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Two Dark Reigns

KENDARE BLAKE

#1 New York Times bestselling author Kendare Blake returns with the highly anticipated third book in the Three Dark Crowns series!Katharine sits on the throne, Mirabella and Arsinoe are in hiding, and an unexpected renegade is about to wage a war of her own. The crown ha
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Part of Your World: A Twisted Tale

LIZ BRASWELL

What if Ariel had never defeated Ursula? It's been five years since the infamous sea witch defeated the little mermaid... and took King Triton's life in the process. Ariel is now the voiceless queen of Atlantica, while Ursula runs Prince Eric's kingdom on l
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Hole in the Middle

Kendra Fortmeyer

For every reader who grew up loving R.J. Palacio's Wonder comes a hilarious, heartbreaking, and magical YA debut about what it means to accept the body you're given.What if the empty space was what made you whole?Morgan Stone was born with a hole in h
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The Second Life of Ava Rivers

Faith Gardner · Razorbill
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"A beautiful, moving, and thoughtful story about how far we're willing to go for family."- Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces Ava's disappearance was the crack in the Rivers family glacier. I wish I could explain to you how we were before, but I can't,...
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People Kill People

ELLEN HOPKINS

Someone will shoot. And someone will die. #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins tackles gun violence and white supremacy in this compelling and complex novel.People kill people. Guns just make it easier. A gun is sold in the class
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The 48

Donna Hosie

Henry VIII's Tudor court meets time-traveling teen assassins in a riveting YA novel.Twins Charlie and Alex Taylor are the newest time travelers recruited to the Forty-Eight, a clandestine military group in charge of manipulating history. The brothers arrive in 1536 feeling
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Keeper of the Bees

Meg Kassel

"Beauty and the beast like you've never imagined!" -- New York Times bestselling author Pintip DunnKEEPER OF THE BEES is a tale of two teens who are both beautiful and beastly, and whose pasts are entangled in surprising and heartbreaking ways
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That's Not What Happened

Kody Keplinger · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

It's been three years since the Virgil County High School Massacre. Three years since my best friend, Sarah, was killed in a bathroom stall during the mass shooting. Everyone knows Sarah's story--that she died proclaiming her faith.But it's not true.I know because I was with...
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The Towering Sky

KATHARINE MCGEE

The final book in Katharine McGee's epic New York Times bestselling Thousandth Floor seriesWhen you have everything, you have everything to lose. Welcome back to New York, 2119. A skyscraper city, fueled by impossible dreams.Leda just wants to move on from
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Dare You to Lie

AMBER LYNN NATUSCH

From Amber Lynn Natusch, author of the Force of Nature series, comes her first young adult thrilling novel of suspense with Dare You to Lie.When her FBI agent father is framed for murder, Kylene is forced to move in with her grandfather, back to the small town tha
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And The Ocean Was Our Sky

PATRICK NESS

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls comes a richly illustrated and lyrical tale, one that asks harrowing questions about power, loyalty, obsession, and the monsters we make of others.With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Ba
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Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree

ADAOBI TRICIA NWAUBANI

Based on interviews with young women who were kidnapped by Boko Haram, this poignant novel by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani tells the timely story of one girl who was taken from her home in Nigeria and her harrowing fight for survival. Includes an afterword by award-winning journalist
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Kiss Me in Paris

Catherine Rider

Serena Fuentes won't waste one moment of her whirlwind trip to Paris. She has it all mapped out, right down to the photos she will take, and the last thing she wants is a change in plans. Yet suddenly she's touring the city with Jean-Luc, a French friend of her sister's bo
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Sadie

COURTNEY SUMMERS

"Summers has pulled no punches when it comes to diving into the darker side of teen lives." -- BustleA gripping novel about the depth of a sister's love; poised to be the next book you won't be able to stop talking about.A missing girl on a journey of
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Harbor Me

Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson is the 2018-2019 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Jacqueline Woodson's first middle-grade novel since National Book Award winner Brown Girl Dreaming celebrates the healing that can occur when a group of students share their storie
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