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Blood for Blood

Ryan Graudin · Little
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

"Wild and gorgeous, vivid and consuming. I loved it I can't wait for the sequel. "--Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, on Wolf by WolfThe action-packed, thrilling sequel to Ryan Graudin's Wolf by Wolf. There would be blood....
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Scythe

Neal Shusterman · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

Two teens are forced to murder - maybe each other - in the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ("gleaned") by professional...
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Useless Bay

Mary Jane Beaufrand · Amulet Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

On Whidbey Island, the Gray quintuplets are the stuff of legend. Pixie and her brothers have always been bigger and blonder than their neighbors, as if they were birthed from the island itself. Together, they serve as an unofficial search-and-rescue team for the island, saving tourists...
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Neil Gaiman's How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Enn is a sixteen-year-old boy who just doesn't understand girls, while his friend Vic seems to have them all figured out. Both teenagers are in for the shock of their young lives, however, when they crash a local party only to discover that the girls there are far, far more than they appear!...
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Holding Up the Universe

Jennifer Niven · Alfred A Knopf
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

From the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places comes a heart-wrenching story about what it means to see someone - and love someone - for who they truly are.Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed "America's Fattest Teen." But no one's...
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Glitter

Aprilynne Pike · Random House
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike comes a truly original new novel - Breaking Bad meets Marie Antoinette in a near-future world where the residents of Versailles live like it's the eighteenth century and an almost-queen turns to drug dealing to save her own life....
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The Amateurs Book 1 The Amateurs

Sara Shepard · Freeform Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

As soon as Seneca Frazier sees the post on the Case Not Closed website about Helena Kelly, she's hooked. Helena's high-profile disappearance five years earlier is the one that originally got Seneca addicted to true crime. It's the reason she's a member of the site in the first place. So when...
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Ashes

Laurie Halse Anderson · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 298
Format: Print book

Return to the American Revolution in this blistering conclusion to the trilogy that began with the bestselling National Book Award Finalist Chains and continued with Forge, which The New York Times called "a return not only to the colonial era but to historical accuracy."As the Revolutionary...
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Three Dark Crowns

Kendare Blake · Harperteen
Pages: 398
Format: Print book

A New York Times bestseller!Fans of acclaimed author Kendare Blake's Anna Dressed in Blood will devour her latest novel, a dark and inventive fantasy about three sisters who must fight to the death to become queen. In every generation on the island of Fennbirn, a set of triplets is born:...
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Moon Chosen: Tales of a New World

P C Cast · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 597
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. Cast, brings us a new epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty ... Mari is an Earth Walker,...
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Goldenhand

Garth Nix · Harper
Pages: 344
Format: Print book

The long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix's New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.Goldenhand takes place six months after the events of Abhorsen and follows the novella Nicholas...
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Ghost

Jason Reynolds · Atheneum Children'S Books
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly...
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Falling Over Sideways

Jordan Sonnenblick · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

It's not easy being Claire. (Really.) Claire's life is a joke . . . but she's not laughing. While her friends seem to be leaping forward, she's dancing in the same place. The mean girls at school are living up to their mean name, and there's a boy, Ryder, who's just as bad, if not worse....
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Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy Book 1)

Cassandra Clare · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Kindle Edition

After living as a Mundane and a Vampire, Simon never thought he would become a Shadowhunter, but today he begins his training at Shadowhunter Academy.
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Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity

Kristin Elizabeth Clark · Farrar
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

The last time Jess saw her father, she was a boy. Now she's a high school graduate, soon to be on her way to art school. But first she has some unfinished business with her dad. So she's driving halfway across the country to his wedding. He happens to be marrying her mom's ex-best...
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The Turncoat's Gambit

Andrea R Cremer · Philomel Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

What if America had lost the Revolutionary War? And now lived in constant fear and oppression? From the bestselling author of Nightshade, this is the action-packed final chapter of The Inventor's Secret trilogyCharlotte has spent her whole life fighting the British Empire, following in the footsteps...
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And the Trees Crept In

Dawn Kurtagich · Little
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

A stunning, terrifying novel about a house the color of blood and the two sisters who are trapped there, by "The Dead House" author Dawn Kurtagich When Silla and Nori arrive at their aunt's home, it's immediately clear that the "blood manor" is cursed. The creaking of the house...
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay

J.K. Rowling · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay. When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced...
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Blood Red Snow White: A Novel

Marcus Sedgwick · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

There never was a story that was happy through and through.When writer Arthur Ransome leaves his unhappy marriage in England and moves to Russia to work as a journalist, he has little idea of the violent revolution about to erupt. Unwittingly, he finds himself at its center, tapped by the British...
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Climate Migrants: On the Move in a Warming World

Rebecca E Hirsch · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 88
Format: Print book

Around the world, from US coastal towns to island nations of the Pacific and the deserts of Africa, people are in danger of losing their homes. Some have already fled. Others know they are running out of time. By 2050, at least 25 million people will be driven from their homes due to the effects...
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What Should Be Done about Illegal Immigration?

David M Haugen · ReferencePoint Press
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

In the public discourse, illegal immigration sparks both fury and compassion. What should be done about the nations 11 million illegal immigrants is discussed clearly and objectively, with added insight from experts and others, in these chapters: Should the United States Strengthen Border...
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The Dangers of Heroin

John Allen · Referencepoint Pr Inc
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

One of the deadliest street drugs in existence, heroin afflicts users at every level of society. The Dangers of Heroin discusses the scope of the problem; effects of use/abuse; addiction; treatment and recovery; and prevention.
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Do Police Abuse Their Powers?

William Dudley · Referencepoint Pr Inc
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Police shootings and other questionable acts of misconduct many captured and circulated on video have created a nationwide debate on whether police departments need serious reforms and whether police officers can be trusted. Issues are discussed clearly and objectively, with added insight...
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Teen Incarceration: From Cell Bars to Ankle Bracelets

Patrick Jones · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 120
Format: Print book

In the United States, the conversation about teen incarceration has moved from one extreme to another. For centuries, execution of juvenile offenders was legal. By the twenty-first century, the US Supreme Court had moved closer to banning all executions of minors, regardless of the severity...
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Cleared for Takeoff: The Ultimate Book of Flight

Rowland White · Chronicle Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

All of aviation's dangerous, exciting, and most courageous moments are featured within this stunning compendium on flight. Packed with stories of heroic and innovative pioneers, fascinating profiles of remarkable planes from Spitfires to space shuttles, and how-to instructions for making...
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Minecraft by ConCrafter: An Unofficial Guide with New Facts and Commands

Concrafter. · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

An essential and entertaining users' guide to Minecraft by a wildly popular YouTube phenom!This full color, user-friendly guide to one of the most popular computer games in the world is written by THE Minecraft expert in Germany, 19-year-old ConCrafter, who has more than 1.1 million...
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Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine

Ibtisam Barakat · Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Picking up where Tasting the Sky left off, Balcony on the Moon follows Ibtisam Barakat through her childhood and adolescence in Palestine from 1972-1981 and chronicles her desire to be a writer. Ibtisam finds inspiration through writing letters to pen pals and from an adult who encourages...
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Presenting Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the Wild West

Candace Fleming · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

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Diary of a Tokyo Teen: A Japanese-American Girl Travels to the Land of Trendy Fashion, High-Tech Toilets and Maid Cafes

Christine Mari Inzer · Tuttle Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A book for comic lovers and Japanophiles of all ages, Diary of a Tokyo Teen presents a unique look at modern-day Japan through a young woman's eyes.Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father in 1997, Christine Mari Inzer spent her early years in Japan and relocated to the United...
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How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

Tonya Bolden · Viking Childrens Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is truly groundbreaking! The first national museum whose mission is to illuminate for all people, the rich, diverse, complicated, and important experiences and contributions of African Americans in America is opening.And...
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