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A Face Like Glass

FRANCES HARDINGE · AMULET Books
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

In the underground city of Caverna, the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies beyond compare - wines that remove memories, cheeses that make you hallucinate, and perfumes that convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. On the surface,...
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The Battlemage

Taran Matharu · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 377
Format: Hardcover

The epic conclusion to the New York Times-bestselling Summoner trilogy!Fletcher and his friends fight for survival in the ether, where they pursue a mortally dangerous quest to rebuild their world and broker peace.Even as hatred threatens to turn friend into foe, Fletcher must lead a small...
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Brave New Girl

Rachel Vincent · Delacorte Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

"Thrilling and dangerous, with an ending that will leave you gasping!" - SUZANNE YOUNG, New York Times bestselling author of the series THE PROGRAMIn a world where everyone is the same, one girl is the unthinkable: unique. A high-stakes fast-paced series launch from New York...
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The Truth About Happily Ever After

Karole Cozzo · Swoon Reads
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Chin up, Princess, or the crown will slip.A theme park princess must put her life back together after her happily ever after falls apart in The Truth About Happily Ever After, a contemporary YA romance from Karole Cozzo, author of How to Keep Rolling After a Fall and How to Say I Love You Out Loud.Everything...
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Flame in the Mist

RENEE AHDIEH · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn, comes a sweeping, action-packed YA adventure set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan where Mulan meets Throne of Glass. The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place - she may be an accomplished...
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It Started with Goodbye

Christina June · Blink
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. After being falsely accused of a crime, she's stuck under stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF's gone ghost. Tatum fills her newfound free time with community service by day and working at her covert...
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Ramona Blue

Julie Murphy · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 420
Format: Print book

From Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' and Side Effects May Vary, comes another fearless heroine, Ramona Blue, in a gorgeously evocative novel about family, friendship, and how sometimes love can be more fluid than you first think. Perfect for fans of Rainbow...
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The Traitor's Kiss

Erin Beaty · Imprint
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An obstinate girl who will not be married. A soldier desperate to prove himself. A kingdom on the brink of war. With a sharp tongue and an unruly temper, Sage Fowler is not what they'd call a lady -- which is perfectly fine with her. Deemed unfit for marriage, Sage is apprenticed to a matchmaker...
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Seeker

VERONICA ROSSI · TOR TEEN
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

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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Windy City Magic, Book 1 The Best Kind of Magic

Crystal Cestari · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Amber Sand is not a witch. The Sand family Wicca gene somehow leapfrogged over her. But she did get one highly specific magical talent: she can see true love. As a matchmaker, Amber's pretty far down the sorcery food chain (even birthday party magicians rank higher) , but after five seconds...
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Thick as Thieves

NOT AVAILABLE. · GREENWILLOW Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Discover the world of the Queen's ThiefThick as Thieves is the eagerly anticipated new stand-alone novel set in the world of the Queen's Thief. New York Times - bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner's entrancing and award-winning Queen's Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics...
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Lord of Shadows

Cassandra Clare · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

Sunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare's Lord of Shadows, the sequel to the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel.Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she'd be at peace. But she is anything...
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The Crown's Fate

Evelyn Skye · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The gorgeous and darkly compelling sequel to The Crown's Game - perfect for fans of Red Queen and Shadow and Bone. Magic is growing, shadows are rising, and the throne is at stake ... Russia is on the brink of great change. Pasha's coronation approaches, and Vika is now the Imperial Enchanter,...
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Crazy House

JAMES PATTERSON · JIMMY PATTERSON
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

There were no charges. There was no trial. There will be no escape. Seventeen-year-old Becca Greenfield was snatched from her small hometown. She was thrown into a maximum-security prison and put on Death Row with other kids her age. Until her execution, Becca's told to fit in and shut...
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How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

Sandra Uwiringiyimana · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism.Sandra was just ten years...
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Eyes and Spies: How You're Tracked and Why You Should Know

Tanya Lloyd Kyi · Annick Press
Pages: 135
Format: Hardcover

Written for middle-grade and older readers, Eyes and Spies looks at the way information and data about us is collected and used by individuals, governments, companies, and organizations. Each chapter covers one aspect of the subject, from data collection to computer surveillance to personal...
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Magellan: Over the Edge of the World

Laurence Bergreen · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

A middle-grade adaptation of Laurence Bergreen's adult bestseller, about Magellan's historic voyage around the globe.On September 6, 1522, a horribly battered ship manned by eighteen malnourished, scurvy-ridden sailors appeared on the horizon near a Spanish port. They were survivors...
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Ryan Higa's How to Write Good

RYAN HIGA · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

An unconventional, irreverent, yet heartfelt memoir by Ryan Higa, one of the top creators on YouTube. With pictures! And illustrations! And, y'know, words.
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Song of the Current

Sarah Tolcser · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. Her father is a wherryman, as was her grandmother. All Caro needs is for the river god to whisper her name, and her fate is sealed. But at seventeen, Caro may be too late.So when pirates burn ships and her father is arrested, Caro volunteers...
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Crossing Ebenezer Creek

Tonya Bolden · Bloomsbury
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

When Mariah and her young brother Zeke are suddenly freed from slavery, they join Sherman's march through Georgia. Mariah wants to believe that the brutalities of slavery are behind them, but even as hope glimmers, there are many hardships yet to come. When she meets a free black named...
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No Good Deed

GOLDY MOLDAVSKY · POINT
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

He's not asking for much. All Gregor Maravilla wants to do is feed all of the starving children on the planet. So when he's selected to join Camp Save the World, a special summer program for teenage activists from all over the country to champion their cause, Gregor's sure he's on the path...
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The Names They Gave Us

Emery Lord · Bloomsbury Usa
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

From the acclaimed author of When We Collided comes a vibrant, compelling story of love, loss, faith, and friendship. Lucy Hansson was ready for a perfect summer with her boyfriend, working at her childhood Bible camp on the lake and spending quality time with her parents. But when her mom's...
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Words in Deep Blue

Cath Crowley · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"One of the loveliest, most exquisitely beautiful books I've read in a very long time. . . . I didn't just read the pages, I lived in them." - Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places A beautiful love story for fans of Jandy Nelson and Nicola...
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Breaking

Danielle Rollins · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Charlotte has always been content in the shadow of her two best friends at the prestigious Weston Preparatory Institute. Ariel is daring and mysterious. Devon is beautiful and brilliant. Although Charlotte never lived up to the standards of the school--or her demanding mother, Dr. Gruen--her...
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And Then There Were Four

NANCY WERLIN · DIAL
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Nancy Werlin returns to YA suspense with this page-turner mystery for fans of Lauren Oliver, Neal Shusterman, and Lois Duncan Let's not die today. Not even to make things easier for our parents. When a building collapses around five teenagers - and they...
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The Possible

TARA ALTEBRANDO · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Another twisty psychological suspense from the author of The Leaving, where a teen searches for answers about her mother's dark history, telekinesis, and the power of will.What if . . . no one knows the truth about you? It's been thirteen years since Kaylee's biological mother, Crystal,...
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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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I Am a Secret Service Agent: My Life Spent Protecting the President

DAN EMMETT · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. From that moment forward, he knew he wanted to become a Secret Service agent, one of an elite group of highly trained men and women dedicated to preserving the life of the President of the United States...
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What I Lost

Alexandra Ballard · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

What sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has lost so far: forty pounds, four jean sizes, a boyfriend, and her peace of mind. As a result, she's finally a size zero. She's also the newest resident at Wallingfield, a treatment center for girls like her -- girls with eating disorders. Elizabeth is determined...
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Eliza and Her Monsters

FRANCESCA ZAPPIA · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of Monstrous Sea, a wildly popular webcomic, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's worked for begins to crumble.Scott Westerfeld's Afterworlds meets Nimona in this novel about art, fandom, and finding...
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Once and for All

SARAH DESSEN · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From Sarah Dessen, the beloved New York Times bestselling author of SAINT ANYTHING and JUST LISTEN, comes a new novel set in the world of wedding planning!Is it really better to have loved and lost? Louna's summer job is to help brides plan their perfect day, even though she stopped believing...
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