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Smoke and Iron

RACHEL CAINE · Berkley
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

To save the Great Library, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone, Paper and Fire, and Ash and Quill put themselves in danger in the next thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series.The opening moves of a deadly game have begun. Jess Brightwell has put himself in direct...
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The Law of Inertia

S. Gonzales · Amberjack Publishing
Pages: 353
Format: Paperback

Mysteries have a way of gaining momentum. When James's boyfriend dies by suicide, a foster kid with a checkered past, no one asks too many questions. "Ash always had problems," they say. But to James, the so-called facts are just the first of many mysteries. And when the very...
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The Brilliant Death

AMY ROSE CAPETTA · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

For Teodora DiSangro, a mafia don's daughter, family is fate. All her life, Teodora has hidden the fact that she secretly turns her family's enemies into music boxes, mirrors, and other decorative objects. After all, everyone in Vinalia knows that stregas - wielders of magic - are figures...
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World War II Told Through 100 Artifacts

Julian Thompson · Cavendish Square
Pages: 256
Format: Library Binding

This engaging volume sheds light on iconic events and lesser-known incidents alike in its study of World War II through the lens of one hundred objects related to the war. Much like the conflict itself, the selected items span the globe, from German U-boats that terrorized the North Atlantic...
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A short history of the girl next door

Jared Reck · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Get your tissues ready for this unrequited love story that's equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking and will appeal to fans of Jennifer Niven, John Green, and Jesse Andrews. Seriously, how can you see a person nearly every day of your life and never think a thing of it, then all of a sudden,...
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Between Us

Clare Atkins · Black Inc.
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Between Us is the story of two teenagers - Jono and Anahita - falling in love for the first time. There's just one thing standing between them: twenty kilometres of barbed wire fence. Anahita lives in the Wickham Point Immigration Detention Centre, where asylum seekers are detained while...
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House of Ash

Hope Cook · Amulet Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

After hearing voices among an eerie copse of trees in the woods, seventeen-year-old Curtis must confront his worst fear: that he has inherited his father's mental illness. A desperate search for answers leads him to discover Gravenhearst, a labyrinth mansion that burned down in 1894. When...
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500 Words or Less

Juleah Del Rosario · Simon Pulse
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A high school senior attempts to salvage her reputation among her Ivy League-obsessed classmates by writing their college admissions essays and in the process learns big truths about herself in this mesmerizing debut novel-in-verse, perfect for fans of Gayle Forman and Sonya Sones.Nic Chen...
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The First to Know

Abigail Johnson · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Don't miss the second gripping and heartfelt story from the author of If I Fix You! A girl's plan to find her father's birth family turns potentially devastating when the secret DNA test she has done reveals that she has a half brother her age she never knew about. Dana Fields's father...
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The Closest I've Come

Fred Aceves · HarperTeen
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called "a brilliant, subtle debut," and Kirkus Reviews hailed as "heart-wrenching, funny, hopeful, and not-to-be-missed" in a starred review!The Closest I've Come is a must-read from talented first-time author Fred Aceves,...
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Bright Burning Stars

A.K. Small · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"Addictive, angst-y, and heartfelt." - Kirkus Reviews "Bright Burning Stars is the compulsively readable story. I was breathless and battling tears up until the very last stunning turns onstage and beyond. A dazzling, heart-wrenching debut." - Nova Ren Suma, #1 New York...
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Bold Women of Medicine: 21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries, Daring Surgeries, and Healing Breakthroughs

Susan M Latta · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. In the 19th century, Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton - the "Lady with the Lamp" and the "Angel of the Battlefield" - earned their nicknames by daring to enter battlefields to aid wounded...
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Wilder Country

Mark Smith · Text Publishing Company
Pages: 261
Format: Paperback

Finn, Kas and Willow have survived the winter. Storms have kept the Wilders away. Now that spring has come, they're being hunted again. Ramage wants their blood. But Finn and Kas made a promise to Rose -- to find her baby and bring her back. And finding Hope means finding the dangerous...
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How Not to Ask a Boy to Prom

S. J. Goslee · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Nolan Grant is sixteen, gay, and very, very single.He's never had a boyfriend, or even been kissed. It's not like Penn Valley is exactly brimming with prospects. Nolan plans to ride out the rest of his junior year drawing narwhals, working at the greenhouse, and avoiding anything...
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Buddhism

Mark Thomas · Mason Crest Publishers
Pages: 112
Format: Hardcover

Today, Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion, with over 576 million followers worldwide. Buddhists follow traditions and spiritual beliefs that were taught by Guatama Buddha, a revered wise man. Guatama Buddha lived in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent more than...
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