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The Rains: A Novel

Gregg Hurwitz · Tor Teen
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Rick Yancey's "The 5th Wave, " the first YA page-turner from "New York Times "bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz. In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns into a war zone. No one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance...
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Lu

JASON REYNOLDS · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Lu must learn to leave his ego on the sidelines if he wants to finally connect with others in the climax to the New York Times bestselling and award-winning Track series from Jason Reynolds. Lu was born to be cocaptain of the Defenders. Well, actually, he was born albino, but that's...
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Stormy Seas: Stories of Young Boat Refugees

Mary Beth Leatherdale · Annick Press
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

The phenomenon of desperate refugees risking their lives to reach safety is not new. For hundreds of years, people have left behind family, friends, and all they know in hope of a better life. This book presents five true stories about young people who lived through the harrowing experience...
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Love & Gelato

Jenna Evans Welch · Simon Pulse, 2016.
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure.Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn't in the mood for Italy's famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She's only there because it was her mother's...
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Solo

Kwame Alexander · Blink
Pages: 458
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestseller!Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure,...
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Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam

ELIZABETH PARTRIDGE · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

"Partridge proves once again that nonfiction can be every bit as dramatic as the best fiction."*America's war in Vietnam. In over a decade of bitter fighting, it claimed the lives of more than 58,000 American soldiers and beleaguered four US presidents. More than forty years after...
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Star Wars Ahsoka

E.K. Johnston · Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 353
Format: Hardcover

Fans have long wondered what happened to Ahsoka after she left the Jedi Order near the end of the Clone Wars, and before she re-appeared as the mysterious Rebel operative Fulcrum in Rebels. Finally, her story will begin to be told. Following her experiences with the Jedi and the devastation...
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Goodbye Days

Jeff Zentner · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

"Gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately life-affirming," says Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also A Star, of this novel about finding strength and hope after tragedy. Perfect for fans of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl...
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We Regret to Inform You

A E Kaplan · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

When a high achiever is rejected by every Ivy League college--AND her safety school--her life is turned upside down. Fans of Becky Albertalli will appreciate this witty, heartfelt novel that puts college admissions in perspective.Mischa Abramavicius is a walking, talking, top-scoring, perfectly...
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Throne of Glass 5

Sarah J Maas · Bloomsbury Usa
Pages: 704
Format: Print book

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't.With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty...
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Bad Blood

Jennifer Lynn Barnes · Hyperion
Pages: 373
Format: Print book

When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals program, she had one goal: uncover the truth about her mother's murder. But now, everything Cassie thought she knew about what happened that night has been called into question. Her mother is alive, and the people holding her captive are more...
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The Dog, Ray

Linda Coggin · Candlewick
Pages: 193
Format: Hardcover

By turns humorous, poignant, and moving, this tale of a girl who comes back to Earth as a dog is a nuanced portrait of death, love, grief, and hope.When my death came it was swift. Swift as a running horse. It wasted no time.Daisy, age twelve, has died in a car accident. She finds herself...
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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

Kenneth C Davis · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Did you know that many of America's Founding Fathers -- who fought for liberty and justice for all -- were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were "owned" by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about...
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The Bone Witch

Rin Chupeco · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 411
Format: Hardcover

A Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Young Adult Book of Spring 2017!In the captivating start to a new, darkly lyrical fantasy series for readers of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir, Tea can raise the dead, but resurrection comes at a price...Let me be clear: I never intended to raise my brother...
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Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge

Lisa Jensen · Candlewick
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Filled with magic and fierce emotion, Lisa Jensen's multilayered novel will make you question all you think you know about beauty, beastliness, and happily ever after.They say Chteau Beaumont is cursed. But servant-girl Lucie can't believe such foolishness about handsome Jean-Loup...
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