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Going Where It's Dark

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · Delacorte Press, 2016.
Pages: 321
Format: Print book

From the Newbery Award-winning author of Shiloh comes a middle-grade novel that combines adrenaline-fueled adventure with a poignant coming-of-age story about a boy who loves the challenges he faces when caving but finds daily life dealing with his stuttering problem a most difficult challenge.Buck...
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American Girls: A Novel

Alison Umminger · Flatiron Books
Pages: 293
Format: Print book

A bittersweet, honest, and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel that distills honest truths about American girldomAnna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles,...
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Recreated

Colleen Houck · Delacorte Press
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

From Colleen Houck, New York Times bestselling author of The Tiger's Curse, comes Recreated, the second book in the epic Egyptian-inspired Reawakened series, in which a seventeen-year-old must literally go to hell to save the love of her life. Lily Young thought traveling across the globe...
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Glitter

Aprilynne Pike · Random House
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike comes a truly original new novel - Breaking Bad meets Marie Antoinette in a near-future world where the residents of Versailles live like it's the eighteenth century and an almost-queen turns to drug dealing to save her own life....
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The Girl Who Fell

S M Parker · Simon Pulse
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

In this gripping debut novel, high school senior Zephyr Doyle is swept off her feet - and into an intense and volatile relationship - by the new boy in school.His obsession. Her fall. Zephyr Doyle is focused. Focused on leading her team to the field hockey state championship and leaving...
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The Thickety: Well of Witches

J A White · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 512
Format: Print book

J. A. White's The Thickety: Well of Witches is an epic quest into an enchanted kingdom with new kinds of magic, an old enemy, and only one way out. Fans of Neil Gaiman will love this third novel in the spectacular and twisty fantasy series that has readers and reviewers raving.Kara...
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The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy

Kate Hattemer · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 323
Format: Hardcover

Whip-smart dialogue and an inside look at the seedy underbelly of reality TV come together in this critically-acclaimed debut perfect for fans of Unreal, John Green, and Frank Portman. Witty, sarcastic Ethan and his three best friends are students at Selwyn Arts Academy, which has been...
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Reproductive Rights: Who Decides?

Vicki O Wittenstein · Twenty-First-Century Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Throughout history, men and women have always found ways to control reproduction. In some ancient societies, people turned to herbs or traditional rituals. Others turned to methods that are still used in the twenty-first century, such as abstinence, condoms, and abortions. Legislating access...
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Anne of Avonlea

L. M. Montgomery · Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

The inimitable Anne Shirley makes her mark on Avonlea in this artfully packaged edition of the sequel to Anne of Green Gables.Five years after Anne Shirley came to the town of Avonlea, she feels (a little) more grown up, but she's still the same skinny, red-headed orphan Matthew and Marilla...
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Charlie, Presumed Dead

Anne Heltzel · Harcourt Brace and Company
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In Paris, family and friends gather to mourn the tragic passing of Charlie Price - young, handsome, charming, a world-traveler - who is presumed dead after an explosion. Authorities find only a bloodied jacket, ID'd as Charlie's. At the funeral, two teens who are perfect strangers,...
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