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Children of Jubilee

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Kiandra has to use her wits and tech-savvy ways to help rescue Edwy, Enu, and the others from the clutches of the Enforcers in the thrilling final novel of the Children of Exile series from New York Times bestselling author, Margaret Peterson Haddix.Since the Enforcers raided Refuge City,...
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Let's Go Swimming on Doomsday

Natalie C. Anderson · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Forced to become a child soldier, a sixteen-year-old Somali refugee must confront his painful past in this haunting, thrilling tale of loss and redemption for fans of A Long Way Gone and What is the What When Abdi's family is kidnapped, he's forced to do the unthinkable: become...
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Spin

Lamar Giles · Scholastic Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones...
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The Beauty of the Moment

Tanaz Bhathena · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Susan is the new girl -- she's sharp and driven, and strives to meet her parents' expectations of excellence. Malcolm is the bad boy -- he started raising hell at age fifteen, after his mom died of cancer, and has had a reputation ever since. Susan's parents are on the verge...
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29 Dates

Melissa de la Cruz · Inkyard Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"A heartwarming, sparkling romantic comedy about what happens when what your heart wants and what your parents want don't match ... Melissa de la Cruz enchants and delights in her usual style. Completely unputdownable!" - Sandhya Menon, New York Times bestselling author of When...
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America

Ibi Zoboi · Balzer Bray
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi, and featuring some of the most acclaimed bestselling Black authors writing for teens today - Black Enough is an essential collection of captivating stories about what it's like to be young and Black in America.Black is...sisters navigating...
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A Heart in a Body in the World

Deb Caletti · Simon Pulse
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"This is one for the ages." - Gayle Forman, author of the #1 bestseller If I Stay "A book everyone should read right now." - The New York Times Book Review "A vital and heartbreaking story that brings together the #MeToo movement, the effects of gun violence,...
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How She Died, How I Lived

Mary Crockett · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times} Girl in Pieces meets The Way I Used to Be in this poignant and thought-provoking novel about a girl who must overcome her survivor's guilt after a fellow classmate is brutally murdered. I was one of five. The five girls Kyle...
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Even If I Fall

Abigail Johnson · Inkyard Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Brooke and Heath should never have become friends, let alone fallen in love A year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another....
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Slayer

Kiersten White · Simon Pulse
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes a brand-new series set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that introduces a new Slayer as she grapples with the responsibility of managing her incredible powers that she's just beginning to understand.Into every generation...
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