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The History of Jane Doe

Michael Belanger · Dial Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A poignant, deeply funny coming-of-age story about first love, first loss, and the power of history to give life meaning.History buff Ray knows everything about the peculiar legends and lore of his rural Connecticut hometown. Burgerville's past is riddled with green cow sightings and witches'...
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Screenshot

DONNA COONER · Point
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Skye's social media game is always on point. Until her best friend, Asha, films an embarrassing video of Skye at a sleepover and posts it online. But Asha quickly deletes the post, so everything's okay. Right?Then Skye gets an anonymous message. Someone has texted her a screenshot...
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The Orphan's Wish

Melanie Dickerson · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson comes an inspired retelling of the beloved folk tale of Aladdin.Orphaned and alone, Aladdin travels from the streets of his Arab homeland to a strange, faraway place. Growing up in an orphanage, he meets young Lady Kirstyn, whose...
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Spectacle Vol. 1

Megan Rose Gedris · Oni Press
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback

Fan-favorite webcomic creator Megan Rose Gedris (Yu Me Dream) crafts a compelling tale of magic, deception, and wonder in this stunningly illustrated graphic novel about the bond between sisters. Pragmatic engineer Anna works as a psychic in the Samson Brothers Circus, but she doesn't...
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Star Wars Lost Stars, Vol. 1

CLAUDIA GRAY · Yen Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

The Empire can be seductive, particularly if you're an aspiring young pilot...Thane Kyrell and Ciena Ree both know this very well when they enroll Imperial Academy, eager to pursue their dreams. When Thane discovers the darker side of the Empire, though, and defects to the Rebellion,...
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My Plain Jane

CYNTHIA HAND · HarperTeen
Pages: 464
Format: Book

Move over, Charlotte Bronte. The authors of the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane are back with an irreverent spin on Jane Eyre - a tale of mischief, romance, and supernatural mayhem perfect for fans of The Princess Bride or A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. You may think...

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Guardian: Book 3 in the Steeplejack series

A J HARTLEY · Tor Teen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In A. J. Hartley's thrilling and intriguing 19th-century South African-inspired fantasy world, which started with the Thriller Award-winning Steeplejack, Anglet Sutonga is a teenage detective fighting in a race against time as her beloved city is pushed to the brink.This is what Ang knows:...
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Ant-Man: Astonishing Origins

MARVEL COMICS. · Marvel
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

Legendary writer Tom DeFalco and acclaimed artist Horacio Domingues bring you the origin of Ant-Man! Hank Pym has had a life full of adventure and success, failure and humiliation. He's been known by many names, and played many parts - scientist, super hero, flawed husband. What demons...
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A Lite Too Bright

SAMUEL MILLER · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

For fans of literary classics such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower comes a stirring new thought-provoking novel from debut author Sam Miller about a loss shrouded in mystery with twists and turns down every railway.

Arthur Louis Pullman the Third is on the verge...

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A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

ELLEN OH · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals, feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings: these are the stuff of fairy tale, myth, and folklore that have drawn us in for centuries. Fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia...
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Sweet Black Waves

Kristina Perez · Imprint
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Two proud kingdoms stand on opposite shores, with only a bloody history between them. As best friend and lady-in-waiting to the princess, Branwen is guided by two principles: devotion to her homeland and hatred for the raiders who killed her parents. When she unknowingly saves the life...
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Neverworld Wake

Marisha Pessl · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Enter a realm where fears are physical and memories come alive in this absorbing psychological suspense thriller, from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film.Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice Hartley and her five...
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Animus

ANTOINE REVOY · First Second
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed...
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Not the Girls You're Looking For

AMINAH MAE SAFI · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Lulu Saad doesn't need your advice, thank you very much. She's got her three best friends and nothing can stop her from conquering the known world. Sure, for half a minute she thought she'd nearly drowned a cute guy at a party, but he was totally faking it. And fine, yes, she caused...
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I Felt a Funeral in My Brain

Will Walton · Push
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the poignant and provocative debut Anything Could Happen comes another hard-hitting exploration of love and friendship.
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My Name Is Victoria

LUCY WORSLEY · Candlewick
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

By turns thrilling, dramatic, and touching, this is the story of Queen Victoria's childhood as you've never heard it before.Miss V. Conroy is good at keeping secrets. She likes to sit as quiet as a mouse, neat and discreet. But when her father sends her to Kensington Palace to become...
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