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Rebel Belle

Rachel Hawkins · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 345
Format: Hardcover

Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility,...
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The Memory Book

Lara Avery · Poppy
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

They tell me that my memory will never be the same, that I'll start forgetting things. At first just a little, and then a lot. So I'm writing to remember.
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One Death, Nine Stories

Marc Aronson · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

How could one teenage boy's life elicit other kids' first experiences - even after he dies? Nine interconnected stories from nine top YA writers.Kev's the first kid their age to die. And now, even though he's dead, he's not really gone. Even now his choices are touching the people he left...
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The Fairy-Tale Matchmaker

E. D. Baker · Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Pages: 341
Format: Hardcover

Cory is a young tooth fairy in training who wants to be anything but that, except there's no way the Tooth Fairy Guild or her mother will let that happen. After yet another bad night on the job, Cory quits to explore other things--like babysitting an adventurous Humpty Dumpty, helping...
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Release

Patrick Ness · HarperTeen
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by Judy Blume's Forever and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, this novel that Andrew Smith calls "beautiful, enchanting, [and] exquisitely written" is a new classic about teenage relationships, self-acceptance - and what happens when the walls we build start coming down....
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Wild

Alex Mallory · HarperTeen
Pages: 435
Format: Print book

Cade, a teen raised alone in the wilderness, is thrust into civilization in this modern retelling of Tarzan.No one knows the forest better than Cade, who has spent his entire life there, foraging, hunting, and surviving. Raised to believe no one else is left in the world, he is shocked...
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The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon · Delacorte Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The dazzling new novel from Nicola Yoon, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything (in theaters now!) , will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with each other!Natasha: I'm a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate....
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Flip the Bird

Kym Brunner · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 357
Format: Print book

Mercer Buddie wants two things in this world: a girlfriend and the chance to prove to his master falconer father that he's not a flake. With hunting season fast approaching, fourteen-year-old Mercer has only a short time to work with Flip, a red-tailed hawk he irreverently named to show...
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Wild Beauty

ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 339
Format: Hardcover

For nearly a century, the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds of La Pradera, hiding a terrible legacy, until mysterious Fel arrives and Estrella helps him explore his dangerous past.For nearly a century the Nomeolvides women have tended the grounds and lush estate gardens of La Pradera....
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Dangerous Deception

Kami Garcia · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the world of Beautiful Creatures--a dangerous new tale of love and magic continues in the sequel to Dangerous Creatures.
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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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Up to This Pointe

Jennifer Longo · Random House
Pages: 360
Format: Print book

Harper had a plan. It went south. Hand this utterly unique contemporary YA to anyone a who loves ballet or is a little too wrapped up in their Plan A. (It's okay to fail, people!) Harper Scott is a dancer. She and her best friend, Kate, have one goal: becoming professional ballerinas....
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This Is the Story of You

Beth Kephart · Chronicle Books
Pages: 258
Format: Print book

On Haven, a six-mile long, half-mile-wide stretch of barrier island, Mira Banul and her Year-Rounder friends have proudly risen to every challenge. But then a superstorm defies all predictions and devastates the island, upending all logic and stranding Mira's mother and brother on the mainland....
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The Memory of Light

Francisco X Stork · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 325
Format: Print book

When Vicky Cruz wakes up in the Lakeview Hospital Mental Disorders ward, she knows one thing: After her suicide attempt, she shouldn't be alive. But then she meets Mona, the live wire; Gabriel, the saint; E.M., always angry; and Dr. Desai, a quiet force. With stories and honesty, kindness...
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Getting the Most Out of Makerspaces to Build Robots

Jacob Cohen · Rosen Publishing Group
Format: Book

Robots are at the heart of the makerspaces movement, which aims to bring together like-minded computer experts to build collaborative projects. This book introduces readers to the nascent world of makerspaces and its potential. Readers learn how to find these spaces in their local community...
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