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Symptoms of Being Human

Jeff Garvin · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 335
Format: Hardcover

A sharply honest and moving debut perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Ask the Passengers.Riley Cavanaugh is many things: Punk rock. Snarky. Rebellious. And gender fluid. Some days Riley identifies as a boy, and others as a girl. But Riley isn't exactly out yet. And between...
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The Swan Riders

Erin Bow · Margaret Mcelderry Bks
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

Treacherous twists await Greta as the stakes get even higher in this stunning follow-up to the "masterful" (School Library Journal, starred review) novel, The Scorpion Rules.Greta Stuart has become AI. New transmitters have silvered her fingerprints. New receptors have transformed...
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This is Our Story

Ashley Elston · Hyperion
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

No one knows what happened that morning at River Point. Five boys went hunting. Four came back. The boys won't say who fired the shot that killed their friend, Grant; the evidence shows it could have been any one of them. Kate Marino's senior year internship at the District Attorney's Office...
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You Know Me Well: A Novel

Nina LaCour · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really?Mark and Kate have sat next to each other for an entire year, but have never spoken. For whatever reason, their paths outside of class have never crossed. That is until...
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Falls the Shadow

Stefanie Gaither · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Cates sister may be a clone but that doesnt make her a killer Does it Murder morality and a slow-burning romance fill the pages of this futuristic thrillerWhen Cate Benson was a kid her sister Violet died Two hours after the funeral Cates family picked up Violets replacement like nothing...
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Devils & Thieves

Jennifer Rush · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling new urban fantasy filled with magic and motorcycle gangs from Jennifer Rush, author of the Altered saga--perfect for fans of Beautiful Creatures. Eighteen-year-old Jemmie Carmichael has grown up surrounded by magic in the quiet town of Hawthorne, New York. In her world, magic...
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Six Feet Over It

Jennifer Longo · Random House Childrens Books
Pages: 341
Format: Book

This unforgettable new voice in contemporary YA is perfect for fans of John Green, Libba Bray, and Jennifer Niven. " " Like nothing you ve read before. " Bustle. com"" "" Darkly funny and deeply moving. An original, memorable voice. "Jennifer L. Holm,...
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Saving Baby Doe

Danette Vigilante · Putnam Juvenile
Format: Hardcover

Lionel and Anisa are the best of friends and have seen each other through some pretty tough times--Anisas dad died and Lionels dad  left, which is like a death for Lionel. They stick together no matter what. So when Lionel suggests a detour through a local construction site on their way home,...
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Cruel Beauty

Rosamund Hodge · Harpercollins Childrens Books
Pages: 346
Format: Book

If you're excited about the upcoming Disney film Beauty and the Beast, starring Emma Watson, don't miss Cruel Beauty. The romance of Beauty and the Beast meets the adventure of Graceling in this dazzling fantasy novel about our deepest desires and their power to change our destiny.Perfect...
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Grit

Gillian French · Harper Teen
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover

Raw and moving, this contemporary realistic debut novel will leave readers of E. Lockhart and Gayle Forman breathless as it unflinchingly unfolds the tragic secrets being kept in a small, deceptively idyllic Maine town. Seventeen-year-old Darcy Prentiss has long held the title of "town...
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Racial Profiling: Everyday Inequality

Alison Behnke · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions such as law enforcement agencies, government bodies, and schools routinely use race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of an offense.The high-profile deaths of unarmed...
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Tunnel Vision: A Novel

Susan Adrian · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Romance and action come crashing together in Susan Adrian's Tunnel Vision in which a teenage boy with incredible powers is brought to the attention of the government.Jake Lukin just turned 18. He's decent at tennis and Halo, and waiting to hear on his app to Stanford. But he's...
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Underwater: A Novel

Marisa Reichardt · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 279
Format: Print book

Morgan didn't mean to do anything wrong that day. Actually, she meant to do something right. But her kind act inadvertently played a role in a deadly tragedy. In order to move on, Morgan must learn to forgive -- first someone who did something that might be unforgivable, and then, herself....
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The Law of Loving Others

Kate Axelrod · Razorbill
Pages: 231
Format: Print book

"Kate Axelrod's atmospheric, intense book captures perfectly the heady feeling of being on the edge of adulthood, when the abstract concept of 'love' starts to have real and sometimes terrifying meaning and consequences." - Emily Gould, author of Friendship "THE LAW OF LOVING...
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Messenger: The Legend of Joan of Arc

Tony Lee · Candlewick Press
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Acclaimed graphic-novel creators Tony Lee and Sam Hart present a dynamic retelling of the heroic and tragic tale of Joan of Arc.It is 1424. France and England have been fighting for more than a hundred years, and Jehanne D'Arc experiences her first saintly vision. Even her parents think...
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