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The Girl Who Wouldn't Die

Randall Platt · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

It's 1939 in Poland, and Arab knows that standing up for anyone -- especially her Jewish family -- only paints a target on her back. So she plans to survive the Nazi occupation the way she always has: disguise herself as an Aryan boy, lead her street gang, and sell whatever she can steal....
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A Blade So Black

L.L. McKinney · Imprint
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland . . . but it's not the Wonderland you remember. The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland...
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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team

Steve Sheinkin · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 280
Format: Hardcover

"Sheinkin has made a career of finding extraordinary stories in American history." -- The New York Times Book ReviewUndefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team is an astonishing underdog sports story -- and more. It's an unflinching look at the U.S. government's...
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Silver

Chris Wooding · Scholastic, Incorporated
Pages: 313
Format: Hardcover

The final exam is survival.Paul is the new kid at Mortingham Boarding Academy, and he has a dark secret.Caitlyn admires Paul from afar and resents that he only has eyes for Erika.Erika thinks that she and Caitlyn are best friends, but she's wrong.Adam is a bully with a major chip on his shoulder.Mark...
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The Handy Mythology Answer Book

David A. Leeming · Visible Ink Press
Format: Book

Stories centuries in the making, and many centuries worth of stories, are an integral part of modern society. Whether modern or ancient, every culture has its myths. Mythology forms our understanding of our origin, history, and traditions. They tell of our heroes and deities. Myths are vehicles...
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The Lonely Dead

April Henry · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

A killer is on the loose, and only one girl has the power to find him. But in this genre-bending YA thriller, she must first manage to avoid becoming a target herself.For Adele, the dead aren't really dead. She can see them and even talk to them. But she's spent years denying her gift....
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The Secret of the India Orchid

Nancy Campbell Allen · Shadow Mountain
Pages: 314
Format: Paperback

Anthony Blake is in love with his best friend's sister, Sophia Elliot. But his plans to court her are put on hold when he is forced to resume his role as an undercover spy for the Crown. A secret document listing the names of the entire network of British spies-including his own-has been...
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The Thickety: The Whispering Trees

J. A. White · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, book two in the acclaimed Thickety series is the story of a good witch, a bad witch, and a forest demon, trapped together in a world that is both enchanting and dangerous.After Kara Westfall's village turns on her for practicing witchcraft, she and her brother,...
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Russia

Michael Centore · Mason Crest
Pages: 64
Format:  Print book : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats

Introduces Russia's culture and customs, discussing the nation's history, religion, family structure, cuisine, educational system, industries, arts and entertainment, and physical and social geography.
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Invictus

Ryan Graudin · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

A heart-stopping adventure that defies time and space--New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu calls it "an incredibly intricate, brilliantly paced, masterfully written journey."Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator...
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My Beautiful Hippie

Janet Nichols Lynch · Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

It's 1967 and Joanne's San Francisco neighborhood has become inundated with hippies for the "Summer of Love" which thrills her but appalls the rest of her family. In the midst of preparations for her sister's wedding, Joanne meets Martin, an enigmatic and irresistible...
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Picture Me Gone

Meg Rosoff · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 239
Format: Print book

Printz Award-winning author Meg Rosoff's latest novel is a gorgeous and unforgettable page-turner about the relationship between parents and children, love and loss.Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room - sensing hidden facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook....
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Eden Conquered

JOELLE CHARBONNEAU · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The electrifying conclusion to the Dividing Eden series by the New York Times bestselling author of the Testing trilogy, Joelle Charbonneau.The Trials of Virtuous Succession have ended. Prince Andreus is king - and Princess Carys is dead.But even as he's haunted by what he did to win the throne,...
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Before the Devil Breaks You

LIBBA BRAY · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 552
Format: Hardcover

The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by #1 New York Times bestselling author Libba Bray.New York City.1927.Lights are bright.Jazz is king.Parties are wild.And the dead are coming... After battling a supernatural sleeping sickness that early claimed two of their...
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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

M.T. Anderson · Candlewick Press
Pages: 456
Format: Print book

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers a brilliant and riveting account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian composer Shostakovich and his Leningrad Symphony.In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest...
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