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Drama High: Rogue

L Divine · Ebb & Flow Pub.
Pages: 239
Format: Print book

Sometimes a girl's got to take matters into her own hands... After defeating her grandmother's closest enemy, Jayd Jackson's world should be simpler, but not a chance-especially not with a crew like hers. With Mickey and G on the run, Nigel being sued by Nellie's abusive...
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Five Days of Famous

Alyson NoeÌ?l · Delacorte Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noel comes a fun, adventure-filled, contemporary novel that poses the question what would you do if your dream life became reality? A dream is a wish your heart makes . . . when your life is in desperate need of a makeover. Nick Dashaway...
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Nepal

E. C. Gofen · Cavendish Square
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Nepal.
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Winter Damage

Natasha Carthew · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Book

On a frozen Cornish moor, a fourteen-year-old girl lives in a trailer with her dad and little brother. Ennor's mother left years ago, when things started to go wrong - and gradually their world has fallen apart. Now her father's gravely ill, school has closed, and Ennor knows they're...
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Project You: More than 50 Ways to Calm Down, De-Stress, and Feel Great

Aubre Andrus · Switch Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Find your balance. Make a protein-packed smoothie to energize for a busy day. Center yourself after a stressful week by taking five minutes to write in your journal. Strengthen your body and calm your mind with simple yoga poses and breathing techniques. Craft a vision board to help...
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A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery

Albert Marrin · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

John Brown is a man of many legacies, from hero, freedom fighter, and martyr, to liar, fanatic, and "the father of American terrorism." Some have said that it was his seizure of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry that rendered the Civil War inevitable.Deeply religious, Brown believed...
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Real Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong: The Story of Kyle Unger

Richard Brignall · James Lorimer
Format: Print book

On the night of June 23, 1990, teenage friends Kyle Unger and John Beckett made a last-minute decision to attend a music festival in their town. They were loners, not the popular kids at school. But on this night, they seemed to finally fit in. The next morning, a sixteen-year-old girl...
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Book 2: The Face in the Photo

JOHANNA GOHMANN · Spellbound
Pages: 48

Ava's father is so proud to reopen Ursula's Funland. But when creepy incidents threaten to shut down the park, Ava is determined to save the park for her dad. Will she be able to find the ghost haunting the photo booth and convince it to leave?
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The Freedom Summer Murders

Don Mitchell · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, this will be the first book for young adults to explore the harrowing true story of three civil rights workers slain by the KKK.In June of 1964, three idealistic young men (one black and two white) were lynched by the Ku Klux...
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Strange the Dreamer

Laini Taylor · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 536
Format: Hardcover

A new epic fantasy by National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around--and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream...
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Lost Girl Found

Leah Bassoff · Groundwood Books
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover

For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same time. But then the war comes and there is only one thing for Poni to do. Run. Run for her life. Driven by the sheer will to survive and the hope that she can somehow make it to the Kakuma refugee...
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Your Robot Dog Will Die

Arin Greenwood · Soho Teen
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Fusing the heart of Julie of the Wolves with the imagination of Little Brother and Ship Breaker, this speculative YA is a must-read for any dog lover.Seventeen-year-old Nano Miller was born and raised on Dog Island: home to Mechanical Tail, the company behind lifelike replacements for "man's...
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Bad Call

Stephen Wallenfels · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

It was supposed to be epic. During a late-night poker game, tennis teammates Colin, Ceo, Grahame, and Rhody make a pact to go on a camping trip in Yosemite National Park. And poker vows can't be broken. So the first sign that they should ditch the plan is when Rhody backs out. The next...
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The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

An astonishing civil rights story from Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty...
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Oh My Goth

Gena Showalter · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

A note from Jade Leighton's journalYears ago, a tragic accident robbed me of my mother and emotions. Because I find beauty in darkness and thrive outside social norms, I've been labeled a "freak" at school. I know my continued apathy hurts my loved ones, but I'm not about...
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