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Ivory and Bone

Julie Eshbaugh · HarperTeen
Pages: 376
Format: Print book

"Exquisitely written, ferocious, and haunting. Don't miss this one!" - Sarah J. Maas, New York Times bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series"Julie Eshbaugh is a unique new voice with talent enough for a whole team of writers. I'm still under the spell of her storytelling."...
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Brexit

Caleb Bissinger · Greenhaven Pr
Pages: 208
Format: Library Binding

In June 2016, Great Britain shocked the worldand itselfby voting in favor of pulling out of the European Union. Far from settling a long simmering and increasingly contentious debate within the UK and Europe, the aftermath of the Brexit vote sowed only more confusion, uncertainty, and angry...
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The Hindenburg in Flames: How a Photograph Marked the End of the Airship

Michael Burgan · Compass Point Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

When it went down in flames, the Hindenburg went down in history. The era of airship travel ended with a disastrous explosion May 6, 1937. Sam Sheres photo of the Hindenburg in flames has been called the most famous news photograph ever taken. The entire episodefrom first flash to destructiontook...
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Criminal Profiling: Searching for Suspects

Christine Honders · Lucent Books
Pages: 104
Format: Library Binding

Before police can solve a crime, they need to find their suspects. In especially difficult cases, law enforcement officials use criminal profiling to help catch their perpetrators. The science of criminal profiling combines forensics and psychology to understand the type of person who commits...
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Slasher girls & monster boys

April Genevieve Tucholke · Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

For fans of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, American Horror Story and The Walking Dead comes a powerhouse anthology featuring some of the best thriller and horror writers in YAA host of the sharpest young adult authors come together in this collection of terrifying tales and psychological thrillers....
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Gracefully Grayson

Ami Polonsky · Hyperion
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover

"Grayson, a transgender twelve-year-old, learns to accept her true identity and share it with the world"--
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Last Man Out

Mike Lupica · Philomel Books
Pages: 245
Format: Print book

From the #1 bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Fantasy League comes a story of heroes, family, the thrills of skateboarding, and football.When the Brighton Bears suit up on game day, 12-year-old Tommy Gallagher is the toughest kid on the football field. And the bravest. After all,...
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Exploring Space

Giles Sparrow · Cavendish Square
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

Exploring Space examines topics on the space exploration, from the first satellites to modern Martian rovers. Detailed illustrations and clear charts help explain these complicated topics.
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Rhyme Schemer

K.A. Holt · Chronicle Books
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback

Kevin has a bad attitude. He has a real knack for rubbing people the wrong way. And he's even figured out a secret way to do it with poems. But what happens when the tables are turned and he is the one getting picked on? Using elements of subversive found poetry, Rhyme Schemer is an accessible...
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Nightbird

Alice Hoffman · Wendy Lamb Books, 2015.
Pages: 199
Format: Print book

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman's bewitching Nightbird is perfect for ages 10-13: love and friendship empower a lonely girl to embrace her uniqueness and discover her strengths. Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real. After all, her town is rumored to hide...
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The Gilded Cage

Melissa Albert · Henry Holt
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

After growing up on a farm in Virginia, Walthingham Hall in England seems like another world to sixteen-year-old Katherine Randolph. Her new life, filled with the splendor of upper class England in the 1820s, is shattered when she discovers the corpse of her brother George in a lake on the estate-the...
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The Afterlife of Holly Chase

CYNTHIA HAND · HarperTeen
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Before I Fall meets "bah, humbug" in this contemporary YA reimagining of A Christmas Carol from New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand.On Christmas Eve five years ago, seventeen-year-old Holly Chase was visited by three Ghosts who showed her how selfish and spoiled she'd...
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Fake Blood

Whitney Gardner · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A middle schooler comes head-to-head with his vampire slayer crush in this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel that's a perfect coming-of-age story for anyone who's ever felt too young, too small, or too average.It's the beginning of the new school year and AJ feels like everyone is changing...
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Kissing Ted Callahan

Amy Spalding · Poppy
Format: Hardcover

Sneak out. Make out. Rock out.Riley and her best guy friend, Reid, have made a pact: they'll help each other pursue their respective crushes, make something happen, and document the details in a shared notebook.While Reid struggles with the moral dilemma of adopting a dog to win over...
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