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And the Trees Crept In

Dawn Kurtagich · Little
Pages: 341
Format: Print book

When Silla and Nori arrive at their aunt's home, it's immediately clear that the "blood manor" is cursed. The creaking of the house and the stillness of the woods surrounding them would be enough of a sign, but there are secrets too--the questions that Silla can't ignore: Who is the beautiful...
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Children of Blood and Bone: The OrÏsha Legacy

Tomi Adeyemi · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

With five starred reviews, Tomi Adeyemi's West African-inspired fantasy debut, and instant #1 New York Times Bestseller, conjures a world of magic and danger, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir.They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.Now we rise.Zélie...
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We Rule the Night

Claire Eliza Bartlett · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Two girls use forbidden magic to fly and fight--for their country and for themselves--in this riveting debut that's part Shadow and Bone, part Code Name Verity.Seventeen-year-old Revna is a factory worker, manufacturing war machines for the Union of the North. When she's caught using illegal...
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The Lost & Found

Katrina Leno · HarperTeen
Pages: 339
Format: Hardcover

A charming and imaginative new YA novel about getting lost before you can be found, for fans of Adi Alsaid's Let's Get Lost and Margo Rabb's Kissing in America.LOST Frannie and Louis met online when they were both little and have been pen pals ever since. They have never met face-to-face,...
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On the Origin of Species: Young Readers Edition

Rebecca Stefoff · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Charles Darwin's groundbreaking On the Origin of Species is now available in an accessible, illustrated edition for young readers that includes an introduction, glossary, modern insight and information, and more!Charles Darwin's famous theory of natural selection shook the world of science...
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Coco Chanel: Pearls, Perfume, and the Little Black Dress

Susan Goldman Rubin · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin introduces readers to the most well-known fashion designer in the world, Coco Chanel. Beginning with the difficult years Chanel spent in an orphanage, Goldman Rubin traces Coco's development as a designer and demonstrates how her determination to be independent...
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Between the Lines

NIKKI GRIMES · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

This thought-provoking companion to Nikki Grimes' Coretta Scott King Award-winning Bronx Masquerade shows the capacity poetry has to express ideas and feelings, and connect us with ourselves and others. Darrian dreams of writing for the New York Times. To hone his skills and learn more...
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Wilder Girls

Rory Power · Delacorte Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Celebrates the resilience of girls and the earthshaking power of their friendships. An eerie, unforgettable triumph." --Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn"Wilder Girls is so sharp and packs so much emotion in such wise ways. I'm convinced we're...
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Thicker Than Water

Kelly Fiore · Harper Teen
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Perfect for fans of Ellen Hopkins - a heartbreaking tale of family tragedy and drug addiction where sometimes the best intentions lead to the worst possible outcomes.Cecelia Price killed her brother. At least, that's what the police and the district attorney are saying. Although CeCe is now locked...
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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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Murder, Magic, and What We Wore

KELLY JONES · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Patrice Kindl's Keeping the Castle or Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer's Sorcery and Cecelia will adore this funny Regency-era mystery about a determined young woman with a magical trick up her sleeve . . . The year is 1818, the city is London, and 16-year-old Annis Whitworth...
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Keeping the Castle

Patrice Kindl · Viking Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Althea is the sole support of her entire family, and she must marry well. But there are few wealthy suitors--or suitors of any kind--in their small Yorkshire town of Lesser Hoo. Then, the young and attractive (and very rich) Lord Boring arrives, and Althea sets her plans...
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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea

Melissa Fleming · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary true story of one teen refugee's quest to find a new life -- now adapted for young readersA Hope More Powerful Than the Sea tells the story of Doaa Al-Zamel, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by her country's brutal civil war. She and her family escape to Egypt,...
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Flashtide: The sequel to Flashfall

Jenny Moyer · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Orion has survived the tunnels of Outpost Five, filled with mutant creatures and dangers around every bend. She has traversed the cordons, exposed to the radiation of the flash curtain and hunted by forces that want her stopped, dead or alive. Now, with Dram by her side, she has made it to the safety...
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The Stars Below

David Baldacci · Scholastic Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

This is it. Vega Jane has tried to outrun, outsmart, and outlast her enemy, but the showdown she has dreaded is finally here. Her ragtag crew must take a stand against a fully trained army, knowing the odds are impossible, knowing each of them could die for nothing.But when evil comes,...
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