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The Sleeper and the Spindle

Neil Gaiman · HarperCollins
Format: Audio - Unabridged

It was the closest kingdom to the queen's, as the crow flies, but not even the crows flew it. You may think you know this story. There's a young queen, about to be married. There are some good, brave, hardy dwarfs; a castle, shrouded in thorns; and a princess, cursed by a witch,...
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Saint Death: A Novel

Marcus Sedgwick · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A propulsive, compelling, and unsparing novel set in the grimly violent world of the human and drug trade on the US-Mexican border.On the outskirts of Juarez, Arturo scrapes together a living working odd jobs and staying out of sight. But his friend Faustino is in trouble: he's stolen money...
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Blackfin Sky

Kat Ellis · Running Press Kids
Format: Print book

YALSA 2015 Popular Paperbacks Finalist for Mysteries Murder, Mayhem, and Other AdventuresJust like any other morning, Skylar Rousseau is late for school, but when she is greeted by a blanket of silent stares upon entering Blackfin High, she discovers that the whole town thought she fell...
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Seven Days of You

Cecilia Vinesse · Little
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Anna and the French Kiss meets Before Sunrise in this smart and swoony debut. Sophia has seven days left in Tokyo before she moves back to the States. Seven Days to say good-bye to the electric city, her wild best friend, and the boy she's harbored a semi-secret crush on for years. Seven...
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The Book of Lies

Teri Terry · Clarion Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In this suspenseful, gripping novel, teen twin girls raised separately meet for the first time at their mother's funeral. Quinn has been trained to never tell a lie. Piper is a practiced liar. Narrated in both voices, the story of their quest to learn truths that have been concealed from...
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Kids Like Us

Hilary Reyl · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Martin is an American teen on the autism spectrum living in France with his mom and sister for the summer. He falls for a French girl who he thinks is a real-life incarnation of a character in his favorite book. Over time Martin comes to realize she is a real person and not a character...
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Sacrifice

Brigid Kemmerer · K-Teen
Format: Book

"Kemmerer will melt your heart and blow your mind." --#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. ArmentroutOne misstep and they lose it all. For the last time.Michael Merrick is used to pressure. He's the only parent his three brothers have had for years. His power to control...
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Civil War Victory and the Costly Aftermath

Jonathan Sutherland · Mason Crest Publishers
Pages: 79
Format: Hardcover

The Civil War was over by the spring of 1865, and all the Confederate armies had surrendered, but for the victors, the peace was marred by the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The long, painful process of rebuilding a united nation free of slavery began. The 13th Amendment, ratified in December...
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The Secret History of Us

JESSI KIRBY · HarperTeen
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

"Jessi Kirby's books just keep getting better and better, and The Secret History of Us is her best yet. It beautifully touches on all the most important things in life - love, family, friendship, memory, and bacon. I loved it." - Morgan Matson, New York Times bestselling author...
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Gemina

Amie Kaufman · New York
Pages: 672
Format: Print book

The highly anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that critics are calling "out-of-this-world awesome." Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna's social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed....
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Zodiac

Romina Russell · Razorbill
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

At the dawn of time, there were 13 Houses in the Zodiac Galaxy. Now only 12 remain ... . Rhoma Grace is a 16-year-old student from House Cancer with an unusual way of reading the stars. While her classmates use measurements to make accurate astrological predictions, Rho can't solve for 'x' to save...
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Warriors of the Southwestern Tribes

Chris McNab · Cavendish Square
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

The southwest tribes include the Apache, Navajo, and Pueblo. These tribes are known for their art, architecture, and fierceness in battle. This exciting book captures the richness of these tribes' cultures and provides an in-depth look at the warriors and wars that shaped them.
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The Wood

Chelsea Bobulski · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

An enchanted wood poisoned at the roots. A girl bound by an inherited duty. And the lost traveler from another time who might help her uncover the truth. From debut author Chelsea Bobulski comes The Wood, a YA novel filled with dark mystery and atmospheric fantasy. Winter didn't ask to be the guardian...
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Pretty Fierce

Kieran Scott · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

An action-packed, edge-of-your-seat novel about a teen who, when backed into a corner, fights back, from the author of What Waits in the WoodsKaia has been on the run her whole life. The daughter of professional assassins, she knows danger-and she'll do anything to survive. After her parents...
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Dead Zones: Why Earth's Waters Are Losing Oxygen

Carol Hand · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Times are tough for shrimpers and fishers in the Gulf of Mexico. The animals they rely on for their livelihood are harder to find. Every summer a dead zone - a region of low oxygen - emerges in the waters along the Gulf Coast. Where oxygen is low, fish and others animals cannot survive....
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