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Queen of Air and Darkness

NOT AVAILABLE. · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 912
Format: Hardcover

All first editions will include exclusive reverse-printed jacket art, ten black and white interior illustrations, and a new short story! Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare's Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the #1 New York...
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An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason

Virginia Boecker · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Philippa Gregory meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this witty and thrilling action-adventure novel of star-crossed assassins in Elizabethan England. Perfect for fans of My Lady Jane and The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue.When Lady Katherine's father is killed for being an illegally practicing...
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A Sorrow Fierce and Falling

JESSICA CLUESS · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Magic, romance, and heart-pounding action bring the final book in the Kingdom on Fire series to a shocking and satisfying close. Justine Magazine says, "A pinch of Potter blended with a drop of [Cassandra Clare's] Infernal Devices.""Plot twists so good they will leave you reeling."--TRACI...
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The Color of Lies

CJ Lyons · Blink
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CJ Lyons comes The Color of Lies, a world drenched in color and mystery. High school senior Ella Cleary has always been good at reading people. Her family has a rare medical condition called synesthesia that scrambles the senses - her Gram...
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Rule

Ellen Goodlett · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Three Dark Crowns meets Pretty Little Liars in this sensational and striking new fantasy from debut author Ellen Goodlett. Three girls. Three deadly secrets. Only one can wear the crown.The king is dying, his heir has just been murdered, and rebellion brews in the east. But the kingdom...
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The Dark Maidens

Rikako Akiyoshi · Vertical
Pages: 220
Format: Paperback

In this Rashomon-style mystery story, each member of a high-school literature club presents her own version of the death of the group's leader.At a prestigious girl's school, a student has died. Itsumi was the most beautiful, charismatic, and popular girl at St. Mary's Academy for Girls....
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Sawkill Girls

Claire Legrand · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

"Reader, hang on for dear life. Sawkill Girls is a wild, gorgeous, and rich coming-of-age story about complicity, female camaraderie, and power." - Sarah Gailey, author of River of Teeth"An eerie, atmospheric assertion of female strength." - Mindy McGinnis, author...
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Once a King

ERIN SUMMERILL · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A young king searches for a way to save his kingdom in this romantic fantasy from Erin Summerill, who was called "absolutely marvelous" by New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas.Aodren: A lonely, young king, searching for a way to dismantle his father's dark legacy.Lirra:...
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As She Ascends

JODI MEADOWS · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover

"A fiercely imagined world!" - Mary E. Pearson, New York Times bestselling author of the Remnant ChroniclesFrom the New York Times bestselling co-author of My Plain Jane comes the second book in a smoldering fantasy trilogy about a girl who must embrace her latent power or lose...
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My Real Name is Hanna

TARA LYNN MASIH · Mandel Vilar Press
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Inspired by real Holocaust events, this poignant debut novel is a powerful coming-of-age story that will resonate with fans of The Book Thief and Between Shades of Gray.--A 2018 Skipping Stones Honor Award BookHanna Slivka is on the cusp of fourteen when Hitler's army crosses the border...
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Villain

MICHAEL GRANT · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed author Michael Grant's globally bestselling Gone series continues with Villain, where old foes return and new ones rise, with action-packed scenes, gory battles, and plot twists that will leave readers scrambling for more. It's been four years since the events of GONE. The Perdido...
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Any Second

Kevin Emerson · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Marieke Nijkamp's This is Where it Ends meets Kathleen Glasgow's Girl in Pieces in a gripping novel that explores the depths of trauma and the strength it takes to rise again. Perfect for readers of Ellen Hopkins.Five years after being kidnapped, Elian's captor sends him into the mall--with...
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The Lying Woods

Ashley Elston · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Owen Foster has never wanted for anything. Then his mother shows up at his elite New Orleans boarding school cradling a bombshell: his privileged life has been funded by stolen money. After using the family business, the single largest employer in his small Louisiana town, to embezzle millions...
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The Agony House

Cherie Priest · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Denise Farber has just moved back to New Orleans with her mom and step-dad. They left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and have finally returned, wagering the last of their family's money on fixing up an old, rundown house and converting it to a bed and breakfast.Nothing seems to work around...
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Girls Resist!: A Guide to Activism, Leadership, and Starting a Revolution

KAELYN RICH · Quirk Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

A smart, contemporary, stylish, and practical handbook for aspiring teen girl activists who are mad as hell about the way the world is going and aren't gonna take it anymore.GIRLS RESIST is a cool, relevant, timely activism handbook that speaks to teen girl readers like the intelligent...
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The Reckoning of Noah Shaw

Michelle Hodkin · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

All first editions will be signed by the author - available while supplies last! In this sequel to The Becoming of Noah Shaw, the companion series to the New York Times bestselling Mara Dyer novels, legacies are revealed, lies are unraveled, and old alliances are forged. Noah's reckoning...
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Never Quit: How I Became a Special Ops Pararescue Jumper

Jimmy Settle · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The young adult adaptation of the epic memoir of an Alaskan pararescue jumper, Special Forces Operator, and decorated war hero."That Others May Live" is a mantra that defines the fearless men of Alaska's 212th Pararescue Unit, the PJs, one of the most elite military forces on the planet....
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Into the Hollow

Lynn Vroman · Owl Hollow Press
Pages: 310
Format: Paperback

The hollow is the perfect place to hide. Or so Free's dad said when they fled California, her five-year-old brother illegally in tow, to hide out in the West Virginia mountains and make some fast cash. As her father disappears with increasing frequency, Free watches her brother largely...
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My Whole Truth

Mischa Thrace · Flux
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Seventeen-year-old Seelie Stanton never wanted to kill anyone. She never wanted to be invisible in her own family, she never wanted to crush on her best friend Alyssa, and she definitely never wanted to know how effectively a mallet could destroy a human head. But the universe doesn't...
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Hole in the Middle

Kendra Fortmeyer · Soho Teen
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

For every reader who grew up loving R.J. Palacio's Wonder comes a hilarious, heartbreaking, and magical YA debut about what it means to accept the body you're given.What if the empty space was what made you whole?Morgan Stone was born with a hole in her middle: a perfectly smooth, sealed,...
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Giant Days

Non Pratt · Amulet Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Based on the hit graphic-novel series from BOOM! Studios, the publisher behind Lumberjanes, Giant Days follows the hilarious and heartfelt misadventures of three university first-years: Daisy, the innocent home-schooled girl; Susan, the sardonic wit; and Esther, the vivacious drama queen....
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Light Years

Kass Morgan · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Ender's Game meets The 100 as hidden secrets and forbidden love collide at an interstellar military boarding school in a new sci-fi series from New York Times bestselling author Kass Morgan. Reeling from the latest attack by a mysterious enemy, the Quatra Fleet Academy is finally admitting...
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The Healer

DONNA FREITAS · HarperTeen
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeous and heartrending novel about love, family, and faith, perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, John Corey Whaley, and Jandy Nelson.Marlena Oliveira has - mysteriously, miraculously - been given the power to heal all kinds of ailments. People around the world believe she is a saint. But it all comes...
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How to Breathe Underwater

VICKY SKINNER · Swoon Reads
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Kate's father has been pressuring her to be perfect for her whole life, pushing her to be the best swimmer she can be. But when Kate finds her dad cheating on her mom, Kate's perfect world comes crashing down, and Kate is forced to leave home and the swim team she's been a part of her whole...
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One Giant Leap

HEATHER KACZYNSKI · HarperTeen
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Leap into the unknown with the second book in Heather Kaczynski's heart-pounding duology, which is perfect for fans of The 5th Wave.When Cassandra Gupta was chosen to be the youngest member of a top-secret mission to the far reaches of the universe, she knew to expect the unexpected. But nothing...
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Nate Expectations

Tim Federle · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"The Nate series by Tim Federle is a wonderful evocation of what it's like to be a theater kid. Highly recommended. " - Lin-Manuel Miranda, star and creator of the musical, Hamilton Third time's a charm! Nate Foster returns home to Jankburg, Pennsylvania, to face his biggest...
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The Resolutions

Mia Garcia · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

A heart-expanding novel about four Latinx teens who make New Year's resolutions for one another - and the whirlwind of a year that follows. Fans of Erika L. Sánchez and Emery Lord will fall for this story of friendship, identity, and the struggle of finding yourself when all you want...
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Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful

Arwen Elys Dayton · Delacorte Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"An alternately charming and horrifying exploration of what it means to be human and how far we'll go in pursuit of personal and societal 'perfection.' Dayton's newest is imagination at its best and most terrifying. I devoured this book." --Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling...
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Letting Go of Gravity

Meg Leder · Simon Pulse
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Parker struggles to reconnect with her twin brother, Charlie - who's recovering from cancer - as she tries to deal with her anxiety about the future in this powerful new novel.Twins Parker and Charlie are polar opposites. Where Charlie is fearless, Parker is careful. Charlie is confident...
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