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Ghostly Echoes: A Jackaby Novel

William Ritter · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"Tread lightly, Miss Rook," warned Mr. Jackaby. "It would not do to push Miss Cavanaugh too far or too fast." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the investigative services of her fellow residents to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail...
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The Digital Age

Harry Henderson · Referencepoint Press
Format: Book

"In little more than half a century, the electronic digital computer has profoundly transformed science, industry, business, and society itself. In changing how people organize their work and lives, the developments of the digital age can he compared to the Industrial Revolution that...
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Tin Star

Cecil Castellucci · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 233
Format: Book

On their way to start a new life, Tula and her family travel on the "Prairie Rose, " a colony ship headed to a planet in the outer reaches of the galaxy. All is going well until the ship makes a stop at a remote space station, the Yertina Feray, and the colonist's leader, Brother...
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Twisted Fate

Norah Olson · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Two sisters. One mysterious boy. Ally and Sydney couldn't be more different - one shy, the other popular and outgoing - and when a new boy moves in next door, tensions between the sisters escalate. Graham is attractive, peculiar, and perhaps a little dangerous, and both girls are drawn...
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The Lovely Reckless

Kami Garcia · Imprint
Pages: 374
Format: eBook

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Kami Garcia, a contemporary romance full of loss, love and redemption ... Seventeen year-old Frankie Devereux would do anything to forget the past. Haunted by the memory of her boyfriend's death, she lives her life by one dangerous rule: nothing...
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Puddin'

JULIE MURPHY · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The irresistible companion to the #1 New York Times bestseller Dumplin', soon to be a major motion picture starring Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston!Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a little girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase...
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Crystal Kingdom

Amanda Hocking · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback

Cast out by her kingdom and far from home, she's the Kanin people's only hope.Bryn Aven-unjustly charged with murder and treason-is on the run. The one person who can help is her greatest enemy, the gorgeous and enigmatic Konstantin Black. Konstantin is her only ally against those...
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The Fallout

S. A. Bodeen · Feiwel & Friends; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Eli and his family lived in an underground shelter they called the Compound for six years. They thought they were the only survivors of a nuclear attack, but when Eli learned that it was all a twisted experiment orchestrated by his tech-visionary father, he broke the family out. His father...
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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad

David A. Adler · Holiday House; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Born a slave, Harriet Tubman was determined not to remain one. She escaped from her owners in Maryland on the Underground Railroad in 1849 and then fearlessly returned thirteen times to help guide family members and others to freedom as the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad....
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My Faire Lady

Laura Wettersten · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

When a cheating boyfriend leads to an unexpected summer job, Rowena discovers that the best way to let go of the past might be to dive right into it. Rowena Duncan is a thoroughly modern girl with big plans for her summer—working at the mall with her best friends, taking trips to the Cape,...
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State of Grace

Hilary Badger · Switch Press
Pages: 299
Format: Print book

The trees are laden with fruit and the water in the lagoon is as clear as crystal. Wren's world is a utopia. If only she could stop the strange visions she's started having: flashes of another world, where there are people she doesn't know, couldn't possibly know, but who somehow feel familiar....
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The Love Interest

Cale Dietrich · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

There is a secret organization that cultivates teenage spies. The agents are called Love Interests because getting close to people destined for great power means getting valuable secrets. Caden is a Nice: The boy next door, sculpted to physical perfection. Dylan is a Bad: The brooding,...
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First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race

Tim Grove · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 88
Format: Hardcover

A 2016 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist In 1924 the U.S. Army sent eight young men on a bold attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight. Men from five other countries - Great Britain, France, Portugal, Italy, and Argentina - had the same...
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Crashland

Sean Williams · Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Pages: 475
Format: Hardcover

M. T. Anderson meets Cory Doctorow in the exciting sequel to Twinmaker, from #1 New York Times bestseller Sean Williams, who also coauthors the Troubletwisters series with Garth Nix.Clair and Jesse have barely been reunited when the world is plunged into its biggest crisis since the Water...
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Who R U Really?

Margo Kelly · Merit Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Theas overprotective parents are about to drive her nuts. They invade her privacy, ask too many questions, and restrict her online time so much that Thea feels she cant do any of the things her friends do. She barely has time to answer her emails! When she discovers a new role-playing game...
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