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The Cabin

Natasha Preston · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

My face fell when I saw the unknown number again.Someone had a big mouth."Think, Mackenzie," I muttered, rubbing the thudding in my forehead. Was I the only one getting these messages? And if not, why hadn't anyone said anything? Were they as scared as I was?We were friends....
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Trouble is a Friend of Mine

Stephanie Tromly · Kathy Dawson Books
Pages: 334
Format: Print book

Sherlock meets Veronica Mars meets Ferris Bueller's Day Off in this story of a wisecracking girl who meets a weird but brilliant boy and their roller-coaster of a semester that's one part awkward, three parts thrilling, and five parts awesome.When Philip Digby first shows up on her doorstep,...
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Julia Vanishes

Catherine Egan · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 375
Format: Print book

"An exciting novel with magic and serial killers.... One of the hottest books coming out." - Hypable.comFans of Marie Lu, Leigh Bardugo, and Kristin Cashore will be captivated by this stunning first book in a must-have new fantasy trilogy about a spy who can vanish at will and who discovers...
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When We Collided

Emery Lord · Bloomsbury
Pages: 344
Format: Print book

Seventeen year-old Jonah Daniels has lived in Verona Cove, California, his whole life, and only one thing has ever changed: his father used to be alive, and now he is not. With a mother lost in a deep bout of depression, Jonah and his five siblings struggle to keep up their home and the restaurant...
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Dryland

Sara Jaffe · Tin House Books
Format: Print book

Sara Jaffe's engrossing debut novel, Dryland, is a smart coming-of-age novel that charts the murky waters of adolescence.Anything can happen when Julie hits the water. It's 1992, and the world is caught up in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Balkan Wars, but for Julie Winter, 15, the news...
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The Last Time We Say Goodbye

Cynthia Hand · HarperTeen
Pages: 390
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand comes a gorgeous, heart-wrenching novel of love and loss, which ALA BOOKLIST called "both shatteringly painful and bright with life and hope" in a starred review.Since her brother, Tyler, committed suicide, Lex has been trying...
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A Study in Charlotte

Brittany Cavallaro · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 321
Format: Print book

The first book in a witty, suspenseful new trilogy about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This clever page-turner will appeal to fans of Maureen Johnson and Ally Carter.Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte Holmes;...
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The May Queen Murders

Sarah Jude · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Stay on the roads. Don't enter the woods. Never go out at night. Those are the rules in Rowan's Glen, a remote farming community in the Missouri Ozarks where Ivy Templeton's family has lived for centuries. It's an old-fashioned way of life, full of superstition and traditions,...
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True Letters from a Fictional Life

Kenneth Logan · Harpercollins
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student, and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy.But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story. As he fills...
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The Geek's Guide to Unrequited Love

Sarvenaz Tash · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 252
Format: Print book

John Hughes meets Comic Con in this hilarious, unabashedly romantic, coming-of-age novel about a teenager who is trying to get his best friend to fall in love with him from the author of "Three Day Summer. " Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy... Archie and Veronica... Althena and Noth......
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What We Knew: A Novel

Barbara Stewart · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

"When I was little, I imagined a monster: Scaly hands. Pits for eyes..." When Tracy and her best friend, Lisa, were kids, stories about a man-a creep who exposes himself to little girls-kept them out of the woods and in their own backyards. But Tracy and Lisa aren't so little...
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Daughters of Ruin

K D Castner · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Game of Thrones meets Graceling in a thrilling debut that follows the four fierce princesses of enemy kingdoms as their worlds collide in the throes of war.Rhea, Cadis, Suki, and Iren have lived together since they were children. They are called sisters. They are not. They are called equals....
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Outrun the Moon

Stacey Lee · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 391
Format: Print book

From the author of the critically acclaimed "Under a Painted Sky, "an unforgettable story of determination set against a backdrop of devastating tragedy. Perfect for fans of "Code Name Verity. " San Francisco, 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break...
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Bone Gap

Laura Ruby · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 345
Format: Hardcover

Michael L. Printz WinnerNational Book Award Finalist"Bone Gap marks Laura Ruby as one of fiction's most original voices. She is capable of moving you to tears, terrifying you on deep and dreamlike levels, and making your heart shout with happiness. This book is magic realism at its most...
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Seeker

Arwen Dayton · Delacorte
Pages: 435
Format: Hardcover

"Katniss and Tris would approve." - TeenVogue.com The night Quin Kincaid takes her Oath, she will become what she has trained to be her entire life. She will become a Seeker. This is her legacy, and it is an honor. As a Seeker, Quin will fight beside her two closest companions,...
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Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between

Jennifer E Smith · Little
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

On the night before they leave for college, Clare and Aidan only have one thing left to do: figure out whether they should stay together or break up. Over the course of twelve hours, they retrace the steps of their relationship, trying to find something in their past that might help them...
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Seven Ways We Lie

Riley Redgate · Amulet Books, 2016.
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

In Seven Ways We Lie, a chance encounter tangles the lives of seven high school students, each resisting the allure of one of the seven deadly sins, and each telling their story from their seven distinct points of view. The juniors at Paloma High School all have their secrets, whether...
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The Crown's Game

Evelyn Skye · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 399
Format: Print book

"Gorgeous and richly imagined." - Sara Raasch, New York Times bestselling author of the Snow Like Ashes series"Teeming with hidden magic and fiery romance." - Sabaa Tahir, New York Times bestselling author of An Ember in the AshesPerfect for fans of Shadow and Bone and Red Queen,...
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What we saw

Aaron Hartzler · HarperTeen
Pages: 321
Format: Print book

Critically acclaimed memoirist Aaron Hartzler, author of Rapture Practice, takes an unflinching look at what happens to a small town when some of its residents commit a terrible crime. This honest, authentic debut novel - inspired by the events in the Steubenville rape case - will resonate...
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Dan Versus Nature

Don Calame · Candlewick Press, 2016.
Format: Print book

From screenwriter Don Calame comes another outrageously funny and raunchy tale of teen boys whose plans go awry - this time, on a survivalist camping trip.Shy and scrawny Dan Weekes spends his time creating graphic novels inspired by his dream girl and looking out for his mom as she dates...
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The Shadow Queen

C J Redwine · Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A dark epic fantasy inspired by the tale of Snow White, from C. J. Redwine, the author of the Defiance series. Perfect for fans of A Court of Thorns and Roses and Cinder.Lorelai Diederich, crown princess and fugitive at large, has one mission: kill the wicked queen who took both the Ravenspire...
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Bright Lights, Dark Nights

Stephen Emond · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A story about first love, first fights, and finding yourself in a messed up world, from Stephen Emond, acclaimed author of Happyface.Walter Wilcox has never been in love. That is, until he meets Naomi, and sparks, and clever jokes, fly. But when his cop dad is caught in a racial profiling...
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My Best Everything

Sarah Tomp · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An Appalachian summer walks the line between toxic and intoxicating in this debut novel about first loves, broken hearts, and moonshine.Luisa Lulu Mendez has just finished her final year of high school in a small Virginia town, determined to move on and leave her job at the local junkyard...
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I Remember You

Cathleen Davitt Bell · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 306
Format: Print book

For fans of THE FUTURE OF US comes an engrossing story of two teens, whose love for each other is tested by time and fate. Lucas and Juliet couldn't be more different from each other. But from the moment Lucas sees Juliet, he swears he remembers their first kiss. Their first dance. Their...
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Tumbling

Caela Carter · Viking
Pages: 424
Format: Print book

Work harder than anyone. Be the most talented. Sacrifice everything. And if you're lucky, maybe you will go to the Olympics. Grace lives and breathes gymnastics - but no matter how hard she pushes herself, she can never be perfect enough. Leigh, Grace's best friend, has it all: a gymnastics...
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