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Crossing Ebenezer Creek

Tonya Bolden · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

When Mariah and her young brother Zeke are suddenly freed from slavery, they join Sherman's march through Georgia. Mariah wants to believe that the brutalities of slavery are behind them, but even as hope glimmers, there are many hardships yet to come. When she meets a free black named...
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The Doubt Factory

Paolo Bacigalupi · Little, Brown
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

In this page-turning contemporary thriller, National Book Award Finalist, Printz Award winner, and New York Times bestselling author Paolo Bacigalupi explores the timely issue of how public information is distorted for monetary gain, and how those who exploit it must be stopped.
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What I Thought Was True

Huntley Fitzpatrick · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to My Life Next Door is a magnetic, push-me-pull-me summer romance for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han.Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her idyllic Nantucket-esque island this summer. He's a rich...
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I See London, I See France

Sarah Mlynowski · HarperTeen
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"This endlessly fun and hugely entertaining romp through Europe had me laughing out loud and reaching for my passport." - Jennifer E. Smith, author of WindfallA POPSUGAR Best Young Adult Novel of 2017!Nineteen-year-old Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out. She's spending...
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Spontaneous

Aaron Starmer · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Aaron Starmer skillfully welds sharp humor, deep loss, and roaring escapades. Truly the smartest and funniest book about spontaneous combustion you will ever read." - John Green, #1 bestselling author of The Fault In Our StarsA TIME magazine Top 10 YA & Children's Book of 2016!An...
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How Does Violent Media Affect Youth?

Bonnie Szumski · ReferencePoint Press
Format: Library Binding

Integrating facts and a variety of contrasting opinions, this book examines the origins of the media violence debate, whether violent video games harm youth, and what can be done to address media violence.
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The Call

Peadar O'Guilin · David Fickling Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Thousands of years ago, humans banished the Sidhe fairy race to another dimension. The beautiful, terrible Sidhe have stewed in a land of horrors ever since, plotting their revenge... and now their day has come. Fourteen year-old Nessa lives in a world where every teen will be "Called."...
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Tool of War

Paolo Bacigalupi · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

This third book in a major series by a bestselling science fiction author, Printz Award winner, and National Book Award finalist is the gripping story of the most provocative character from his acclaimed novels Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities.Tool, a half-man/half-beast designed for combat,...
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Ultimate Explorer Guide for Kids

Justin Miles · Firefly Books, 2015.
Pages: 96
Format: Print book

Ultimate Explorer Guide for Kids presents straightforward advice on what every explorer must know if they are to survive the most daunting challenges the world has to offer. The ultimate adventures are gleaned from the author's travels around the world. He packs every page with the priceless...
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Frozen: Heart of Dread, Book One

Melissa de la Cruz · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"As fearless as a futuristic Game of Thrones." - MARGARET STOHL, New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures trilogyFrom Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston, the New York Times bestselling authors of the Blue Bloods and Witches of East End series.Welcome...
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King's Cage

Victoria Aveyard · Harpercollins
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard's bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl's spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal...
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Nemesis

Brendan Reichs · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Orphan Black meets Lord of the Flies in this riveting new thriller from the co-author of the Virals series. It's been happening since Min was eight. Every two years, on her birthday, a strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood. But hours later, she wakes up in a clearing just...
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Hello Baby: Faces

Roger Priddy · Priddy Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Book

Babies love to look at faces - looking at and learning the different types of faces and their expressions forms the cornerstone for the development of later social skills. From a happy face to a sad face, all of the pictures in this high-contrast board book are designed simply so that they...
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The March Against Fear: The Last Great Walk of the Civil Rights Movement and the Emergence of Black Power

Ann Bausum · National Geographic Partners
Pages: 143
Format: Print book

James Meredith's 1966 march in Mississippi began as one man's peaceful protest for voter registration and became one of the South's most important demonstrations of the civil rights movement. It brought together leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Stokely Carmichael, who formed an unlikely...
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Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard · HarperTeen
Pages: 388
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times BestsellerGraceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard's sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king's palace. Will her power save her or condemn her?Mare...
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