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Pumpkinheads

Rainbow Rowell · First Second
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends.

Every autumn, all through high school, they've worked together at the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world. (Not many people know that the best pumpkin patch in the whole wide world is in Omaha, Nebraska, but it definitely is.) They...

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Dance of Thieves

MARY E PEARSON · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

A stunning new young adult adventure set in the kingdoms of the Remnant, by the author of the New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles and the Jenna Fox Chronicles.

A formidable outlaw family that claims to be the first among nations.

A son destined to lead,...

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Something Like Gravity

Amber Smith · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Love, Simon and Eleanor & Park, a romantic and sweet novel about a transgender boy who falls in love for the first time - and how first love changes us all - from New York Times bestselling author Amber Smith.

Chris and Maia aren't off to a great...
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Let's Call It a Doomsday

Katie Henry · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

An engrossing and thoughtful contemporary tale that tackles faith, friendship, family, anxiety, and the potential apocalypse from Katie Henry, the acclaimed author of Heretics Anonymous.

There are many ways the world could end. A fire. A catastrophic flood. A super eruption that...

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Wilder Girls

Rory Power · Delacorte Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Celebrates the resilience of girls and the earthshaking power of their friendships. An eerie, unforgettable triumph." --Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn

"Wilder Girls is so sharp and packs so much emotion in such wise...
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The Arrival of Someday

Jen Malone · HarperTeen
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

In this emotionally candid contemporary YA, author Jen Malone delves into the world of a teen whose life is brought to an abrupt halt when she learns she's in dire need of an organ transplant.

Hard-charging and irrepressible, eighteen-year-old Amelia Linehan could see a roller...

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The Red Labyrinth

Meredith Tate · Flux
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback

The massive labyrinth was built to protect Zadie Kalvers' isolated desert town. Unfortunately, living in the maze's shadow makes her feel anything but safe. Even without its enchanted deathtraps and illusions, a notorious killer named Dex lurks in its corridors, terrorizing anyone...
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The Exact Opposite of Okay

Laura Steven · HarperTeen
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

Bitingly funny and shockingly relevant, The Exact Opposite of Okay is a bold, brave, and necessary read for fans of Louise O'Neill and Jennifer Mathieu.

Eighteen-year-old Izzy O'Neill knows exactly who she is - a loyal friend, an aspiring comedian, and a person who believes that...

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Ziggy, Stardust and Me

James Brandon · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In this tender-hearted debut, set against the tumultuous backdrop of life in 1973, when homosexuality is still considered a mental illness, two boys defy all the odds and fall in love.

The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam War is still raging. And homosexuality...
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The Beckoning Shadow

Katharyn Blair · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

From debut author Katharyn Blair comes a heart-stopping fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and The Young Elites, about a teenage runaway who enters a dangerous tournament with an impossible prize.

Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality...

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The Merciful Crow

Margaret Owen · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

Debut author Margaret Owen crafts a powerful saga of vengeance, survival, and sacrifice--perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Kendare Blake--in The Merciful Crow.

One way or another, we always feed the crows.

A future chieftain

Fie abides by one rule:...

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Girl Gone Viral

Arvin Ahmadi · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Warcross and Black Mirror, Girl Gone Viral is the inventive and timely story of a seventeen-year-old coder's catapult to stardom.

For seventeen-year-old Opal Hopper, code is magic. She builds entire worlds from scratch: Mars craters, shimmering...
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Serious Moonlight

Jenn Bennett · Simon Pulse
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately.

Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg...
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Contagion

Teri Terry · Charlesbridge Teen
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The first book in the spine-tingling Dark Matter trilogy about the frightening effects of a biological experiment gone wrong.

An epidemic is sweeping the country. It spreads fast, mercilessly. Everyone will be infected. . . . It is only a matter of time. You are now under quarantine.

Young...
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Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens

Marieke Nijkamp · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

This anthology explores disability in fictional tales told from the viewpoint of disabled characters, written by disabled creators. With stories in various genres about first loves, friendship, war, travel, and more, Unbroken will offer today's teen readers a glimpse into the lives...

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The Lost Coast

Amy Rose Capetta · Candlewick
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The spellbinding tale of six queer witches forging their own paths, shrouded in the mist, magic, and secrets of the ancient California redwoods.

Danny didn't know what she was looking for when she and her mother spread out a map of the United States and Danny put her finger down...
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Swipe Right for Murder

Derek Milman · jimmy patterson
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

An epic case of mistaken identity puts a teen looking for a hookup on the run from both the FBI and a murderous cult in this compulsively readable thriller.
Finding himself alone in a posh New York City hotel room for the night, Aidan does what any red-blooded seventeen-year-old would...
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House of Salt and Sorrows

Erin A. Craig · Delacorte Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

Get swept away in Erin A. Craig's mesmerizing House of Salt and Sorrows. As one by one her beautiful sisters mysteriously die on their isolated island estate, Annaleigh must unravel the curse that haunts her family. Be careful who you dance with. . . .In a manor by the sea, twelve sisters...
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Technically, You Started It

Lana Wood Johnson · Scholastic Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A hilarious, snarky, and utterly addicting #ownvoices debut that explores friendship, sexual orientation, mental health, and falling in love (even if things might be falling apart around you) .

When a guy named Martin Nathaniel Munroe II texts you, it should be obvious who you're...
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The Deepest Roots

MIRANDA ASEBEDO · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Morgan Matson meets Maggie Stiefvater in a story that will make you believe in friendship, miracles, and maybe even magic.

Cottonwood Hollow, Kansas, is a strange place. For the past century, every girl has been born with a special talent, like the ability to Fix any object, Heal...

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