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The Music of What Happens

Bill Konigsberg · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Max: Chill. Sports. Video games. Gay and not a big deal, not to him, not to his mom, not to his buddies. And a secret: An encounter with an older kid that makes it hard to breathe, one that he doesn't want to think about, ever.Jordan: The opposite of chill. Poetry. His "wives"...
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8 Practice Tests for the SAT: 1,200 SAT Practice Questions

Kaplan Test Prep · Kaplan Publishing
Pages: 670
Format: Paperback

Kaplan's 8 Practice Tests for the SAT provides printed practice exams and expert explanations to help you face the SAT with confidence. More than 1,200 realistic practice questions help you get comfortable with the exam format so you can avoid surprises on Test Day.Kaplan is so certain...
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Bloom

Kevin Panetta · First Second
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band -- if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens....
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Pulp

Robin Talley · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In 1955, eighteen-year-old Janet Jones keeps the love she shares with her best friend Marie a secret. It's not easy being gay in Washington, DC, in the age of McCarthyism, but when she discovers a series of books about women falling in love with other women, it awakens something in Janet....
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Death Prefers Blondes

Caleb Roehrig · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Teenage socialite Margo Manning leads a dangerous double life. By day, she dodges the paparazzi while soaking up California sunshine. By night, however, she dodges security cameras and armed guards, pulling off high-stakes cat burglaries with a team of flamboyant young men. In and out of disguise,...
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The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

Ben Philippe · HarperCollins B and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious YA contemporary realistic novel about a witty Black French Canadian teen who moves to Austin, Texas, and experiences the joys, clichés, and awkward humiliations of the American high school experience - including falling in love. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon, When Dimple...
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All About Mia

Lisa Williamson · David Fickling Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"That girl is such a mess." "Why can't she be like her sisters?"Blah, blah, blah. That's all Mia Campbell-Richardson ever hears. From her parents, her teachers, and her never-do-wrong older sister, Grace.So what if she parties too hard and studies too little?...
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Soul of the Sword

Julie Kagawa · Inkyard Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono.Now he has broken free.Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: to take her piece of the ancient...
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Hey, Kiddo

Jarrett J. Krosoczka · Graphix
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't...
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King of Scars

Dorothea Salo · Imprint
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

Face your demons...or feed them. Nikolai Lantsov has always had a gift for the impossible. No one knows what he endured in his country's bloody civil war -- and he intends to keep it that way. Now, as enemies gather at his weakened borders, the young king must find a way to refill Ravka's...
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