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Ella Enchanted (Newbery Honor Book)

Gail Carson Levine · HarperCollins
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover

This beloved Newbery Honor-winning story about a feisty heroine is sure to enchant readers new and old.

At her birth, Ella of Frell receives a foolish fairy's gift - the "gift" of obedience. Ella must obey any order, whether it's to hop on one foot for a day and a half,...

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Hoot

Carl Hiaasen · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

This Newbery Honor-winning, hilarious Floridian adventure involves new kids, bullies, alligators, eco-warriors, pancakes, pint-sized owls, and more. A New York Times bestseller!

Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes. Everybody, that is, except the colony of cute but endangered...
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The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 340
Format: eBook

Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him.
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Howl's Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones · n/a
Pages: 2
Format: Audiobook

Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady....

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The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate · HarperCollins
Pages: 319
Format: Paperback

Winner of the Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller!

This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship.

Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated...

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Can You Survive in a Dystopia?: An Interactive Doomsday Adventure

Anthony Wacholtz · Capstone Press
Pages: 112
Format: Library Binding

The world is a shell of its former self. Most of the world's population is gone. You're one of the few lucky survivors, but can you trust the people that remain? Or will you face the bleak future on your own? When YOU CHOOSE what to do next, the choices you make could mean the difference...
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Teen

The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon · Delacorte Press
Pages: 348
Format: Hardcover

The #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist from the bestselling author of Everything, Everything (streaming now!) will have you falling in love with Natasha and Daniel as they fall in love with each other!

Natasha: I'm a girl who believes...

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Children of Blood and Bone: The OrÏsha Legacy

Tomi Adeyemi · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

Tomi Adeyemi conjures a stunning world of dark magic and danger in her West African-inspired fantasy debut, perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir.

They killed my mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.

Now...

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 359
Format: Hardcover

A lyrical novel about family and friendship from critically acclaimed author Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have...
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I'll Give You the Sun

Jandy Nelson · Dial Books
Pages: 371
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times Bestselling story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, Jenny Offill, Emma Straub, and Rainbow Rowell

"We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same...
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There Is No Dog

Meg Rosoff · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

What if God were a teenaged boy? In the beginning, Bob created the heavens and the earth and the beasts of the field and the creatures of the sea, and twenty-five million other species (including lots of cute girls). But mostly he prefers eating junk food and leaving his dirty clothes...
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We Are the Ants

Shaun David Hutchinson · Simon Pulse
Pages: 451
Format: Hardcover

From the "author to watch" (Kirkus Reviews) of The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes a brand-new novel about a teenage boy who must decide whether or not the world is worth saving.

Henry Denton has spent years being periodically abducted by aliens. Then...
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One of Us Is Lying

Karen M McManus · Delacorte Press
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The Breakfast Club meets Pretty Little Liars, One of Us Is Lying is the story of what happens when five strangers walk into detention and only four walk out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

Pay close attention and you might...
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Warcross

MARIE LU · Lectorum Pubns
Pages: 520
Format: Paperback

For its super fans, Warcross is much more than a game; it's a way of life. Emika Chen is a young hacker that seeks out players who bet on the game illegally. During the opening game of the International Warcross Championships, she accidentally becomes part of the action and becomes...
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Eragon (Inheritance)

Christopher Paolini · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 497
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings, the New York Times bestselling Inheritance Cycle about the dragon rider Eragon has sold over 35 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation.


Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy - until his destiny...
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An Enchantment of Ravens

Margaret Rogerson · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

Parents' Choice Silver Honors Winner

A skilled painter must stand up to the ancient power of the faerie courts - even as she falls in love with a faerie prince - in this gorgeous debut novel.

Isobel is a prodigy portrait artist with a dangerous set of clients: the sinister...
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Carry on : the rise and fall of Simon Snow

Rainbow Rowell · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 522
Format: Print book

#1 New York Times best seller!
BOOKLIST Editors' Choice 2015 - Youth!
Named a "Best Book of 2015" by Time Magazine, School Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, NPR, PopSugar, The Millions, and The News & Observer!

Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's...

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Keturah and Lord Death

Martine Leavitt · Front Street Press
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

Martine Leavitt offers a spellbinding story, interweaving elements of classic fantasy and high romance in this National Book Award Finalist. Keturah follows a legendary hart into the king's forest, where she becomes hopelessly lost. Her strength diminishes until, finally, she realizes...
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Daughters unto Devils

Amy Lukavics · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

When sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner's family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory of the past winter; of her sickly ma giving birth to a baby sister who cries endlessly; of the terrifying...

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The Haters

Jesse Andrews · Amulet Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From Jesse Andrews, author of the New York Times bestselling Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and screenwriter of the Sundance award-winning motion picture of the same name, comes a groundbreaking young adult novel about music, love, friendship, and freedom as three young musicians...
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The Hate U Give

A C THOMAS · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Eight Starred Reviews! #1 New York Times Bestseller!

"Absolutely riveting!" - Jason Reynolds

"Stunning." - John Green

"This story is necessary. This story is important." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Heartbreakingly...

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Throne of glass

Sarah J Maas · Bloomsbury
Pages: 406
Format: Book

After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin....

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Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Ann Brashares · Delacorte Press
Pages: 294
Format: Paperback

"Funny, perceptive, and moving," raved USA Today of the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares, author of The Here and Now.

Some friends just fit together.

Once there was a pair...

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The Female of the Species

Mindy Mcginnis · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a dark and riveting contemporary YA novel that blends the unflinching honesty of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak with the relentless pacing and alternating perspectives of Gone Girl. A stunning, unforgettable page-turner.

Alex Craft...

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Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy

Bil Wright · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Carlos Duarte knows that hes fabulous. Hes got a better sense of style than half the fashionistas in New York City, and he can definitely apply makeup like nobodys business. He may only be in high school, but when he lands the job of his dreams--makeup artist at the FeatureFace counter...
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