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Devil Darling Spy

Matt Killeen - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this utterly gripping thriller, Sarah, the fearless heroine of indie bestseller Orphan Monster Spy, hunts a rogue German doctor in Central Africa who might be a serial murderer.It's 1940, and Sarah Goldstein is hiding in plain sight as Ursula Haller, the Shirley Temple of Nazi...
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All-American Muslim Girl

Nadine Jolie Courtney - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

"Phenomenal."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "A layered and thoughtful exploration of spiritual awakening that never condescends to teen readers."--School Library Journal, Starred Review "Sharp and sympathetic exploration of identity."--BCCB,...
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The Beckoning Shadow

Katharyn Blair - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

From debut author Katharyn Blair comes a heart-stopping fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare and The Young Elites, about a teenage runaway who enters a dangerous tournament with an impossible prize.Vesper Montgomery can summon your worst fear and turn it into a reality - but she's...
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Red Skies Falling

Alex London - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

In Red Skies Falling, Alex London's thrilling sequel to Black Wings Beating, the epic fantasy Skybound Saga continues as twins Kylee and Brysen are separated by the expanse of Uztar, but are preparing for the same war--or so they think. Kylee is ensconsed in the Sky Castle,...
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The Boundless

Anna Bright - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

This breathtaking sequel to The Beholder will take you on a journey into a darkly sparkling fairy tale, perfect for fans of The Selection and Caraval. When Selah found true love with Prince Torden of Norway, she never imagined she'd have to leave him behind. All because the Beholder's...
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Bent Heavens

Daniel Kraus - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

"Kraus gets under your skin with brutal, elegant efficiency. Necessarily horrifying, devastatingly timely." -- Kiersten White, New York Times-bestselling author of The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein and SlayerFrom New York Times-bestselling...
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Every Stolen Breath

Kimberly Gabriel - Blink
Format: Hardcover

The Swarm is unrecognizable, untraceable, and unpredictable - random attacks on the streets of Chicago by a mob of crazed teens that leaves death in its wake. It's been two years since the last attack, but Lia Finch has found clues that reveal the Swarm is ready to claim a new victim.Lia...
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Sisters of Sword and Song

Rebecca Ross - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Rebecca Ross, acclaimed author of The Queen's Rising duology, delivers a thrilling new fantasy about the lengths two sisters will go for each other. Perfect for fans of Ember in the Ashes, Sky In the Deep, and Court of Fives. After eight years, Evadne will finally be reunited with her older...
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Lost and Found

Orson Scott Card - Blackstone Audio
Format: Hardcover

""Are you really a thief?""That's the question that has haunted fourteen-year-old Ezekiel Blast all his life. But he's not a thief, he just has a talent for finding things. Not a superpower--a micropower. Because what good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies,...
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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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Magic Below

Laura J Burns - Capstone Young Readers
Format: Print book

When Princess Ozma summons Zerie Greenapple and her friends Vashti and Tabitha, they have no idea what awaits. Tasked with infiltrating Glinda the Good's palace, Zerie travels by water, Vashti by land, and Tabitha by air. Zerie transforms into a mermaid and enters the underwater realm...
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A Song Below Water: A Novel

Bethany C. Morrow - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

A Song Below Water is the story for today's readers -- a captivating modern fantasy about black mermaids, friendship, and self-discovery set against the challenges of today's racism and sexism. In a society determined to keep her under lock and key, Tavia must hide her siren powers....
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The Between

David Hofmeyr - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

In this rip-roaring, world-bending adventure across the grand multiverse, one girl will stop at nothing to bring her best friend home. Seventeen-year-old Ana Moon is having a rough week. It starts with a fight after school, then suspension, followed by mandatory psych visits. Still, Ana hopes...
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All Eyes on Us

Kit Frick - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Pretty Little Liars meets People Like Us in this taut, tense thriller about two teens who find their lives intertwined when an anonymous texter threatens to spill their secrets and uproot their lives.PRIVATE NUMBER: Wouldn't you look better without a cheater on your arm?...
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Lost in the Never Woods

Aiden Thomas
Format: Hardcover

It's been five years since Wendy and her two brothers went missing in the woods, but when the town's children start to disappear, the questions surrounding her brothers' mysterious circumstances are brought back into the light. Attempting to flee her past, Wendy almost runs...
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The Fountains of Silence

Ruta Sepetys - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, unforgettable portrait of love, silence, and secrets amidst a Spanish dictatorship.Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco,...
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The Fascinators

Andrew Eliopulos - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover

A magic-infused YA novel about friendship, first love, and feeling out of place that will bewitch fans of Rainbow Rowell and Maggie Stiefvater. Living in a small town where magic is frowned upon, Sam needs his friends James and Delia -- and their time together in their school's magic...
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Jane Against the World: Roe v. Wade and the Fight for Reproductive Rights

Karen Blumenthal - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author Karen Blumenthal, Jane Against the World is deep and passionate look at the riveting history of the fight for reproductive rights in the United States.Tracing the path to the landmark decision in Roe v. Wade and the continuing battle for women's rights, Blumenthal...
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The Iron Flower

Laurie Forest - Inkyard Press
Format: Paperback

Dark forces are on the rise in this sweeping sequel to The Black Witch by critically acclaimed author Laurie Forest.Elloren Gardner and her friends were only seeking to right a few wrongs ... The last thing they expected was to be thrust into a realm-wide underground resistance against...
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City of Stone and Silence

Django Wexler - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

Django Wexler's City of Stone and Silence is the second book in the cinematic fantasy Wells of Sorcery Trilogy featuring a fierce young woman skilled in the art of combat magic on an epic mission to steal a ghost ship.After surviving the Vile Rot, Isoka, Meroe, and the rest of Soliton's...
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Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, And Trying Again

Shakirah Bourne - DK Children
Format: Hardcover

As an ally, you use your power - no matter how big or small - to support others. You learn, and try, and mess up, and try harder. In this collection of true stories, 17 critically acclaimed and bestselling YA authors get real about being an ally, needing an ally, and showing up for friends...
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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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You Say It First

Katie Cotugno - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

An addictive, irresistible YA novel about two teens from different worlds who fall for each other after a voter registration call turns into a long-distance romance - from Katie Cotugno, the New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days. Perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi, Robin Benway,...
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Aurora Burning

Amie Kaufman - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Our heroes are back . . . kind of. From the bestselling co-authors of the Illuminae Files comes the second book in the epic Aurora Cycle series about a squad of misfits, losers, and discipline cases who just might be the galaxy's best hope for survival. First, the bad news: an ancient...
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Confessions of a Wannabe Cheerleader

Zoe Evans - Simon Spotlight
Format: Print book

Sunday, September 5:Afternoon, my crib    Spirit Level: Cheered Out OK, so this was supposed to be the first day of my new, totally fantastic life as a Port Angeles School Titan Cheerleader. BUT instead, it’s the day that I, Madison Jane Hays, got rejected from the Titans...
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Amelia Westlake Was Never Here

Erin Gough - Poppy
Format: Hardcover

A fiercely funny, queer romantic comedy about two girls who can't stand each other, but join forces in a grand feminist plan to expose harassment and inequality at their elite private school.Harriet Price is the perfect student: smart, dutiful, over-achieving. Will Everhart is a troublemaker...
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Girls Save the World in This One

Ash Parsons - Philomel Books
Format: Hardcover

Shaun of the Dead meets Clueless in this hilarious YA horror comedy set at a local zombie convention--featuring a teenage girl gang that has to save the world from a horde of actual zombies. Perfect for fans of Geekerella, Undead Girl Gang, and Anna and the Apocalypse....
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Rule of Wolves

Leigh Bardugo - Imprint
Format: Hardcover

The Grishaverse will be coming to Netflix soon with Shadow and Bone, an original series! As Fjerda's massive army prepares to invade, Nikolai Lantsov will summon every bit of his ingenuity and charm -- and even the monster within -- to win this fight. But a dark threat looms that cannot...
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Crying Laughing

Lance Rubin - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The author of Denton Little's Deathdate gives us a tragicomic story of bad dates, bad news, bad performances, and one girl's determination to find the funny in high school.Winnie Friedman has been waiting for the world to catch on to what she already knows: she's hilarious.It might...
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A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

Roseanne A. Brown - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

The first in a gripping fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing attraction - from debut author Roseanne A. Brown. Perfect for fans of Tomi...
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Forestborn

Elayne Audrey Becker - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

Rora is a shifter, as magical as all those born in the wilderness -- and as feared. She uses her abilities to spy for the king, traveling under different guises and listening for signs of trouble.When a magical illness surfaces across the kingdom, Rora uncovers a devastating truth: Finley,...
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Mindfulness and Meditation: Handling Life with a Calm and Focused Mind

Whitney Stewart - Twenty-First Century Books TM
Format: Library Binding

From hormones to homework, parents to peers, health issues to bad habits, life can be a pressure cooker leading to anxiety and even thoughts of suicide. How can we find relief? Author Whitney Stewart introduces readers to the practice of mindfulness. With its roots in ancient Buddhist teachings,...
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The Queen of Nothing

Holly Black - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Times; color: #000000} He will be the destruction of the crown and the ruination of the throne Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold onto. Jude learned this lesson when she released her control over the wicked king,...
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Burn

Patrick Ness - Quill Tree Books
Format: Hardcover

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he'd hired to help on the farm ... Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon...
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Aurora Rising

Amie Kaufman - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times and internationally bestselling authors of the Illuminae Files comes a new science fiction epic . . .The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad...
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Your Heart, My Sky: Love in a Time of Hunger

Margarita Engle - Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The people of Cuba are living in el perodo especial en tiempos de paz - the special period in times of peace. That's what the government insists that this era must be called, but the reality behind these words is starvation. Liana is struggling to find enough to eat. Yet hunger has also...
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Late to the Party

Kelly Quindlen - ROARING BROOK PR
Format: Hardcover

From author Kelly Quindlen comes a poignant and deeply relatable story about friendship, self-acceptance, and what it means to be a Real Teenager. Late to the Party is an ode to late bloomers and wallflowers everywhere.
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One of Us Is Next

Karen M. McManus - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller everyone is talking about, One of Us Is Lying! There's a new mystery to solve at Bayview High, and there's a whole new set of rules.Come on, Bayview, you know you've missed this.A ton of copycat...
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The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth

Philip Pullman - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"It's a stunning achievement, this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on." --The New York TimesReturn to the parallel world of His Dark Materials in the second volume of Philip Pullman's new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust, and discover what comes...
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The Paper Girl of Paris

Jordyn Taylor - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Code Name Verity meets Jennifer Donnelly's Revolution in this gripping debut novel. NOW: Sixteen-year-old Alice is spending the summer in Paris, but she isn't there for pastries and walks along the Seine. When her grandmother passed away two months ago, she left Alice an apartment...
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Rebelwing

Andrea Tang - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

"Mixing everything that's best about dragons, dystopia, and generational conflict, Tang delivers a high flying debut that pulls no punches." --E.K. Johnston, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Things just got weird for Prudence Wu. One minute, she's cashing in on a routine...
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Girls of Storm and Shadow

Natasha Ngan - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped their oppressive lives in the Hidden Palace, but soon learn that freedom comes with a terrible cost.Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known...
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This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II

Andrew Fukuda - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

For readers of The Librarian Of Auschwitz, This Light Between Us is a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals -- a Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girl -- as they fight to maintain hope in a time of war."I remember visiting...
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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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10 Blind Dates

Ashley Elston - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Sophie wants one thing for Christmas-a little freedom from her overprotective parents. So when they decide to spend Christmas in South Louisiana with her very pregnant older sister, Sophie is looking forward to some much needed private (read: make-out) time with her long-term boyfriend,...
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Scavenge the Stars

Tara Sim - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

When Amaya rescues a mysterious stranger from drowning, she fears her rash actions have earned her a longer sentence on the debtor ship where she's been held captive for years. Instead, the man she saved offers her unimaginable riches and a new identity, setting Amaya on a perilous course...
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The Silence of Bones

June Hur - FEIWEL & FRIENDS
Format: Hardcover

1800, Joseon (Korea). Homesick and orphaned sixteen-year-old Seol is living out the ancient curse: May you live in interesting times. Indentured to the police bureau, shes been tasked with assisting a well-respected young inspector with the investigation into the politically charged murder...
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Brave Face: A Memoir

Shaun David Hutchinson - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

Critically acclaimed author of We Are the Ants - described as having "hints of Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five" (School Library Journal) - opens...
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The Grace Year

Kim Liggett - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

The Instant New York Times Bestseller!A speculative thriller in the vein of The Handmaid's Tale and The Power. Optioned by Universal and Elizabeth Banks to be a major motion picture!"A visceral, darkly haunting fever dream of a novel and an absolute page-turner....
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Can't Stop Won't Stop

Jeff Chang - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop is the story of hip-hop, a generation-defining movement and the music that transformed American politics and culture forever. Hip hop is one of the most dominant and influential cultures in America, giving new voice to the younger...
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Parachutes

Kelly Yang - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

Speak enters the world of Gossip Girl in this modern immigrant story from New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang about two girls navigating wealth, power, friendship, and trauma. They're called parachutes: teenagers dropped off to live in private homes and study in the United...
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Starsight

Brandon Sanderson - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

The sequel to the New York Times bestseller Skyward!From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the second book in an epic series about a girl with a secret in a dangerous...
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Call Me American: A Memoir

Abdi Nor Iftin - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

The incredible true story of a boy living in war-torn Somalia who escapes to America--first by way of the movies; years later, through a miraculous green card.Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop artists like...
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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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Red Hood

Elana K. Arnold - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

Elana K. Arnold, author of the Printz Honor book Damsel, returns with a dark, engrossing, blood-drenched tale of the familiar threats to female power - and one girl's journey to regain it.You are alone in the woods, seen only by the unblinking yellow moon. Your hands are empty. You are nearly...
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The King's Questioner

Nikki Katz - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

From Nikki Katz, the author of The Midnight Dance , comes The King's Questioner, an epic YA fantasy featuring royal drama, dark magic, and a secret that could topple a kingdom.Kalen is a mental picklock, able to access a person's memories and secrets by touch. His skills make him the perfect...
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The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets

Sarah Miller - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

In this riveting, beyond-belief true story from the author of The Borden Murders, meet the five children who captivated the entire world.When the Dionne Quintuplets were born on May 28, 1934, weighing a grand total of just over 13 pounds, no one expected them to live so much as an hour....
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Igniting Darkness

Robin LaFevers - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times best-selling author Robin LaFevers comes the follow up to "sharp and breathless" (Kirkus Reviews) historical fantasy Courting Darkness. Set in the world of the beloved His Fair Assassin series, this is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo...
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The Deceiver's Heart

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Critically acclaimed author Jennifer A. Nielsen delivers the gripping second installment of her New York Times bestselling epic young adult fantasy.In this sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Traitor's Game, Kestra Dallisor has finally g
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Contagion

Teri Terry - Charlesbridge Teen
Format: Hardcover

The first book in the spine-tingling Dark Matter trilogy about the frightening effects of a biological experiment gone wrong.An epidemic is sweeping the country. It spreads fast, mercilessly. Everyone will be infected. . . . It is only a matter of time. You are now under quarantine.Young...
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The Confusion of Laurel Graham

Adrienne Kisner - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

A teen copes with her grandmother's coma by becoming obsessed with a mystery bird that she cannot identify in Adrienne Kisner's sharp and poignant YA novel, The Confusion of Laurel Graham.Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has a singular, all-consuming ambition in this life: become...
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Bruiser

Neal Shusterman - HarperTeen; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman delivers a suspenseful and thrilling novel that's perfect for fans of Unwind and UnWholly.Tennyson is not surprised, really, when his family begins to fall apart, or when his twin sister, Bront, starts dating the misunderstood bully,...
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Stay Gold

Tobly McSmith - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Debut author Tobly McSmith delivers a coming-of-age teen love story about a transgender boy who's going stealth at his new Texas high school and a cisgender girl who is drawn to him, even as she's counting down the days until graduation. Perfect for fans of David Levithan, Becky...
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The Guinevere Deception

Kiersten White - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

"Fascinating. . . . Kiersten White has taken the best parts of the Arthurian legend and made them all her own."--Rene Ahdieh, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn series. A new fantasy series set in the world of Camelot that bestselling author...
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Camp

L. C. Rosen - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the acclaimed Jack of Hearts (and other parts) comes a sweet and sharp screwball comedy that critiques the culture of toxic masculinity within the queer community.Sixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. It's...
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This Train Is Being Held

Ismée Williams - Amulet Books
Format: Hardcover

Family and class differences threaten the love of two teens in this contemporary YA romance When private school student Isabelle Warren first meets Dominican-American Alex Rosario on the 1 train, she remembers his green eyes and gentlemanly behavior. He remembers her long ballet dancer's...
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Gone by Nightfall

Dee Garretson - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

A young woman is torn between her home and her dreams in Dee Garretson's Gone by Nightfall, a thrilling YA novel set during the Russian Revolution.It's 1917, and Charlotte Mason is determined to make a life for herself in czarist Russia. When her mother dies, Charlotte is forced...
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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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Scorpion (Mayfly Book 2)

Jeff Sweat - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

In Scorpion, the sequel to Jeff Sweats YA futuristic thriller Mayfly, Jemma, Lady, and Pico all left the Holy Wood to seek answers to the End, and when they find the Old Guys - the only adults to have survived the original wipeout of everyone over the age of seventeen - they think theyve...
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The Warrior's Curse

Jennifer A. Nielsen

The stunning third book in Jennifer A. Nielsen's New York Times bestselling Traitor's Game series!Simon and Kestra are hurtling down paths ever farther from each other as the battle for control of Antora rages.Simon, newly king of the Halderians, is pressed on all si
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Vote!: Women's Fight for Access to the Ballot Box

Coral Celeste Frazer - Twenty-First Century Books TM
Format: Library Binding

August 18, 2020, marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which prohibited states and the US government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. See how the 70-year-long fight for women's suffrage was hard won by leaders such as Elizabeth...
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Sick Kids In Love

Hannah Moskowitz - Entangled
Format: Hardcover

Isabel has one rule: no dating.It's easier -- It's safer -- It's better -- -- for the other person.She's got issues. She's got secrets. She's got rheumatoid arthritis.But then she meets another sick kid.He's got a chronic illness Isabel's never heard of, something...
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A River of Royal Blood

Amanda Joy - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An enthralling debut perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone set in a North African-inspired fantasy world where two sisters must fight to the death to win the crown. Sixteen-year-old Eva is a princess, born with the magick of blood and marrow--a dark and terrible magick that...
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So This is Love: A Twisted Tale

Elizabeth Lim - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

What if Cinderella never tried on the glass slipper? Unable to prove that she's the missing princess, and unable to bear life under Lady Tremaine any longer, Cinderella attempts a fresh start, looking for work at the palace as a seamstress. But when the Grand Duke appoints her to serve...
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Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender - Balzer Bray
Format: Hardcover

From Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time.Felix Love has never been in love - and, yes, he's painfully aware of the irony. He desperately...
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We Unleash the Merciless Storm

Tehlor Kay Mejia - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

In this nail-biting sequel to Tehlor Kay Mejia's critically acclaimed fantasy novel We Set the Dark on Fire, La Voz operative Carmen is forced to choose between the girl she loves and the success of the rebellion she's devoted her life to. Perfect for fans of The Handmaid's...
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Finding Mr. Better-Than-You

Shani Petroff - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

A heartbroken teen, with the help of her best friends, goes on a quest to find the perfect boyfriend, and in the end learns that some things are more important than boys in Shani Petroff's fun YA contemporary novel Finding Mr. Better-Than-You.Camryn Roth has it all planned out: a perfect...
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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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Fake Plastic World

Zara Lisbon - Henry Holt
Format: Hardcover

How badly do you want to be famous Whator whowould you sacrifice These are the questions Justine Childs is forced to reckon with as the main suspect in the murder of It-girl Eva-Kate Kelly. Not long ago, Eva-Kate drew Justine into her orbit before meeting her untimely end in a Venice...
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The Witch Haven

Sasha Peyton Smith

In 1911 New York City, seventeen-year-old Frances Hallowell spends her days as a seamstress, mourning the mysterious death of her brother months prior. Everything changes when she's attacked and a man ends up dead at her feet - her scissors in his neck, and she can't e
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Coral

Sara Ella - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

In a world where humanity often seems lost, what does it mean to be human? A new twist on Hans Christian Andersen's beloved - yet tragic - fairy tale "The Little Mermaid."There's more than one way to drown.Coral has always been different, standing out from her mermaid...
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Stolen Justice: The Struggle for African American Voting Rights

Lawrence Goldstone - Scholastic Focus
Format: Hardcover

A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States.Following the Civil War, the Reconstruction era raised a new question to those in power in the US: Should African Americans, so many of them...
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Accused!: The Trials of the Scottsboro Boys: Lies, Prejudice, and the Fourteenth Amendment

Larry Dane Brimner - Calkins Creek
Format: Hardcover

This chilling and harrowing account tells the story of the Scottsboro Boys, nine African-American teenagers who, when riding the rails during the Great Depression, found their lives destroyed after two white women falsely accused them of rape. Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner explains...
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The Friend Scheme

Cale Dietrich - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

High schooler Matt's father is rich, powerful, and seemingly untouchablea mobster with high hopes that his son will follow in his footsteps. Matt's older brother Lukas seems poised to do just that, with a bevy of hot girls in tow. But Matt has other ambitionsand attractions. And attraction...
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What I Like About Me

Jenna Guillaume - Peachtree Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover

You know all those movies where teenagers have, like, THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES? This vacation is probably not going to be that.The last thing sixteen-year-old Maisie Martin thought she'd be doing over vacation is entering a beauty pageant. Not when she's spent most of her life hiding her body...
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Crown of Thunder

Tochi Onyebuchi - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

In the sequel to the acclaimed Beasts Made of Night, Taj has escaped Kos, but Queen Karima will go to any means necessary--including using the most deadly magic--to track him down.Taj is headed west, but the consequences of leaving Kos behind confront him at every turn. Innocent...
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Namesake: A Novel

Adrienne Young - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

Trader. Fighter. Survivor.With the Marigold ship free of her father, Fable and its crew were set to start over. That freedom is short-lived when she becomes a pawn in a notorious thug's scheme. In order to get to her intended destination she must help him to secure a partnership with...
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Mind Games

Shana Silver - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

A teen programmer at a school for geniuses must join forces with a boy she can't remember to stop a hacker from deleting their memories in Shana Silver's action-packed YA debut, Mind Games.Arden sells memories. Whether it's becoming homecoming queen or studying for that all important...
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The Mall: A Novel

Megan McCafferty - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty returns to her roots with this YA coming of age story set in a New Jersey mall.The year is 1991. Scrunchies, mixtapes and 90210 are, like, totally fresh. Cassie Worthy is psyched to spend the summer after graduation working at the Parkway...
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Supernova

Marissa Meyer - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

All's fair in love and anarchy... Supernova, the epic conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's thrilling Renegades Trilogy finds Nova and Adrian struggling to keep their secret identities concealed while the battle rages on between their alter egos,...
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Angel Mage

Garth Nix - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

A new fantasy masterpiece from Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Old Kingdom series.More than a century has passed since Liliath crept into the empty sarcophagus of Saint Marguerite, fleeing the Fall of Ystara. But she emerges from her magical sleep still beautiful, looking no more than...
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The Ballad of Ami Miles

Kristy Dallas Alley - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

Raised in isolation at Heavenly Shepherd, her familys trailer-dealership-turned-survival compound, Ami Miles knows that she was lucky to be born into a place of safety after the old world ended and the chaos began. But when her grandfather brings home a cold-eyed stranger, she realizes...
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The Burning

Laura Bates - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

A rumor is like fire. You might think you've extinguished it, but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back to life again. Especially if someone is watching, waiting to fan the flames.New school. Check.New town. Check.New last name. Check.Social media...
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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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Cursed

Karol Ruth Silverstein - Charlesbridge Teen
Format: Hardcover

A debut novel for fans of The Fault in Our Stars that thoughtfully and humorously depicts teen Ricky Bloom's struggles with a recent chronic illness diagnosis.As if her parents' divorce and sister's departure for college weren't bad enough, fourteen-year-old Ricky Bloom...
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There Will Come a Darkness

Katy Rose Pool - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows meets Kristin Cashore's Graceling, with a dash of Winter is Coming, in this showstopping debut YA fantasy--and recipient of FOUR starred reviews! "A can't miss debut from an exciting new talent." -Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling...
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Perfect on Paper: A Novel

Sophie Gonzales - Wednesday Books
Format: Hardcover

"Perfectly wonderful." -- Becky Albertalli, New York Times-bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Her advice, spot on. Her love life, way off.Darcy Phillips:* Can give you the solution to any of your relationship woes -- for a fee.* Uses her power for good....
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson - Delacorte Press
Format: Book

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Rogue Princess

B. R. Myers - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

A princess fleeing an arranged marriage teams up with a snarky commoner to foil a rebel plot in B. R. Myers' Rogue Princess, a gender-swapped sci-fi YA retelling of Cinderella.Princess Delia knows her duty: She must choose a prince to marry in order to secure an alliance and save...
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The Toll

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

From New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman comes the thrilling conclusion to the Printz Honor-winning series Arc of a Scythe.It's been three years since Rowan and Citra disappeared; since Scythe Goddard came into power; since the Thunderhead closed itself off to everyone...
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Dark Skies

Danielle L. Jensen - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

Unwanted betrothals, assassination attempts, and a battle for the crown converge in Danielle L. Jensen's Dark Skies, a new series starter set in the universe of the YA fantasy Sarah J. Maas called "everything I look for in a fantasy novel."A RUNAWAY WITH A HIDDEN PAST Lydia...
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The Perfect Escape

Suzanne Park - SOURCEBOOKS FIRE
Format: Paperback

Nate Jae-Woo Kim wants to be rich. When one of his classmates offers Nate a ridiculous amount of money to commit grade fraud, he knows that taking the windfall would help support his prideful Korean family, but is compromising his integrity worth it?
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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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Deadly Curious

Cindy Anstey - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

Some secrets are better left buried... 1834. Sophia Thompson wants nothing more than to be one of the famed Bow Street Runners, London's most elite corps of detectives. Never mind that a woman has never before joined their ranksand certainly never mind that her reclusive family has forbidden...
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Rebel

Marie Lu - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Respect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel. With unmatched suspense and her signature cinematic storytelling, #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marie Lu plunges readers back into the unforgettable world of Legend for a truly...
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It's My Life

Ramey, Stacie - SOURCEBOOKS FIRE


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Take Me with You

Tara Altebrando - BLOOMSBURY
Format: Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of The Leaving comes a new psychological thriller that challenges our trust in the electronic devices we keep close. Eden, Eli, Marwan, and Ilanka barely know each other beyond having a class or two together. But when they are all summoned via messaging app to an empty...
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Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks

Jason Reynolds - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover

A National Book Award Finalist! From National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes a novel told in ten blocks, showing all the different directions a walk home can take.This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school...
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The Truth about Keeping Secrets

Savannah Brown - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

From beloved poet and YouTuber Savannah Brown comes this riveting young adult LGBTQ suspense debut, hailed as "Both ominous and deliciously twisted" (BOOKLIST ) and "Visceral, pitch-perfect...A captivatingly moody, introspective drama." (Kirkus Reviews) Sometimes its safer...
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How to Build a Heart

Maria Padian - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

One young woman's journey to find her place in the world as the carefully separated strands of her life - family, money, school, and love - begin to overlap and tangle. All sixteen-year-old Izzy Crawford wants is to feel like she really belongs somewhere. Her father, a marine, died...
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I Have No Secrets

Penny Joelson - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

Jemma knows who the murderer is. She knows because he told her.He thought his secret was safe because Jemma can't speak or move.But Jemma observes all kinds of things about everyone around her. His secret is just one of them.And when a new technology means she may be able to communicate...
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The Commune

Charlie Dalton - Independently published
Format: Paperback

Forced from the safety of their commune by a Reaver attack, four survivors journey to a mythical place known as the City.I remember the first time I met Lucy. She was clinging to a tree, a horde of hungry Rages clammering for her flesh. We rescued her and brought her to the commune. She recalled...
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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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The Last Witness

Claire McFall - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

One year ago she survived...but being the last one standing has consequences.Heather agrees to go camping with Dougie and his friends because she's desperate to get closer to him, and a secluded beach sounds like the perfect place. But the trip takes a sinister turn that brings Heather's...
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The Last to Die

Kelly Garrett - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

It all started out as a game.Just a way to have fun. We figured as long as we had rules, it wouldn't be a problem.RULE #1: Only break into one another's houses.RULE #2: Only take stuff that can be replaced.It worked for a while. Whoever's turn it was to break in got a rush,...
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The Beautiful

Renée Ahdieh - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Rene Ahdieh returns with a sumptuous, sultry and romantic new series set in 19th century New Orleans where vampires hide in plain sight.In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe...
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Four Days of You and Me

Miranda Kenneally - SOURCEBOOKS FIRE
Format: Hardcover

Every May 7th, the students at Coffee County High School take a class trip. And every year, Lulu's relationship with Alex Rouvelis gets a little more complicated. Freshman year they went from sworn enemies to more than friends after a close encounter in an escape room. It's been hard for Lulu...
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The Dark Tide

Alicia Jasinska - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

The Wicked Deep meets A Curse So Dark and Lonely in this gripping, dark fairy-tale fantasy about two girls who must choose between saving themselves, each other, or their sinking island city.Every year on St. Walpurga's Eve, Caldella's Witch Queen lures a boy back to her palace....
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