, amusing,...
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The Raging Ones

Krista Ritchie · Wednesday Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

An edge of your seat sci-fi romance with twists and turns that you will never see coming!In a freezing world, where everyone knows the day they will die, three teens break all odds. Franny Bluecastle, a tough city teen, dreams of dying in opulence, to see wealth she's never known. Like...
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The Boneless Mercies

April Genevieve Tucholke · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Frey, Ovie, Juniper, and Runa are the Boneless Mercies -- girls hired to kill quickly, quietly, and mercifully. But Frey is weary of the death trade and, having been raised on the heroic sagas of her people, dreams of a bigger life. When she hears of an unstoppable monster ravaging a nearby...
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Truly Devious: A Mystery

Maureen Johnson · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists....
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Strange Star

Emma Carroll · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of In Darkling Wood comes a spine-tingling novel inspired by Frankenstein with more than a hint of mystery and suspense.One stormy June evening, five friends meet at Villa Diodati, the summer home of Lord Byron. After dinner is served, they challenge...
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