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The Mirk and Midnight Hour

Jane Nickerson · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 371
Format: Hardcover

A Gothic thriller and captivating love story set in Civil War Mississippi Seventeen-year-old Violet Dancey has been left at home in Mississippi with a laudanum-addicted stepmother and love-crazed stepsister while her father fights in the war - a war that has already claimed her twin brother....
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Lair of Dreams: A Diviners Novel

Libba Bray · Little, Brown
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover

The longing of dreams draws the dead, and this city holds many dreams.
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TIME For Kids Book of Why: Amazing Sports and Science

Editors of TIME For Kids Magazine · Time For Kids

TIME for Kids The BIG Book of Why Sports and Science answers the why, what, when, where, who and how questions that kids commonly ask, but adults can rarely answer. Why does a curve ball curve? Why does a Super Ball bounce so high? How can David Beckham make a soccer ball bend? Why can eating...
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If I Stay

Gayle Forman · Viking Juvenile; Mti edition
Format: Hardcover

The critically acclaimed, bestselling novel from Gayle Forman, author of Where She Went, Just One Day, Just One Year, and I Was Here. Now a major motion picture, starring Chloe Grace Moretz! Includes exclusive interviews with Chloe Grace Moretz and her co-star Jamie Blackley. In the blink...
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Grasshopper Jungle

Andrew Smith · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 388
Format: Hardcover

A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction

"Grasshopper Jungle is a rollicking tale that is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. It's propulsive plot would be delightful enough on its own, but Smith's ability...

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Sway

Kat Spears · Griffin
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A YALSA 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults PickIn Kat Spears's hilarious and often poignant debut, high school senior Jesse Alderman, or "Sway," as he's known, could sell hell to a bishop. He also specializes in getting things people want---term papers, a date with the prom...
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Chris Jericho: Best in the World

Pete Delmar · Capstone Press,
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Chris Jericho has been known by many names, from Lionheart to Y2J. This larger-than-life competitor has left his mark on the world of pro wrestling. From small time wrestling leagues in Canada to pro wrestling's biggest stages, check out the details of Chris Jericho's rise to fame.
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The Young Elites

Marie Lu · Putnam Pub Group
Pages: 355
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series I am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived...
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Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog

Ann Bausum · National Geographic Society
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover

Move over, Rin Tin Tin. Here comes Sgt. Stubby! That German shepherd star of the silver screen may have been born behind enemy lines during World War I, but Stubby, the stump-tailed terrier, worked behind enemy lines, and gained military honors along the way. Private Robert Conroy casually...
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If You're Reading This

Trent Reedy · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the author of WORDS IN THE DUST and DIVIDED WE FALL: A heartwarming book about a son reconnecting with the father he lost in Afghanistan.Mike was seven when his father was killed in mysterious circumstances in Afghanistan. Eight years later, the family still hasn't recovered:...
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