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Drawn Away

Holly Bennett · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

One minute Jack's in math class. The next, he's on a dark, cobblestoned, empty street. Empty, that is, except for a skinny girl wrapped in a threadbare shawl. "Matches, mister?" she asks, and just like that, Jack's life collides with one of Hans Christian Andersen's...
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Wicked Fox

Kat Cho · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

An addictive fantasy-romance set in modern-day Seoul.Eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung has a secret--she's a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. Because so few believe in the old tales anymore, and with so many evil men no one will miss, the modern...
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Rebel Seoul

AXIE OH · Tu Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

EAST ASIA, 2199. After a great war, the East Pacific is in ruins. In brutal Neo Seoul, where status comes from success in combat, ex-gang member Lee Jaewon is a talented pilot rising in the academy's ranks. Abandoned as a child in the slums of Old Seoul by his rebel father, Jaewon desires...
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Caraval

Stephanie Garber · Flatiron Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The acclaimed New York Times bestseller! Welcome, welcome to Caraval -- Stephanie Garber's sweeping tale of the unbreakable bond between two sisters. It's the closest you'll ever find to magic in this world...Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella,...
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Black holes : the weird science of the most mysterious objects in the universe

Sara L Latta · Twenty-First Century Books
Pages: 120
Format: Library Binding

In 2015 two powerful telescopes detected something physicists had been seeking for more than one hundred years - gravitational waves from the collision of two black holes. This announcement thrilled the scientific community. Since the eighteenth century, astronomers have predicted the existence...
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Jaguar: A Tradition of Luxury and Style

Paul W Cockerham · Mason Crest
Pages: 96
Format: Library Binding

SPEED RULES! Inside the Worlds Hottest Cars
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Love and Vandalism

Laurie Boyle Crompton · Sourcebooks Fire
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

He calls it fate. She calls it blackmail.Rory has a secret: she's the vandal who paints graffiti lions all over her small town. If her policeman dad knew, he'd probably disown her. So when Hayes, a former screw-up on the path to recovery, catches her in the act, Rory's sure she's busted....
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(Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health

Kelly Jensen · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

Who's Crazy? What does it mean to be crazy? Is using the word crazy offensive? What happens when such a label gets attached to your everyday experiences? In order to understand mental health, we need to talk openly about it. Because there's no single definition of crazy, there's no single...
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Judaism

Adam Lewinsky · Mason Crest Publishers
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

The origins of the Jewish faith stretch back more than 4,000 years. Judaism was the first of the worlds great monotheistic religions, and its code of laws and ethics have had a great influence on western civilization. The global Jewish population is about 14 million, with most Jews living...
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Never say die

Anthony Horowitz · Philomel Books
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

The world's greatest teen spy is back in action in a thrilling new mission: destroy once and for all the terrorist organization SCORPIA. Americans may have purchased more than 6 million copies of Alex's adventures, but now, more than ever, we all need his heroics.Following the events of Scorpia...
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A Season of Daring Greatly

Ellen Emerson White · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

Eighteen-year-old Jill Cafferty just made history. Her high school's star pitcher, she is now the first woman drafted by a major league baseball team. Only days after her high school graduation, she'll join the Pittsburgh Pirates' Class A Short Season team . . . but not everyone is happy...
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Vaccination Investigation: The History and Science of Vaccines

Tara Haelle · Twenty First Century Books
Pages: 120
Format: Library Binding

Presents the history of vaccines, their important role in protecting community health, and the introduction of cutting-edge research.
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Contagion

ERIN BOWMAN · HarperTeen
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult MysteryPerfect for fans of Madeleine Roux, Jonathan Maberry, and horror films like 28 Days Later and Resident Evil, this pulse-pounding, hair-raising, utterly terrifying novel is the first in a duology from the critically acclaimed author of the Taken...
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The Rebels of Gold

ELISE KOVA · Keymaster Press
Pages: 500
Format: Hardcover

A new rebellion rises from the still smoldering remnants of the five guilds of Loom to stand against Dragon tyranny. Meanwhile, on Nova, those same Dragons fight amongst themselves as age-old power struggles shift the political landscape in fateful and unexpected ways. Unlikely leaders...
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The Trouble in Me

Jack Gantos · Square Fish
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteen-year-old Jack Gantos, as the author reveals the moment he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked up in a federal penitentiary for the crimes portrayed...
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