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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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Love and Other Train Wrecks

LEAH KONEN - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

A whirlwind twenty-four-hour romance about two teens who meet - and perhaps change their minds about love - on a train ride in the middle of a snowstorm. Leah Konen's Love and Other Train Wrecks is perfect for fans of Emery Lord and Jennifer E. Smith.Noah is a hopeless romantic. He's traveling...
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Michigan vs. the Boys

Carrie S. Allen - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

When a determined girl is confronted with the culture of toxic masculinity, it's time to even the score.Michigan Manning lives for hockey, and this is her year to shine. That is, until she gets some crushing news: budget cuts will keep the girls' hockey team off the ice this year.If she wants...
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Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined

Danielle Younge-Ullman - Viking Children'S Books
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Sara Zarr and A. S. King, a girl must survive an extreme wilderness experience to prove to her mother that she has the strength to pursue her dreams.Then Ingrid traveled all over Europe with her opera star mother, Margot-Sophia. Life was beautiful and bright,...
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Top Prospect

Paul Volponi - Carolrhoda Books
Format: Print book

Travis, a pre-teen quarterback with big potential, gets the opportunity of a lifetime when the University of Florida football coach offers him a scholarship before he's even in high school. Can he handle his newfound celebrity status?
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My Fine Fellow

Jennieke Cohen - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover


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Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things

Margie Fuston - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Victoria and her dad have shared a love of the undead since the first vampire revealed his existence on live TV. Public fear soon drove the vampires back into hiding, yet Victoria and her father still dream about finding a vampire together. But when her dad is diagnosed with terminal cancer,...
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Between the Notes

Sharon Huss Roat - Harper Teen
Format: Hardcover

After Ivy is forced to move to "the wrong side of the tracks" due to economic hard times, she discovers that not everything - or everyone - is what they seem, even herself. Fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen will love this funny, poignant, and relatable story.When Ivy Emerson's...
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BONE #1: Out from Boneville

Jeff Smith - Graphix/Scholastic
Format: Paperback

The cornerstone of GRAPHIX, our new graphic novel imprint, BONE is the incredible comic book saga of the unwitting hero who must save an idyllic valley from the forces of evil.The BONE adventures tell the story of a young bone boy, Fone Bone, and his two cousins, Phoney Bone and Smiley...
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