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Freshmen

Tom Ellen · Delacorte Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A laugh-out-loud, realistic portrayal of a freshman year in college for fans of Broad City. Getting in is just the beginning. Phoebe can't wait to get to college. On her own, discovering new things, no curfew . . . she'll be free. And she'll be totally different: cooler, prettier,...
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Summer of Salt

KATRINA LENO · HarperTeen
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Magic passed down through generations. An island where strange things happen. One summer that will become legend.Practical Magic meets Nova Ren Suma's Imaginary Girls and Laura Ruby's Bone Gap in this lush, atmospheric novel by acclaimed author Katrina Leno. Georgina Fernweh waits...
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The Bird and the Blade

MEGAN BANNEN · Balzer Bray
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping and tragic debut novel perfect for fans of The Wrath and the Dawn and Megan Whalen Turner.The Bird and the Blade is a lush, powerful story of life and death, battles and riddles, lies and secrets from author Megan Bannen. Enslaved in Kipchak Khanate, Jinghua has lost everything:...
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Neanderthal Opens the Door to the Universe

Preston Norton · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Cliff Hubbard is a huge loser. Literally. His nickname at Happy Valley High School is Neanderthal because he's so enormous-6'6" and 250 pounds to be exact. He has nobody at school, and life in his trailer-park home has gone from bad to worse ever since his older brother's...
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All That I Can Fix

Crystal Chan · Simon Pulse
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A teen boy's world gets turned upside-down when a zoo of exotic animals takes over his small town in this wickedly funny, heartbreakingly honest novel that's perfect for fans of Shaun David Hutchinson.In Makersville, Indiana, people know all about Ronney - he's from that mixed-race...
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Final Draft

Riley Redgate · Amulet Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The only sort of risk 18-year-old Laila Piedra enjoys is the peril she writes for the characters in her stories: epic sci-fi worlds full of quests, forbidden love, and robots. Her creative writing teacher has always told her she has a special talent. But three months before her graduation,...
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Always Forever Maybe

Anica Mrose Rissi · HarperTeen
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A powerful YA debut, told with astonishing insight and wit, about the depths and boundaries of true friendship and obsessive teenage love - perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, E. Lockhart, and Sara Zarr.When Betts meets Aiden at the candy store where she works, their connection is like a sugar...
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The Fall of Innocence

Jenny Torres Sanchez · Philomel Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

The Lovely Bones meets Thirteen Reasons Why in this gorgeous, haunting, and tragic novel that examines the crippling--and far-reaching--effects of one person's trauma on her family, her community, and herself.For the past eight years, sixteen-year-old Emilia DeJesus has done her best...
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City of Bastards

Andrew Shvarts · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Tilla, bastard of House Kent, has it made. Safe from her murderous father in the dazzling capital of Lightspire, she lives a life of luxury under the protection of the Volaris King, alongside her boyfriend, Zell, and best friend, Princess Lyriana.So why isn't she happy? Maybe it's...
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The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls

Jessica Spotswood · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

One summer will challenge everything the Garrett sisters thought they knew about themselves -- and each other in this captivating new novel by Jessica Spotswood.As the oldest, Des shoulders a lot of responsibility for her family and their independent bookstore. Except it's hard to dream...
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Little Do We Know

TAMARA IRELAND STONE · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Next-door neighbors and ex-best friends Hannah and Emory haven't spoken in months. Not since the fight-the one where they said things they couldn't take back.Now, Emory is fine-tuning her UCLA performing arts application and trying to make the most of the months she has left with...
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Supergirl: Being Super

MARIKO TAMAKI · DC Comics
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

It's the Girl of Steel as you've never seen her before, when Caldecott Honor-winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer) teams with Eisner Award-nominated artist Joelle Jones (Lady Killer) for a coming-of-age tale in SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER.Kara Danvers isn't any different...
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Whisper of the Tide

Sarah Tolcser · Bloomsbury YA
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Caro and Markos have settled into a routine: Wake up, eat breakfast, and try to figure out who might attempt to assassinate Markos today . . . so the currents aren't exactly calm. Markos is in constant danger, and his claim to the throne is shaky without the support of an army. But then...
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Ballad for a Mad Girl

Vikki Wakefield · Text Publishing Company
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Everyone knows seventeen-year-old Grace Foley is a bit mad. She's a risk-taker who's not afraid of anything -- except losing. As part of the long-running feud between two local schools in Swanston, Grace accepts a challenge to walk the pipe. That night she experiences something...
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Bring Me Their Hearts

SARA WOLF · Entangled
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Zera is a Heartless -- the immortal, unaging soldier of a witch. Bound to the witch Nightsinger, Zera longs for freedom from the woods they hide in. With her heart in a jar under Nightsinger's control, she serves the witch unquestioningly.Until Nightsinger asks Zera for a prince's...
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