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Alex and Eliza: A Love Story

Melissa de la Cruz · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Witches of East End and The Descendants comes the love story of young Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler. 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing...
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The Principles Behind Flotation: A Novel

Alexandra Teague · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

Echoing novels like Karen Russell's Swamplandia! and Carol Rifka Brunt's Tell the Wolves I'm Home, Alexandra Teague's lighthearted coming-of-age debut is perfect for anyone who's navigated the strange seas of adolescence, and lived to tell the tale.A.Z. McKinney is on the shores of greatness....
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At the Edge of the Universe

Shaun David Hutchinson · Simon Pulse
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

From the author of We Are the Ants and The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley comes the heartbreaking story of a boy who believes the universe is slowly shrinking as things he remembers are being erased from others' memories.Tommy and Ozzie have been best friends since the second grade, and boyfriends...
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We Are Okay

Nina Lacour · Dutton
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

From the award-winning author of Hold Still comes an achingly beautiful novel about grief and the enduring power of friendship.★ "Exquisite." - Kirkus, starred review★ "LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis . . . raw and beautiful."...
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The Girl I Used to Be

April Henry · Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

When Olivia's mother was killed, everyone suspected her father of murder. But his whereabouts remained a mystery. Fast forward fourteen years. New evidence now proves Olivia's father was actually murdered on the same fateful day her mother died. That means there's a killer still at large....
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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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All the rage

Courtney Summers · Griffin
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Named a "Best Book of 2015" by Bustle, Book Riot, Chicago Public Library, Quill and Quire, and the B&N Teen Blog The sheriff's son, Kellan Turner, is not the golden boy everyone thinks he is, and Romy Grey knows that for a fact. Because no one wants to believe a girl from...
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Worthy

Donna D Cooner · Point/Scholastic Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Download the app. Be the judge.Everyone at Linden's high school is obsessed with Worthy. It's this new app that posts pictures of couples, and asks: Is the girl worthy of the guy?Suddenly, relationships implode as the votes climb and the comments get real ugly real fast.At first, Linden...
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The Forbidden Wish

Jessica Khoury · Razorbill, 2016.
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"Lush, romantic, and exquisitely written...a rare, glittering jewel of a novel." --Sarah J. Maas, Author of the NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling THRONE OF GLASS series"This is Aladdin like you've never imagined." --Renée Ahdieh, author of THE WRATH AND THE DAWN She is the most...
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Poison's Kiss

Breeana Shields · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A teenage assassin kills with a single kiss until she is ordered to kill the one boy she loves. This commercial YA fantasy is romantic and addictive - like a poison kiss - and will thrill fans of Sarah J. Maas and Victoria Aveyard. Marinda has kissed dozens of boys. They all die afterward....
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Beware That Girl

Teresa Toten · Delacorte Press
Pages: 319
Format: Print book

For fans of "We Were Liars, " "The Girl on the Train, " and "Gone Girl, " this powerful psychological thriller with multiple mysteries is set against the backdrop of the megawealthy elite of New York City. Toten delves into the mesmerizing yet dysfunctional...
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Strange the Dreamer

Laini Taylor · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 528
Format: Print book

A breathtaking new novel by National Book Award finalist and "New York Times" bestselling author Laini Taylor"Strange the Dreamer" is the story of: the aftermath of a war between gods and men. a mysterious city stripped of its name. a mythic hero with blood on his hands....
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Just Another Girl

Elizabeth Eulberg · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Hope knows there's only one thing coming between her and her longtime crush: his girlfriend, Parker. She has to sit on the sidelines and watch as the perfect girl gets the perfect boy . . . because that's how the universe works, even though it's so completely wrong.Parker doesn't feel perfect....
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Ultimatum

K M Walton · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

From the author of Cracked and Empty comes a gripping, emotional story of two brothers who must make the ultimate decision about what's more important: family or their differences.It's not Oscar's fault he's misunderstood. Ever since his mother died, he's been disrespected by his father...
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The Hate U Give

A C THOMAS · BALZER + BRAY
Pages: 464
Format: Print book

Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, Angie Thomas's searing debut about an ordinary girl in extraordinary circumstances addresses issues of racism and police violence with intelligence, heart, and unflinching honesty. Soon to be a major motion picture from Fox 2000/Temple Hill Productions.Sixteen-year-old...
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Night Witches: A Novel of World War Two

KATHRYN LASKY · SCHOLASTIC (US)
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

16-year-old Valya knows what it feels like to fly. She's a pilot who's always felt more at home soaring through the sky than down on earth. But since the Germans surrounded Stalingrad, Valya's been forced to stay on the ground and watch her city crumble.When her mother is killed during...
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How It Ends

Cathy Lo · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 293
Format: Print book

Jessica is a good student who hates school because she is bullied by the "cool" girls and she is startled and grateful when Annie, the new girl in her southern Ontario high school, seeks her out on the first day of tenth grade and defends her from the bullying--it is a friendship...
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Overturned

L R Giles · Scholastic Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas:...
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Bluescreen

Dan Wells · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 335
Format: Hardcover

"Bluescreen is a stunning deluge of imagination, filled with suspense and twists and unforgettable characters. This book is just plain awesome." - James Dashner, bestselling author of The Maze RunnerFrom Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence, comes...
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The Hundred Lies of Lizzie Lovett

Chelsea Sedoti · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Hawthorn wasn't trying to insert herself into a missing person's investigation. Or maybe she was. But that's only because Lizzie Lovett's disappearance is the one fascinating mystery their sleepy town has ever had. Bad things don't happen to popular girls like Lizzie Lovett, and Hawthorn...
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