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The Distance from Me to You

Marina Gessner · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 339
Format: Print book

Wild meets Endless Love in this multilayered story of love, survival, and self-discoveryMcKenna Berney is a lucky girl. She has a loving family and has been accepted to college for the fall. But McKenna has a different goal in mind: much to the chagrin of her parents, she defers her college...
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Medieval Knight Science: Armor, Weapons, and Siege Warfare

Allison Lassieur · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Medieval knights were like armoured tanks in combat. They often made quick work of their enemies. They may not have realized it, but they owed their success to science. Engaging text, fascinating photos and useful illustrations will help young readers understand how science helped medieval...
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Water in May

Ismee Williams · Amulet Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Mari Pujols believes that the baby she's carrying will finally mean she'll have a family member who will love her deeply and won't ever leave her - not like her mama, who took off when she was eight; or her papi, who's in jail; or her abuela, who wants as little to do with...
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Teens: Cutting and Self-Injury

Peggy J Parks · ReferencePoint Press
Format: Hardcover

Research has shown that an alarming number of teens intentionally harm themselves by cutting, burning, bruising, or other methods, which is usually a symptom of deep emotional turmoil. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations, this title examines How Serious...
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The Girl with Seven Names

Hyeonseo Lee · William Collins
Format: Hardcover

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships - and the story of one woman's terrifying struggle to avoid capture and guide her family to freedom.As a child growing up in North Korea, Hyeonseo Lee was one of millions trapped...
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Blood Rose Rebellion

Rosalyn Eves · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover

"A magical tale unlike anything you've read before." - Bustle.com"[A] richly imagined 19th-century historical fantasy." - EW.com, A-The thrilling first book in a YA fantasy trilogy for fans of Red Queen. In a world where social prestige derives from a trifecta of blood,...
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The Bunker Diary

Kevin Brooks · Carolrhoda Lab
Pages: 260
Format: Print book

This is the winner of the 2014 Cilip Carnegie Medal. Room meets Lord of the Flies, The Bunker Diary is award-winning, young adult writer Kevin Brooks' pulse-pounding exploration of what happens when your worst nightmare comes true - and how will you survive? I can't believe I fell for it. It was still...
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Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

Kate Waters · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 226
Format: Hardcover

In the Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation's status quo, and shows you how to make a difference to effect the changes America -- and the world -- need...
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Zenn Diagram

Wendy Brant · KCP Loft
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

Eva Walker is a seventeen-year-old math genius. And if that doesn't do wonders for her popularity, there s another thing that makes it even worse: when she touches another person or anything that belongs to them from clothes to textbooks to cell phones she sees a vision of their emotions....
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Being Sloane Jacobs

Lauren Morrill · Random House Publishing Group
Pages: 330
Format: Hardcover

Switching places with someone else has never been more fun than in this novel about following your dreams and finding your heart from the author of Meant to Be that Huntley Fitzpatrick, author of My Life Next Door, calls "unforgettable" and "full of twists and romance."Meet...
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100 Days

Nicole McInnes · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 390
Format: Print book

Agnes doesn't know it, but she only has one hundred days left to live. When she was just a baby, she was diagnosed with Progeria, a rare disease that causes her body to age at roughly ten times the normal rate. Now nearly sixteen years old, Agnes has already exceeded her life expectancy.Moira...
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When Reason Breaks

Cindy L. Rodriguez · Bloomsbury
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover

13 Reasons Why meets the poetry of Emily Dickinson in this gripping debut novel perfect for fans of Sara Zarr or Jennifer Brown.A Goth girl with an attitude problem, Elizabeth Davis must learn to control her anger before it destroys her. Emily Delgado appears to be a smart, sweet girl,...
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Sacrifice

Brigid Kemmerer · K-Teen
Format: Book

"Kemmerer will melt your heart and blow your mind." --#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. ArmentroutOne misstep and they lose it all. For the last time.Michael Merrick is used to pressure. He's the only parent his three brothers have had for years. His power to control...
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Like It Never Happened

Emily Adrian · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Stereotypes, sexuality, and destructive rumors collide in this smart YA novel for fans of Sara Zarr's Story of a Girl, Siobhan Vivian's The List, and E. Lockhart's The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks.When Rebecca Rivers lands the lead in her school's production...
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Most Likely to Succeed

Jennifer Echols · Simon Pulse
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In this sexy conclusion to The Superlatives trilogy from Endless Summer author Jennifer Echols, Sawyer and Kaye might just be perfect for each other - if only they could admit it.As vice president of Student Council, Kaye knows the importance of keeping order. Not only in school, but in her personal...
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