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The Piper's Pursuit

Melanie Dickerson · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Melanie Dickerson reimagines the classic Pied Piper tale with new intrigue and romance.In 1424 Hamlin, Katerina faces threats from all sides. An outbreak of rats has overtaken the town, a mysterious beast of unusual size appears to be stealing away the village's children, and her stepfather,...
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Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Tomi Adeyemi · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 608
Format: Hardcover

After battling the impossible, Zélie and Amari have finally succeeded in bringing magic back to the land of Orïsha. But the ritual was more powerful than they could've imagined, reigniting the powers of not only the maji, but of nobles with magic ancestry, too.

Now, Zélie...
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Reverie

Ryan La Sala · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Inception meets The Magicians in this wildly imaginative story about about what happens when the secret world's that people hide within themselves come to light.All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can't remember anything...
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Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment

Larry Dane Brimner · Calkins Creek
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

This chilling and harrowing account tells the story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African-American teenagers who, when riding the rails during the Great Depression, found their lives destroyed after two white women falsely accused them of rape. Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner explains...
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The Poison Eaters: Fighting Danger and Fraud in our Food and Drugs

Gail Jarrow · Calkins Creek
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

"Revolting and riveting in turns, Jarrow's masterfully crafted narrative will fundamentally alter how readers view their food.Though laced with toxins, this is anything but toxic." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewHere is the fascinating true story of how food was made safer...
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The Lady Rogue

Jenn Bennett · Simon Pulse
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The Last Magician meets A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue in this thrilling tale filled with magic and set in the mysterious Carpathian Mountains where a girl must hunt down Vlad the Impaler's cursed ring in order to save her father.

Some legends never die ...
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Our Year in Love and Parties

Karen Hattrup · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In this poignant, funny, and romantic novel, four nights of epic partying will see two teens through their highest highs and lowest lows over the course of one unforgettable year. Perfect for fans of Gayle Forman and Mary H.K. Choi!

Tucker knows that some relationships take work....

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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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Rebel

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

Respect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel.
With unmatched suspense and her signature cinematic storytelling, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu plunges readers back into the unforgettable world of Legend for a truly...

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Legacy and the Queen

Annie Matthew · Granity Studios
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

From the mind of basketball legend and Academy Award-winning storyteller Kobe Bryant comes a new tale of finding your inner magic against all odds.

GAME. SET. MAGIC.

Game - Tennis means life and death for the residents of the magical kingdom of Nova, and for twelve-year-old...
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Two Can Keep a Secret

Karen M. McManus · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own. Fresh off her best-selling breakout One of Us Is Lying . . . the author has returned with a juicy second novel. It's even better than what came before." --EW

The New York Times...
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Angel Mage

Garth Nix · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

A new fantasy masterpiece from Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Old Kingdom series.

More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking...

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Who Put This Song On?

Morgan Parker · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"Unflinchingly irreverent, laugh-out-loud funny, and heartbreakingly honest." - Elizabeth Acevedo, National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X

In the vein of powerful reads like The Hate U Give and Girl in Pieces,...
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My Hero Academia: School Briefs, Vol. 3

Anri Yoshi · VIZ Media LLC
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world's greatest hero, but greatness won't come easy.

Prose short stories featuring the everyday school lives of My Hero Academia's fan-favorite characters.

Midoriya, Ida, and the rest of class A will be cohabitating once they move...
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So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 6

Okina Baba · Yen On
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

I did it. I did it! I'm finally an Arachne! ...Aaand things are already going way differently than I thought they would. I guess I kinda joined up with the Demon Lord? Which means working with, you guessed it, demons. I mean, I've just casually become traveling companions with the lord...
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