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When Morning Comes

Arushi Raina · Tradewind Books
Pages: 232
Format: Print book

It's 1976 in South Africa, and four young people are living in Johannesburg and its black township, Soweto: Zanele, a black female student organizer; Meena, a South Asian girl working at her father's shop; Jack, an Oxford-bound white student; and Thabo, a teen-gang member, or tsotsi....
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The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found

Martin W Sandler · Candlewick
Pages: 170
Format: Hardcover

The exciting true story of the captaincy, wreck, and discovery of the Whydah - the only pirate ship ever found - and the incredible mysteries it revealed.The 1650s to the 1730s marked the golden age of piracy, when fearsome pirates like Blackbeard ruled the waves, seeking not only treasure...
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Fadeaway

Maura Ellen Stokes · Yellow Jacket
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

When Sam's best friend Reagan dies after her heart suddenly gives out, Sam must learn to deal with her grief and ultimately discover who she is without her best friend by her side.Fourteen-year-old Sam thinks she has all summer to hang out with her best friend, Reagan. But then her life...
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Autofocus

Lauren Gibaldi · HarperTeen
Pages: 345
Format: Print book

From the author of The Night We Said Yes comes a fun and heartfelt YA contemporary tale. When Maude decides to search for information about her birth mother, she finds out more than she expected. Perfect for fans of Stephanie Perkins and Susane Colasanti.Family. It's always been a loaded...
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The Raven Cycle #3: Blue Lily, Lily Blue

Maggie Stiefvater · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 391
Format: Hardcover

The third installment in the mesmerizing series from the irrepressible, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their...
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Night Magic

JENNA BLACK · Tor Teen
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Jenna Black returns to the quarantined city of Philadelphia, where an unsuspecting seventeen-year-old has unknowingly unleashed a dark power that transforms the city into a monstrous hellscape in Night Magic.Philadelphia is locked in the grip of an evil magic that transforms its streets...
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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1: The Sword of Summer

Rick Riordan · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother's mysterious death, he's lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed...
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Where You'll Find Me

Natasha Friend · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

""Natasha Friend, I loved your book. I was hooked from the first page." -- Judy BlumeThe first month of school, thirteen-year-old Anna Collette finds herself...DUMPED by her best friend Dani, who suddenly wants to spend eighth grade "hanging out with different people."...
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Saudi Arabia

Nelson Yomtov · C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Format: Book

Take a trip around the world with the latest entries in the Enchantment of the World series. From the volcanoes of Iceland to the hilltop castles of Germany, readers are transported to distant lands with the fascinating text and attention-grabbing photos in these books. Each country's...
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Five Children on the Western Front

Kate Saunders · Delacorte Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In this incredible, heart-wrenching story reminiscent of E. Nesbit's Five Children and It, Kate Saunders illustrates the power of war but the even greater power of family, and the love that carries us out of the darkness of despair into the light of hope. The sand fairy, also known...
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The Darkest Corners

Kara Thomas · Delacorte Press
Pages: 327
Format: Print book

"Gripping from start to finish . . . with twists that left me shocked." - Victoria Aveyard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red Queen For fans of Gillian Flynn and Pretty Little Liars, The Darkest Corners is a psychological thriller about the lies little girls tell, and the deadly...
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We Are All That's Left

Carrie Arcos · Philomel Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Two lives. Two worlds apart. One deeply compelling story set in both Bosnia and the United States, spanning decades and generations, about the brutality of war and the trauma of everyday life after war, about hope and the ties that bind us together.Zara and her mother, Nadja, have a strained...
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The Problem with Forever

Jennifer L. Armentrout · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 474
Format: Print book

"Heartbreakingly real ... a remarkable novel about the power of first love and the courage it takes to face your fears. " - Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes a riveting story about friendship,...
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Poland

Wil Mara · Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic, 2014.
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

Take a trip around the world with the latest entries in the Enchantment of the World series! Readers are transported to distant lands with the fascinating text and attention-grabbing photos in these books. Each country's culture, history, and geography are explored in detail, allowing...
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The Whole Thing Together

Ann Brashares · Delacorte Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares's The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series was a worldwide phenomenon, and she's back with a beautifully written novel about love, class differences, and betrayal playing out over the course of a fractured American family's Long Island...
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