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Between Two Worlds

Katherine Kirkpatrick · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 285
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by a true story, Between Two Worlds is an impassioned coming-of-age novel set in a land of breathtaking beauty and danger, where nature and love are powerful and unpredictable forces. On the treeless shores of Itta, Greenland, as far north as humans can settle, sixteen-year-old...
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Literature Activities Teens Actually Love: Authentic Projects for the Language Arts Classroom

Beth Ahlgrim · Prufrock Press
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback

Instead of asking literature to meet the entertainment, cultural, and of course educational needs of today's youth, Literature Activities Teens Actually Love offers activities that empower teachers to guide students to work with literature in order to rediscover the joys it holds. Through...
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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 Law of Finders Keepers

Sheila Turnage · Kathy Dawson Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Pirates, family, and the truth about Mo's Upstream Mother collide in the long-awaited conclusion to the Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling Three Times Lucky

Pirate fever sweeps through the town after an opportunistic treasure hunter shows up looking to lay claim...
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The Forever Song

Julie Kagawa · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

VENGEANCE WILL BE HERS Allison Sekemoto once struggled with the question: human or monster? With the death of her love, Zeke, she has her answer. MONSTER Allie will embrace her cold vampire side to hunt down and end Sarren, the psychopathic vampire who murdered Zeke. But the trail is bloody...
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Whatever.

S J Goslee · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

It's like the apocalypse came, only instead of nuclear bombs and zombies, Mike gets school participation, gay thoughts, and mother-effin' cheerleaders.

Junior year is about to start. Here's what Mike Tate knows:

His friends are awesome and their crappy garage band...

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The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon · Delacorte Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Yara Shahidi and Charles Melton! The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling author of Everything, Everything will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love...

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Laughing at My Nightmare

Shane Burcaw · Roaring Brook
Pages: 250
Format: Print book

With acerbic wit and a hilarious voice, Shane Burcaw's Laughing at My Nightmare describes the challenges he faces as a twenty-one-year-old with spinal muscular atrophy. From awkward handshakes to having a girlfriend and everything in between, Shane handles his situation with humor...

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Double Exposure

Bridget Birdsall · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Nominated for the Lambda Literary Award and the Foreword Reviews' INDIE Book of the Year

First place winner of the Wisconsin Council of Writers' Tofte/Wright Children's Literature Award

Fifteen-year-old Alyx Atlas was raised as a boy, yet she knows something others don't....
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Wind Rider

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 Wind Rider, 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...

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Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Rachel Stuckey · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

This title gives young people a better understanding of sexual orientation, gender identity, and the LGBTQ community. Personal testimonials shed light on the difficulties individuals face coming out and dispel myths of gender stereotypes. Also included is advice on how to support family...
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If I Was Your Girl

Meredith Russo · MacMillan Audio
Format: Audiobook

A new kind of big-hearted audiobook about being seen for who you really are.Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she's determined not to get too close to anyone.But when she meets sweet,...
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Under a Painted Sky

Stacey Lee · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 374
Format: Hardcover

Missouri, 1849: Samantha dreams of moving back to New York to be a
professional musician--not an easy thing if you're a girl, and harder
still if you're Chinese. But a tragic accident dashes any hopes of
fulfilling her dream, and instead, leaves her fearing for her life.
With...
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The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Regan Barnhill · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2017 Newbery Award
The New York Times Bestseller

An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016
A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016
An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016
A Publishers...
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Heap House: Book One

Edward Carey · The Overlook Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Welcome to Heap House, the sprawling, slipshod maze of a mansion, built on the Heaps, a collection of forgotten trash and curios. Young Clod Iremonger and his eccentric family, the kings of mildew, moguls of mold, made their fortune from this collected detritus. The Iremongers are an odd old family,...
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