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I Am Princess X

Cherie Priest · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 227
Format: Print book

Once upon a time, two best friends created a princess together. Libby drew the pictures, May wrote the tales, and their heroine, Princess X, slayed all the dragons and scaled all the mountains their imaginations could conjure. Once upon a few years later, Libby was in the car with her mom,...
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Delilah Dirk and the Pillars of Hercules

TONY CLIFF · First Second
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Having survived a close shave in England, where she was falsely accused of spying for the French, Delilah has set out with her companion Selim for more agreeable adventures in central Asia. But when she stumbles on an artifact that may be a clue about the location of the legendary third...

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25 Women Who Thought of it First

Jill Sherman · Compass Point Books
Pages: 64
Format: Library Binding

Discover 25 women who were trailblazers in science, technology, architecture, engineering, and more. Learn about some of the women who defied expectations and introduced the world to new ideas and creations big and small.
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The Truth Beneath the Lies

Amanda Searcy · Delacorte Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

For fans of The Darkest Corners and Girls on Fire, Amanda Searcy's debut novel will have readers both disturbed and entranced by one girl's present-day horrors and another's haunting past.

Flight.
All Kayla Asher wants to do is run. Run from the government...
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The End of Oz

Danielle Paige · HarperCollins
Pages: 12
Format: Hardcover

In this dark, action-packed fourth book in the New York Times bestselling Dorothy Must Die series, Amy Gumm travels from Oz to the twisted land of Ev, where she fights to free Oz from evil once and for all.

My name is Amy Gumm. You might remember me as the other girl from Kansas....

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Mars One

Jonathan Maberry · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 435
Format: Hardcover

Go on the adventure of a lifetime with a teen and his family after they are selected to colonize Mars in this thrilling new novel from multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry.

Tristan has known that he and his family were going to be on the first mission to colonize...
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Sky in the Deep

ADRIENNE YOUNG · Wednesday Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A 2018 Most Anticipated Young Adult book that is part Wonder Woman, part Vikings -- and all heart.

OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE.

Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, rivalry against the Riki clan....

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Always and Forever, Lara Jean

Jenny Han · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A Vulture Best YA Book of 2017

Lara Jean's letter-writing days aren't over in this surprise follow-up to the New York Times bestselling To All the Boys I've Loved Before and P.S. I Still Love You.

Lara Jean is having the best senior year a girl...
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Piecing Me Together

Rene Watson · Bloomsbury
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

A timely and powerful story about a teen girl striving for success in a world that too often feels like it wants to break her. Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way....
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Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961

LARRY DANE BRIMNER · Calkins Creek
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

On May 4, 1961, a group of thirteen black and white civil rights activists launched the Freedom Ride, aiming to challenge the practice of segregation on buses and at bus terminal facilities in the South. The Ride would last twelve days. Despite the fact that segregation on buses crossing...
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Great Jobs in Engineering

Peggy J Parks · Referencepoint Pr Inc
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

"Engineers are people who solve problems for a living. These problems can be incredibly diverse, ranging from the need for medical devices that save human lives or buildings that can withstand earthquakes to methods of reducing pollution so people have clean drinking water. It is up to engineers...
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Kingdom Hearts II: The Novel, Vol. 1

Tomoko Kanemaki · Yen On
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Based on the hit video game series!
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Monday's Not Coming

TIFFANY D JACKSON · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Allegedly, Tiffany D. Jackson, comes a gripping new novel perfect for fans of E. Lockhart and Gillian Flynn about the mystery of one teenage girl's disappearance and the traumatic effects of the truth.

Monday Charles is missing, and only...

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Beasts Made of Night

TOCHI ONYEBUCHI · Razorbill
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

iBooks Most Anticipated YA Books of the Fall
io9's All the Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Keep On Your Radar This Fall
BuzzFeed's 22 YA Novels You'll Want To Read From Cover To Cover This Fall
A 2017 BookExpo Buzz Book
A Junior Library Guild Selection

"This...
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Jane, Unlimited

Kristin Cashore · Kathy Dawson Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller - from the award-winning author of the Graceling Realm series - about adventure, grief, storytelling, and finding yourself in a world of seemingly infinite choices.

"A wild gift for readers who like books that take them to unexpected...
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