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Eat the sky, drink the ocean

Kirsty Murray · Margaret Mcelderry Bks
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Nineteen contributors from India and Australia - including Printz Award-winning author Margo Lanagan and New York Times bestsellers Justine Larbalestier and Samhita Arnir - team up to create a groundbreaking collection of feminist stories about the connections we all share.

In...
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Tyler Johnson Was Here

Jay Coles · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The Hate U Give meets All American Boys in this striking and heartbreaking debut novel, commenting on current race relations in America.
When Marvin Johnson's twin, Tyler, goes to a party, Marvin decides to tag along to keep an eye on his brother. But what starts as harmless...
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The Chance You Won't Return

Annie Cardi · Candlewick on Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

When your mom thinks she’s Amelia Earhart, navigating high school, first love, and family secrets is like flying solo without a map.Driver’s ed and a first crush should be what Alex Winchester is stressed out about in high school―and she is. But what’s really...
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Erebos: It's a game. It watches you.

Ursula Poznanski · Annick Press; Canadian and US rights only edition
Format: Hardcover

Rights sold in 25 countries Translated into 23 languages Over 120,000 copies sold in Germany Winner of the highly prestigious Children's Literature Prize (Jugendliteraturpreis) in 2011 An intelligent computer game with a disturbing agenda. When 16-year-old Nick gets a package,...
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You're Welcome, Universe

Whitney Gardner · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A vibrant, edgy, fresh new YA voice for fans of More Happy Than Not and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, packed with interior graffiti.

When Julia finds a slur about her best friend scrawled across the back of the Kingston School for the Deaf, she covers it up with...
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Hey, Kiddo

JARRETT J KROSOCZKA · Graphix
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where...
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Character, Driven: A Novel

David Lubar · Tor Teen
Pages: 300
Format: Print book

Character, Driven is a powerful and hilarious coming-of-age novel for young adults by acclaimed author David Lubar.

With only one year left of high school, seventeen-year-old Cliff Sparks is desperate to find a girlfriend and "come of age." But he's never had much...

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The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily

Laura Creedle · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and lands in detention with Abelard, she's intrigued - he seems thirty seconds behind, while she feels thirty seconds ahead. It doesn't hurt that he's brilliant and beautiful. When Abelard posts a quote from The Letters of Abelard and Heloise...
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What Light

Jay Asher · Razorbill
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From Jay Asher, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thirteen Reasons Why, comes a holiday romance that will break your heart, but soon have you believing in love again. . . .

"A beautiful story of love and forgiveness."
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The Farm

Emily McKay · Berkley Trade
Format: Paperback

Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are - holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead...
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#01 I Love Him to Pieces

Evonne Tsang · Graphic Universe TM
Format: Book

Can love survive the zombie apocalypse? Maybe Dicey's first chance at a real relationship was dead from the start. She's the star of her high school baseball team, and Jack's the star of the science program. Her idea of a study session includes sleeping in the sun, and his idea...
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