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Goodbye, Perfect

Sara Barnard · Simon Pulse
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Friendship bonds are tested and the very nature of loyalty is questioned in this lyrical novel about a teen whose best friend runs away with her teacher after suffering the effects of too much academic pressure. Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Jennifer Niven.Eden McKinley knows she can't...
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The Wicked King

Holly Black · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.The first lesson is to make yourself strong.After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude...
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Inventing Victoria

Tonya Bolden · Bloomsbury YA
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

In a searing historical novel, Tonya Bolden illuminates post-Reconstruction America in an intimate portrait of a determined young woman who dares to seize the opportunity of a lifetime.As a young black woman in 1880s Savannah, Essie's dreams are very much at odds with her reality. Ashamed...
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The Gilded Wolves

ROSHANI CHOKSHI · Wednesday Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Set in a darkly glamorous world The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence and dangerous but thrilling adventure. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. In this...
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Green Monk: Blood of the Martyrs

Brandon Dayton · Image Comics
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The thrilling continuation of the YALSA award-winning comic by Brandon Dayton. In a mythical Russia, a mysterious young boy is raised by an order of monks. As he grows to manhood, bizarre dreams and the call of destiny disturb the ideals of brotherhood and peace that define his idyllic...
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Spin

Lamar Giles · Scholastic Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

When rising star Paris Secord (aka DJ ParSec) is found dead on her turntables, it sends the local music scene reeling. No one is feeling that grief more than her shunned pre-fame best friend, Kya, and ParSec's chief groupie, Fuse -- two sworn enemies who happened to be the ones who discovered...
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The Me I Meant to Be

Sophie Jordan · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Girl Code: Never date a friend's ex. Willa Evans has no intention of breaking the code. So what if she's always secretly loved her next-door neighbor Zach? As her best friend's boyfriend, he was always off-limits and it needs to stay that way, even though they just broke up. Even...
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The Waning Age

S. E. Grove · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Sentence, a lightly speculative, relevant puzzle box with undertones of Never Let Me Go.The time is now. The place is San Francisco. The world is filled with adults devoid of emotion and children on the cusp of losing their feelings--of...
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A Curse So Dark and Lonely

Brigid Kemmerer · Bloomsbury YA
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

In a lush, contemporary fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast, Brigid Kemmerer gives readers another compulsively readable romance perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer.Fall in love, break the curse.It once seemed so easy to Prince Rhen, the heir to Emberfall. Cursed by a powerful enchantress...
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The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

Sabina Khan · Scholastic Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Unable to come out to her conservative Muslim parents, Rukhsana Ali keeps that part of her identity hidden. And that means keeping her girlfriend, Ariana, a secret from them too. Luckily, only a few more months stand between her carefully monitored life at home and a fresh start at Caltech...
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The Giver

Lois Lowry · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

The Giver is a modern classic and one of the most influential books of our time. Now in graphic novel format, Lois Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic story of a young boy discovering the dark secrets behind his seemingly ideal world is accompanied by renowned artist P.Craig Russell's...
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Two Can Keep a Secret

Karen M McManus · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying is back with an all-new, page-turning mystery perfect for fans of Riverdale!Echo Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only...
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Famous in a Small Town

Emma Mills · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

For Sophie, small-town life has never felt small. She has the Yum Yum Shoppe, with its famous fourteen flavors of ice cream; her beloved marching band, the pride and joy of Acadia High (even if the football team disagrees) ; and her four best friends, loving and infuriating, wonderfully...
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Come Find Me

Megan Miranda · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Perfect Stranger comes a captivating thriller about two teens who connect when each discovers a mysterious radio frequency, which suggests their family tragedies are mysteriously connected.After surviving an infamous...
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Bloom

Kevin Panetta · First Second
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band -- if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens....
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Death Prefers Blondes

Caleb Roehrig · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

Teenage socialite Margo Manning leads a dangerous double life. By day, she dodges the paparazzi while soaking up California sunshine. By night, however, she dodges security cameras and armed guards, pulling off high-stakes cat burglaries with a team of flamboyant young men. In and out of disguise,...
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A Sky for Us Alone

Kristin Russell · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"A stirring, powerful, and heart-wrenching story of coming of age, falling in love, and trying to lead a life of dignity." - Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent KingIn Strickland County - a forgotten stretch of land in Southern Appalachia - there isn't a lot of anything...
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On The Come Up

Angie Thomas

This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give.Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an u
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Enchantée

Gita Trelease · Flatiron Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Love. Magic. Revolution...Enchantée is Gita Trelease's imaginative debut fantasy about an impoverished magician desperate to provide for her beloved sister on the eve of the French Revolution."Deliciously addictive." -- Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval"A heady, sparkling...
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Slayer

Kiersten White · Simon Pulse
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes a brand-new series set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer that introduces a new Slayer as she grapples with the responsibility of managing her incredible powers that she's just beginning to understand.Into every generation...
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