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Glow

MEGAN E BRYANT · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover

When thrift-store aficionado Julie discovers a series of antique paintings with hidden glowing images that are only visible in the dark, she wants to learn more about the artist. In her search, she uncovers a century-old romance and the haunting true story of the Radium Girls, young women...
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Threatened

Eliot Schrefer · Scholastic, Incorporated
Pages: 278
Format: Hardcover

*A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST* When he was a boy, Luc's mother would warn him about the "mock men" living in the trees by their home -- chimpanzees whose cries would fill the night. Luc is older now, his mother gone. He lives in a house of mistreated orphans, barely...
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Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey

Nick Bertozzi · First Second
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Ernest Shackleton was one of the last great Antarctic explorers, and he led one of the most ambitious Antarctic expeditions ever undertaken. This is his story, and the story of the dozens of men who threw in their lot with him - many of whom nearly died in the unimaginably harsh conditions...
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The Unexpected Everything

Morgan Matson · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

From Morgan Matson, the bestselling author of Since You've Been Gone comes a feel-good story of friendship, finding yourself, and all the joys in life that happen while you're busy making other plans.Andie has a plan. And she always sticks to her plan. Future? A top-tier medical school....
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Sun Warrior: Tales of a New World

P C CAST · Wednesday Books
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author of the House of Night series, P.C. Cast, brings us Sun Warrior, an epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty ... The battle lines...
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Infinite

Jodi Meadows · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 419
Format: Hardcover

The stunning conclusion to the Incarnate trilogy, a fantasy about a girl who is the first new soul born into a society where everyone else has been reborn hundreds of times.Ana knows that soon life in Heart will be at risk so she escapes with her friends, seeking answers and allies to stop...
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The Rise of Aurora West

Paul Pope · First Second
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary world introduced in Paul Pope's Battling Boy is rife with monsters and short on heroes... but in this action-driven extension of the Battling Boy universe, we see it through a new pair of eyes: Aurora West, daughter of Arcopolis's last great hero, Haggard West.A...
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Russia

Deb Marshall · Av2 by Weigl
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From School Library Journal Gr 4-6-These titles emphasize the unique cultures and positive characteristics of various countries. Coverage is broad, with one or two pages devoted to the featured country's geography, economy, history, ethnic mix, politics and government,...
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I Am Still Alive

KATE MARSHALL · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Cheryl Strayed's Wild meets The Revenant in this heart-pounding story of survival and revenge in the unforgiving wilderness.After Jess is alone. Her cabin has burned to the ground. She knows if she doesn't act fast, the cold will kill her before she has time to worry about food. But she is still...
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Zenn Diagram

Wendy Brant · KCP Loft
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

Eva Walker is a seventeen-year-old math genius. And if that doesn't do wonders for her popularity, there s another thing that makes it even worse: when she touches another person or anything that belongs to them from clothes to textbooks to cell phones she sees a vision of their emotions....
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Crooked Kingdom: A Sequel to Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 546
Format: Print book

Crooked Kingdom: the highly anticipated sequel to Leigh Bardugo's thrilling #1 New York Times-bestselling Six of Crows.Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting...
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Sammy Keyes and the Kiss Goodbye

Wendelin Van Draanen · Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Pages: 236
Format: Print book

The final mystery starring Sammy Keyes: "the most winning junior detective ever in teen lit. (Take that, Nancy Drew!) " - Midwest Children's Book Review Sammy doesn't go looking for trouble, but she seems to find it everywhere. She's forever sniffing out clues and chasing...
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Fishbone's Song

Gary Paulsen · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

An orphan reflects on the lessons he was taught by the wise old man who raised him in this lyrical novel that reads like poetry from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen.Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage...
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Her Dark Curiosity

Megan Shepherd · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 422
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this tantalizing sequel to Megan Shepherd's gothic suspense novel The Madman's Daughter explores the hidden natures of those we love and how far we'll go to save them from themselves. Perfect for fans of Libba Bray. Back...
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This Tiny Perfect World

Lauren Gibaldi · HarperTeen
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The big-hearted story of a small-town girl who discovers how wide the world really is during one transformative summer. Perfect for fans of Susane Colasanti and Sarah Dessen.Penny loves her small-town Florida life, and she has her future mapped out. She's going to community college...
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