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Picture Us In The Light

Kelly Loy Gilbert · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Picture me madly in love with this moving, tender, unapologetically honest book."-Becky Albertalli, author of Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "This urgent, achingly beautiful story shines a light on those living in the shadows. A beacon of hope and resistance."-Melissa...
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The Trials of Apollo, Book Two: The Dark Prophecy

Rick Riordan · Listening Library (Audio)
Format: Audiobook

Zeus has punished his son Apollo--god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more--by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles...
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The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In this adaptation for middle graders based on her bestselling adult memoir, My Beloved World, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor's extraordinary life inspires. Her achievement serves as a true testament to the fact that no matter the obstacles, dreams can come true....
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Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss

Kasie West · HarperTeen
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Fan favorite author Kasie West delivers an effervescent story about chasing your dreams and following your heart, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Huntley Fitzpatrick. Lacey Barnes has dreamed of being an actress for as long as she can remember. So when she gets the opportunity to star...
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Show Up for Your Life: What the girl you'll be tomorrow wants you to know today

Chrystal Evans Hurst · Zondervan
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From popular author Chrystal Evans Hurst comes Show Up for Your Life, a topical YA book that empowers readers and reminds individuals who they are in God's eyes. Chrystal keeps it real, exploring the daily ups and downs of life as a young adult today. Readers will discover how to shift...
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Ash Princess

Laura Sebastian · Delacorte Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Victoria Aveyard's Red Queen and Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes, Ash Princess is an epic new fantasy about a throne cruelly stolen and a girl who must fight to take it back for her people.Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Fire Queen, was murdered...
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Lone Stars

MIKE LUPICA · Philomel Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

An uplifting story about role models, football, and tackling fear set in the heart of Friday Night Lights country - from the bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team, and Fantasy League.Clay is a quarterback's dream. When he zips across the field, arms outstretched, waiting for the ball...
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Snowbirds

CRISSA-JEAN CHAPPELL · MERIT PR
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

"Snowbirds will turn your image of the Amish upside down. Lucy will grab your heart and run away with it." --Robin MacCready, winner of the Edgar award for Buried Every year, Lucy waits eagerly for the arrival of the "snowbirds," the Old Order Amish who come trundling...
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Dating and Sex: A Guide for the 21st Century Teen Boy

Andrew P. Smiler · AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Written for teen boys, Dating and Sex provides them with the knowledge they need to understand dating, relationships, and sex. It goes beyond basic descriptions of biological processes with a progressive, practical approach that relies on secular ethics and emphasizes sexual health and personal...
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Click Here to Start

Denis Markell · Delacorte Press
Pages: 310
Format: Print book

Young fans of Ernie Cline's Ready Player One will love this classic video game inspired mystery filled with elements of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. What if playing video games was prepping you to solve an incredible real-world...
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The Winner's Kiss

Marie Rutkoski · Farrar
Pages: 484
Format: Print book

War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn't forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for the empire...
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The Unlikelies

Carrie Firestone · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: eBook

Five teens embark on a summer of vigilante good samaritanism in a novel that's part The Breakfast Club, part The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, and utterly captivating.Rising high school senior Sadie is bracing herself for a long, lonely, and boring summer. But things...
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The last star

Richard Yancey · Listening Library
Format: Audio CD

aFollowing the major motion picture release starring Chloe? Grace Moretz, comes the heart-stopping finale to the New York Times bestselling 5th Wave seriesThe enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They're down here, they're up there, they're nowhere. They want the Earth, they want...
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Comics Will Break Your Heart

FAITH ERIN HICKS · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A sweet, funny contemporary teen romance for the inner geek in all of us from graphic novelist Faith Erin Hicks. Miriam's family should be rich. After all, her grandfather was the co-creator of smash-hit comics series The TomorrowMen. But he sold his rights to the series to his co-creator...
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