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Paper Butterflies

Lisa Heathfield · Carolrhoda Lab TM
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

June's life at home with her stepmother and stepsister is a dark one - and a secret one. Not even her dad knows the truth, and she can't find the words to tell anyone else. She's trapped like a butterfly in a net. Then June meets Blister, a boy from a large, loving, chaotic family. In him,...
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Unusual and Awesome Jobs Using Science: Food Taster, Human Lie Detector, and More

Jennifer Wendinger · Capstone Press
Format: Print book

Fascinating facts, figures, and pictures highlight informative text about some of the most interesting and extreme jobs that use science. Young readers will learn what kind of training it takes to be a food taster, how much money a human lie detector makes, and what exactly a professional...
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Insurgent Movie Tie-in Edition (Walmart Special Edition).

Roth Veronica
Format:  Print book : English

As war surges in the dystopian society around her, Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.
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Midnight Hour: A Shadow Falls Novel

C C Hunter · Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook

"Shadow Falls has everything I could wish for in a series ... a thrilling tale of self-discovery, friendship and love." -- Bewitched BookwormAfter captivating millions across the globe, the Shadow Falls saga reaches its final -- and most unforgettable -- chapter yet! Prepare...
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We Visit Cambodia

Claire O'Neal · Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Format: Book

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The World Trade Center

Adam Woog · Referencepoint Press
Format: Hardcover

Explores the history of the World Trade Center, from its controversial inception to its destruction in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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The New Order

Chris Weitz · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

They thought they were the only ones left. They were wrong. After the unexpected revelation at the end of the first book, Donna and Jefferson are separated. Jefferson returns to NYC and tries to bring a cure to the Sickness back to the Washington Square tribe, while Donna finds herself...
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The Boy Who Lost Fairyland

Catherynne M Valente · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 235
Format: Book

When a young troll named Hawthorn is stolen from Fairyland by the Red Wind, he becomes a changeling-a human boy-in the strange city of Chicago, a place no less bizarre and magical than Fairyland. Left with a human family, Hawthorn struggles with his troll nature and his changeling fate,...
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The Winner's Curse

Marie Rutkoski · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 355
Format: Hardcover

Winning what you want may cost you everything you loveThey were never meant to be together. As a general's daughter, seventeen-year-old Kestrel enjoys an extravagant and privileged life. Arin has nothing but the clothes on his back. Then Kestrel makes an impulsive decision that binds Arin...
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She Takes a Stand: 16 Fearless Activists Who Have Changed the World

Michael Elsohn Ross · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

In an age of "slacktivism" and fleeting social media fame, She Takes a Stand offers a realistic look at the game-changing decisions, high stakes, and bold actions of women and girls around the world working to improve their personal situations and the lives of others. This inspiring...
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I Am Polite

Maria Nelson · Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

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Frenemies

Jeff Gottesfeld · Saddleback Publishing,
Pages: 157
Format: Paperback

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Ronette receives a surprise call accepting her to Houseman University. She is psyched, especially because her fave poet in the world is a Houseman professor. Great, right? Oh-so-wrong. Her roommate, Chyna, turns out to be a--well, it's unprintable--but...
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The Spiritglass Charade: A Stoker & Holmes Novel

Colleen Gleason · Chronicle Books (CA)
Pages: 354
Format: Hardcover

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood, so to speak. After the Affair of the Clockwork Scarab, Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes are eager...
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Bionic

Suzanne Weyn · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Mira has always almost had it all... until it all crashes and burns. She's hurt in a horrible car accident, and the only way the doctors can help is to try experimental prosthetics and chips that are implanted directly into her brain. It's a huge risk, but after months of testing and therapy,...
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