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Dumplin'

Julie Murphy · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Now a Netflix feature film, starring Jennifer Aniston, Danielle Macdonald, and Dove Cameron, as well as a soundtrack from Dolly Parton!The #1 New York Times bestseller and feel-good YA of the year - about Willowdean Dixon, the fearless, funny, and totally unforgettable heroine who takes...
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The Price Guide to the Occult

LESLYE WALTON · Candlewick
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

From the author of The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender comes a haunting maelstrom of magic and murder in the lush, moody Pacific Northwest.When Rona Blackburn landed on Anathema Island more than a century ago, her otherworldly skills might have benefited friendlier neighbors....
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Rookie Yearbook Four

Tavi Gevinson · Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House,
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"Stories and inspiring visuals for girls with old souls." --Entertainment Weekly Rookiemag.com is a website created by and for young women to make the best of the beauty, pain and awkwardness of being a teenager. When it becomes tough to appreciate such things, we have good plain...
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Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature's Undead

Rebecca L. Johnson · Millbrook Press
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Are zombies real? Scientists know this for sure: dead people do not come back to live and start walking around, looking for trouble. But there are things that can take over the bodies and brains of innocent creatures, turning them into senseless slaves. Meet nature's zombie makers--including...
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The Capybara Conspiracy: A Novel in Three Acts

Erica S Perl · Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Fans of Tim Federle and Louis Sachar will love this hilarious story of what happens when the non-jocks kidnap their sports-obsessed school's beloved mascot. Seventh-grade playwright Olive Henry is frustrated by her middle school's lack of appreciation for anything but sports....
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I Believe in a Thing Called Love

Maurene Goo · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A funny young adult novel about a Korean-American girl who uses K-Drama techniques to snag the boyfriend of her dreams.Desi Lee knows how carburetors work. She learned CPR at the age of five. As a high school senior, she has never missed a day of school and never had a B. But in her charmed...
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We Are All That's Left

Carrie Arcos · Philomel Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Two lives. Two worlds apart. One deeply compelling story set in both Bosnia and the United States, spanning decades and generations, about the brutality of war and the trauma of everyday life after war, about hope and the ties that bind us together.Zara and her mother, Nadja, have a strained...
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Sky Without Stars

JESSICA BRODY · Simon Pulse
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of The Lunar Chronicles, this sweeping reimagining of Les Misérables tells the story of three teens from very different backgrounds who are thrown together amidst the looming threat of revolution on the French planet-colony of Laterre.A thief. An officer. A guardian....
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The Good Girls

Sara Shepard · Harper Teen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

From Sara Shepard, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, comes the shocking sequel to The Perfectionists - with an ending you'll have to read to believe!Mackenzie, Ava, Caitlin, Julie, and Parker have done some not-so-perfect things. But even though...
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Into White

Randi Pink · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

LaToya Williams lives in Montgomery, Alabama, and attends a mostly white high school. It seems as if her only friend is her older brother, Alex. Toya doesn't know where she fits in, but after a run-in with another student, she wonders if life would be different if she were . . . different....
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The Looking Glass

Janet McNally · HarperTeen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Sarah Dessen, Janet McNally's imaginative story of sisterhood shows that the fiercest of loves are often the ones that exist outside of happily-ever-afters.GIRLS IN TROUBLE. That's what Sylvie Blake's older sister Julia renamed their favorite fairy tale...
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Burning Kingdoms

Lauren DeStefano · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Danger descends in the second book of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy.After escaping Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives land on the ground to finally learn about the world beneath their floating island home. The ground...
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Doomed

Tracy Deebs · Walker Books
Pages: 472
Format: Hardcover

Pandora's just your average teen-glued to her cell phone and laptop, surfing Facebook and e-mailing with her friends-until the day her long-lost father sends her a link to a mysterious site featuring twelve photos of her as a child. Unable to contain her curiosity, Pandora enters the site,...
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Paper Dolls Fashion Workshop: More than 40 inspiring designs, projects & ideas for creating your own paper doll fashions

Walter Foster Creative Team. · Walter Foster Pub
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Create your own paper doll fashions - from basic wear to haute couture!Paper Dolls Fashion Workshop offers budding fashionistas a fashion-forward style lookbook of prompts, tips, and expert instruction as they learn to make their own paper dolls and paper doll wardrobes. Beginning with...
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