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Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin

James L Swanson · Scholastic Press
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

In his meteoric, thirteen-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for Civil Rights -- with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King's life, Swanson hones...
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Tease

Amanda Maciel · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover

Provocative, unforgettable, and inspired by real-life incidents, Amanda Maciel's highly acclaimed debut novel Tease is the story of a teenage girl who faces criminal charges for bullying after a classmate commits suicide. With its powerful narrative, unconventional point of view, and strong...
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Never Always Sometimes

Adi Alsaid · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 313
Format: Print book

Never date your best friend Always be original Sometimes rules are meant to be broken Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids - the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns...
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Should Government Regulate What People Eat?

Ronald D. Jr. Lankford · Greenhaven Press; annotated edition edition
Format: Paperback

These books provide a range of opinions on a social issue each volume focuses on a specific issue and offers a variety of perspectives, e.g., eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper accounts, to illuminate the issue. This title examines the issue of government...
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Glittering Shadows

Jaclyn Dolamore · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

The revolution is here. Bodies line the streets of Urobrun; a great pyre burns in Republic Square. The rebels grow anxious behind closed doors while Marlis watches the politicians search for answers-and excuses-inside the Chancellery. Thea, Freddy, Nan, and Sigi are caught in the crossfire,...
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Audacity

Melanie Crowder · Speak
Pages: 390
Format: Print book

The inspiring story of Clara Lemlich, whose fight for equal rights led to the largest strike by women in American history A gorgeously told novel in verse written with intimacy and power, Audacity is inspired by the real-life story of Clara Lemlich, a spirited young woman who emigrated...
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The Last Star: The Final Book of The 5th Wave

Richard Yancey · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

The highly-anticipated finale to the "New York Times "bestselling 5th Wave series The enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They re down here, they re up there, they re nowhere. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us. But beneath...
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To Hold the Bridge

Garth Nix · HarperCollins
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

An entertaining short-story collection from bestselling fantasy author Garth Nix, including an Old Kingdom novella, a short story set in the same world as Shade's Children, and another story set in the world of A Confusion of Princes.Garth Nix is renowned for his legendary fantasy works,...
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North and South Korea

Earle Rice · Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Format: Book

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The Look

Sophia Bennett · Chicken House
Format: Book

Can she be a supermodel and a super-sister? She finds her answer in just one look.Two sisters, both beautiful in different ways: Fifteen-year-old Ted has got "The Look." That's what the scout for the modeling agency tells her, and she can't believe her luck. But just as Ted's...
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UnSouled

Neal Shusterman · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The story that began with Unwind continues.Connor and Lev are on the run after the destruction of the Graveyard, the last safe haven for AWOL Unwinds. But for the first time, they're not just running away from something. This time, they're running toward answers, in the form of a woman...
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Promise of Shadows

Justina Ireland · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 371
Format: Hardcover

A teen who is half-god, half-human must own her power whether she likes it or not in this snappy, snarky novel with a serving of smoldering romance.Zephyr Mourning has never been very good at being a Harpy. She'd rather watch reality TV than learn forty-seven ways to kill a man, and she pretty...
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Fascism

Seth H Pulditor · Mason Crest
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

Examines the ideas and events that shaped fascist governments, explores the rise of Mussolini's Italy and Nazi Germany, and looks at related movements and at how fascism led to World War Two.Title: FascismAuthor: Pulditor, Seth H.Publisher: Mason CrestPublication Date: 2013/01/01Number...
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Food Science: You Are What You Eat

Amanda Lanser · Essential Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

Traces the development of the methods and technology used in food science through the failures and successes of the field's scientists and innovators.
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Enchantment Lake: A Northwoods Mystery

Margi Preus · University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

A disturbing call from her great aunts Astrid and Jeannette sends seventeen-year-old Francie far from her new home in New York into a tangle of mysteries. Ditching an audition in a Manhattan theater, Francie travels to a remote lake in the northwoods where her aunts' neighbors are "dropping...
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