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Janae Marks · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Enticing and enthralling." -Jewell Parker RhodesFrom debut author Janae Marks comes a captivating mystery full of heart, as one courageous girl questions assumptions, searches for the truth, and does what she believes is right - even in the face of great opposition. A perfect...
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor

Ally Carter · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

New York Times best-selling author Ally Carter's middle grade debut is full of mystery, mayhem, and friendship, and it will keep you guessing until the very end. April didn't mean to start the fire. She wasn't even the one who broke the vase. She had absolutely no intention...
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Mananaland

Pam Munoz Ryan
Format: Hardcover

"Mañanaland is that rare gift of a book. It blends dream and truth into an enthralling fantasy that quietly shows us what it is like to be unwanted, searching for a place to belong. It is a story about choosing the very difficult path of kindness and courage, and about the faith of knowing...
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Do Fish Sleep?

Jens Raschke · Enchanted Lion Books
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Sick since even before Jette can remember, her brother Emil now has died. The feelings that losing him evoke in her are huge and confusing. Most simply, it feels as though a dark raincloud has descended over her family. And then there's the ridiculous fact that nobody seems to know...
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That's What Friends Do

Cathleen Barnhart · HarperCollins
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A heartfelt and powerful debut novel for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and John David Anderson, That's What Friends Do is a book for anyone learning how to have the hard conversations about feelings, boundaries, and what it means to be a true friend. Samantha Goldstein and David Fisher...
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Taylor Before and After

Jennie Englund · Imprint
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In journal entries alternating between two timelines -- before and after a tragic accident -- Jennie Englund's heartfelt coming-of-age story, Taylor Before and After follows the year that changes one girl's life forever.Before, Taylor Harper is finally popular, sitting with the cool...
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