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Daughters unto Devils

Amy Lukavics · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

When sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner's family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory of the past winter; of her sickly ma giving birth to a baby sister who cries endlessly; of the terrifying...
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It Started with Goodbye

Christina June · Blink
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. After being falsely accused of a crime, she's stuck under stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF's gone ghost. Tatum fills her newfound free time with community service by day and working at her covert...
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Wayfarer

Alexandra Bracken · Hyperion
Pages: 532
Format: Print book

"I've been orphaned by my time. """"The timeline has changed. """"My future is gone. " Etta Spencer didn't know she was a traveler until the day she emerged both miles and years from her home. Now, robbed of the powerful object that was her only...
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Lucky Strikes

Louis Bayard · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 313
Format: Print book

With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister -- and of the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and keep...
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Time out of Time: Book Two: The Telling Stone

Maureen Doyle McQuerry · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

In book two, the excitement and mystery continue as Timothy, his sister, Sarah, and their friend Jessica journey from America to Edinburgh, Scotland, where they seek the Four Treasures of Ireland, especially the Telling Stone. They must keep the treasures from falling into the hands of Balor,...
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The sun is also a star

Nicola Yoon · Findaway World
Format: Audiobook

Natasha: a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. She's definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when her family is twelve hours away from being deported...
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Shadow Run

Michael Miller · Delacorte Press
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Firefly meets Dune in this action-packed sci-fi adventure about a close-knit, found family of a crew navigating a galaxy of political intrigue and resource-driven power games. Nev has just joined the crew of the starship Kaitan Heritage as the cargo loader. His captain, Qole, is the youngest-ever...
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Fishing

Philip Wolny · Rosen Young Adult
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

One of humanitys oldest methods of obtaining food is also a way of life and one of our most ancient past-times: fishing. This book introduces young readers to fishing basics, explores the differences between freshwater and saltwater fishing, and offers a detailed discussion of equipment...
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Pyromantic

Lish McBride · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Ava is having a rough time. Getting rid of Venus didn't set her free -- she's still Coterie. Her new boss seems like an improvement, but who knows if he'll stay that way? The Coterie life changes people. And since Ava's currently avoiding her friends after (disastrously) turning down...
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Tales of the Peculiar

Ransom Riggs · Dutton Children's Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

A companion to the New York Times bestselling Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, now a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton. Before Miss Peregrine gave them a home, the story of peculiars was written in the Tales. Wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars....
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The Lost Twin

Sophie Cleverly · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Ivy, I pray that it's you reading this. And if you are, well, I suppose you're the new me...When shy Ivy's troublemaking twin Scarlet vanishes from Rookwood boarding school, Ivy is invited to "take her place." But when Ivy arrives, she discovers the school's true intention; she has to pretend...
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The Bone Witch

Rin Chupeco · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

In the captivating start to a new, darkly lyrical fantasy series, Tea can raise the dead, but resurrection comes at a price...When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that...
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Back-to-School Projects for a Lazy Crafternoon

Stella Fields · Capstone Press
Pages: 31
Format: Print book

This how-to book shows readers how to create fashion accessories (alone or with friends) using basic craft supplies.
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Meg & Linus

Hanna Nowinski · Swoon Reads
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Can friendship, Star Trek, drama club, and a whole lot of coffee get two nerdy best friends through the beginning of their senior year of high school?Meg and Linus are best friends bound by a shared love of school, a coffee obsession, and being queer. It's not always easy to be the nerdy...
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The Female of the Species

Mindy Mcginnis · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a dark and riveting contemporary YA novel that blends the unflinching honesty of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak with the relentless pacing and alternating perspectives of Gone Girl. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner.Alex Craft knows...
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