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In Sight of Stars: A Novel

GAE POLISNER · Wednesday Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

"An achingly fierce exploration of the way the world wounds us and heals us. If you love exquisitely written coming-of-age stories that will leave you breathless, In Sight of Stars is for you." - Jeff Zentner, William C. Morris award-winning author of The Serpent King and Goodbye...
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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 LuckyPirate fever sweeps through the town after an opportunistic treasure hunter shows up looking to lay claim to Blackbeard's...
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Expelled

James Patterson · jimmy patterson
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A secret Twitter accountAn anonymous photoEveryone is a suspect Will Foster's Twitter account used to be anonymous--until someone posted The Photo that got him and three other students expelled, their futures ruined forever. But who took the picture, and why are they being targeted?To uncover...
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Starfish

Akemi Dawn Bowman · Simon Pulse
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeous and emotionally resonant debut novel about a half-Japanese teen who grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school.Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she's thinking. With a mother who makes her feel...
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The Closest I've Come

Fred Aceves · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called "a brilliant, subtle debut," and Kirkus Reviews hailed as "heart-wrenching, funny, hopeful, and not-to-be-missed" in a starred review!The Closest I've Come is a must-read from talented first-time author Fred Aceves,...
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One Was Lost

Natalie D Richards · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

For fans of In a Dark, Dark Wood and Survive the Night comes a pulse-pounding, psychological thriller from the author of Six Months Later.Damaged, Deceptive, Dangerous, Darling. When a group of teens wake up in the woods, these words are inked onto their skin. Are they labels? A warning?...
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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

M T ANDERSON · Candlewick
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms.Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into...
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Ancient Greece

Hal Marcovitz · Referencepoint Press
Format: Hardcover

Presents a history of ancient Greece, discussing the factors that led to its rise, its greatest achievements, the reasons for its decline, and its legacy for the modern world.
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Dance of Thieves

MARY E PEARSON · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

When the patriarch of the Ballenger empire dies, his son, Jase, becomes its new leader. Even nearby kingdoms bow to the strength of this outlaw family, who have always governed by their own rules. But a new era looms on the horizon, set in motion by a young queen, which makes her the target...
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The Walls Around Us

Nova Ren Suma · Algonquin Of Chapel Hill
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

"With evocative language, a shifting timeline and more than one unreliable narrator, Suma subtly explores the balance of power between the talented and the mediocre, the rich and the poor, the brave and the cowardly . . . To reveal more would be to uncover the bloody heart that beats...
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After the Woods

Kim Savage · Farrar
Pages: 296
Format: Print book

"Statistically speaking, girls like me don't come back when guys like Donald Jessup take us." Julia knows she beat the odds. She escaped the kidnapper who hunted her in the woods for two terrifying nights that she can't fully remember. Now it's one year later, and a dead girl...
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The Devil's Arithmetic

Jane Yolen · Puffin; later printing edition
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

This critically acclaimed novel by award-winning author Jane Yolen is now available in a beautifully designed new edition. Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically...
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BACKFIELD BOYS

JOHN FEINSTEIN · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In Backfield Boys, "The best writer of sports books in America today" (The Boston Globe) tells a thrilling story of friendship, football, and a fight for justice.Renowned sports journalist and New York Times-bestselling author John Feinstein's young adult novel Backfield Boys...
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Solo

Kwame Alexander · Blink
Pages: 458
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestseller!Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure,...
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Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys · Speak
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

"Few books are beautifully written, fewer still are important; this novel is both."--The Washington PostFrom New York Times bestseller Ruta Sepetys, author of the upcoming Salt to the Sea A New York Times notable bookAn International BestsellerA Carnegie Medal Nominee Fifteen-year-old...
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