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The Slanted Worlds

Catherine Fisher · Dial Books; 0002- edition
Format: Hardcover

Part Dr. Who, part Blade Runner, and part A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this genre-busting fantasy from the author of Incarceron asks: If you had the chance to change the past, would you do it? In book two of the critically acclaimed Obsidian Mirror series, New York Times bestselling...
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What I Lost

Alexandra Ballard · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

What sixteen-year-old Elizabeth has lost so far: forty pounds, four jean sizes, a boyfriend, and her peace of mind. As a result, she's finally a size zero. She's also the newest resident at Wallingfield, a treatment center for girls like her -- girls with eating disorders. Elizabeth is determined...
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Tell Me Three Things

Julie Buxbaum · Ember
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

A New York Times Bestseller "Here are three things about this book: (1) It's . . . funny and romantic; (2) the mystery at the heart of the story will keep you turning the pages; (3) I have a feeling you'll be very happy you read it." - Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical...
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The Lies They Tell

Gillian French · HarperTeen
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

With shades of E. Lockhart's We Were Liars, this dark and twisted mystery by the highly acclaimed author of Grit will be the page-turner of the year.Everyone in Tenney's Harbor knows about the Garrison tragedy. How an unexplained fire ravaged their house, killing four of the five...
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The Mark of the Dragonfly

Jaleigh Johnson · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

For fans of Frozen, The City of Ember, and The School of Good and Evil, The Mark of the Dragonfly is a fast-paced adventure story about a mysterious girl and a fearless boy, set in a magical world that is both exciting and dangerous. Piper has never seen the Mark of the Dragonfly until...
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Learning to Swear in America

Katie Kennedy · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 345
Format: Hardcover

A Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce selectionAn asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. A big, bad one. Maybe not kill-all-the-dinosaurs bad, but at least kill-everyone-in-California-and-wipe-out-Japan-with-a-tsunami bad. Yuri, a physicist prodigy from Russia, has been recruited to aid NASA...
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No Good Deed

GOLDY MOLDAVSKY · POINT
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

He's not asking for much. All Gregor Maravilla wants to do is feed all of the starving children on the planet. So when he's selected to join Camp Save the World, a special summer program for teenage activists from all over the country to champion their cause, Gregor's sure he's on the path...
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This Raging Light

Estelle Laure · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 277
Format: Print book

For fans of Jandy Nelson and Rainbow Rowell comes a gorgeous debut novel about family, friends, and first love. Lucille Bennett is pushed into adulthood after her mom decides to "take a break" ... from parenting, from responsibility, from Lucille and her little sister, Wren....
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The Special Ones

Em Bailey · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Esther is one of the Special Ones: four young spiritual guides who live in a remote farmhouse under the protection of a mysterious cult leader. He watches them around the clock, ready to punish them if they forget who they are - and all the while, broadcasting their lives to eager followers...
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Speak of Me As I Am

Sonia Belasco · Philomel Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A moving story of grief, honesty, and the healing power of art - the ties that bind us together, even when those we love are gone.Melanie and Damon are both living in the shadow of loss. For Melanie, it's the loss of her larger-than-life artist mother, taken by cancer well before her time....
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Mental Illness

Greenhaven Press · Greenhaven Press
Format: Hardcover

Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications.
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If You're Lucky

Yvonne Prinz · Algonquin
Pages: 278
Format: Print book

Is Georgia's mind playing tricks on her, or is the entire town walking into the arms of a killer who has everyone but her fooled? When seventeen-year-old Georgia's brother drowns while surfing halfway around the world in Australia, she refuses to believe that Lucky's death was just bad luck....
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The Republican Party

Greenhaven Press · Greenhaven Press
Format: Print book

"Opposing Viewpoints: The Republican Party: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--
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The Children of the King

Sonya Hartnett · Candlewick Press
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover

Internationally acclaimed author Sonya Hartnett tells a hauntingly beautiful story set during World War II. Cecily and Jeremy have been sent to live with their uncle Peregrine in the English countryside, safe from the war, along with a young refugee named May. But when Cecily and May find...
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Macbeth #killingit

Courtney Carbone · Random House,
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Macbeth, one of the greatest stories ever told . . . in texts?! Imagine: What if that tragic couple, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this fun and funny adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most famous plays! A prophecy from three witches. A social-climbing...
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