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Middle Ground

Katie Kacvinsky · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this provocative cautionary tale for teens, the sequel to Awaken, seventeen-year-old Maddie’s rebellion against the digital-only life grows dangerous. Maddie is in Los Angeles, trying to stay out of trouble. But one night, a seemingly small act of defiance lands her in the place...
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25

Richard Paul Evans · Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Pages: 326
Format: Hardcover

The electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling first installment of the action-packed Michael Vey series from author Richard Paul Evans.My name is Michael Vey, and the story I'm about to tell you is strange. Very strange. It's my story. To everyone at Meridian High School, Michael Vey is an ordinary...
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Nothing But Trouble: A Kevin Kerney Novel

Michael McGarrity · Dutton Adult
Pages: 305
Format: Hardcover

Reluctantly working as a technical adviser for a western being filmed in New Mexico, Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney finds the murdered body of a young man near an isolated Mexican border crossing and discovers that a large-scale drug-smuggling operation may be responsible. By the author...
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Monster

MICHAEL GRANT · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Acclaimed author Michael Grant delivers a stunning follow-up to the globally bestselling Gone series - perfect for fans of Stephen King's suspenseful writing. It's been four years since a meteor hit Perdido Beach and everyone disappeared. Everyone, except the kids trapped in the FAYZ - an invisible...
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109 Forgotten American Heroes

Chris Ying · DK CHILDREN
Format: Book

The first children's book to come from the acclaimed editors at McSweeney's literary journal, 109 Forgotten American Heroes is an off-kilter exploration of some of our nation's most incredible--and little known--stories. Learn new and amazing stories about the contributions,...
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Perfect

Ellen Hopkins · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 622
Format: Hardcover

What would you give up to be perfect? Four teens find out in the New York Times bestselling companion to Impulse.Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they'd rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take...
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Speak: The Graphic Novel

LAURIE HALSE ANDERSON · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The critically acclaimed, award-winning, modern classic Speak is now a stunning graphic novel."Speak up for yourself -- we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense...
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The Icebound Land

John Flanagan · Philomel Books
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover

The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!Kidnapped after the fierce battle with Lord Morgarath, Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandia as captives aboard a fearsome wolfship. Halt has sworn to rescue Will, and he will do anything to keep his promise-even...
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Saving the World

James Patterson · Hachette Audio; Abridged edition
Format: Audio CD

James Patterson continues his New York Times bestselling series Max Fang Iggy Nudge Gasman and Angel have always worked together to defeat the forces working against them--but can they save the world when they are torn apart living in hiding and captivity half way around the world
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As Brave As You

Jason Reynolds · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 410
Format: Print book

Kirkus Award Finalist Schneider Family Book Award Winner Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires - literally - in this piercing middle grade novel by the winner of the Coretta Scott King - Johnson Steptoe Award.Genie's...
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Soldier Sister, Fly Home

Bo Flood · Charlesbridge
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

A tender and gripping novel about family, identity, and loss. Thirteen-year-old Tess is having a hard enough time understanding what it means to be part white and part Navajo, but now she's coping with her sister Gaby's announcement that she's going to enlist and fight in the Iraq...
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Fly Girls: The Daring American Women Pilots Who Helped Win WWII

P O'Connell Pearson · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Hidden Figures, debut author Patricia Pearson offers a beautifully written account of the remarkable but often forgotten group of female fighter pilots who answered their country's call in its time of need during World War II.At the height of World War II, the US Army...
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Game

Walter Dean Myers · HarperTeen
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback

Drew Lawson knows basketball is taking him places. It has to, because his grades certainly aren't. But lately his plan has run squarely into a pick. Coach's new offense has made another player a star, and Drew won't let anyone disrespect his game. Just as his team makes the playoffs,...
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This Darkness Mine

MINDY MCGINNIS · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Mindy McGinnis, award-winning author of The Female of the Species and A Madness So Discreet, returns with a new dark and twisted psychological thriller - perfect for fans of Gone Girl and Fight Club.Sasha Stone knows her place - first-chair clarinet, top of her class, and at the side of her Oxford-wearing...
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