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Kate Watson · Flux
Pages: 344
Format: Paperback

Emma gets a Hollywood-tinged, feminist update in this funny and fierce retelling of Austens classic about a well-intentioned but tragically misguided matchmaker. The summer after her first year of college, teen starlet Emma Crawford returns home to Manhattan to prepare for the role of a lifetimeand...
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Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

Kate Waters · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover

In the Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation's status quo, and shows you how to make a difference to effect the changes America -- and the world...

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Storm-Wake

LUCY CHRISTOPHER · Chicken House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Moss has grown up on the strangest and most magical of islands. Her father has a plan to control the tempestuous weather that wracks the shores. But the island seems to have a plan of its own once Callan -- a wild boy her age -- appears on its beaches. Her complex feelings for Callan shift...
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Getting to Know Scratch

Jeanne Nagle · Rosen Classroom
Format: Book

From School Library Journal Gr 6-9-It's not a leap to assume that most kids and teens today have interacted with some kind of software on a computer, tablet, phone, or video game. As the series title indicates, code is powerful. These books introduce readers to programming...
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Beat the Odds

Megan Atwood · Darby Creek Publishing
Pages: 104
Format: Library Binding

The prize: $10 million The rules: Be the first to complete ten tasks assigned by the Benefactor. Do not ask questions. Do not tell anyone what you're doing. Do not fail. The consequences: Unknown Ana has three choices: One, stay with her abusive foster parents and watch her little sister,...
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What Girls Are Made of

Elana K Arnold · Carolrhoda Lab
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

When Nina Faye was fourteen, her mother told her there was no such thing as unconditional love. Nina believed her. Now she'll do anything for the boy she loves, to prove she's worthy of him. But when he breaks up with her, Nina is lost. What is she if not a girlfriend? What is she made...
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Because I Was a Girl: True Stories for Girls of All Ages

MELISSA DE LA CRUZ · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Because I Was a Girl is an inspiring collection of true stories by women and girls about the obstacles, challenges, and opportunities they've faced ... because of their gender. Edited by #1 New York Times-bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, the book is the perfect gift...

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Ruby Redfort Catch Your Death

Lauren Child · Candlewick
Pages: 501
Format: Hardcover

There's more to most things than meets the eye - or nose - as code-cracking, wisecracking girl detective Ruby Redfort discovers in her third adventure.

Wild animals roaming around Twinford? Ruby Redfort has heard the rumors, but she doesn't quite believe them. She's got enough on her mind...
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The Emerald Sea

RICHELLE MEAD · Razorbill
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The dazzling conclusion to #1 New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead's The Glittering Court series.

Meet Tamsin, the Glittering Court's hard-angled emerald. Her outsized aspirations make her a fierce competitor, rising to the top of the ranks. But when the ship she boards...
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The Ancient Greeks

Tim Cooke · Brown Bear Books
Format: Book

About the Author Tim Cooke is a graduate of Oxford University. He has worked in children's publishing for over 20 years, and has written or contributed to dozens of books on a wide range of subjects. Among his publications as writer or editor are numerous sets about...
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Battle for a New Nation: Causes and Effects of the Revolutionary War

Kassandra Radomski · Capstone Press
Format: Print book

The first gunshot of the Revolutionary War became ""the shot heard round the world."" But years of tension led up to that first battle. And the war would prove to have major consequences for both sides. Perfect for Common Core studies on cause and effect relationships.
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Paper and Fire: The Great Library

Rachel Caine · Berkley
Pages: 383
Format: Hardcover

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In Ink and Bone, author Rachel Caine introduced a world where knowledge is power, and power corrupts absolutely. Now, she continues the story of those who dare to defy the Great Library - and rewrite history...

With an iron fist,...
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Rated

Melissa Grey · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The ratings are real. One number, 0 to 100, determines your place in society. Earn a high rating, and the world is yours for the taking. But fall to zero, and you may as well cease to exist.Societies thrive on order, and the Rating System is the ultimate symbol of organized social mobility....
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The Heroes of Olympus, Book One The Lost Hero: The Graphic Novel

Robert Venditti · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Jason has a problem. He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Apparently she's his girlfriend Piper, his best friend is a kid named Leo, and they're all students in the Wilderness School, a boarding school for "bad kids."...
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The Questions Within

Teresa Schaeffer · Saddleback Educational Publishing
Format: Paperback

Constance is not like the other girls, and her school days are a journey through loneliness, shame, and anger. She feels different, and in her mind different is bad. But then along comes Kara Cutting Edge series is a series for young adults who find conventional fiction irrelevant or too hard...
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