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Shadow Scale: A Companion to Seraphina

Rachel Hartman · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

Seraphina took the literary world by storm with 8 starred reviews and numerous Best of lists. At last, her eagerly awaited sequel has arrived—and with it comes an epic battle between humans and dragons.   The kingdom of Goredd a world where humans and dragons share life with an uneasy...
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Love from A to Z

S. K. Ali · Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From William C. Morris Award Finalist S.K. Ali comes an unforgettable romance that is part The Sun Is Also a Star mixed with Anna and the French Kiss, following two Muslim teens who meet during a spring break trip.

A marvel: something you find amazing. Even ordinary-amazing....
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Making It Right: Building Peace, Settling Conflict

Marilee Peters · Annick Press
Pages: 136
Format: Print book

What if there were no prisons? Alternative approaches to dealing with crime are underway around the world to explore how victims, offenders, and communities can heal rifts and repair damage. It's often called restorative justice. It's a way to think about the deeper reasons behind crimes,...
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Real-World Stem: Eliminate the Threat of Nuclear Terror

Bradley Steffens · Referencepoint Press
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

The world is awash in weapons-grade nuclear materials, and terrorists are intent on using some to build a nuclear weapon. Scientists and engineers are pursuing a multi-pronged strategy to eliminate the threat by securing nuclear stockpiles, detecting the movement of unsecured radioactive...
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Radioactive!: How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the World

Winifred Conkling · Algonquin Of Chapel Hill
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb. In 1934, Irene Curie, working with her husband and fellow scientist, Frederic Joliot, made a discovery that would change the world: artificial radioactivity....
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Queen of Ruin

Tracy Banghart · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A fierce sequel full of sisterhood, heart pounding action, betrayal, and intrigue in the royal court in a series that "breathes new life into the feminist story of oppression and resistance" (Publisher's Weekly) .
When...
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Wildlife

Fiona Wood · Poppy/Little
Pages: 385
Format: Print book

During a semester in the wilderness, sixteen year- old Sib expects the tough outdoor education program and the horrors of dorm life, but friendship drama and love that gets complicated? That will take some navigating.
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How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

Sandra Uwiringiyimana · HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audio CD

[Young Adult Nonfiction (Ages 12-17) ]
[*Read by the author - Sandra Uwiringiyimana]

This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre,...
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Again, but Better

Christine Riccio · Wednesday Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents ... sounds ideal -- but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance ... what's that?

Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change...

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How to Build a Museum: Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

Tonya Bolden · Viking Childrens Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is truly groundbreaking! The first national museum whose mission is to illuminate for all people, the rich, diverse, complicated, and important experiences and contributions of African Americans in America is opening.And...
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No Place to Fall

Jaye Robin Brown · HarperTeen
Pages: 354
Format: Print book

The Sky Is Everywhere meets This Lullaby in a sexy and poignant debut novel about family, friendships, and first romance.

Amber Vaughn is a good girl. She sings solos at church, babysits her nephew after school, and spends Friday nights hanging out at the house of her best friend,...

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This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

Esther Earl · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 431
Format: Book

New York Times Bestseller!

"This moving read will have you reaching for the tissues and smiling with delight ... .Stunningly alive on the page, Esther shows that sometimes the true meaning of life - helping and loving others - can be found even when bravely facing death."...
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Pet

Akwaeke Emezi · Make Me a World
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Pet is here to hunt a monster. Are you brave enough to look?

There are no monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. Jam and her best friend, Redemption, have grown up with this lesson all their life. But when Jam meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colors...
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Manners & Mutiny

Gail Carriger · Little
Pages: 326
Format: Print book

If one must flirt...flirt with danger.

Lessons in the art of espionage aboard Mademoiselle Geraldine's floating dirigible have become tedious without Sophronia's sweet sootie Soap nearby. She would much rather be using her skills to thwart the dastardly Picklemen, yet her concerns...
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The End of Fun

Sean McGinty · Hyperion
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Everyday Reality is a Drag .

FUN -the latest in augmented reality-is fun but it's also frustrating, glitchy and dangerously addictive . Just when everyone else is getting on, seventeen-year-old Aaron O'Faolain wants off.

But first, he has to complete his Application for Termination,...
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