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The Cruelty

Scott Bergstrom · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 384
Format: Print book

When Gwendolyn Bloom's father vanishes, she sets off on a journey she never bargained for. Traveling under a new identity in a world of assassins, spies, and criminal masterminds, she uncovers a disturbing truth. To bring her father back alive, she must become every bit as cruel as the men holding...
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I Capture the Castle: Young Adult Edition

DODIE SMITH · Wednesday Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

A Wednesday Books reissue of one of the century's most beloved novels, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, with a foreword by New York Times bestselling author, Jenny Han.Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her family live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English...
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The Emotionary: A Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist for Feelings That Do

EDEN SHER · Razorbill
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

A dictionary of words that don't exist for feelings that do written by The Middle actress Eden Sher and illustrated by acclaimed graphic novelist Julia Wertz."A must-read for bad, good and just plain complicated days." - Oprah.com All her life, Eden Sher has suffered from...
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Hero at the Fall

Alwyn Hamilton · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 452
Format: Hardcover

The breathless finale to the New York Times bestselling Rebel of the Sands series will have you on the edge of your seat until the dust from the final battle clears!When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one....
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson · Bloomsbury YA
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Carol Anderson's White Rage took the world by storm, landing on the New York Times bestseller list and best book of the year lists from New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Chicago Review of Books. It launched her as an in-demand commentator on contemporary race issues...
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Incredible Successes: Inspiring People Who Overcame Adversity

Lyn Coutts · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Young readers will be inspired by these stories of remarkable individuals who changed history and continue to impact our world. Each entry in Real Lives series of books explores how these courageous and determined individuals managed to change the world for the better. In Incredible Successes,...
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Mariam Sharma Hits the Road

SHEBA KARIM · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Three Pakistani-American teenagers, on a trip through the land of pork ribs, mechanical bulls, and Confederate flags. It's going to be quite an adventure.The summer after her freshman year of college, Mariam is looking forward to working and hanging out with her best friends: irrepressible...
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The Takedown

Corrie Wang · Freeform
Pages: 369
Format: Hardcover

Kyla Cheng doesn't expect you to like her. For the record, she doesn't need you to. On track to be valedictorian, she's president of her community club, a debate team champ, plus the yummy Mackenzie Rodriguez has firmly attached himself to her hip. She and her three high-powered best friends...
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Starfall

Melissa Landers · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

When Princess Cassia Rose fled her home world of Eturia to escape an arranged marriage, she had no idea her sudden departure would spark a war. Now after two years hiding as a ship hand, she is finally returning to her beloved home but not in the way she imagined. Shackled by bounty hunters,...
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Dream Country

Shannon Gibney · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The heartbreaking story of five generations of young people from a single African-and-American family pursuing an elusive dream of freedom."This novel is a remarkable achievement."--Kelly Barnhill, New York Times bestselling author and Newbery medalist"Beautifully epic."--Ibi...
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Kill All Happies

Rachel Cohn · Hyperion
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Last Call at Happies! Tonight, 8 P.M. Senior Class Only! Please with the Shhhh .This is it. Graduation. And Vic Navarro is throwing the most epic party Rancho Soldado has ever seen. She's going to pull off the most memorable good-bye ever for her best friends, give Happies-the kitschy...
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Allegedly

Tiffany D Jackson · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 387
Format: Hardcover

Orange Is the New Black meets Walter Dean Myer's Monster in this gritty, twisty, and haunting debut by Tiffany D. Jackson about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home.Mary B. Addison killed a baby. Allegedly. She didn't say much in that first interview...
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A Court of Frost and Starlight

SARAH J MAAS · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Narrated by Feyre and Rhysand, this story bridges the events in A Court of Wings and Ruin and the upcoming novels in the series. Feyre, Rhys, and their close-knit circle of friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally...
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The Academy

KATIE SISE · Balzer Bray
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

The Devil Wears Prada meets Private Benjamin in this funny and charming story of a fashionista teen blogger who gets sent to military school, perfect for fans of Sarah Mlynowski and Kasie West.Frankie Brooks knows what she wants in life: to become the world's next great fashion editor....
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Sexual assault : the ultimate teen guide

Olivia Ghafoerkhan · Rowman & Littlefield
Format: Hardcover

Out of all reported cases of sexual assault, nearly 70 percent occur with victims who are under the age of seventeen, and it has been estimated that one in ten children will be sexually abused before they turn eighteen. Sexual assault has become an all-too-common occurrence among young...
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