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Opposite of Always

Justin A. Reynolds - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

"One of the best love stories I've ever read." - Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give"Read this one, reread it, and then hug it to your chest." - Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens...
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Fame, Fate, and the First Kiss

Kasie West - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Fan favorite author Kasie West delivers an effervescent story about chasing your dreams and following your heart, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Huntley Fitzpatrick. Lacey Barnes has dreamed of being an actress for as long as she can remember. So when she gets the opportunity to star...
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Broken Throne: A Red Queen Collection

Victoria Aveyard - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Return once more to the deadly and dazzling world of Red Queen in Broken Throne, a beautifully designed, must-have companion to the chart-topping series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard.The perfect addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen series,...
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Wild Blue Wonder

CARLIE SOROSIAK - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

"It's the rarest author who can pull off laugh-out-loud hilarious, profound, and breathlessly romantic, all in the most sparkling prose. That shortlist includes Rainbow Rowell, Nicola Yoon, and now, Carlie Sorosiak." - Jeff Zentner, Morris Award-winning author of The Serpent King...
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Minecraft: The Lost Journals

Mur Lafferty - Del Rey
Format: Hardcover

The brand-new official Minecraft novel is a journey into the unknown! Max and Alison are proof that differences don't stand in the way of friendship. Max is always on the lookout for a new adventure - even if it means getting into trouble - while Alison prefers to follow the rules....
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Return to Zero

Pittacus Lore - HarperCollins
Format: Book

All bets are off in this third and final book in the epic New York Times bestselling Lorien Legacies Reborn series! This fast-paced, action-packed adventure - which is set in the world of I Am Number Four - is perfect for fans of the Darkest Minds series and the X-Men franchise. After...
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Somewhere Only We Know

Maurene Goo
Format: Hardcover


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We Are All That's Left

Carrie Arcos - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

Two lives. Two worlds apart. One deeply compelling story set in both Bosnia and the United States, spanning decades and generations, about the brutality of war and the trauma of everyday life after war, about hope and the ties that bind us together.Zara and her mother, Nadja, have a strained...
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I Am Still Alive

Kate Alice Marshall - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

"This tense wire of a novel thrums with suspense. . . . [this book] just might be the highlight of your summer."-The New York TimesCheryl Strayed's Wild meets The Revenant in this heart-pounding story of survival and revenge in the unforgiving wilderness.After: Jess is alone....
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Sorry for Your Loss

Jessie Ann Foley - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

From Printz Honor winner and Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes a comitragic YA novel that will appeal to fans of Jandy Nelson and Jeff Zentner. As the youngest of eight, painfully average Pup Flanagan is used to flying under the radar. He's barely passing his classes. His lets...
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We Set the Dark on Fire

Tehlor Kay Mejia - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

"We Set the Dark on Fire burns bright. It will light the way for a new generation of rebels and lovers." - NPR.org"Mejia pens a compelling, gripping story that mirrors real world issues of immigration and equality." - BuzzfeedFive starred reviews!!In this daring and romantic...
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Once & Future

Cori McCarthy - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

King Arthur as you've never imagined! This bold, sizzling YA retells the popular legend with the Once and Future King as a teenage girl -- and she has a universe to save.I've been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer corporation,...
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To Best the Boys

Mary Weber - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

The task is simple: Don a disguise. Survive the labyrinth . . . Best the boys.Every year for the past fifty-four years, the residents of Pinsbury Port have received a mysterious letter inviting all eligible-aged boys to compete for an esteemed scholarship to the all-male Stemwick University....
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Warhead: The True Story of One Teen Who Almost Saved the World

Jeff Henigson - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

An often hilarious and always relevant memoir about one teen boy's battle with brain cancer and his Starlight Children's Foundation wish: to meet Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia and plead for nuclear disarmament and world peace.It's 1986, and Jeff is an average fifteen-year-old:...
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Four Dead Queens

Astrid Scholte - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Keralie Corrington may seem harmless, but she's, in fact, one of Quadara's most skilled thieves and a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is an honest, upstanding citizen of Quadara's most enlightened region, Eonia. He runs afoul of Keralie when she steals a package from...
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The Rest of the Story

Sarah Dessen - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen comes a big-hearted, sweeping novel about a girl who reconnects with a part of her family she hasn't seen since she was a little girl - and falls in love, all over the course of a magical summer. Emma Saylor doesn't remember a lot about...
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Theodore Boone: The Accomplice

John Grisham - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Theodore Boone is back on the case in an all-new adventure! Bestselling author John Grisham delivers a page-turning legal thriller for a new generation of readers.Theo has been worried about his good friend Woody Lambert. Woody is struggling at school and making bad choices. But when...
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Trouble Never Sleeps

Stephanie Tromly - Kathy Dawson Books
Format: Hardcover

Happily Ever After gets a serious makeover in this swoony, non-stop, thrill-ride of a conclusion to the Trouble Is a Friend of Mine trilogyDigby and Zoe have been skirting around each other for so long that you might think they'd lose their magic if they ever actually hooked up. But never...
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In Another Life: A Novel

C. C. Hunter - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

What would you do if your whole life was a lie and learning the truth could cost you your life From New York Times bestselling author of the Shadow Falls series comes C. C. Hunter's new YA thriller about a girl who learns that she may have been kidnapped as a child, and must race to uncover...
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Symptoms of a Heartbreak

Sona Charaipotra - Imprint
Format: Hardcover

"A tender YA romance set in the thick of the medical world." -- Entertainment WeeklyThe youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds -- and falls head over heels -- in the contemporary romantic comedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak. Fresh from...
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Soul of the Sword

Julie Kagawa - Inkyard Press
Format: Hardcover

One thousand years ago, a wish was made to the Harbinger of Change and a sword of rage and lightning was forged. Kamigoroshi. The Godslayer. It had one task: to seal away the powerful demon Hakaimono.Now he has broken free.Kitsune shapeshifter Yumeko has one task: to take her piece of the ancient...
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The Warrior Maiden

Melanie Dickerson - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Dickerson comes a fresh reimagining of the classic Mulan tale."When it comes to happily-ever-afters, Melanie Dickerson is the undisputed queen of fairy-tale romance, and all I can say is - long live the queen!" - Julie Lessman, award-winning...
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The Hummingbird Dagger

Cindy Anstey - ‎Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Suitors and Sabotage comes a suspenseful and enthralling new Regency novel, perfect for readers who like their Jane Austen classics...

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Romanov

Nadine Brandes - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Fawkes comes a magical take on the story of Anastasia Romanov.The history books say I died.They don't know the half of it.Anastasia "Nastya" Romanov was given a single mission: to smuggle an ancient spell into her suitcase on her way to exile in Siberia....
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The Dysasters

NOT AVAILABLE. - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

P.C. and Kristin Cast, the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the House of Night phenomenon, return to the scene with The Dysasters -- the first action-packed novel in a new paranormal fantasy series.Adoptive daughter of a gifted scientist, Foster Stewart doesn't live...
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Isle of the Lost #4: A Descendants Novel

Melissa de la Cruz - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos may have once been the baddest of the bad, but their wicked ways are (mostly) behind them-and now graduation is almost here! But before the seniors can don their custom-designed caps and gowns, courtesy of Evie, they've got an epic plan to put into action....
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Finale: A Caraval Novel

Stephanie Garber - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

Welcome, welcome to Finale, the third and final book in Stephanie Garber's #1 New York Times bestselling Caraval series! All games must come to an end...It's been two months since the last Caraval concluded, two months since the Fates were freed from an enchanted deck of cards,...
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You'd Be Mine: A Novel

Erin Hahn - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

"If you're still obsessing over A Star Is Born (because, same) you'll love this new romance novel by Erin Hahn." - CosmopolitanAnnie Mathers is America's sweetheart and heir to a country music legacy full of all the things her Gran warned her about. Superstar...
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Star Wars Queen's Shadow

E. K. Johnston - Disney Lucasfilm Press
Format: Hardcover

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Please Send Help

Gaby Dunn - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

Ava and Gen are best friends. Ava knows what she wants and has plans to achieve her goals. Gen...not so much. But no matter how annoying, dramatic, or utterly bananas a 2 a.m. rant might get -- Ava has always been there for Gen and Gen for Ava. But then they graduated high school. Now,...
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This Is Not a Love Scene

S. C. Megale - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

"This Is Not A Love Scene rings brilliantly true from the first page to the last." -- David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author Funny, emotional, and refreshingly honest, S.C. Megale's This is Not a Love Scene is for anyone who can relate to feeling different while...
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Wicked Saints: A Novel

Emily A. Duncan - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

"Prepare for a snow-frosted, blood-drenched fairy tale where the monsters steal your heart and love ends up being the nightmare." - Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen"This book destroyed me and I adored it."- Stephanie...
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The Shadowglass

Rin Chupeco - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic finale to The Bone Witch series! Tea's dark magic eats away at her, but she must save the one she loves most, even while her life -- and the kingdoms -- are on the brink of destruction.In the Eight Kingdoms, none have greater strength or influence than the asha, who hold elemental...
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Maybe This Time

Kasie West - Point
Format: Hardcover

Beloved author Kasie West brings her signature witty banter and rom-com fun to a bold, fresh format. Think Four Weddings and a Funeral for YA.One year. Nine events. Nine chances to . . . fall in love?Weddings. Funerals. Barbecues. New Year's Eve parties. Name the occasion, and Sophie...
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Enchante

Gita Trelease - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

Love. Magic. Revolution...Enchante is Gita Trelease's imaginative debut fantasy about an impoverished magician desperate to provide for her beloved sister on the eve of the French Revolution."Deliciously addictive." -- Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval"A...
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Phoebe Will Destroy You

Blake Nelson - Simon Pulse
Format: Paperback

From the author of Girl, Boy, and Paranoid Park comes a new novel about the obsessive vortex of falling in love in an impossible time and place.The summer I was seventeen I met this girl ... Nick has the best of moms and the worst of moms. On the upside, she's a distinguished professor...
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The Deceiver's Heart

Jennifer A. Nielsen - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

In this sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Traitor's Game, Kestra Dallisor has finally gained possession of the Olden Blade. With the dagger in her control, she attempts to destroy the tyrannical Lord Endrick. But when Kestra fails, the king strips her of her memory,...
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The Last 8

Laura Pohl - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Extinction was just the beginning in this thrilling, post-apocalyptic debut, perfect for fans of The 5th Wave seriesClover Martinez has always been a survivor, which is the reason she isn't among the dead when aliens invade and destroy Earth as she knows it. Clover is convinced she's the only...
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Kissing Ezra Holtz

Brianna R. Shrum - Sky Pony
Format: Paperback

A fun, witty, light-hearted romantic comedy - The Rosie Project, for teens Seventeen-year-old Amalia Yaabez and Ezra Holtz couldn't be more different. They've known (and avoided) each other their whole lives; she unable to stand his buttoned-up, arrogant, perfect disposition,...
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The Odd Sisters: A Villains Novel

Serena Valentino - Disney Press
Format: Hardcover

Throughout the Villains series, the Odd Sisters have meddled in the lives of the Wicked Queen, The Beast, Ursula, Maleficent, and Mother Gothel, changing the course of fate for the greatest villains ever known. Now, it's time for their reckoning. This latest novel by the author of the wildly...
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Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now

Dana L Davis - Inkyard Press
Format: Paperback

"Ive got seven days to tell the truth."For sixteen-year-old Tiffany Sly, life hasnt been normal for a while. She lost her mom to cancer, and now she has to leave her hometown to live with the father shes never met. Anthony Stone is a rich man with four other daughters - and rules...
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Again, but Better

Christine Riccio - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

Shane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents ... sounds ideal -- but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance ... what's that? Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change -- there's...
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The Year I Didn't Eat

Samuel Pollen - Yellow Jacket
Format: Hardcover

This heartfelt, captivating novel chronicles a year in the life of 14-year-old Max as he struggles with anorexia.Dear Ana,Some days are normal. Some days, everything is OK, and I eat three square meals, pretty much, even if those squares are ridiculously small squares.Some...
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Before the Broken Star

Emily R. King - Skyscape
Format: Hardcover

A fierce young female adventurer battles time itself to claim her destiny in a sweeping new fantasy saga from the author of the Hundredth Queen series.Everley Donovan is living on borrowed time. The lone survivor of her family's unexplained assassination, she was saved by an ingeniously...
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Teen Titans: Raven

Kami Garcia - DC Ink
Format: Paperback

When a tragic accident takes the life of seventeen-year-old Raven Roth's foster mom--and Raven's memory--she moves to New Orleans to live with her foster mother's family and finish her senior year of high school.Starting over isn't easy. Raven remembers how to solve math equations and make...
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Fake It Till You Break It

Jenn P. Nguyen - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

Mia and Jake have known each other their whole lives. They've endured summer vacations, Sunday brunches, even dentist visits together. Their mothers, who are best friends, are convinced that Mia and Jake would be the perfect couple, even though they can't stand to be in the same room together....
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The Lost

Natasha Preston - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

The queen of YA thrillers is back with another page-turner, and this time, it's a fight to survive.In Piper's hometown, teenagers keep disappearing, and everyone assumes they're just a bunch of runaways. But when yet another person disappears, Piper and her best friend Hazel suspect something...
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Look Closer

Stewart Lewis - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Ever since Tegans father died while serving overseas, shes been numb. She quit the swim team, and without her best friend around to distract her, the weight of her fathers death feels like it will crush her. Then one morning random letters are circled on her cereal box, letters which spell...
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The Storm Crow (Storm Crow, 1)

Kalyn Josephson - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Indigos best YA books of 2019 * B&Ns best YA books of July 2019 * Goodreads most popular 2019 debutsThe first book in Kalyn Josephsons "must-read" (Adrienne Young) Storm Crow duology, a YA fantasy series that follows a fallen princess who ignites a rebellion, perfect for fans...
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All of Us with Wings

Michelle Ruiz Keil - Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

Michelle Ruiz Keil's YA fantasy debut about love, found family, and healing is an ode to post-punk San Francisco through the eyes of a Mexican-American girl.Seventeen-year-old Xochi is alone in San Francisco, running from her painful past: the mother who abandoned her, the man who betrayed...
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Million Mile Road Trip

Rudy Rucker
Format: Paperback


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Wreck: A Novel

Kirstin Cronn-Mills - Sky Pony
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes loss has its own timetable. Set on the shores of Lake Superior, Wreck follows high school junior Tobin Oliver as she navigates her father's diagnosis of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) . Steve's life as a paramedic and a runner comes to an abrupt halt just as Tobin is preparing...
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Following

Jeffry W. Johnston - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Rear Window meets Serial in this riveting new thriller from Edgar Award-nominated author that follows Alden as he tries to solve a crime only he believes was committed. Alden likes to follow people. He's not trying to be a creep, he just wants to be an investigator someday, and it's...
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Whatever Normal Is

Jane St. Anthony - Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format: Hardcover

In the fourth volume of a series set in Minneapolis in the 1960s, three friends navigate relationships and new questions about love and identityAfter three years of high school, Margaret still isn't any closer to what she wants: to sing and dance on Broadway, to be a model like Twiggy,...
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In the Neighborhood of True

Susan Kaplan Carlton - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A powerful story of love, identity, and the price of fitting in or speaking out."The story may be set in the past, but it couldn't be a more timely reminder that true courage comes not from fitting in, but from purposefully standing out . . . and that to find out who you really are,...
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The Young Adventurer's Guide to

Ben Hewitt - Roost Books
Format: Hardcover

45 step-by-step, illustrated activties that teach kids everything from how to see like an owl to build the world's coolest fort from sticks. (ages 8-12) Calling all adventurers!...
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Watch Us Rise

Renée Watson - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

"This stunning book is the story I've been waiting for my whole life; where girls rise up to claim their space with joy and power." --Laurie Halse Anderson, New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Speak"An extraordinary story of two indomitable...
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Yes She Can: 10 Stories of Hope & Change from Young Female Staffers of the Obama White House

Molly Dillon - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

"An excellent guide to the how and why of a life of public service." --Amy PoehlerReturn to President Obama's White House in this anthology for young women by young women, featuring stories from ten inspiring young staffers who joined his administration in their 20s with the hope...
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An Impossible Distance to Fall

Miriam McNamara - Sky Pony
Format: Hardcover

"I imagine wing-walking and reading An Impossible Distance to Fall feel a great deal the same: heart-stopping, thrill-seeking and addictive. A book to be re-read over, and over, and over again." - Katherine Locke, award-winning author of The Girl with the Red BalloonHere is a story...
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