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Project You: More than 50 Ways to Calm Down, De-Stress, and Feel Great

Aubre Andrus · Switch Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Find your balance. Make a protein-packed smoothie to energize for a busy day. Center yourself after a stressful week by taking five minutes to write in your journal. Strengthen your body and calm your mind with simple yoga poses and breathing techniques. Craft a vision board to help...
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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything

ALY RAISMAN · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me"...
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The Caldera

JOHN FLANAGAN · Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

The Herons take to the high seas to fend off pirates and rescue the heir to an empire in the newest adventure from John Flanagan, author of the worldwide bestselling Ranger's Apprentice! After weeks of turbulent travels at sea, Hal and the Herons return home to Hallasholm as Stig clashes...
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Siege of Shadows

SARAH RAUGHLEY · Simon Pulse
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Maia and the other Effigies seek out the true origins of the Phantoms that terrorize their world in this thrilling follow-up to Fate of Flames, which Elise Chapman calls "an immersive and monstrously fun read."There's nowhere to hide. Not when you're an Effigy. No matter where...
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Runebinder

Alex R. Kahler · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Magic is risen. Three years have passed since magic destroyed the world. Those who remain struggle to survive the humanoid monsters called Howls roaming the streets. The Hunters fight back with steel and magic, doing their best to protect what remains of humanity. They have used their elemental...
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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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This Mortal Coil

Emily Suvada · Simon Pulse
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

In this gripping debut novel, seventeen-year-old Cat must use her gene-hacking skills to decode her late father's message concealing a vaccine to a horrifying plague.Catarina Agatta is a hacker. She can cripple mainframes and crash through firewalls, but that's not what makes her special....
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A Skinful of Shadows

FRANCES HARDINGE · Amulet Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A Skinful of Shadows is a dark YA historical fantasy set in the early part of the English Civil War. Kate is an illegitimate daughter of the aristocratic Fellmotte family, and as such, she shares their unique hereditary gift: the capacity to be possessed by ghosts. Reluctant to accept her appointed...
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Retribution Rails

ERIN BOWMAN · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

REDEMPTION IS NEVER FREE
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The Speaker

TRACI CHEE · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The sequel to the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestselling fantasy The Reader, "highly recommended for fans of Cornelia Funke's Inkheart and female-powered adventures." - School Library JournalHaving barely escaped the clutches of the Guard, Sefia and Archer are back on the run,...
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MARISSA MEYER · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal.Secret Identities.Extraordinary Powers.She wants vengeance. He wants justice.The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies -- humans with extraordinary abilities -- who emerged...
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Instructions for a Secondhand Heart

Tamsyn Murray · Poppy
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A moving novel about grief, guilt, and the unpredictability of love, for fans of Everything, Everything and All the Bright Places. Jonny knows better than anyone that life is full of cruel ironies. He's spent every day in a hospital hooked up to machines to keep his heart ticking. Then...
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Ever the Brave

ERIN SUMMERILL · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Ever the Divided. Ever the Feared. Ever the Brave. After saving King Aodren with her newfound Channeler powers, Britta only wants to live a peaceful life in her childhood home. Unfortunately, saving the King has created a tether between them she cannot sever, no matter how much she'd...
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