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Shawn Johnson · Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

From gold medalist and reality TV star Shawn Johnson comes a debut YA novel inspired by her own experiences as an elite teenage gymnast just in time for the Summer 2016 Olympic games. Charlie Ryland has a secret. She may "seem" like your average high school sophomore but she s just...
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Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi Leia, Princess of Alderaan

CLAUDIA GRAY · Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A young adult novel, written by New York Times Best-selling author Claudia Gray, about sixteen-year-old Princess Leia, set before A New Hope.
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The Thousandth Floor

Katharine McGee · Harper
Pages: 441
Format: Print book

New York Times bestsellerNew York City as you've never seen it before. A thousand-story tower stretching into the sky. A glittering vision of the future, where anything is possible - if you want it enough.Welcome to Manhattan, 2118.A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation...
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Don't Cosplay with My Heart

Cecil Castellucci · Scholastic Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

When Edan Kupferman dresses up like her favorite character, Gargantua, she feels tall and powerful. That's important right now, because her family is a mess, her best friend is gone for the summer, her crush is confusing, and Edan's feeling small and not sure which end is up. When...
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Corporate Corruption

Sarah Armstrong · Greenhaven Press
Pages: 101
Format: Print book

These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue; each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives, e. g. , eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, to illuminate the issue. ; Greenhaven Press's At Issue series...
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After the Game

ABBI GLINES · Simon Pulse
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Field Party series - a southern soap opera with football, cute boys, and pick-up trucks - from USA TODAY bestselling author Abbi Glines.Two years ago, Riley Young fled from Lawton, Alabama. After accusing the oldest Lawton son, Rhett,...
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The Book of Veganish: The Ultimate Guide to Easing into a Plant-Based, Cruelty-Free, Awesomely Delicious Way to Eat, with 70 Easy Recipes Anyone can Make

Kathy Freston · Pam Krauss Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Bestselling authors Kathy Freston and Rachel Cohn join together to create a toolbox of resources to aid socially aware teens and young adults interested in adopting a vegan lifestyle. The Book of Veganish contains everything curious young adults need to help them navigate through the transition...
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The Steep and Thorny Way

Cat Winters · Amulet Books
Pages: 335
Format: Print book

A thrilling reimagining of Shakespeare s "Hamlet, " "The Steep and Thorny Way "tells the story of a murder most foul and the mighty power of love and acceptance in a state gone terribly rotten. 1920s Oregon is not a welcoming place for Hanalee Denney, the daughter of a white...
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

MACKENZI LEE · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets the 1700s in this hilarious and swashbuckling stand-alone teen historical fiction novel. A young bisexual British lord who embarks on an unforgettable Grand Tour of Europe with his best friend/secret crush stars. An 18th-century romantic adventure...
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Meet Me Here

Bryan Bliss · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 266
Format: Print book

In a single night - graduation night - Thomas has to decide: do what everyone has always expected of him, or forge an entirely new path? Bryan Bliss's absorbing examination of one boy struggling with expectations and realities will appeal to readers of Sara Zarr and Chris Crutcher.Thomas...
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Overturned

L R Giles · Scholastic Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas:...
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Geek Girl: Model Misfit

Holly Smale · Harper Teen
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

You can make a geek a model, but you can't make her chic. More hilarity and high fashion await in the second book in the internationally bestselling Geek Girl series!Harriet Manners is a model - but she feels even less popular and more awkward than she did when she was just a geek....
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Book

John Agard · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Books contain countless tales - but what if Book told its own story? From clay tablets to e-readers, here is a quirky, kid-friendly look at the book.Books are one of humankind's greatest forms of expression, and now Book, in a witty, idiosyncratic voice, tells us the inside story. A wonderfully...
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Identify

Lesley Choyce · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 120
Format: Paperback

Ethan is an anxiety-ridden loner who relies on medication to get through his day. During one of his fairly frequent panic attacks, a girl from school named Gabriella comes to his rescue. Gabe, as she prefers to be known, is facing her own inner turmoil. She has always been a tomboy, but the more...
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Take the Key and Lock Her Up

Ally Carter · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter returns with the third entry in this runaway series. For the past three years, Grace Blakely has been desperate to find out the truth about her mother's murder. She thought it would bring her peace. She thought it would lead her to answers....
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