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True Teen Stories from Mexico: Surviving Gangs and the Drug Wars

Derek Miller · Cavendish Square
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

Though many Mexican states are peaceful and feature lifestyles not unlike those enjoyed by other North Americans, regions of Mexico are plagued by violence and terror. In 2016, more than twenty thousand people were killed in the country as a direct consequence of the drug wars. This volume...
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Three Dark Crowns

Kendare Blake · HarperTeen
Pages: 398
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller * New York Public Library Best Books of 2016 * Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2016* Kirkus Best Books of the YearFans of acclaimed author Kendare Blake's Anna Dressed in Blood will devour her latest novel, a dark and inventive fantasy about three sisters...
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Denton Little's Still Not Dead

Lance Rubin · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"Rubin is really funny, but like John Green, he manages to be poignant. . . . In other words, it's a keeper." - Bustle on Denton Little's Deathdate You only live once - unless you're Denton Little! Denton Little lives in a world exactly like our own except that everyone knows...
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Nemesis

Brendan Reichs · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Orphan Black meets Lord of the Flies in this riveting new thriller from the co-author of the Virals series. It's been happening since Min was eight. Every two years, on her birthday, a strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood. But hours later, she wakes up in a clearing just...
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Copyboy

Vince Vawter · Capstone Editions
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

In the sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning novel Paperboy, Victor Vollmer sets off to fulfill a final request of Mr. Spiro, the aging neighbor who became his friend and mentor. Now a few years older and working as a newspaper copyboy, Victor plans to spread Mr. Spiro's ashes at the mouth...
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Black Light Express

Philip Reeve · Switch Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

With superb world building, gripping action, and ruthless political intrigue, Black Light Express delivers a breathtaking adventure into the darkest depths of space and is sure to please sci-fi fans and foes alike. At the edge of the Great Network, a small-time thief and an android girl...
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Dungeonology

Matt Forbeck · Candlewick
Pages: 30
Format: Hardcover

A treasure trove of lore for new adventurers!The world's most beloved roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, joins the legendary 'Ology series as the renowned guide Volo Geddarm takes you on an unforgettable journey through the Forgotten Realms. From the dreaming spires of Waterdeep...
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The Environmental Movement

Stuart A. Kallen
Format: Hardcover

When Rachel Carson described the dangers of DDT in the late 1950s she launched a movement that continues to influence society. The Environmental Movement provides a fascinating eco-tour from Carson through Earth Day, the environmental decade of the 1970s, and the challenges facing a new generation...
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Seeker

VERONICA ROSSI · Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Veronica Rossi's new fantasy adventure in the Rider series -- Seeker .When Daryn claimed she was seeing "visions" during her sophomore year of high school, no one believed the truth. She wasn't losing her mind, she was gaining the Sight...
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Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Jenny Han · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 325
Format: Hardcover

Lara Jean's letter-writing days aren't over in this surprise follow-up to the New York Times bestselling To All the Boys I've Loved Before and P.S. I Still Love You.Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl could ever hope for. She is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Peter;...
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Orphaned

ELIOT SCHREFER · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Before humans, and before human history, there were the apes.Snub is a young gorilla, living in the heart of what will eventually be known as Africa. She is jealous of her mother's new baby . . . and restless in her need to explore. When a natural disaster shakes up her family, Snub...
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Lucy and Linh

Alice Pung · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 340
Format: Print book

Gilmore Girls meets Fresh Off the Boat in this witty novel about navigating life in private school while remaining true to yourself. Lucy is a bit of a pushover, but she's ambitious and smart, and she has just received the opportunity of a lifetime: a scholarship to a prestigious school,...
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Victoria: Portrait of a Queen

Catherine Reef · Clarion Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Catherine Reef brings history vividly to life in this sumptuously illustrated account of a confident, strong-minded, and influential woman. Victoria woke one morning at the age of eighteen to discover that her uncle had died and she was now queen. She went on to rule for sixty-three years,...
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Game On!: Video Game History from Pong and Pac-Man to Mario, Minecraft, and More

Dustin Hansen · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Find out about the fast and furious growth and evolution of video games (including how they are quickly taking over the world!) by looking at some of the most popular, innovative, and influential games ever, from Pong, the very first arcade game ever, to modern hits like Uncharted.Learn...
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The Pearl Thief

Elizabeth Wein · Bolinda Audio
Format: Audio CD

Sixteen-year-old Julie Beaufort-Stuart is returning to her family's ancestral home in Perthshire for one last summer. It is not an idyllic return to childhood. Her grandfather's death has forced the sale of the house and estate and this will be a summer of goodbyes. Not least to the McEwen...
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