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Sword and Pen

Rachel Caine · Berkley
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

With the future of the Great Library in doubt, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone must decide if it's worth saving in this thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.

The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist...
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Five Dark Fates

Kendare Blake · HarperTeen
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

In the final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Three Dark Crowns series, an all-out war is brewing - one that will pit sister against sister and dead against undead.

After the grim confrontation with Queen Katharine, the rebellion lies in tatters. Jules's legion curse has been...

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Serpent & Dove (Serpent & Dove Duology Series #1)

Shelby Mahurin · HarperTeen
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

"A brilliant debut, full of everything I love: a sparkling and fully realized heroine, an intricate and deadly system of magic, and a searing romance that kept me reading long into the night. Serpent & Dove is an absolute gem of a book." - Sarah J. Maas, #1 New York Times...

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Match Me If You Can

Tiana Smith · Swoon Reads
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Mia's best friend Robyn is known for her matchmaking skills, which is perfect, because homecoming is just around the corner. But Robyn refuses to set Mia up with the guy of her dreams, which forces Mia to take matters into her own hands. She uses Robyn's matchmaking service to make sure...

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Fire & Heist

Sarah Beth Durst · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Cassandra Clare and Julie Kagawa will devour this contemporary fantasy about a teen were-dragon who must steal her first treasure. But a dark discovery during her heist could put her family in incredible danger.

In Sky Hawkins's family, leading your first heist is a major...
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Color Me In

Natasha Diaz · Delacorte Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Debut YA author Natasha Díaz pulls from her personal experience to inform this powerful coming-of-age novel about the meaning of friendship, the joyful beginnings of romance, and the racism and religious intolerance that can both strain a family to the breaking point and strengthen its bonds.

Who...
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There Will Come a Darkness

Katy Rose Pool · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows meets Kristin Cashore's Graceling, with a dash of Winter is Coming, in this showstopping debut YA fantasy!

"A can't miss debut from an exciting new talent." -Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Slayer

The...

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Midnight Beauties

Megan Shepherd · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The witches, beasties, goblins, and Royals return in this spellbinding conclusion to New York Times best-selling author Megan Shepherd's Grim Lovelies duology.
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Kingdom of Souls (Kingdom of Souls Series #1)

Rena Barron · HarperTeen
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

Magic has a price - if you're willing to pay.

The lush world building of Children of Blood and Bone meets the sweeping scale of Strange the Dreamer in this captivating epic YA fantasy debut.

Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. But each...

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Butterfly Yellow

Thanhha Lai · HarperCollins
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo, Ibi Zoboi, and Erika L. Sanchez, this gorgeously written and deeply moving own voices novel is the YA debut from the award-winning author of Inside Out & Back Again.

In the final days of the Việt Nam War, Hằng takes her little...

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The Girl the Sea Gave Back

Adrienne Young · Wednesday Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The new gut-wrenching epic from the New York Times bestselling author of Sky in the Deep.

For as long as she can remember, Tova has lived among the Svell, the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue. Her own home and clan...

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The Hive

Barry Lyga · Kids Can Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Cassie McKinney has always believed in the Hive.

Social media used to be out of control, after all. People were torn apart by trolls and doxxers. Even hackers --- like Cassie's dad --- were powerless against it.

But then the Hive came. A better way to sanction people for what...
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House of Salt and Sorrows

Erin A. Craig · Delacorte Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Get swept away in Erin A. Craig's mesmerizing House of Salt and Sorrows. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful who you dance with. . . .In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters...
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Loki: Where Mischief Lies

Mackenzi Lee · Marvel Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

An epic tale across the realms. A deadly power that spans millennia. A story of struggle and betrayal, this adventure is told through the patchwork past of Marvel's most misunderstood mischief-maker of all time: Loki: Trickster. God of Asgard. Brother.
This is the first of three young...
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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge A Crash of Fate

Zoraida Cordova · Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

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Izzy and Jules were childhood friends, climbing the spires of Batuu, inventing silly games, and dreaming of adventures they would share one day. Then, Izzy's...

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Grasshopper Jungle

Andrew Smith · Dutton Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) , LLC
Pages: 388
Format: Print book

A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction


"Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone

"Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut's...
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We Contain Multitudes

Sarah Henstra · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets I'll Give You the Sun in an exhilarating and emotional novel about the growing relationship between two teens boys, told through the letters they write to one another.
Jonathan Hopkirk and Adam "Kurl"...
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The Spaces Between Us

Stacia Tolman · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"A girl-centered Catcher in the Rye for the 21st century. " -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Two outcast best friends are desperate to survive senior year and break away from their dying factory town in Stacia Tolman's The Spaces Between Us, an unforgettable...

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A Winter's Promise: Book One of The Mirror Visitor Quartet

CHRISTELLE DABOS · Europa Editions
Pages: 468
Format: Hardcover

#1 Bestseller in France


Lose yourself in the fantastic world of the arks and in the company of unforgettable characters in this French runaway hit, Christelle Dabos' The Mirror Visitor quartet.


Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances....

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A Queer History of the United States for Young People

Michael Bronski · Beacon Press
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

Queer history didn't start with Stonewall. This book explores how LGBTQ people have always been a part of our national identity, contributing to the country and culture for over 400 years.

It is crucial for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth to know their history....
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Caster

Elsie Chapman · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Avatar: The Last Airbender meets Fight Club in this action-packed fantasy about a secret, underground magic fighting tournament.If the magic doesn't kill her, the truth just might.Aza Wu knows that real magic is dangerous and illegal. After all, casting killed her sister, Shire. As with...
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American Royals

Katharine McGee · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

What if America had a royal family? If you can't get enough of Harry and Meghan or Kate and William, meet American princesses Beatrice and Samantha.

Two princesses vying for the ultimate crown.
Two girls vying for the prince's heart.
This is the story of the American royals.

When...
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Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

Maritza Moulite · Inkyard Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

This exceptional debut novel captures a sparkling new voice and irrepressible heroine in a celebration of storytelling sure to thrill fans of Nicola Yoon, Ibi Zoboi and Jenna Evans Welch!

When a school presentation goes very wrong, Alaine Beauparlant finds herself suspended, shipped...
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Capturing the Devil

Kerri Maniscalco · jimmy patterson
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover


In the shocking finale to the bestselling series that began with Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are on the hunt for the depraved, elusive killer known as the White City Devil. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse has them fighting to stay one step ahead of the brilliant...
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Life Is Short and Then You Die: Mystery Writers of America Presents First Encounters with Murder

Kelley Armstrong · Imprint
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Life Is Short and Then You Die is the Mystery Writers of America's first teen anthology, edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.

Adolescence is a time of "firsts." First kiss. First love. First loss. First job. The first taste of adult...

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A Match Made in Mehendi

Nandini Bajpai · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

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Teen Chef Cooks: 80 Scrumptious, Family-Friendly Recipes

Eliana de Las Casas · Rodale Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

More than 75 fresh, flavorful, seasonal recipes from award-winning chef and the 2016 Chopped Teen Grand Champion, Eliana de Las Casas.With her newest book, Chef Eliana inspires kids, teens, and families to embrace seasonal cooking and to use fresh, local ingredients when possible. Eliana...
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A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust

Albert Marrin · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From National Book Award Finalist Albert Marrin comes the moving story of Janusz Korczak, the heroic Polish Jewish doctor who devoted his life to children, perishing with them in the Holocaust.Janusz Korczak was more than a good doctor. He was a hero. The Dr. Spock of his day, he established...
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Pet

Akwaeke Emezi · Make Me a World
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?

There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors...
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Red Skies Falling

Alex London · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

In Red Skies Falling, Alex London's thrilling sequel to Black Wings Beating, the epic fantasy Skybound Saga continues as twins Kylee and Brysen are separated by the expanse of Uztar, but are preparing for the same war--or so they think.

Kylee is ensconsed in the Sky Castle,...

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The Starlight Claim

Tim Wynne-Jones · Candlewick
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Fast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones's latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees.

Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat...
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Paul, Big, and Small

David Glen Robb · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A YA novel about the turbulent, emotional lives of teenagers who are struggling with life's challenges openly and sometimes in secret. Paul Adams has always been short, but he's an excellent rock climber. And his small size means he can hide from the bullies that prowl the halls...
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The Infinite Noise: A Bright Sessions Novel

Lauren Shippen · Tor Teen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Lauren Shippen's The Infinite Noise is a stunning, original debut novel based on her wildly popular and award-winning podcast The Bright Sessions.

Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb...

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The Color of the Sun

David Almond · Candlewick
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author David Almond pens the dreamlike tale of a boy rediscovering joy and beauty within and around him, even amid sorrow.

One hot summer morning, only weeks after his father's death, Davie steps out his front door into the familiar streets of the Tyneside town that...
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SLAY

Brittney Morris · Simon Pulse
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"The YA debut we're most excited for this year." - Entertainment Weekly

"A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that'll keep you down for the count. Prepare to BE slain." - Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling...
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The Liars of Mariposa Island

Jennifer Mathieu · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Moxie comes a stunning novel told in three voices about the lies families tell to survive. Every year, summer begins when the Callahans arrive on Mariposa Island. That's when Elena Finney gets to escape her unstable, controlling mother by babysitting for their two children....
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Rebel

Marie Lu · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Respect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel.Eden Wing is a brilliant student. He's about to graduate a year early from Ross University of the Sciences, with honors, and already has an internship lined up back in the Republic. But most...
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Lost and Found

Orson Scott Card · Blackstone Audio
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

""Are you really a thief?""

That's the question that has haunted fourteen-year-old Ezekiel Blast all his life. But he's not a thief, he just has a talent for finding things. Not a superpower--a micropower. Because what good is finding lost bicycles and hair...

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The Bone Houses

Emily Lloyd-Jones · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Sky in the Deep in this bewitching, historical horror novel, perfect for fans of Holly Black and V.E. Schwab. Seventeen-year-old Aderyn ("Ryn") only cares about two things: her family and her family's graveyard. And right now, both are in dire...
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Frankly in Love

David Yoon · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

An Instant New York Times Bestseller and #1 Indie Bestseller!

Two friends. One fake dating scheme. What could possibly go wrong?

Frank Li has two names. There's Frank Li, his American name. Then there's Sung-Min Li, his Korean name. No one uses his Korean name, not even...
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Rules for Vanishing

Kate Alice Marshall · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

In the faux-documentary style of The Blair Witch Project comes the campfire story of a missing girl, a vengeful ghost, and the girl who is determined to find her sister--at all costs.Once a year, a road appears in the forest. And at the end of it, the ghost of Lucy Gallows beckons. Lucy's...
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Cracking the Bell

Geoff Herbach · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Friday Night Lights meets Concussion in this powerful and important novel by Geoff Herbach, author of the Stupid Fast series, exploring the dangerous concussion crisis in football through the eyes of a high school team captain.

Isaiah loves football. In fact, football saved Isaiah's...

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