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How to Hike Like a Pro

Ashley P. Watson Norris · Speeding Star
Format: Hardcover

"In this 'How-to' guide, learn the basic skills of hiking including how to pick a route, how to pack and dress appropriately, and what might be encountered while on a hike"--
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The Romantics

Leah Konen · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 321
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Lauren Myracle and Rainbow Rowell, The Romantics will charm readers of all ages. Gael Brennan is about to have his heart broken when his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents' painful separation. Love intervenes with the intention of setting things...
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Paint Me a Monster

Janie Baskin · Scarlet Voyage, an imprint of Enslow Publishers, Inc.,
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Rinnie Gardener's life looks like a perfect painting from the outside - a loving family and a beautiful house. But when the paint is stripped away, this dream dissolves to dust. Her parents divorce. Her father treats her like a stranger. Her mother, looming like a black cloud, treats...
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Unusual and Awesome Jobs in Sports: Pro Team Mascot, Pit Crew Member, and More

Jeremy Johnson · Capstone Press
Format: Print book

Fascinating facts, figures, and pictures highlight informative text about some of the most interesting and extreme jobs in the field of sports. Young readers will learn what kind of training it takes to be a pro team mascot, how much money a NASCAR pit crew member makes, and what exactly...
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My Life as a Bench

Jaq Hazell · Nowness Books
Pages: 233
Format: Paperback

There are so many benches lining the riverside, each and every one tragic in its own way. Ren Miller has died aged seventeen and yet her consciousness lives on, inhabiting her memorial bench by the River Thames in London. Ren longs to be reunited with her boyfriend Gabe, but soon discovers...
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The Ghostfaces

John Flanagan · Philomel Books
Pages: 383
Format: Print book

From John Flanagan, author of the worldwide bestselling Ranger's Apprentice, comes a brand-new chapter in the adventures of young Skandians who form a different kind of family--a brotherband.When the Brotherband crew are caught in a massive storm at sea, they're blown far off course and wash...
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One Came Home

Amy Timberlake · A Yearling Book
Pages: 257
Format: Print book

A Newbery Honor BookAn ALA-ALSC Notable Children's BookWinner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel "An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and read it. Right now." - Newbery Medalist Karen CushmanIn the town of Placid, Wisconsin,...
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Living Proud! Being Transgender

Robert Rodi · Mason Crest
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

What is gender? What are gender stereotypes? Whats the difference between being a tomboy or an effeminate man and being transgender? What are your options when you feel like your physical sex is out of sync with who you are? Explore the answers to these questions and more with an in-depth...
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Trouble

Non Pratt · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 375
Format: Hardcover

In this dazzling debut novel, a pregnant teen learns the meaning of friendship - from the boy who pretends to be her baby's father.When the entire high school finds out that Hannah Shepard is pregnant via her ex-best friend, she has a full-on meltdown in her backyard. The one witness...
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Into the Wasteland

Lesley Choyce · Red Deer Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Dixon Carter wants to share his life manifesto. Don't worry - there won't be any violence. Dixon doesn't believe in violence. But Dixon is seeing things differently. He has gone off his meds - the drugs deaden him to the world. He is writing a daily journal from the point...
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We Were Never Here

Jennifer Gilmore · HarperTeen
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

In this exquisitely written and emotionally charged young adult debut, Jennifer Gilmore explores how sometimes the wounds you can't see are the most painful.Did you know your entire life can change in an instant?For sixteen-year-old Lizzie Stoller that moment is when she collapses out of the blue....
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Teen Titans Vol. 4: Light and Dark

Scott Lobdell · DC Comics
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The Teen Titans face off against one of their quintesential rivals for the first time in The New 52: the extradimensional demon lord Trigon!The demon Trigon triumphs over the Teen Titans, turning one of their own against the team! As he begins to turn Manhattan into a staging ground for a demonic...
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Basher History: US Presidents: Revised Edition

Simon Basher · Kingfisher Books
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Basher History: US Presidents, Oval Office All-Stars created and illustrated by Simon Basher, written by Dan Green Basher's US Presidents shows you the nation's leaders as you've never seen them before. Every president, from George Washington to the winner of the 2012 election,...
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New Teen Titans Vol. 2

Marv Wolfman · DC Comics
Format: Print book

When the series launched, writer Marv Wolfman (CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS) and artist George Perez (FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS, Avengers) crafted a timeless story starring Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Changling, Raven and Starfire--a group of young individuals with...
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Walt Whitman

Nancy Loewen · Creative Education
Format: Hardcover

Each book in this innovative series is a combination of poetry and biography. Concise yet revealing biographical segments are interspersed with selections from the poets' works. A strong visual background enhances the reading experience, as real-life photographs are combined with interpretive...
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