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Shipwreck Island

S A Bodeen · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 184
Format: Print book

Sarah Robinson is deeply troubled in the wake of her dad's second marriage. She now has to deal with a new stepmom and two stepbrothers, Marco, who is her age, and Nacho, who's younger. Even though they've all moved from Texas to California to start life as a new, blended family, none of the kids...
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Egypt

Russ Roberts · Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Format: Book

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16 Things I Thought Were True

Janet Gurtler · Sourcebooks Inc
Pages: 283
Format: Paperback

Heart attacks happen to other people #thingsIthoughtweretrue When Morgan's mom gets sick, it's hard not to panic. Without her mother, she would have no one -- until she finds out the dad who walked out on her as a baby isn't as far away as she thought... Adam is a stuck-up, uptight jerk...
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The Death Cure

James Dashner · Delacorte Press
Format: Paperback

Read the third book in the 1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. The first book, The Maze Runner, is now a major motion picture featuring the star of MTVs Teen Wolf, Dylan OBrien Kaya Scodelario Aml Ameen Will Poulter and Thomas...
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Michelle Obama

Robin S Doak · Capstone Raintree, 2014.
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

What makes Michelle Obama extraordinary? Read this book to find out. We explore her childhood in Chicago and her education leading to Harvard Law School. We look at her career as a lawyer, and when she met her future husband, Barack Obama. This would lead to her becoming the First Lady...
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Desert Rage: A Lena Jones Mystery

Betty Webb · Poisoned Pen Press; 1 edition

Ferociously ambitious U.S. Senatorial candidate Juliana Thorsson has been keeping a secret. The horrific slaughter of a prominent doctor, his wife, and their ten-year-old son inside their Scottsdale home brings Thorsson to Private Investigator Lena Jones. The slain family’s 14-year-old,...
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The Caged Graves

Dianne K. Salerni · Clarion Books
Pages: 329
Format: Print book

The year is 1867, and seventeen-year-old Verity Boone is excited to return from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Catawissa, Pennsylvania, the hometown she left when she was just a baby. Now she will finally meet the fiancé she knows only through letters! Soon, however, she discovers two strangely...
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How not to choke on tests : achieving academic and testing success

Stephanie Watson · Rosen Pub. Group
Pages: 64
Format:  Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats

This guide for middle school students will instill confidence for test taking. Theyll find proven tips to help prepare for each test and learn how to beat test anxiety before it can beat them. Topics include how to get motivated, take notes, organize time and thoughts, and win at studying....
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Oblivion: A Nevermore Book

Kelly Creagh · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

This electrifying conclusion to the Nevermore trilogy takes one last trip to the dream world of Edgar Allan Poe to reveal the intertwined fates of Isobel and Varen.The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other...
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Guilty?: Crime, Punishment, and the Changing Face of Justice

Teri Kanefield · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"An extraordinary book . . . that could well be mind-blowing to the thoughtful young reader who is ready to move beyond the black-and-white notion that a particular act is wrong simply because it is illegal." --Richie PartingtonWhen does strategy become cheating? Can good luck...
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In the Shadow of Blackbirds

Cat Winters · Amulet Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

In San Diego in 1918, as deadly influenza and World War I take their toll, sixteen-year-old Mary Shelley Black watches desperate mourners flock to se'ances and spirit photographers for comfort and, despite her scientific leanings, must consider if ghosts are real when her first love,...
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Medicine: A Matter of Life and Death

Russell Roberts · Essential Library
Format: Hardcover

"This title presents the history of medicine. Vivid text details how early studies of anatomy and circulation led to robotic surgery and heart transplants. It also puts a spotlight on the brilliant scientists who made these advances possible."--Publisher's website.
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Rihanna: Grammy-Winning Superstar

DeAnn Herringshaw · ABDO Publishing Company
Format:  Book : Biography : Secondary (senior high) school : EnglishView all editions and formats

Examines the life and career of Rihanna.
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We Were Never Here

Jennifer Gilmore · HarperTeen
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

In this exquisitely written and emotionally charged young adult debut, Jennifer Gilmore explores how sometimes the wounds you can't see are the most painful.Did you know your entire life can change in an instant?For sixteen-year-old Lizzie Stoller that moment is when she collapses out of the blue....
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