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Baba Yaga's Assistant

Marika McCoola · Candlewick
Pages: 125
Format: Hardcover

Amazon Editors recommend this book for readers who have recently discovered middle grade novels with more intricate story lines.Russian folklore icon Baba Yaga mentors a lonely teen in a wry graphic novel that balances gleefully between the modern and the timeless.Most children think twice...
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I Remember You

Cathleen Davitt Bell · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 306
Format: Print book

For fans of THE FUTURE OF US comes an engrossing story of two teens, whose love for each other is tested by time and fate. Lucas and Juliet couldn't be more different from each other. But from the moment Lucas sees Juliet, he swears he remembers their first kiss. Their first dance. Their...
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Pandas

Jill Caravan · Mason Crest Publishers
Pages: 74
Format: Hardcover

Almost everyone has seen PANDAS in a toy store, on television, or in Internet videos. But very few people have seen these animals in their natural habitat. Why? The panda is among the world's most endangered species. In this early part of the 21st century, the world's wildlife conservation...
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You Before Anyone Else

Julie Cross · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Everything she wants. Everything he needs.The supportive friend, the reliable daughter, the doting big-sister: Finley is used to being the glue that holds everyone together. But while her sweet demeanor makes her the perfect confidant, her wholesome look isn't landing her the high paying...
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Fifty unbelievable women and their fascinating (and true!) stories

Saundra Mitchell · Puffin Books, 2016.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

From Tina Fey to Vera Wang, and Oprah Winfrey to Maria TallChief, 50 incredible ladies who shaped our history!"The arrangement of contemporary figures alongside those from the distant past should help give readers the sense that history is unfolding all around them."--Publishers...
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Dreamology

Lucy Keating · HarperTeen
Pages: 329
Format: Hardcover

Vibrantly offbeat and utterly original, Lucy Keating's debut novel combines the unconventional romance of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind with the sweetness and heart of Jenny Han.For as long as Alice can remember, she has dreamed of Max. Together, they have traveled the world and fallen...
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Heads Up Sociology

DK · DK Children
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Clear, simple terms and engaging graphics make it easy for tweens and teens explores key sociology topics, including poverty, gender, class, and crime.From gender and identity to welfare and consumerism, sociology is the study of how societies are organized and what helps them function...
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Mosquitoland

David Arnold · Viking
Pages: 342
Format: Hardcover

"Top-notch" - USA Today "Illuminating" - Washington Post "A breath of fresh air" - Entertainment Weekly "Memorable" - People I am a collection of oddities, a circus of neurons and electrons: my heart is the ringmaster, my soul is the trapeze artist,...
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All American Boys

Jason Reynolds · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature. In this Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning novel, two teens - one black, one white - grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their...
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A Torch Against the Night

Sabaa Tahir · Razorbill
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

THE ASTONISHING SEQUEL TO THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, AN EMBER IN THE ASHES"Most Spectacular Sequel" -- Entertainment Weekly Summer 2016 Must List"Even higher stakes than its predecessor ... thrilling..." - Publishers Weekly, starred review"[An] action-packed,...
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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans

Don Brown · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Kirkus' Best of 2015 list School Library Journal Best of 2015 Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 list Horn Book Fanfare Book Booklist Editor's Choice On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying...
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Thanks for the Trouble

Tommy Wallach · Simon & Schuster BYFR
Pages: 276
Format: Print book

Tommy Wallach, the New York Times bestselling author of the "stunning debut" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) We All Looked Up, delivers a brilliant new novel about a young man who overcomes a crippling loss and finds the courage to live after meeting an enigmatic girl."Was...
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The Story of the Second World War for Children: 1939-1945

Peter Chrisp · Carlton Kids
Pages: 63
Format: Print book

Published in association with Imperial War Museums, The Story of the Second World War for Children sensitively explores history's deadliest conflict. Packed with photographs, maps, and detailed cross-sections of famous tanks, aircraft, submarines, and warships, it outlines key battles...
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The Sleeper and the Spindle

Neil Gaiman · HarperCollins
Pages: 66
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman and Kate Greenaway-winning illustrator Chris Riddell have created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, "told in a way only Gaiman can" and featuring "stunning metallic artwork" (GeekInsider.com)...
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Love and Other Unknown Variables

Shannon Lee Alexander · Entangled: Teen
Format: Hardcover

Charlie Hanson has a clear vision of his future. A senior at Brighton School of Mathematics and Science, he knows he'll graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover solutions to the universe's greatest unanswered questions. He's that smart. But Charlie's future blurs the moment...
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