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Scratch programming playground

Albert Sweigart · No Starch Press
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

Destroy asteroids, shoot hoops, and slice and dice fruit with "Scratch Programming Playground " Scratch is the colorful drag-and-drop programming language used by millions of first-time learners. In this project-packed guide, you'll learn to program by making cool games. Each...
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Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy

Cassandra Clare · Margaret Mcelderry Bks
Pages: 672
Format: Print book

The New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling collection of short stories chronicling the adventures of Simon Lewis as he trains to become a Shadowhunter is now available in print for the first time with ten brand-new comic illustrations!Simon Lewis has been a human and a vampire, and now he is becoming...
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The Last to Let Go

Amber Smith · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A twisted tragedy leaves Brooke and her siblings on their own in this provocative new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Way I Used To Be.How do you let go of something you've never had? Junior year for Brooke Winters is supposed to be about change. She's transferring...
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Little Fish: A Memoir

Ramsey Beyer · Zest Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Told through real-life journals, collages, lists, and drawings, this coming-of-age story illustrates the transformation of an eighteen-year-old girl from a small-town teenager into an independent, city-dwelling college student. Written in an autobiographical style with beautiful artwork,...
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Swarm

Scott Westerfeld · Simon & Schuster Audio

They thought they'd already faced their toughest fight. There's no relaxing for the reunited Zeroes. These six teens with unique abilities have taken on bank robbers, drug dealers and mobsters. Now they're trying to lay low so they can get their new illegal nightclub off the ground....
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The Servant

Fatima Sharafeddine · Groundwood Books
Format: Hardcover

Fatens happy life in her village comes to an abrupt end when her father arranges for her to work as a maid for a wealthy Beirut family with two spoiled daughters. What does a bright, ambitious 17-year-old do when she is suddenly deprived of her friends, family, education, and freedom? Enlisting...
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Counting by 7s

Holly Goldberg Sloan · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 380
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of "Out of My Mind, " "Wonder, "and "Mockingbird, " this is an intensely moving middle grade novel about being an outsider, coping with loss, and discovering the true meaning of family. Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with...
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The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge

M T ANDERSON · Candlewick
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

Subverting convention, award-winning creators M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin pair up for an anarchic, outlandish, and deeply political saga of warring elf and goblin kingdoms.Uptight elfin historian Brangwain Spurge is on a mission: survive being catapulted across the mountains into...
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Lord of the Wings: A Meg Langslow Mystery

Donna Andrews · Minotaur Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A new side-splitting Meg Langslow mystery from award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Good, The Bad, and The Emus.The brilliantly funny Donna Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series that mystery readers have come to love. The eighteenth book...
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Girl World: How to Ditch the Drama and Find Your Inner Amazing

Patricia Ottaviano · Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Mean stares. Hurtful whispers. The cold shoulder. Being a girl is harder than it looks. In a world where gossip, drama, and rumors seem to be never ending, its not easy to navigate the halls of middle school or high school without earning a few battle scars.But what if you could change...
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Jane, the Fox, and Me

Fanny Britt · Groundwood Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Hélène has been inexplicably ostracized by the girls who were once her friends. Her school life is full of whispers and lies Hélène weighs 216 she smells like BO. Her loving mother is too tired to be any help. Fortunately, Hélène has one consolation, Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre....
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Hungry

H. A. Swain · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 372
Format: Hardcover

In Thalia's world, there is no more food and no need for food, as everyone takes medication to ward off hunger. Her parents both work for the company that developed the drugs society consumes to quell any food cravings, and they live a life of privilege as a result. When Thalia meets...
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All the Truth That's in Me

Julie Berry · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 274
Format: Hardcover

Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten title. A 2014 Edgar Award nominee for YA. A Kids' Indie Next List Top Ten Pick -- #5, Best Books of Winter '13-'14. A School Library Journal Best Book of 2013. A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book for 2013. A Horn...
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Trouble Makes a Comeback

Stephanie Tromly · Kathy Dawson Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

An utterly satisfying sequel packed with razor-sharp dialogue, a love triangle you didn't see coming, and the most charismatic dynamic duo you ever met.Now that the infuriating and irresistible Philip Digby has left town for a lead on his sister who disappeared years ago, Zoe Webster is looking...
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