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Minecraft: The Lost Journals

Mur Lafferty · Del Rey
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The brand-new official Minecraft novel is a journey into the unknown! Max and Alison are proof that differences don't stand in the way of friendship. Max is always on the lookout for a new adventure - even if it means getting into trouble - while Alison prefers to follow the rules....
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I Am Still Alive

Kate Alice Marshall · Penguin Books
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

"This tense wire of a novel thrums with suspense. . . . [this book] just might be the highlight of your summer."-The New York TimesCheryl Strayed's Wild meets The Revenant in this heart-pounding story of survival and revenge in the unforgiving wilderness.After: Jess is alone....
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Warhead: The True Story of One Teen Who Almost Saved the World

Jeff Henigson · Delacorte Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

An often hilarious and always relevant memoir about one teen boy's battle with brain cancer and his Starlight Children's Foundation wish: to meet Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia and plead for nuclear disarmament and world peace.It's 1986, and Jeff is an average fifteen-year-old:...
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Symptoms of a Heartbreak

Sona Charaipotra · Imprint
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"A tender YA romance set in the thick of the medical world." -- Entertainment WeeklyThe youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds -- and falls head over heels -- in the contemporary romantic comedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak. Fresh from med school, sixteen-year-old...
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Please Send Help

Gaby Dunn · Wednesday Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Ava and Gen are best friends. Ava knows what she wants and has plans to achieve her goals. Gen...not so much. But no matter how annoying, dramatic, or utterly bananas a 2 a.m. rant might get -- Ava has always been there for Gen and Gen for Ava. But then they graduated high school. Now,...
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Maybe This Time

Kasie West · Point
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Beloved author Kasie West brings her signature witty banter and rom-com fun to a bold, fresh format. Think Four Weddings and a Funeral for YA.One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's Eve parties. Name the occasion, and Sophie Evans...
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The Odd Sisters: A Villains Novel

Serena Valentino · Disney Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Throughout the Villains series, the Odd Sisters have meddled in the lives of the Wicked Queen, The Beast, Ursula, Maleficent, and Mother Gothel, changing the course of fate for the greatest villains ever known. Now, it's time for their reckoning. This latest novel by the author of the wildly...
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Teen Titans: Raven

Kami Garcia · DC Ink
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

When a tragic accident takes the life of seventeen-year-old Raven Roth's foster mom--and Raven's memory--she moves to New Orleans to live with her foster mother's family and finish her senior year of high school.Starting over isn't easy. Raven remembers how to solve math equations and make...
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The Storm Crow

Kalyn Josephson · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Eragon meets And I Darken in this thrilling new fantasy debut that follows a fallen princess as she ignites a rebellion to bring back the magical elemental crows that were taken from her people. In the tropical kingdom of Rhodaire, magical, elemental Crows are part of every aspect of life...until...
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An Impossible Distance to Fall

Miriam McNamara · Sky Pony
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A story about falling - falling from grace, falling in love - as well as soaring to heights you wouldn't know were possible if you never stepped out into thin air.A story about falling - falling from grace, falling in love - as well as soaring to heights you wouldn't know were possible...
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