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Eliza and Her Monsters

FRANCESCA ZAPPIA · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

Eighteen-year-old Eliza Mirk is the anonymous creator of Monstrous Sea, a wildly popular webcomic, but when a new boy at school tempts her to live a life offline, everything she's worked for begins to crumble.Scott Westerfeld's Afterworlds meets Nimona in this novel about art, fandom, and finding...
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Vivian Apple at the End of the World

Katie Coyle · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple never believed in the evangelical Church of America, unlike her recently devout parents. But when Vivian returns home the night after the supposed "Rapture," all that's left of her parents are two holes in the roof. Suddenly, she doesn't...
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Poisoned Ground: A Rachel Goddard Mystery

Sandra Parshall · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 287
Format: Hardcover

When a powerful development company sets its sights on Mason County, Virginia, as the location for a sprawling resort for the rich, the locals begin taking sides. Many residents see the resort as economic salvation for the small Blue Ridge Mountains community, while others fear the county...
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Mystic

Alyson No?l · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Print book

Since arrivinginthe dustydesert town of Enchantment everything in Daire Santos life has changedand not always for the better While shes come to accept and embrace her new powers as a Soul Seeker Daire struggles with the responsibility she holds navigating between the worlds of the living...
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Everless

Sara Holland · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

"Sara Holland is a fierce storyteller. Everless gives new and terrifying meaning to the phrase running out of time." - Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of CaravalIn the kingdom of Sempera, time is currency - extracted from blood, bound to iron, and consumed...
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The Eye of Minds

James Dashner · Delacorte Press
Format: Audiobook

From James Dashner, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, which includes The Maze Runner—now a #1 movie worldwide—and The Scorch Trials—soon to be a major motion picture from Twentieth Century Fox that hits theaters on September 18, 2015—comes...
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The Razor's Edge

W. Somerset Maugham · Vintage
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters - his fiancée Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliott Templeton, her uncle,...
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Court of Fives

Kate Elliott · Little
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

A New York Times bestseller In this imaginative escape into enthralling new lands, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott's first bestselling young adult novel weaves an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege. Jessamy's...
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Coach Carter

Thomas Carter · Paramount Pictures
Format: DVD video

Inspired by a true story, this inspirational account of a high school basketball coach who received high praise, and staunch criticism, for benching his entire undefeated team due to their poor academic performances.
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Turtles All the Way Down

John Green · Dutton Books
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides...
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Echo

Alyson No?l · St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

A rush of romance will sweep you away in this hauntingly mystical read. Im already as addicted to Daire and Dace as I was to Ever and Damen! -Justine magazineShe inherited a magical destiny--and a mission to stop a powerful family of dark sorcerers. She never expected to fall in love with...
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Enders

Lissa Price · Random House Childrens Books
Pages: 273
Format: Hardcover

The riveting conclusion to the sci-fi thriller STARTERS!Someone is after Starters like Callie and Michael - teens with chips in their brains. They want to experiment on anyone left over from Prime Destinations - Starters who can be controlled and manipulated. With the body bank destroyed,...
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The Plains Indians

Collin Taylor · Peter Bedrick
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

What do we know about the Plains Indians? What was their family life like? What was their religion? Did they live in houses? What are the Plains Indians doing today?This series takes an exciting look at religion, history, and culture through the everyday lives of people from all over...
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Too Shattered for Mending

PETER BROWN HOFFMEISTER · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

"The missing link between Looking for Alaska and Winter's Bone." - Jeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King. "A gritty gem of a book." - David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Mosquitoland and Kids of Appetite "Little" McCardell is doing all he can just...
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The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming

J Anderson Coats · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

High-spirited young Jane is excited to be part of Mr. Mercer's plan to bring Civil War widows and orphans to Washington Territory - but life out west isn't at all what she expected.Washington Territory is just the place for men of broad mind and sturdy constitution - and girls too, Jane...
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