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Opposite of Always

Justin A. Reynolds · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

"One of the best love stories I've ever read." - Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give"Read this one, reread it, and then hug it to your chest." - Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens...
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The Year I Didn't Eat

Samuel Pollen · Yellow Jacket
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

This heartfelt, captivating novel chronicles a year in the life of 14-year-old Max as he struggles with anorexia.Dear Ana,Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even if those squares are ridiculously small squares.Some days, I can almost...
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King of Scars

Dorothea Salo · Imprint
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Face your demons...or feed them. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war -- and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka's...
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The Past and Other Things That Should Stay Buried

Shaun David Hutchinson · Simon Pulse
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"A fearless and brutal look at friendships and the emotional autopsies we all do when they die. Like a real relationship you will laugh, rage, and mourn its loss when it's over." - Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation "Simultaneously hilarious...
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The Afterward

E.K. Johnston · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Romantic high fantasy from the bestselling author of Star Wars: Ahsoka and Exit, Pursued by a Bear.It's been a year since the mysterious godsgem cured Cadrium's king and ushered in what promised to be a new golden age. The heroes who brought home the gem are renowned in story and song,...
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Lady Smoke

Laura Sebastian · Delacorte Press
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

The sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that was "made for fans of Victoria Aveyard and Sabaa Tahir" (Bustle) , Lady Smoke is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.The Kaiser murdered Theodosia's...
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Little White Lies

Ace Atkins · Freeform
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"I'm not saying this is Sawyer's fault," the prim and proper one said delicately. "But."Eighteen-year-old auto mechanic Sawyer Taft did not expect her estranged grandmother to show up at her apartment door and offer her a six-figure contract to participate in debutante...
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The Wicked King

Holly Black · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.The first lesson is to make yourself strong.After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude...
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This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story

Kheryn Callender · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A fresh, charming rom-com perfect for fans of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Boy Meets Boy about Nathan Bird, who has sworn off happy endings but is sorely tested when his former best friend, Ollie, moves back to town.Nathan Bird doesn't believe in happy endings. Although he's the ultimate...
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Crown of Feathers

Nicki Pau Preto · Simon Pulse
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

An Ember in the Ashes meets Three Dark Crowns in this lush debut fantasy novel about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to join a secret group of warriors that ride phoenixes into battle.I had a sister, once ... In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon...
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Love, Hate and Other Filters

SAMIRA AHMED · Soho Teen
Format: Paperback

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this unforgettable debut novel, an Indian-American Muslim teen copes with Islamophobia, cultural divides among peers and parents, and a reality she can neither explain nor escape. American-born seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There's...
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The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 1

Rei Toma · VIZ Media LLC
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

A modern-day girl gets whisked away to a strange land where she is sacrificed to a water dragon god! In the blink of an eye, a modern-day girl named Asahi is whisked away from her warm and happy home and stranded in a strange and mysterious world where she is sacrificed to a water dragon...
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What Momma Left Me

Renée Watson · Bloomsbury YA
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Rediscover Newbery Honor- and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winner Renée Watson's heart-rending debut, about one girl's journey to reconnect to joy.Serenity is good at keeping secrets, and she's got a whole lifetime's worth of them. Her mother is dead, her father is gone,...
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