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Definitions of Indefinable Things

Whitney Taylor · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Reggie isn't really a romantic: she's been hurt too often, and doesn't let people in as a rule. Plus, when you're dealing with the Three Stages of Depression, it's hard to feel warm and fuzzy. When Reggie meets Snake, though, he doesn't give her much of a choice. Snake has a neck tattoo,...
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Flowers in the Sky

Lynn Joseph · HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Just about everyone from my country, República Dominicana, dreams of moving to New York City, except for me. On the flight to New York, my first time on a plane, my first time away from Mami, I was finally free to cry. But nothing came out. I watched as the green mountains of my beloved...
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The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop

Kate Saunders · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

"Reminiscent of Road Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . . . a great read-aloud." --BooklistWelcome to the most magical house in London. The family of eleven-year-old twins Oz and Lily have inherited it, together with the mysterious shop downstairs. Long ago,...
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Fever

Lauren DeStefano · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Kindle Edition

The New York Times bestselling sequel to Wither reveals a world as captivating—and as treacherous—as the one Rhine left behind. Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but theyre still in danger. Outside, they find a world even more disquieting than the one they ran away from. Determined...
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More Than We Can Tell

Brigid Kemmerer · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 415
Format: eBook

With loving adoptive parents by his side, Rev Fletcher has managed to keep the demons of his past at bay. . . until he gets a letter from his abusive father and the trauma of his childhood comes hurtling back. Emma Blue's parents are constantly fighting, and her only escape is the computer...
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Sabotage: The Mission to Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb: Young Adult Edition

Neal Bascomb · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Neal Bascomb delivers another nail-biting work of nonfiction for young adults in this incredible true story of spies and survival. The invasion begins at night, with German cruisers slipping into harbor, and soon the Nazis occupy all of Norway. They station soldiers throughout the country....
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A Knight's Tale

Tim Van Rellim · Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment

The rousing story of lowborn William Thatcher's quest to change his stars, win the heart of an exceedingly fair maiden and rock his medieval world. Follow this fearless squire and his band of medieval misfits as they careen their way toward impossible glory that's part romance,...
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The 13th Reality, book 2: The Hunt for Dark Infinity

James Dashner · Shadow Mountain; 1ST edition
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

It s been a quiet summer for Tick, Paul, and Sofia, but the latest message from Master George changes everything. The Realities are in danger and from something more terrible than Mistress Jane and the mutated Chi karda of the Thirteenth Reality. People from all Realities are unexplainably...
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Shades of Earth: An Across the Universe Novel

Beth Revis · Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

The final book in the New York Times bestselling trilogy, perfect for fans of Battlestar Gallactica and Prometheus!Amy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet...
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The Museum of Intangible Things

Wendy Wunder · Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

Loyalty. Envy. Obligation. Dreams. Disappointment. Fear. Negligence. Coping. Elation. Lust. Nature. Freedom. Heartbreak. Insouciance. Audacity. Gluttony. Belief. God. Karma. Knowing what you want there is probably a French word for it. Saying Yes. Destiny. Truth. Devotion. Forgiveness....
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Divided We Fall

Trent Reedy · Scholastic
Pages: 374
Format: Hardcover

Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United States of America. In fact, he enlisted in the Idaho National Guard because he wanted to serve his country the way his father did. When the Guard is called up on the governor's orders to police a protest in Boise, it seems...
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The Royal Ranger

John A. Flanagan · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 455
Format: Hardcover

The story that brings the Ranger's Apprentice arc full-circle!Will Treaty has come a long way from the small boy with dreams of knighthood. Life had other plans for him, and as an apprentice Ranger under Halt, he grew into a legend - the finest Ranger the kingdom has ever known. Yet Will...
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All the Wrong Chords

Christine Hurley Deriso · Flux
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

Scarlett Stiles is desperate for a change of scenery after her older brother, Liam, dies of a drug overdose. But spending the summer with her grandfather wasn't exactly what she had in mind. Luckily, Scarlett finds something to keep her busy--a local rock band looking for a guitarist. Even...
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The Opposite of Here

Tara Altebrando · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Natalie's parents are taking her and three best friends on a week-long cruise for her birthday--a sail-a-bration! Sigh. It's also only been months since her boyfriend died in a tragic accident, and she wants to be anywhere but here. So she's surprised when she meets a guy on the first night...
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Crash and Burn

Michael Hassan · Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

On April 21, 2008, Steven "Crash" Crashinsky saved more than a thousand people when he stopped his classmate David Burnett from taking their high school hostage armed with assault weapons and high-powered explosives. You likely already know what came after for Crash: the nationwide...
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