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Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All

Jonas Jonasson · Ecco Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From the author of the international bestseller The 100-Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, a brilliant satirical novel set in modern Sweden - a story of idealism and fanaticism, gangsters and entrepreneurs, sensationalism and spirituality, that explores the values...
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Vanguard

Ann Aguirre · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The companion fourth book in the New York Times -- bestselling Razorland YA series sees beloved characters reunited and features an unexpected new romance.
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Optimists Die First

Susin Nielsen-Fernlund · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Award-winning author Susin Nielsen has written a laugh-out-loud and heartrending novel for fans of Robyn Schneider's Extraordinary Means and Cammie McGovern's Say What You Will. Beware: Life ahead. Sixteen-year-old Petula de Wilde is anything but wild. A former crafting fiend...
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The Go-Between

VERONICA CHAMBERS · Delacorte Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Jane the Virgin will find much to love about The Go-Between, a coming-of-age novel from bestselling author Veronica Chambers, who with humor and humanity explores issues of identity and belonging in a world that is ever-changing. She is the envy of every teenage girl in Mexico City....
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When I Am Through with You

Stephanie Kuehn · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A gripping story of survival and the razor's-edge difference between perfect cruelty and perfect love. "This isn't meant to be a confession. Not in any spiritual sense of the word. Yes, I'm in jail at the moment. I imagine I'll be here for a long time, considering. But I'm not writing...
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The Way I Used to Be

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

In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn't change who she was. But the night her brother's best...
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The Smell of Other People's Houses

Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

In Alaska, 1970, being a teenager here isn't like being a teenager anywhere else. This deeply moving and authentic debut is for fans of Rainbow Rowell, Louise Erdrich, Sherman Alexie, and Benjamin Alire Saenz. Intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge...
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The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever

Jeff Strand · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

After producing three horror movies that went mostly ignored on YouTube, Justin and his filmmaking buddies decide it's time they create something noteworthy, something epic. They're going to film the Greatest Zombie Movie Ever. They may not have money or a script, but they have...
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The Next Together

Lauren James · Sky Pony Pr
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

Katherine and Matthew are destined to be born again and again, century after century. Each time they are total strangers thrust together under unusual circumstances. Each time their presence changes history for the better. And each time they fall hopelessly in love, only to be tragically...
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Stay with Me

Mila Gray · Simon Pulse
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

From the author of Come Back to Me comes a heartwrenching novel about a forbidden romance, a wounded marine, and the girl who's determined to save him.Didi Monroe has waited her whole life for happily ever after. So when charming Zac Ridgemont sweeps her off her feet, Didi believes...
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If Birds Fly Back

CARLIE SOROSIAK · HarperTeen
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

A sparkling debut about love, family, and the mysteries of the universe, perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Nicola Yoon.Linny has kept a journal of famous disappearances ever since her sister Grace ran away in the middle of the night. Sebastian is an aspiring astrophysicist with a working...
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16 Ways to Break a Heart

LAUREN STRASNICK · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Unfolding through letters, texts, and chats, Lauren Strasnick's smart, sexy, page-turning new novel is the ultimate he said/she said breakdown of a relationship gone wrong.Natalie and Dan were electric from the moment they met. Witty banter and sizzling chemistry made falling in love...
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Children of Exile

Margaret Peterson Haddix · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
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Liberty: The Spy Who

ANDREA PORTES · HarperTeen
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling author of Anatomy of Misfit and The Fall of Butterflies, Andrea Portes, is back with another irresistible snarky heroine in Liberty. What is a hero? Paige Nolan knows. Edward Raynes, the young man who exposed America's unconstitutional spying techniques, is a hero, even...
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Bright Smoke, Cold Fire

Rosamund Hodge · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 437
Format: Print book

Sabriel meets Romeo and Juliet in this stunning and atmospheric novel from the author of Cruel Beauty and Crimson Bound.When the mysterious fog of the Ruining crept over the world, the living died and the dead rose. Only the walled city of Viyara was left untouched.The heirs of the city's...
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