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The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Kiersten White · Delacorte Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The Frankenstein legend as you've never seen it before, as told by New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White! You will not be able to put down this stunning and dark reimagining of the Mary Shelley classic told from the point of view of Elizabeth, Victor Frankenstein's adopted sister,...
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Watched

Marina Tamar Budhos · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Marina Budhos's extraordinary and timely novel examines what it's like to grow up under surveillance, something many Americans experience and most Muslim Americans know. Naeem is far from the "model teen." Moving fast in his immigrant neighborhood in Queens is the only way he can outrun...
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Battle of the Ampere

Richard Paul Evans · Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink; Reprint edition
Format: Book

The hair-raising action continues for Michael Vey in this charged third installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling series.Michael, Taylor, Ostin and the rest of the Electroclan have destroyed the largest of the Elgen Starxource plants, but now they’re scattered across the Amazon...
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A Taxonomy of Love

RACHAEL ALLEN · Amulet Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The moment Spencer meets Hope the summer before seventh grade, it's . . . something at first sight. He knows she's special, possibly even magical. The pair become fast friends, climbing trees and planning world travels. After years of being outshone by his older brother and teased because...
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Dreamland Burning

Jennifer Latham · Little
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Some bodies won't stay buried.Some stories need to be told. When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family's property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past... and the present.Nearly...
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In Some Other Life: A Novel

Jessica Brody · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Three years ago, Kennedy Rhodes secretly made the most important decision of her life. She declined her acceptance to the prestigious Windsor Academy to attend the local public school with her longtime crush, who had finally asked her out. It seems it was the right choice -- she and Austin...
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Words on Bathroom Walls

Julia Walton · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Charlie Plummer, AnnaSophia Robb, and Taylor Russell! Fans of More Happy Than Not and The Perks of Being a Wallflower will cheer for Adam in this uplifting and surprisingly funny story of a boy living with schizophrenia. When you can't trust your...
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Frogs & French Kisses

Sarah Mlynowski · Delacorte Press; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Rachel has finally come to terms with the outrageously unfair fact that her younger sister, Miri, has inherited magical powers from their mom. But now the whole witchcraft thing is spiraling out of control. Mom is a magicaholic, Miri’s on a Save the World kick, and the one teeny tiny...
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The Cat King of Havana

Tom Crosshill · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Lolcats. Salsa dancing. Unrequited love. Tom Crosshill's smart and witty debut teen novel treads a colorful coming-of-age journey from New York City to Havana that will appeal to fans of books by Matthew Quick and Junot Díaz.When Rick Gutiérrez - known as "That Cat Guy"...
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Artillery: 1945 to Today

Ian V. Hogg · Smart Apple Media
Format: Print book

This engaging title provides readers with a comprehensive overview of how artillery has been used in military combat around the world. The title begins with a discussion of artillery, its importance and use in battles, and how this has changed over time. This section is followed by almanac-style...
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League of American Traitors

Matthew Landis · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it. . . . When seventeen year-old Jasper is approached at the funeral of his deadbeat father by a man claiming to be an associate of his deceased parents, he's thrust into a world of secrets tied to America's history - and he's...
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March of the Suffragettes: Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the March for Voting Rights

Zachary Michael Jack · Zest Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

March of the Suffragettes tells the forgotten, real-life story of "General" Rosalie Gardiner Jones, who in the waning days of 1912 mustered and marched an all-women army nearly 175 miles to help win support for votes for women. General Jones, along with her good friends and accomplices...
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The The Raven King

Maggie Stiefvater · Scholastic US
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore. In a starred review...
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Munmun

Jesse Andrews · Amulet Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

In an alternate reality a lot like our world, every person's physical size is directly proportional to their wealth. The poorest of the poor are the size of rats, and billionaires are the size of skyscrapers. Warner and his sister Prayer are destitute - and tiny. Their size is not just...
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Tiger Eyes

Judy Blume · Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

What does it take to recover from tragedy? This masterful Judy Blume novel has a fresh new look.Davey Wexler has never felt so alone. Her father has just been killed - shot in a holdup at the 7-Eleven near their home. And now her mother has transplanted her and her little brother, Jason,...
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