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Royal Bastards

Andrew Shvarts · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 346
Format: Hardcover

"Jon Snow won't be the only 'bastard' whose name readers will remember."
-Entertainment Weekly

Being a bastard blows. Tilla would know. Her father, Lord Kent of the Western Province, loved her as a child, but cast her aside as soon as he had trueborn children.
At...
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Turn It Up!

Jen Calonita · Scholastic Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

The Nightingales are in a serious funk. Bradley Academy's all-girl a cappella group used to be the pride of the sunshine state, but the Nightingales have recently fallen out of harmony. Best friends and co-captains Lidia Sato and Sydney Marino haven't been speaking ever since a boy came...
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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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Hope Is Our Only Wing

Rutendo Tavengerwei · Soho Teen
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

Set in Zimbabwe, Rutendo Tavengerwei's unforgettable novel offers a beautiful and honest look at adolescence, friendship, and the capacity for courage.

For fifteen-year-old Shamiso, hope is nothing but a leap into darkness. Grief-stricken and confused after her father's mysterious...
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William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls

Ian Doescher · Quirk Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Power struggles. Bitter rivalries. Jealousy. Betrayals. Star-crossed lovers. When you consider all these plot points, it's pretty surprising William Shakespeare didn't write Mean Girls. But now fans can treat themselves to the epic drama - and heroic hilarity - of the classic teen...
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Tess of the Road

Rachel Hartman · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover

Meet Tess, a brave new heroine from beloved epic fantasy author Rachel Hartman.

"Surprising, rewarding, and enlightening, both a fantasy adventure and a meta discourse on consent, shame, and female empowerment."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Not to be ignored....
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Radio Silence

Alice Oseman · Harper Teen
Pages: 496
Format: Print book

From critically acclaimed author Alice Oseman comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic new teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said "could put her among the great...

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The Last Full Measure

Trent Reedy · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 446
Format: Paperback

In a YA trilogy like no other, Trent Reedy has raised the most primal questions of our national existence: Do we owe our greatest loyalty to our friends? Our state? Our country? Our party? How do we reconcile our individual rights and common needs? What keeps us all united -- and what...
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The Radical Element: 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes & Other Dauntless Girls

Jessica Spotswood · Candlewick
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

In an anthology of revolution and resistance, a sisterhood of YA writers shines a light on a century and a half of heroines on the margins and in the intersections.

To respect yourself, to love yourself, should not have to be a radical decision. And yet it remains as challenging...
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The Truth of Right Now

Kara Lee Corthron · Simon Pulse
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Two isolated teens struggle against their complicated lives to find a true connection in this heartwrenching debut novel about first love and the wreckage of growing up.

Lily is returning to her privileged Manhattan high school after a harrowing end to her sophomore year and it's...
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Crown of Feathers

Nicki Pau Preto · Simon Pulse
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover

An Ember in the Ashes meets Three Dark Crowns in this lush debut fantasy novel about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to join a secret group of warriors that ride phoenixes into battle.

I had a sister, once ...

In a world ruled by fierce warrior...
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The Letting Go

Deborah Markus · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

Everyone Emily has ever loved has been brutally murdered. The killer has never been caught, but Emily knows who's responsible. She is. It's the only possible explanation. Emily is the one thing all the victims have in common, which can only mean that someone -- or something -- is killing...
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Busted

Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (Commissie verzoekschriften) · Tantor Audio
Format: Audio CD

Marisa never planned to be a snoop for hire. It wasn't like she wanted to catch her best friend's boyfriend making out with another girl. But as her reputation for sniffing out cheaters spreads all over school, Marisa finds herself the reluctant queen of busting two-timing boys....
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The Museum of Us

Tara Wilson Redd · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

An intoxicating debut novel that will leave you questioning what is real and why we escape into fantasy, perfect for fans of Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer and Falling into Place by Amy Zhang.

Secrets are con artists: they trick you into letting them out.

Sadie loves...
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The Weight of the Stars

K. Ancrum · Imprint
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

A vivid, evocative YA lesbian romance about how the universe is full of second chances.Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn't an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the "wrong" side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances...
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