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We Are All That's Left

Carrie Arcos · Philomel Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Two lives. Two worlds apart. One deeply compelling story set in both Bosnia and the United States, spanning decades and generations, about the brutality of war and the trauma of everyday life after war, about hope and the ties that bind us together.Zara and her mother, Nadja, have a strained...
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In the Neighborhood of True

Susan Kaplan Carlton · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

A powerful story of love, identity, and the price of fitting in or speaking out."The story may be set in the past, but it couldn't be a more timely reminder that true courage comes not from fitting in, but from purposefully standing out . . . and that to find out who you really...
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Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now

Dana L. Davis · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"I've got seven days to come clean to my new dad. Seven days to tell the truth ... "For sixteen-year-old Tiffany Sly, life hasn't been safe or normal for a while. Losing her mom to cancer has her a little bit traumatized and now she has to leave her hometown of Chicago to live...
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Attack of the 50 Foot Wallflower

Christian McKay Heidicker · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Cure for the Common Universe comes a monster-movie-like novel that bravely challenges perceived notions of beauty, identity, and modern voyeurism.Phoebe Lane is a lightning rod for monsters. She and her mom are forced to flee flesh-eating plants, blobs from outer space,...
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Outrun the Wind

Elizabeth Tammi · Flux
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

The Huntresses of Artemis must obey two rules: never disobey the goddess, and never fall in love. After being rescued from a harrowing life as an Oracle of Delphi, Kahina is glad to be a part of the Hunt; living among a group of female warriors gives her a chance to reclaim her strength....
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The Great Unknowable End

Kathryn Ormsbee · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Tash Hearts Tolstoy comes a funny, moving novel about the lengths we'll go to make dreams our dreams come true that's perfect for fans of Shaun David Hutchinson and Rainbow Rowell.Slater, Kansas, is a small town where not much seems to happen. Stella dreams of being...
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WITCH BORN

NICHOLAS BOWLING · CHICKEN HOUSE
Format: Hardcover

Alyce's mother has just been burnt at the stake for practicing witchcraft. With only a thin set of instructions and a witch's mommet for guidance, Alyce must face the world that she's been sealed off from - a world of fear and superstition. With a witch hunter fast on her trail,...
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Crown of Feathers

Nicki Pau Preto · Simon Pulse
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

An Ember in the Ashes meets Three Dark Crowns in this lush debut fantasy novel about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to join a secret group of warriors that ride phoenixes into battle.I had a sister, once ... In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon...
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The Rule of One

ASHLEY SAUNDERS · Skyscape
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover

In their world, telling the truth has become the most dangerous crime of all.In the near-future United States, a one-child policy is ruthlessly enforced. Everyone follows the Rule of One. But Ava Goodwin, daughter of the head of the Texas Family Planning Division, has a secret - one her mother...
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Heretics Anonymous

Katie Henry · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Put an atheist in a strict Catholic school? Expect comedy, chaos, and an Inquisition. The Breakfast Club meets Saved! in debut author Katie Henry's hilarious novel about a band of misfits who set out to challenge their school, one nun at a time. Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Robyn...
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Things I'd Rather Do Than Die

Christine Hurley Deriso · Flux
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Jade Fulton and Ethan Garrett are opposites in every sense of the word. Ethan is an all-American poster boy a star athlete dating the most popular girl in school and a devout Christian. Jade keeps mostly to herself. She abhors joining things, hates everyone at their high school except her best...
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After the Death of Anna Gonzales

Terri Fields · Square Fish
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback

A powerful look at the effects of one girl's suicide on her high schoolBrutally honest and authentic in tone, this young adult novel in verse centers on the suicide of high school freshman Anna Gonzales. "I can feelThe whispering of the hallway wallsGrowing louder as the groups...
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Romanov

Nadine Brandes · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Fawkes comes a magical take on the story of Anastasia Romanov.The history books say I died.They don't know the half of it.Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia....
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Five Feet Apart

Rachael Lippincott · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Cole Sprouse and Haley Lu Richardson in March 2019! In this moving story that's perfect for fans of John Green's The Fault in Our Stars, two teens fall in love with just one minor complication - they can't get within a few feet of each other without...
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Unclaimed Baggage

Jen Doll · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Doris -- a lone liberal in a conservative small town -- has mostly kept to herself since the terrible waterslide incident a few years ago. Nell had to leave behind her best friends, perfect life, and too-good-to-be-true boyfriend in Chicago to move to Alabama. Grant was the star quarterback...
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Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel

VAL EMMICH · Poppy
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Dear Evan Hansen, Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why ... When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's griefover the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never...
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A Sky for Us Alone

Kristin Russell · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

"A stirring, powerful, and heart-wrenching story of coming of age, falling in love, and trying to lead a life of dignity." - Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent KingIn Strickland County - a forgotten stretch of land in Southern Appalachia - there isn't a lot of anything...
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The Me I Meant to Be

Sophie Jordan · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Girl Code: Never date a friend's ex. Willa Evans has no intention of breaking the code. So what if she's always secretly loved her next-door neighbor Zach? As her best friend's boyfriend, he was always off-limits and it needs to stay that way, even though they just broke up. Even though...
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The War Outside

Monica Hesse · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A stunning novel of conviction, friendship, and betrayal from Monica Hesse, the Edgar Award-winning and bestselling author of Girl in the Blue CoatIt's 1944, and World War II is raging across Europe and the Pacific. The war seemed far away from Margot in Iowa and Haruko in Colorado--until...
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Goodbye, Perfect

Sara Barnard · Simon Pulse
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Friendship bonds are tested and the very nature of loyalty is questioned in this lyrical novel about a teen whose best friend runs away with her teacher after suffering the effects of too much academic pressure. Perfect for fans of Morgan Matson and Jennifer Niven.Eden McKinley knows she can't...
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