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Exploring the Human Brain

Catherine Loveday · Rosen Young Adult
Pages: 192
Format: Library Binding

Weighing only about three pounds, the human brain is a remarkable organ responsible for all thought and identity as well as the regulation of the rest of the body. In this comprehensive, engaging book, students will gain an appreciation for all of the ways that the brain makes everyday...
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Colonel Theodore Roosevelt

David A Adler · Holiday House, 2014. ©2014
Pages: 138
Format: Print book

A portrait of the man who grew from a sickly child into a passionate conservationist, skilled outdoorsman, and Nobel Peace Prize-winning mediator, as well as one of the U.S. s most colorful and energetic presidents.
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Happily Ever After: Companion to the Selection Series

Kiera Cass · HarperTeen, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 18
Format: Print book

Meet Prince Maxon before he fell in love with America, and a girl named Amberly before she became queen. See the Selection through the eyes of a guard who watched his first love drift away and a girl who fell for a boy who wasn't the prince. This gorgeous collection features four novellas...

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The Belles of Baseball: The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

Nelson Yomtov · Essential Library
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

The Belles of Baseballdiscusses how in the 1940s and 1950s, women broke traditional gender barriers by playing professional baseball, boosting morale during World War II and paving the way for future generations of female athletes. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
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Dove Arising

Karen Bao · Viking
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Ender's Game and The Maze Runner will love this smart sci-fi debut and its sequel, Dove Exiled!

Phaet Theta has lived her whole life in a colony on the Moon. She's barely spoken since her father died in an accident nine years ago. She cultivates the plants...
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Call Me By My Name

John Ed Bradley · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 265
Format: Paperback

From former football star and bestselling author John Ed Bradley comes a searing look at love, life, and football in the face of racial adversity. "Heartbreaking," says Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak.

Growing up in Louisiana in the late 1960s, Tater Henry...
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We All Looked Up

Tommy Wallach · Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pages: 370
Format: Hardcover

Four high school seniors put their hopes, hearts, and humanity on the line as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth in this contemporary novel.

They always say that high school is the best time of your life.

Peter, the star basketball player at his school, is worried "they"...
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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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Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Jenny Han · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

"Sweetly funny." - Entertainment Weekly

New York Times bestselling author

Lara Jean's letter-writing days aren't over in this surprise follow-up to the bestselling To All the Boys I've Loved Before and P.S. I Still Love You.

Lara...
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Four Weeks, Five People

Jennifer Yu · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

They're more than their problems

Obsessive-compulsive teen Clarissa wants to get better, if only so her mother will stop asking her if she's okay.

Andrew wants to overcome his eating disorder so he can get back to his band and their dreams of becoming famous.

Film...

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The Art of Starving

SAM J MILLER · HarperTeen
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the 2017 Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book!

"Funny, haunting, beautiful, relentless, and powerful, The Art of Starving is a classic in the making." - Book Riot

Matt hasn't eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists...

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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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Let's Talk About Love

CLAIRE KANN · Swoon Reads
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Striking a perfect balance between heartfelt emotions and spot-on humor, this debut features a pop-culture enthusiast protagonist with an unforgettable voice sure to resonate with readers.Alice had her whole summer planned. Nonstop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite...
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I.M. Pei: Architect of Time, Place and Purpose

Jill Rubalcaba · Skyscape
Format: Hardcover

Jill Rubalcaba tells the conflict-ridden stories behind six of Peis most celebrated buildings, all turning points in Peis distinguished career National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Boston, MA, National Gallery of Art, East Building Washington,...
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There's Someone Inside Your House

STEPHANIE PERKINS · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller!

"The best new horror of the season." -Mashable

"There's Someone Inside Your House is equal parts heart-stopping horror and steamy romance. It's tons of bloody fun." -HelloGiggles

"Turn on - all - the lights...
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