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True Face

Siobhan Curham · Faber & Faber
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

We are living in the age of the image - the perfect image. From the constant bombardment of air-brushed photos, to the dubious lifestyle choices promoted by celebrities and the obsession with social media, young women are under pressure as never before to project a persona of perfection....
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A Shade of Vampire 34: A Sword of Chance

Bella Forrest · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: eBook

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HEAR

Robin Epstein · Soho Teen
Pages: 260
Format: Print book

Kassandra Black used to get away with things. She was her high school's anonymous vigilante, exposing bullies and predators. But when she's expelled for breaking into another student's car just weeks before graduation, her acceptance to Columbia is revoked.Now her future depends on behaving...
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Sunset Lullaby, Christy And Todd The Baby Years Book 3

Robin Jones Gunn · Robins Nest Productions, Inc
Pages: 286
Format: Paperback

Christy and Todd, the much loved characters from the modern classic Christy Miller Series have come alive to millions of readers over the last two decades. Girls who grew up with Christy and followed her through Christy & Todd: The College Years are now flocking to Christy & Todd:...
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Devil and the Bluebird

Jennifer Mason-Black · Amulet Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Blue Riley has wrestled with her own demons ever since the loss of her mother to cancer. But when she encounters a beautiful devil at her town crossroads, it's her runaway sister's soul she fights to save. The devil steals Blue's voice--inherited from her musically gifted mother--in exchange...
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When You Leave

Monica Ropal · Running Press Kids
Format: Print book

Cass has a theory everyone eventually leaves. Her father walked out, her mother is starting a new family, and she almost lost her best friend to cancer.When Cass transfers to a preppy new private school, her plan is to stay anonymous by hiding her skater girl veneer beneath plaid skirts...
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Feminism: Reinventing the F-Word

Nadia Abushanab Higgins · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

While most people say they believe in equal rights, the word feminism - America's new F-word - makes people uncomfortable. Explore the history of US feminism through pioneers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, and Gloria Steinem. Meet modern leaders such as Rebecca...
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Public Shaming

Anne Cunningham · Greenhaven Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Embarrassing others to correct their behavior is nothing newstockades and tarring and feathering were favored methods in colonial America, after all. But today, individuals and the media can point out egregious behavior via social media and reach a wide audience. There are countless examples...
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The Pain Eater

Beth Goobie · Second Story Press
Pages: 245
Format: Paperback

Not one word about that night and what had been done to her had ever passed Maddy Malone's lips. She'd been frantic to tell at first. But then had come the shame, and the intimidation from the boys who raped her. Now it's a new school year, and Maddy hopes she can continue to hide, keeping...
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Missing

Kelley Armstrong · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 377
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Jennifer Donnelly will flock to the new romantic thriller from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Kelley Armstrong. The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve's End is that soon she'll leave it. Like her best friend did. Like her sister did. Like most of the teens born in town...
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The Upside of Unrequited

Becky Albertalli · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Heart-fluttering, honest, and hilarious. I can't stop hugging this book." - Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss"I have such a crush on this book! Not only is this one a must read, but it's a must re-read." - Julie Murphy,...
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Overturned

L R Giles · Scholastic Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas:...
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Places No One Knows

Brenna Yovanoff · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 384
Format: eBook

A good girl dreams herself into a bad boy's room in this lyrically romantic novel by a bestselling author from which Maggie Stiefvater, author of The Raven King, says she "woke up satisfied." Waverly Camdenmar spends her nights running until she can't even think....
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Elite: A Hunter novel

Mercedes Lackey · Hyperion
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Hunting monsters was supposed to be the hard part. When Joy came to Apex City, all she cared about was protecting the Cits from the dangers lurking outside protective barriers. She understood the need for the secrecy surrounding her Hunts-no need to cause a panic by announcing just how real...
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Invision

Sherrilyn Kenyon · Griffin
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Think you have a lot of pressure on your shoulders? Nick Gautier was born to bring about the end of the world . . . it's not easy being the heir of a demon overlord. But Nick is determined to thwart his destiny and get into a good college. To be more than his genetics and prophecy foretell....
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