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Learning to Swear in America

Katie Kennedy - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

A Summer/Fall 2016 Indies Introduce selectionAn asteroid is hurtling toward Earth. A big, bad one. Maybe not kill-all-the-dinosaurs bad, but at least kill-everyone-in-California-and-wipe-out-Japan-with-a-tsunami bad. Yuri, a physicist prodigy from Russia, has been recruited to aid NASA...
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Glass Sword

Victoria Aveyard - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling series!Perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series, Glass Sword is the high-stakes follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen. Mare Barrow's blood is red - the color of common folk - but her Silver ability, the power to control...
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Finding Paris

Joy Preble - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

An evocative and compelling story of two sisters who would do anything for each otherperfect for fans of Thirteen Reasons Why and Speak. Joy Prebles stirring new novel explores the lengths to which sisters go to protect each other, and the winding road that brings two strangers into each...
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Fallout

Ellen Hopkins - Margaret K. McElderry Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The gripping conclusion to the Crank trilogy, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.Hunter, Autumn, and Summer - three of Kristina Snow's five children - live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction...
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Anna and the Swallow Man

Gavriel Savit - Ember
Format: Hardcover

"[A] splendid debut novel. . . . This is masterly storytelling." - The New York Times Set in Poland during the Second World War, Anna and the Swallow Manis a stunning, literary, and wholly original New York Times bestseller and Publishers Weekly best book of the year perfect...
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The Wild Book

JUAN VILLORO - Restless Books
Format: Hardcover

From one of Mexico's foremost authors comes a wondrous adventure story of a boy who goes to live with his kooky, book-obsessed uncle in a library where books have a supernatural power all their own. "We walked toward the part of the library where the air smelled as if it had been...
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The Serpent King

Jeff Zentner - Crown Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

"The Serpent King is a book you won't be able to resist or forget. The Southern boy in me savored every syllable and the reader in me fell in love with every page." - John Corey Whaley, National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner Dill has had to wrestle with vipers...
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Never say die

Anthony Horowitz - Philomel Books
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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The Hobbit: or There and Back Again

J R R Tolkien - Houghton Mifflin Co.
Format: Paperback

J.R.R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his Lord of the Rings trilogy Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves...
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Daughter of the Burning City

Amanda Foody - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

A darkly irresistible new fantasy set in the infamous Gomorrah Festival, a traveling carnival of debauchery that caters to the strangest of dreams and desires. Sixteen-year-old Sorina has spent most of her life within the smoldering borders of the Gomorrah Festival. Yet even among the many...
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We Were Liars

E. Lockhart - Delacorte Press
Format: Library Binding

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The Romantics

Leah Konen - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Lauren Myracle and Rainbow Rowell, The Romantics will charm readers of all ages. Gael Brennan is about to have his heart broken when his first big relationship crumbles on the heels of his parents' painful separation. Love intervenes with the intention of setting...
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On the Edge

Allison van Diepen - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

From Allison van Diepen, author of Light of Day, Snitch, and Street Pharm, comes a sexy, dangerous novel - perfect for fans of Simone Elkeles and Paul Griffin - about a teen who witnesses a murder and gets caught up in the seedy world of Miami's gangs.Maddie Diaz never should have taken...
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The Sleeper and the Spindle

Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling and Newbery and Carnegie Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman and Kate Greenaway-winning illustrator Chris Riddell have created a thrillingly reimagined fairy tale, "told in a way only Gaiman can" and featuring "stunning metallic artwork" (GeekInsider.com)...
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The Marvels

Brian Selznick - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

From the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck comes a breathtaking new voyage.In this magnificent reimagining of the form he originated, two stand-alone stories--the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, the second in prose--create...
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The Witch Hunter

Virginia Boecker - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The magic and suspense of Graceling meet the political intrigue and unrest of Game of Thrones in this riveting fantasy debut.
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The Carnival at Bray

Jessie Ann Foley - Elephant Rock Books
Format: Print book

ALA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults Chicago Weekly Best Books of 2014 A Michael L. Printz Honor Award Winner Winner, 2014 Helen Sheehan YA Book Prize Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2014 Finalist, William C. Morris Award It's 1993, and Generation X pulses to the beat of Kurt Cobain...
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Teach Me to Forget

Erica Chapman - Merit Press
Format: Print book

Ellery wants to die. Nothing is going right. Her younger sister is dead, and her family is in a shambles. But on the day that she tries to end it all, even the gun won't work. When she tries to return it, she's intercepted by a security guard who also happens to be a boy in one of her classes,...
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The Radiant Road

Katherine Catmull - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A gorgeously woven tale of magic, friendship, and self-discovery set in a dream-like landscape filled with fairies. After years of living in America, Clare Macleod and her father are returning to Ireland, where theyll inhabit the house Clare was born in - a house built into a green hillside...
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The Game of Lives

Dashner, James
Format: electronic resource

From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes the final book in the Mortality Doctrine series, an edge-of-your-seat cyber-adventure trilogy that includes The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts

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Solo

Kwame Alexander - Blink
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestseller!Blade never asked for a life of the rich and famous. In fact, he'd give anything not to be the son of Rutherford Morrison, a washed-up rock star and drug addict with delusions of a comeback. Or to no longer be part of a family known most for lost potential, failure,...
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Lies Jane Austen Told Me

Julie Wright - Shadow Mountain
Format: Paperback

Ever since Emma read Pride and Prejudice, she's been in love with Mr. Darcy and has regarded Jane Austen as the expert on all things romantic. So naturally when Emma falls for Blake Hampton and he invites her home to meet his parents, she is positive an engagement is in her future....
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Liars, Inc.

Paula Stokes - HarperTeen
Format: Print book

A dark and twisted psychological tale, which Kirkus Reviews called "captivating to the very end" in a starred review - perfect for fans of I Hunt Killers and Gone Girl.Max Cantrell has never been a big fan of the truth, so when the opportunity arises to sell forged permission...
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This Is Where the World Ends

Amy Zhang - Greenwillow Books
Format: Print book

A heart-wrenching novel about best friends on a collision course with the real world from Amy Zhang, the critically acclaimed Indies Introduce and Indie Next author of Falling into Place.Janie and Micah, Micah and Janie. That's how it's been ever since elementary school, when Janie Vivien...
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Love & Gelato

Jenna Evans Welch - Simon Pulse, 2016.
Format: Print book

A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure.Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn't in the mood for Italy's famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She's only there because it was her mother's...
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The Game of Lives

James Dashner - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes The Game of Lives, the final book in the Mortality Doctrine series, an edge-of-your-seat cyber-adventure trilogy that includes The Eye of Minds and The Rule of Thoughts. Michael used to live to game,...
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Inheritance

Christopher Paolini
Format: electronic resource

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Surviving Middle School: Navigating the Halls, Riding the Social Roller Coaster, and Unmasking the Real You

Luke Reynolds - Aladdin ; Hillsboro
Format: Print book

In this hilarious guide full of honest, real-life experiences, veteran teacher Luke Reynolds skillfully and humorously shows kids how to not only survive, but thrive and even enjoy the wild adventure that is middle school.Middle grade series like The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries...
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My Heart and Other Black Holes

Jasmine Warga - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

"Alive with intensity, gut-wrenching honesty, moments of humor, and - of course - heart. Not to be missed." - Nova Ren Suma, author of Imaginary Girls and The Walls Around UsA stunning novel about the transformative power of love, perfect for fans of Jay Asher and Laurie Halse...
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Blood Rose Rebellion

Rosalyn Eves - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"A magical tale unlike anything you've read before." - Bustle.com"[A] richly imagined 19th-century historical fantasy." - EW.com, A-The thrilling first book in a YA fantasy trilogy for fans of Red Queen. In a world where social prestige derives from a trifecta...
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Listen to the moon

Michael Morpurgo - Feiwel and Friends, 2015.
Format: Print book

1915. A young British boy and his father take in a lost girl, who the villagers suspect may be German.May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies-- injured, thirsty, lost-- and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there....
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Lucky Strikes

Louis Bayard - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book

With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister -- and of the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and keep...
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Deacon Locke Went to Prom

BRIAN KATCHER - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

The love life of an awkward teen takes an unforgettable turn after he brings his grandmother to prom in this funny, offbeat, and smile-inducing contemporary romance that is pitch perfect for fans of Jesse Andrews and Robyn Schneider.Promposals are taking over Deacon Locke's high school...
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The Magician's Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia)

C. S. Lewis - HarperFestival; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

The secret passage to the house next door leads to a fascinating adventure. The Magician's Nephew, the first book of The Chronicles of Narnia ... where the woods are thick and cool, where the Talking Beasts are called to life ... a new world where the adventure begins. Digory and Polly...
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A Smart Girl's Guide: Drama, Rumors & Secrets (Smart Girl's Guides)

Nancy Holyoke - American Girl
Format: Hardcover

Watch out for the drama trap! This book offers expert insight into drama, from jealousy to gossip to cyberbullying, and how to deal with it. You'll learn why drama exists, how it starts, what keeps it going, and how to cool it down. You'll find quotes and advice from real girls like you,...
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Basher Science: The Complete Periodic Table: All the Elements with Style!

Adrian Dingle - Kingfisher
Format: Print book

Do you confuse boron with barium or chlorine with fluorine? Fear not! Basher Science has come to the rescue by mixing science and art to create a unique periodic table. From unassuming oxygen to devious manganese, the incredible elements show you the periodic table as you've never seen...
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Bluescreen

Dan Wells - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

"Bluescreen is a stunning deluge of imagination, filled with suspense and twists and unforgettable characters. This book is just plain awesome." - James Dashner, bestselling author of The Maze RunnerFrom Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence, comes...
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Denton Little's Deathdate

Lance Rubin - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Get ready to die laughing this is an outrageously funny ride through the last hours of a teenagers life as he searches for love, meaning, answers, and just maybe a way to live on. Denton Littles Deathdate takes place in a world exactly like our own except that everyone knows the day on which...
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An Inheritance of Ashes

Leah Bobet - Clarion Books
Format: Print book

The strange war down south - with its rumors of gods and monsters - is over. And while sixteen-year-old Hallie and her sister wait to see who will return from the distant battlefield, they struggle to maintain their family farm. When Hallie hires a veteran to help them, the war comes home...
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The Stars Beneath Our Feet

DAVID BARCLAY MOORE - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother's death in this outstanding debut novel that's been described as a "fast and furious read in which we meet some amazing people, people that stay with us" by Newbery Honor and National Book...
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Character, Driven: A Novel

David Lubar - Tor Teen, 2016.
Format: Print book

Character, Driven is a powerful and hilarious coming-of-age novel for young adults by acclaimed author David Lubar. With only one year left of high school, seventeen-year-old Cliff Sparks is desperate to "come of age" -- a.k.a., lose his virginity. But he's never had much...
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

John Boyne - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook

The story of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some information about the audiobook, but in this case we think that would spoil the listening. We think its important that you start to listen without knowing what it is about. If you do start to listen,...
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The Black Witch (Black Witch Chronicles Series #1)

Laurie Forest - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

A new Black Witch will rise ... her powers vast beyond imagining. Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied Black Witch, Carnissa Gardner, who drove back the enemy forces and saved the Gardnerian people during the Realm War. But while she is the absolute spitting image...
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Python Crash Course: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

Eric Matthes
Format: Print book

Python is the most popular programming language for beginners because it's fun, powerful, and easy to learn. So why should your introductory Python book be long and tedious? Python Crash Course gets you up and running with Python, teaching you the basics quickly so that you can solve...
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HelloFlo: The Guide, Period.

Naama Bloom - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

"What we love most about this book (which we'll be gifting to our tween cousins, nieces, and daughters!) is the empowering message woven throughout: that 'your body is your body,' as Bloom puts it, and you're the only one who gets to decide what to do with it." - Health.com"Full...
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Choosing Courage: Inspiring Stories of What It Means to Be a Hero

Peter Collier - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation know the answers to these questions deep...
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The Outcasts: Brotherband Chronicles, Book 1

John A. Flanagan - Puffin; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

From the author of the global phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice! They are outcasts. Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Not these boys. Yet that...
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The Lady of the Lakes

Josi S Kilpack - Shadow Mountain
Format: Print book

One is his first love. The other is his best love. Which will be Walter's true love? Walter Scott has three passions: Scotland, poetry, and Mina Stuart. Though Mina is young and they are from different stations in society, Walter is certain their love is meant to be. For years,...
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Asperger's Teens: Understanding High School for Students on the Autism Spectrum

Blythe Grossberg - Magination Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Gold Medal, Moms Choice AwardsThis book provides high school students with Asperger s strategies that they can use to help themselves feel more comfortable in school, find friends and get along with peers, work productively with their teachers, and move toward greater independence.,
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Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

Margarita Engle - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: eBook

In this poetic memoir, Margarita Engle, the first Latina woman to receive a Newbery Honor, tells of growing up as a child of two cultures during the Cold War.Margarita is a girl from two worlds. Her heart lies in Cuba, her mother's tropical island country, a place so lush with vibrant life...
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Maximum Ride Forever

James Patterson - Little
Format: Print book

THE NINTH AND ULTIMATE MAXIMUM RIDE STORY IS HERE! Legions of Max fans won't be disappointed by this encore episode in the beloved series about the incredible adventures of a teenage girl who can fly. As Maximum Ride boldly navigates a post-apocalyptic world, she and her broken flock are roaming...
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Lost in the Sun

Lisa Graff - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

From the author of A Tangle of Knots and Absolutely Almost, a touching story about a boy who won't let one tragic accident define him. Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident...
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The Hunters: Brotherband Chronicles, Book 3

John A. Flanagan - Puffin; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Determined to recover the Adomal and to prevent the pirate Zavac from doing more damage, Hal and his brotherband crew persue Zavac to the lawless fortress of Ragusa where, if Hal is to succeed, he will have to go beyond his brotherband training and face the pirate one-on-one in a fight...
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This May Sound Crazy

Abigail Breslin - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book

Academy Award-nominated actress and musician Abigail Breslin is your best friend in her publishing debut, a collection of hilarious and heartfelt nonfiction essays on the subjects nearest and dearest to our hearts: love, loss, and Tumblr.Growing up in film and the online era, Abigail knows...
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The Fever Code

James Dashner - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

Pre-order now! All will be revealed in the fifth book in James Dashner's #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series. This is the story that fans all over the world have been waiting for - the story of how Thomas and WICKED built the Maze. You will not want to miss it. Once...
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PHYSICS: INVESTIGATE THE FORCES OF NATURE

Jane P. Gardner - Nomad Pr
Format: Hardcover

Have you ever noticed that the physical world works in certain ways? Skateboarders use force and motion to perform tricks. If you jump up as high as you can, you'll quickly fall back to the ground. Baseball players use gravity to bring the ball back down when they throw it. When you flip...
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The Anatomical Shape of a Heart

Jenn Bennett - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Artist Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she's spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to follow in Da Vinci's footsteps, she's ready to tackle the one thing that will give her an advantage in a museum-sponsored scholarship contest: drawing actual cadavers. But when...
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Marked

P. C. Cast - St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16-year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become...
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Girls in the Moon

Janet Mcnally - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Everyone in Phoebe Ferris's life tells a different version of the truth.Her mother, Meg, ex-rock star and professional question evader, shares only the end of the story - the post-fame calm that Phoebe's always known. Her sister Luna, indie rock darling of Brooklyn, preaches a stormy truth...
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Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight

Liv Spencer - Ecw Press
Format: Paperback

With over 42 million copies sold and translations in close to forty languages, Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight novels — Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn — have captured the hearts of a generation of readers. At the centre of the saga is the epic love story of Bella...
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The Boy in the Black Suit

Jason Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Paperback

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book. Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can't handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who's dealt with a lot more - and who just might be able to clue him in on how to rise up when life keeps knocking him down - in this "vivid,...
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The nest

Kenneth Oppel - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

"When wasps come to Steve in a dream offering to fix his sick baby brother, he thinks all he has to do is say yes. But yes may not mean what Steve thinks it means"--
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Dream House: A Novel by CutiePieMarzia

Marzia Bisognin - Keyword Pr Atria
Format: Print book

From YouTube sensation Marzia "CutiePieMarzia" Bisognin comes a debut young adult paranormal thriller about a girl whose dream house quickly becomes a nightmare.When Amethyst comes across her perfect dream house, she can't help but be enchanted by it, even if there's something...
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Replica

Lauren Oliver - HarperCollins
Format: Print book

Two girls, two stories, one epic novelFrom Lauren Oliver, New York Times bestselling author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy, comes an epic, masterful novel that explores issues of individuality, identity, and humanity. Replica is a "flip book" that contains two narratives...
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National Geographic Readers: Erupt! 100 Fun Facts About Volcanoes

Joan Marie Galat - National Geographic Children's Books
Format: Paperback

Kids will burst with excitement as they learn all about the science and wonder of volcanoes in this new National Geographic Kids Reader. The Level 3 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging information for fluent readers. Plus, the book includes 100 fun facts for quick and quirky information...
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Leah on the Offbeat

BECKY ALBERTALLI - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestseller!In this sequel to the acclaimed Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda - now a major motion picture, Love, Simon - we follow Simon's BFF Leah as she grapples with changing friendships, first love, and senior year angst.When it comes to drumming, Leah Burke is usually...
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Last Descendants: An Assassin's Creed Novel Series

Matthew Kirby - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Print book

In "Last Descendants," Owen and a group of other teens located the first piece of an ancient and powerful relic long considered a legend-the Trident of Eden. This piece was sought by the Brotherhood of Assassins and the Templar Order, but before either organization could take...
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Scrooge #worstgiftever

Dickens, Charles; Wright, Brett
Format: electronic resource

A Christmas Carol, one of the holiday’s greatest traditions told . . . in texts?!
 
Imagine: What if Scrooge, Marley, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and the whole Cratchit family had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this clever adaptation...
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Girl World: How to Ditch the Drama and Find Your Inner Amazing

Patricia Ottaviano - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Mean stares. Hurtful whispers. The cold shoulder. Being a girl is harder than it looks. In a world where gossip, drama, and rumors seem to be never ending, its not easy to navigate the halls of middle school or high school without earning a few battle scars.But what if you could change...
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Whenever I'm With You

Lydia Sharp - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

Into the Wild meets Paper Towns in this romantic and thrilling contemporary adventure!A missing boy. A road trip into the Alaskan wilderness. A week that will change everything...After Gabi's parents' divorce, she moves from California to Alaska with her dad. At first, it feels...
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Truthwitch

Susan Dennard - Tor Teen
Format: eBook

On a continent ruled by three empires, everyone is born with a witchery, a magical skill that sets them apart from others. Now, as the Twenty Year Truce in a centuries long war is about to end, the balance of power-and the failing health of all magic-will fall on the shoulders of a mythical...
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The Secret Language of Sisters

Luanne Rice - Point
Format: Print book

When Ruth Ann (Roo) McCabe responds to a text message while she's driving, her life as she knows it ends. The car flips, and Roo winds up in a hospital bed, paralyzed. Silent. Everyone thinks she's in a coma, but Roo has locked-in syndrome -- she can see and hear and understand everything...
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The Lies About Truth

Courtney C Stevens - Harper Teen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Format: eBook

In the same vein as Jandy Nelson and Gayle Forman comes a novel from the gifted author of Faking Normal, Courtney C. Stevens, about hope and courage and the struggle to overcome the pain of loss.Sadie Kingston is living in the aftermath. A year after surviving a car accident that killed...
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Fangirl: A Novel

Rainbow Rowell - St. Martin's Griffin
Format: Hardcover

In Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl, Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life--and she's really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it's what got them...
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Beyond the Bright Sea

Lauren Wolk - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"An award-winning, well-researched, historical novel about an orphaned girl who sets out with her adoptive father to learn about her past despite the many dangers they face. A poignant story of belonging and the meaning of family." - Seira Wilson, Amazon Editor- Winner of the 2018...
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Somebody's Baby

Lurlene McDaniel - Delacorte Press
Format: Print book

"Sorry, John Green fans, but McDaniel's been making us cry . . . for decades." - Bustle.com Love, family, acceptance, and forgiveness are at the center of this heartfelt novel that explores the unpredictable paths that allow people to follow their dreams and help them...
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The Fault in Our Stars

John Green - Brilliance Audio; Unabridged edition
Format: Audio CD

Winner of the 2013 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook ProductionDespite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters...
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College Handbook 2016

College Entrance Examination Board. - College Board; 53 edition
Format: Print book

This is the only guide available that contains objective information on every accredited college in the United States - 2,200 four-year colleges and universities, and 1,700 two-year community colleges and technical schools. With its clearly laid-out entries and more than 40 indexes, the College...
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Every Hidden Thing

Kenneth Oppel - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The hunt for a dinosaur skeleton buried in the Badlands, bitter rivalries, and a forbidden romance come together in this beautifully written new novel that's Romeo and Juliet meets Indiana Jones.Somewhere in the Badlands, embedded deep in centuries-buried rock and sand, lies the skeleton...
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Illusion: Chronicles of Nick

Sherrilyn Kenyon - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Be careful what you wish for. . . You just might get it. Nick Gautier is tired of his destiny. He doesn't want to be the son of a demon who's fated to end the world. Nor does he want to see another demon or other preternatural creature who wants to kill or enslave him. He just wants...
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Sunkissed (Ladybirds Series Book 3)

De Konservative Organisationer i Brøndbyerne - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

In Sunkissed, the third book in The Ladybirds series (Flirty Dancing, Love Bomb) , Kat is forced to give up technology and her love of fashion when shes shipped off to Sweden to spend the summer with her quirky aunt.Kat cant believe her family is sending her to Sweden for the summer. Without...
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Get It Together, Delilah!

Erin Gough - Chronicle Books
Format: Print book

Seventeen-year-old Delilah Green wouldn't have chosen to do her last year of school this way, but she figures it's working fine. While her dad goes on a trip to fix his broken heart after her mom left him for another man, Del manages the family cafe. Easy, she thinks. But what about homework?...
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Teen Frankenstein: High School Horror

Chandler Baker - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Print book

High school meets classic horror in Teen Frankenstein, a modern reimagining of Mary Shelley's gothic novel from Chandler Baker.It was a dark and stormy night when Tor Frankenstein accidentally hits someone with her car. And kills him. But, all is not lost -- Tor, being the scientific...
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Don't Ever Change

M. Beth Bloom - Harper Teen
Format: Hardcover

Eva has always wanted to write a modern classic - one that actually appeals to her generation. The only problem is that she has realized she can't "write what she knows" because she hasn't yet begun to live. So before heading off to college, Eva is determined to get a life...
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How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child

Sandra Uwiringiyimana - HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audio CD

[Young Adult Nonfiction (Ages 12-17) ] [*Read by the author - Sandra Uwiringiyimana] This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated...
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The Invisible Man

H. G. Wells - CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Format: Paperback

The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells published in 1897. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents...
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Passenger

Alexandra Bracken - Hyperion
Format: Print book

"Expert . . . Passenger succeeds as an adventure, as a romance and as a comparison of cultural norms. " -New York Times Book Review "Riveting, romantic... Fans of Outlander will see so much of Claire in Etta, who holds a smart and headstrong lens to history. I can't wait...
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City of Bones

Cassandra Clare - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Paperback

Discover this first installment of the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series and "prepare to be hooked" (Entertainment Weekly) .When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder...
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Lair of Dreams: A Diviners Novel

Libba Bray - Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover

The longing of dreams draws the dead, and this city holds many dreams. After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. With her uncanny ability to read people's secrets, she's become a media darling, and earned the title "America's Sweetheart...
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Transgender People

Tamara Thompson - Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Format: Print book

Examines issues surrounding the transgender rights movement and community, including legal protection, military service, and gender reassignment for adults and children.
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Seraphina

Rachel Hartman - Bluefire
Format: Print book

Lyrical, imaginative, and wholly original, this New York Times bestseller with 8 starred reviews is not to be missed. Rachel Hartman's award-winning debut will have you looking at dragons as you've never imagined them before ... In the kingdom of Goredd, dragons and humans live...
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The Bane Chronicles

Cassandra Clare - Margaret Mcelderry Bks
Format: Hardcover

Fans of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices can get to know warlock Magnus Bane like never before in this collection of New York Times bestselling tales, in print for the first time with an exclusive new story and illustrated material.This collection of eleven short stories...
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Crimson Bound

Rosamund Hodge - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

An exhilarating tale of darkness, love, and redemption inspired by the classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood and the extravagant court of Versailles, from the author of Cruel Beauty. A doomed warrior and the king's most notorious bastard must join forces to defeat a dark evil in this...
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Before Tomorrowland

Jeff Jensen - Disney Press
Format: Hardcover

Based on the spellbinding world of the Walt Disney Studios film, Tomorrowland, this original prequel novel features a 20-page comic book and unlocks a place of unfathomable science and technology and the famous people behind it.
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The Survival Guide to Bullying: Written by a Teen

Aija Mayrock - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

The Survival Guide to Bullying covers everything from cyber bullying to how to deal with fear and how to create the life you dream of having. From inspiring "roems" (rap poems) , survival tips, personal stories, and quick quizzes, this book will light the way to a brighter future....
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Song of the Current

Sarah Tolcser - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. Her father is a wherryman, as was her grandmother. All Caro needs is for the river god to whisper her name, and her fate is sealed. But at seventeen, Caro may be too late.So when pirates burn ships and her father is arrested, Caro volunteers...
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Wild Rover No More: Being the Last Recorded Account of the Life & Times of Jacky Faber

L. A. Meyer - Harcourt Brace and Company
Format: Hardcover

Jacky Faber is framed as passing confidential U.S. information to the British. Forced to flee Boston, she goes undercover as a governess for a prominent Puritan family. When outed by a nosy postmaster, she deserts the respectability of her position, dons a leotard and slippers, and poses...
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The Book Thief

Markus Zusak - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.Liesel...
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Anna and the Swallow Man

Gavriel Savit - Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Format: Print book

A stunning, literary, and wholly original debut novel set in Poland during the Second World War perfect for readers of The Book Thief. Krakw, 1939. A million marching soldiers and a thousand barking dogs. This is no place to grow up. Anna ania is just seven years old when the Germans...
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Confessions: The Murder of an Angel (Confessions, 4)

James Patterson - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

In the dramatic conclusion of the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Tandy Angels next murder case could be her own!. . Tandy Angel is losing her mind-or so she thinks. Even as shes forced to fight for the family company, shes imagining new dangers in every shadow. And as her detective...
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Divine Comedies: A Gift from Zeus and The Old Testament Made Easy

Jeanne Steig - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: eBook

Beloved children's book author Jeanne Steig gives some spice, pizzazz, and a little bit of cheek to well-known classic tales from the Old Testament and Greek mythology, filled with saucy illustrations by Caldecott winner and creator of Shrek!, William Steig.Who but Jeanne and William...
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Splintered: Splintered Book One

A G Howard - Amulet Books
Format: Book

This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl's pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers - precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse...
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The Takedown

Corrie Wang - Freeform
Format: Hardcover

Kyla Cheng doesn't expect you to like her. For the record, she doesn't need you to. On track to be valedictorian, she's president of her community club, a debate team champ, plus the yummy Mackenzie Rodriguez has firmly attached himself to her hip. She and her three high-powered best friends...
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Someone to Love

Melissa de la Cruz - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

Look for the haunting and powerful new novel from Melissa de la Cruz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Isle of the Lost and Something in Between Constantly in the spotlight thanks to her politician father's rising star, Olivia Blakely feels the pressure to be perfect. As the youngest...
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Breakthrough: How One Teen Innovator Is Changing the World

Jack Andraka - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

For the first time, teen innovator and scientist Jack Andraka tells the story behind his revolutionary discovery. When a dear family friend passed away from pancreatic cancer, Jack was inspired to create a better method of early detection. At the age of fifteen, he garnered international...
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Black Knight

Christopher Pike - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

The thrilling Witch World saga continues in this suspenseful sequel to Red Queen, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike.Jessica Ralle thought the worst was over. The mindblowing revelations. The terrifying danger. The heartbreaking loss. Turns out, discovering Witch...
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The Mark of Athena

Rick Riordan - Disney Hyperion Books
Format: Print book

In The Son of Neptune, Percy, Hazel, and Frank met in Camp Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of Camp Halfblood, and traveled to the land beyond the gods to complete a dangerous quest. The third book in the Heroes of Olympus series will unite them with Jason, Piper, and Leo. But they number...
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Otherworld

Jason Segel - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

"Full of high stakes, thrillers, and fantastic twists and turns, fans of Ready Player One are sure to love this addictive read." - Buzzfeed"A potent commentary on how much we're willing to give up to the lure of technology." - EW "A fantastic journey...
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Macbeth #killingit

Shakespeare, William; Carbone, Courtney
Format: electronic resource

Macbeth, one of the greatest stories ever told . . . in texts?!
 
Imagine: What if that tragic couple, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this fun and funny adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays!
 
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Snow Like Ashes

Sara Raasch - Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Format: Paperback

A striking fantasy tale of dark magic, dangerous politics, and discovering your true self - perfect for fans of Game of Thrones, An Ember in the Ashes and A Court of Thorns and Roses.Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was conquered and its citizens enslaved, leaving them without magic...
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Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary

Brandon Mull - Aladdin; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Brace yourself for a shocking secret. Two hidden artifacts have been found. Three more remain unrecovered. More preserves face destruction as the Society of the Evening Star relentlessly pursues new talismans. Reading in Patton's Journal of Secrets, Kendra learns the location of the key to a vault...
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We Are Okay

Nina Lacour - Dutton
Format: Print book

From the award-winning author of Hold Still comes an achingly beautiful novel about grief and the enduring power of friendship. "Exquisite." - Kirkus, starred review "LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis . . . raw and beautiful."...
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The Asylum Novellas: The Scarlets, The Bone Artists, The Warden

Madeleine Roux - Harpercollins Childrens B, 2016.
Format: Print book

Three chilling novellas set in the world of the New York Times bestselling novel Asylum, which Publishers Weekly called "a strong YA debut." For the first time, these three terrifying stories will appear together with new found photographs perfect for new readers or diehard series...
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The Lost Hero

Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

After saving Olympus from the evil Titan lord, Kronos, Percy and friends have rebuilt their beloved Camp Half-Blood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a chilling prophecy of their own:Seven half-bloods shall answer the call,To storm or fire the world must fall.An...
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Six of Crows

Leigh Bardugo - Audible Studios
Format: Audiobook

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price - and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he cant pull it off alone. A convict...
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Bounders

Monica Tesler - Aladdin
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Michael Vey and The Unwanteds, twelve-year-old Jasper and his friends are forced to go up against an alien society in this first book in a brand-new adventure series!Thirteen years ago, Earth Force - a space-military agency - discovered a connection between brain structure...
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Royce Rolls

Margaret Stohl - Freeform
Format: Print book

Sixteen-year-old Bentley Royce seems to have it all: an actual Bentley, tuition to a fancy private school, lavish vacations, and everything else that comes along with being an LA starlet. But after five seasons on her family's reality show, Rolling with the Royces, and a lifetime of dealing...
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WARP Book 3 The Forever Man

Eoin Colfer - Listening Library
Format: Audiobook on CD

Riley, an orphan boy living in Victorian London, has achieved his dream of becoming a renowned magician, the Great Savano. He owes much of his success to Chevie, a seventeen-year-old FBI agent who traveled from the future in a time pod and helped him defeat his murderous master, Albert...
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The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment, Create, and Learn

Colleen Graves - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

Start-to-finish, fun projects for makers of all types, ages, and skill levels!This easy-to-follow guide features dozens of DIY, low-cost projects that will arm you with the skills necessary to dream up and build your own creations. The Big Book of Makerspace Projects: Inspiring Makers to Experiment,...
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Love and First Sight

Josh Sundquist - Little
Format: Print book

In his debut novel, YouTube personality and author of We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist explores the nature of love, trust, and romantic attraction. On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student...
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Meet Cute

Jennifer L. Armentrout - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. MEET CUTE is an anthology of original short stories featuring tales of "how they first met" from some of today's most popular YA authors. Readers will experience Nina LaCour's...
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Games Wizards Play

Diane Duane - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Every eleven years, Earth's senior wizards hold the Invitational: an intensive three-week event where the planet's newest, sharpest young wizards show off their best and hottest spells. Wizardly partners Kit Rodriguez and Nita Callahan, and Nita's sister, former wizard-prodigy Dairine Callahan,...
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A List of Cages

Robin Roe - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

FIVE STARRED REVIEWS! #1 BESTSELLER! "I love this book with my whole heart."--Jennifer Niven "Remarkably gripping and moving."--Emma Donoghue "Triumphant."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Beautiful and brilliant."--Shelf Awareness (starred review)...
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What I Need 2 Succeed: From A to Z for Teens

Linda Carter - Morgan James Publishing
Format: Print book

What is the secret to success? What I Need 2 Succeed will answer that question as it reveals unknown struggles of famous people. From presidents to inventors to sport figures, you will see how they were able to achieve in even the most difficult of circumstances. They had failures, but it did not stop...
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P.S. I still love you

Jenny Han - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Given the way love turned her heart in the New York Times bestselling To All The Boys I've Loved Before, which School Library Journal called a "lovely, lighthearted romance," it's no surprise that Laura Jean still has letters to write.Lara Jean didn't expect...
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Nightbird

Alice Hoffman - Wendy Lamb Books, 2015.
Format: Print book

Bestselling author Alice Hoffman's bewitching Nightbird is perfect for ages 10-13: love and friendship empower a lonely girl to embrace her uniqueness and discover her strengths. Twig lives in Sidwell, where people whisper that fairy tales are real. After all, her town is rumored...
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Hunted

Meagan Spooner - HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audio CD

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17) ] [Read by Saskia Maarleveld and Will Damron] A reimagined ''Beauty and the Beast'' tale, starring a very deadly Beauty, from New York Times bestselling author Meagan Spooner Beauty knows the Beast's forest in her bones -- and in her blood....
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The Red Pyramid: The Graphic Novel

Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion; First THUS Edition edition
Format: Print book

Siblings Sadie and Carter Kane discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them--Set--has his sights on them. to Stop him, the duo embarks on a dangerous journey across the globe, one that brings Carter and Sadie ever closer to the truth about their family and its connection...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare - Simon & Schuster
Format: Paperback

Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction...
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1493 for Young People: From Columbus's Voyage to Globalization

Charles Mann - Seven Stories Press, 2015.
Format: Print book

1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann tells the gripping story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings in the fifteenth century to the present. How did the lowly potato plant feed the poor across Europe and then cause the deaths of millions?...
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The Fever Code

James Dashner - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback

Book five in the blockbuster Maze Runner series that spawned a movie franchise and ushered in a worldwide phenomenon! Don't miss the highly-anticipated series conclusion that finally reveals the story of how Thomas and WICKED built the Maze. Also look for James Dashner's newest bestselling...
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One Moment in Time

Lauren Barnholdt - Harper Teen
Format: Paperback

The second book of Lauren Barnholdt's exiting Moment of Truth series: three books, three girls, one life-changing senior trip.When the email arrived in Quinn Reynolds's in box on the morning of her flight to Florida, she sent it straight to her trash folder. The last thing Quinn...
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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: A Novel

Neal Stephenson - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world.When...
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Michael Anthony Steele - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Book

Set to hit theaters in December 2014, Night at the Museum The Secret of the Tomb promises to be filled with even more laughter and adventure than the first two movies! This novelized version of the comedy-adventure recreates the story in a format that young readers can enjoy at their leisure....
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Quiet power : the secret strengths of introverts

Susan Cain - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

The monumental bestseller "Quiet "has been recast in a new edition that empowers introverted kids and teens Susan Cain sparked a worldwide conversation when she published "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can t Stop Talking. " With her inspiring book, she permanently...
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The Lifeboat Clique

Kathy Parks - HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Format: Audio CD

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17) ]Some people might say Denver has a death wish. Why else would she sneak into a Malibu beach party where she'd be surrounded by enemies? Oh yeah. Croix. Denver never thought in a million years he'd ask her out, but why question a miracle of fate? Well,...
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The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B

Teresa Toten - Delacorte Press
Format: Audiobook

Filled with moments of deep emotion and unexpected humor, this understand and wise novel explores the complexities of living with OCD and offers the prospect of hope, happiness and healing. Perfect for readers who love Eleanor Park and All the Bright Places.ADAMS GOALSGrow immediately.Find...
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Surviving Middle School: Navigating the Halls, Riding the Social Roller Coaster, and Unmasking the Real You

Luke Reynolds - Aladdin ; Hillsboro
Format: Print book

In this hilarious guide full of honest, real-life experiences, veteran teacher Luke Reynolds skillfully and humorously shows kids how to not only survive, but thrive and even enjoy the wild adventure that is middle school.Middle grade series like The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries...
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Seven Ways We Lie

Riley Redgate - Amulet Books, 2016.
Format: Print book

In Seven Ways We Lie, a chance encounter tangles the lives of seven high school students, each resisting the allure of one of the seven deadly sins, and each telling their story from their seven distinct points of view. The juniors at Paloma High School all have their secrets, whether...
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Flower

Shea Olsen - Harlequin Teen
Format: Print book

These are the things that I've always wanted: To get the top grades in my class. To make my grandmother proud. And most of all, proof that I could succeed where the rest of my family had not: a Stanford acceptance letter, early admission. My mother and my sister were obsessed with boys...
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Saint Death: A Novel

Marcus Sedgwick - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

A propulsive, compelling, and unsparing novel set in the grimly violent world of the human and drug trade on the US-Mexican border.On the outskirts of Juarez, Arturo scrapes together a living working odd jobs and staying out of sight. But his friend Faustino is in trouble: he's stolen money...
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Lady Midnight

Cassandra Clare - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Print book

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in this #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel in Cassandra Clare's newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel.It's been five years...
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Words in Deep Blue

Cath Crowley - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"One of the loveliest, most exquisitely beautiful books I've read in a very long time. . . . I didn't just read the pages, I lived in them." - Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places A beautiful love story for fans of Jandy Nelson...
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Generation One

PITTACUS LORE - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The first book in a pulse-pounding new series that's set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series. The war may be over - but for the next generation, the battle has just begun!It has been over a year since the invasion of Earth was thwarted in Pittacus Lore's...
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Dreamers Often Lie

Jacqueline West - Dial, 2016.
Format: Print book

Liar meets Romeo and Juliet in this Shakespeare-inspired young adult novel about whether to trust yourself when everyone is telling you your instincts are wrong - for fans of Holly Black, Laini Taylor, and Black Swan, by New York Times bestselling author Jacqueline...
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Stella the Star Fairy

Daisy Meadows - Orchard Books
Format: Paperback

Stella the star fairy and her friends, Rachel and Kirsty, search for three magical tree decorations that must be returned to the fairy tree by Christmas Eve, or the season will be ruined.
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Long Way Home

Katie McGarry - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Violet has always been expected to sit back and let the boys do all the saving It's the code her father, a member of the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, raised her to live by. Yet when her dad is killed carrying out Terror business, Violet knows it's up to her to do the saving....
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Basher Science: Climate Change

Simon Basher - Kingfisher
Format: Hardcover

Do you know your carbon cycle from your carbon footprint? Can you tell your greenhouse effect from your green house? And what exactly is a tipping point? If any of these questions leave you confused, then Basher Science: Climate Change is the book for you. From El Nino and hurricanes to deforestation...
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King Dork Approximately

Frank Portman - Delacorte Press; Advance Reader's Copy edition
Format: Hardcover

From Frank Portman comes the long-awaited sequel to the beloved cult classic King Dork, of which John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, said, Basically, if you are a human being with even a vague grasp of the English language, King Dork will rock your world. Aside from the stitches...
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Lord of Shadows

Cassandra Clare - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Sunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare's Lord of Shadows, the sequel to the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel.Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought...
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Kindred

Octavia E. Butler - Beacon Press
Format: Paperback

Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. Rufus, the white son of a plantation owner, is drowning, and Dana has been summoned to save him. Dana...
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Careers: The Graphic Guide to Finding the Perfect Job for You

DK - DK Children
Format: Paperback

It's never too early for your teen or tween to start thinking about a career, and Careers is the perfect way to do it. Inspiring and imaginative as well as practical, Careers has charts and tables that help young people gauge interest about possible careers - it's like having...
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The Lost

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

James Patterson brings the fifth and final book in the bestselling Witch & Wizard saga to a head by exposing the nature of power-and what it means for the heroes that have it. Whit and Wisty Allgood have fought and defeated their world's most pernicious threats: the evil dictator, The One Who Is The One,...
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The Third Wheel

Jeff Kinney - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

Greg Heffley is not willing to be the odd man out.A dance at Greg's middle school has everyone scrambling to find a partner, and Greg is determined not to be left by the wayside. So he concocts a desperate plan to find someone - anyone! - to go with on the big night.But Greg's schemes go hilariously...
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The Boomerang Effect

Gordon Jack - Harper Teen
Format: Print book

A hilariously subversive YA debut that explores the meaning of friendship and loyalty, and also why you should avoid being trapped in a small space with an angry chicken. Perfect for fans of Andrew Smith's Winger and Frank Portman's King Dork.It all started with a harmless prank. But now high...
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