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Lighting Up the Brain: The Science of Optogenetics

Marc Zimmer - Twenty First Century Books
Format: Library Binding

What if neuroscientists could look inside the human brain and watch individual brain cells send signals to one another? What if they could then control these brain cells to direct thoughts and actions? This may sound like science fiction, but it's actually a scientific revolution called...
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Greek Gods #squadgoals

Courtney Carbone - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

OMG Classics, the greatest stories ever told . . . in texts. Imagine: What if Mount Olympus got WiFi and the gods and goddesses had smartphones? The classic Greek myths get new life in irreverent and hilarious texts and posts! Zeus, a king of the gods always in search of a new bae. A squad...
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The ABC's of LGBTQ: Understanding and Embracing Your Identity

Ashley Mardell - Mango
Format: Print book

Hello and welcome to the ABC's of LGBT. Ashley Mardell, one of the most trusted voices on YouTube presents a detailed look at all things LGBT . Along with in-depth written definitions, personal anecdotes, helpful infographics, links to online videos, and more, Mardell aims to provide...
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Baccano!, Vol. 4 - light novel

Ryohgo Narita - Yen On
Format: Hardcover

THE YEAR 1932. The alchemist Begg believes the drugs he created will guide people to the highest plane of existence. Drugs that the junkie Roy can't break free from. Drugs that the Runorata Family executive loses to a thief. And where were those packets of white powder manufactured?...
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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything

ALY RAISMAN - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Discover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy & me"...
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Tin Heart: A Novel

Shivaun Plozza - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

Bestselling author of All the Bright Places Jennifer Niven calls emerging talent Shivaun Plozza's charming and romantic second YA novel, Tin Heart, "from cover to cover swoon-worthy, moving, deep, and funny"!When Marlowe gets a heart transplant and a second chance...
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Patina

JASON REYNOLDS - Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Format: Hardcover

A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly...
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Your Own Worst Enemy

Gordon Jack - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Andrew Smith and Frank Portman and the movies Election and Ferris Bueller's Day Off comes a hilarious and satirical novel about the highs and (very low) lows of the electoral process, proving that the popular vote is the one that matters most. Stacey Wynn was the clear front-runner...
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Prettyboy Must Die: A Novel

Kim Reid - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

A CIA prodigy's cover is blown when he accidentally becomes an internet sensation in #Prettyboy Must Die, Kimberly Reid's fun, fast thriller inspired by the #Alexfromtarget story.When Peter Smith's classmate snaps a picture of him during a late night run at the track, Peter thinks...
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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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#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women

Mary Beth Leatherdale - Annick Press
Format: Hardcover

Whether looking back to a troubled past or welcoming a hopeful future, the powerful voices of Indigenous women across North America resound in this book. In the same style as the best-selling Dreaming in Indian, #NotYourPrincess presents an eclectic collection of poems, essays, interviews,...
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Love Scene, Take Two

Alex Evansley - Swoon Reads
Format: Hardcover

Debut author Alex Evansley delivers a sweet summer romance in this inventive novel about a young heartthrob and teen author falling in love. Teddy Sharpe is kind of famous. He might actually be on his way to being really famous, especially if he'd nailed an audition for the lead role in the movie...
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Hidden Human Computers: The Black Women of Nasa

SUE BRADFORD EDWARDS - ESSENTIAL LIBRARY
Format: Print book

Hidden Human Computersdiscusses how in the 1950s, black women made critical contributions to NASA by performing calculations that made it possible for the nation's astronauts to fly into space and return safely to Earth. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....
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Flying

Carrie Jones - a Tor Teen Book
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Carrie Jones introduces sassy alien-hunting cheerleader Mana in Flying, the launch of a sparkling new YA Science Fiction series.People have always treated seventeen-year-old Mana as someone in need of protection. She's used to being coddled,...
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Gettysburg: The True Account of Two Young Heroes in the Greatest Battle of the Civil War

Iain C. Martin - Sky Pony Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia advanced into Pennsylvania in a daring offensive to win the Civil War in a single campaign. They met the Union Army at a quiet crossroads town called Gettysburg, and engaged in the greatest battle ever fought...
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The Equals

Daniel Sweren-Becker - Imprint
Format: Hardcover

What happens when your own government turns against you?The Equality Team continues to round up and subject The Ones -- the 1% of the American population who were genetically engineered in vitro -- to a vaccine that will level the playing field. Desperate to save her boyfriend James from...
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Goodnight, Boy

NIKKI SHEEHAN - Oneworld Publications
Format: Paperback

A tale of two very different worlds, both shattered by the loss of loved ones. Tragic, comic and full of hope, thanks to a dog called Boy.The kennel has been JC's home ever since his new adoptive father locked him inside. For hours on end, JC sits and tells his dog Boy how he came to this...
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Miles Away from You

A.B. Rutledge - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

From debut voice A.B. Rutledge comes a quirky and completely fresh story of young love, loss, and the drastic distances we sometimes have to travel in order to move on, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Jandy Nelson. Explores gender nonconformity and the spectrum of sexual preference...
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How to Make a Wish

Ashley Herring Blake - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Grace, tough and wise, has nearly given up on wishes, thanks to a childhood spent with her unpredictable, larger-than-life mother. But this summer, Grace meets Eva, a girl who believes in dreams, despite her own difficult circumstances. One fateful evening, Eva climbs through a window...
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I Never

Laura Hopper - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Janey King's priorities used to be clear: track, school, friends, and family. But when seventeen-year-old Janey learns that her seemingly happy parents are getting divorced, her world starts to shift. Back at school, Luke Hallstrom, an adorable senior, pursues Janey, and she realizes that...
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Flight Risk: A Novel

Jennifer Fenn - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Jennifer Fenn's debut novel inspired by true events, about a teenage boy who has stolen -- and crashed -- not one, but three airplanes. And each time he's walked away unscathed.Who is Robert Jackson Kelly? Is he a juvenile delinquent? A criminal mastermind? A folk hero? One thing is clear:...
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Day of Ice

ANDREW LANE - Adaptive Books
Format: Hardcover

Months after their rescue by the government agency Segment W, Robinson Crusoe and his friend Friday have proven their skills as secret agents. They're now climbing the ranks of this exclusive group of spies who reports directly to the Crown. Suddenly, in the dead of winter, Friday...
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How Woodrow Wilson Fought World War I

Samuel Willard Crompton - Enslow Pub Inc
Format: Library Binding

Woodrow Wilson led America into the First World War in 1917. Historians have debated his methods and motives ever since. This volume explores Wilson's complex personality and the immense challenges he faced. Through quotes and vivid examples, the reader sees America and the world in a time...
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Ruin of Stars

Linsey Miller - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

The thrilling conclusion to the Mask of Shadows duology that weaves a tale of magic, shadows, and most importantly, revenge.As one of the Queen's elite assassins, Sal finally has the power, prestige, and permission to hunt down the lords who killed their family. But Sal still has to figure...
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The Chaos of Standing Still

JESSICA BRODY - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

"Jessica Brody has made me believe that getting stuck in an airport overnight would be the most fantastic thing in the world. I fell hard for this story of love, loss, friendship, and bad airport food. I loved it!" - Morgan Matson, New York Times bestselling author of The...
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When Elephants Fly

Nancy Richardson Fischer - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

Don't miss one of the most heartwarming young adult novels of the year. Perfect for fans of Water for Elephants, Wonder and All the Bright Places, When Elephants Fly shows that how we choose to live our lives matters, and that there are some battles worth fighting even if it means losing...
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Bright Burns the Night

Sara B Larson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Ten years ago, King Lorcan of the Dark Kingdom Dorjhalon defeated Queen Evelayn and cut her conduit stone from her. Since then, he has kept her trapped in her swan form. With the loss of balance between Dark and Light, winter has descended and the Draolon of adrolan lose more power every...
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Spontaneous

Aaron Starmer - Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Aaron Starmer skillfully welds sharp humor, deep loss, and roaring escapades. Truly the smartest and funniest book about spontaneous combustion you will ever read." - John Green, #1 bestselling author of The Fault In Our StarsA TIME magazine Top 10 YA & Children's...
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Acting in LA: How to Become a Working Actor in Hollywood

Kristina Sexton - Allworth Press
Format: Paperback

Each year, hundreds of aspiring and experienced actors head to LA hoping to make it big in Hollywood. While many of them have their acting chops in shape, few realize what it actually takes to survive in Tinseltown. Even if they happen to make it onto a set, many are clueless about what's...
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See All the Stars

Kit Frick - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

We Were Liars meets Goodbye Days in this thrilling debut novel that sweeps readers away as they try to solve the mystery of what happened then to make Ellory so broken now.It's hard to find the truth beneath the lies you tell yourself. Then: They were...
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Not Your Villain

C.B. Lee - Duet, an imprint of Interlude Press
Format: Paperback

Bells Broussard thought he had it made when his superpowers manifested early. Being a shapeshifter is awesome. He can change his hair whenever he wants, and if putting on a binder for the day is too much, he's got it covered. But that was before he became the country's most-wanted...
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The Closest I've Come

Fred Aceves - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Read the book Morris Award finalist Sonia Patel called "a brilliant, subtle debut," and Kirkus Reviews hailed as "heart-wrenching, funny, hopeful, and not-to-be-missed" in a starred review!The Closest I've Come is a must-read from talented first-time author Fred Aceves,...
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Murder, Magic, and What We Wore

KELLY JONES - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Fans of Patrice Kindl's Keeping the Castle or Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer's Sorcery and Cecelia will adore this funny Regency-era mystery about a determined young woman with a magical trick up her sleeve . . . The year is 1818, the city is London, and 16-year-old...
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The Door in the Moon

Catherine Fisher - Speak
Format: Print book

The third installment in New York Times bestselling author Catherine Fisher's Obsidian Mirror seriesThis New York Times bestselling author once again shows us that she is a master of world-building and surprising plot-twists. The vast, intricate world, fascinating revelations, and unexpected...
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Dungeonology

Matt Forbeck - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

A treasure trove of lore for new adventurers!The world's most beloved roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, joins the legendary 'Ology series as the renowned guide Volo Geddarm takes you on an unforgettable journey through the Forgotten Realms. From the dreaming spires of Waterdeep...
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Our Dark Duet

VICTORIA SCHWAB - Greenwillow Books
Format: Hardcover

The sequel - and conclusion - to Victoria Schwab's instant #1 New York Times bestseller, This Savage Song. Kate Harker is a girl who isn't afraid of the dark. She's a girl who hunts monsters. And she's good at it. August Flynn is a monster who can never be human. No matter how much he once...
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Feral Youth

Shaun David Hutchinson - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

Ten teens are left alone in the wilderness during a three-day survival test in this multi-authored novel edited by award-winning author Shaun David Hutchinson.At Zeppelin Bend, an outdoor-education program designed to teach troubled youth the value of hard work, cooperation, and compassion,...
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Sparrow

Sarah Moon - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

Sparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather have stayed home on the weekends with her mother, an affluent IT Executive at a Brooklyn bank, reading, or watching the birds, then playing with other kids. And that's made school a lonely experience for her....
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Pacifica

KRISTEN SIMMONS - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

Kristen Simmons, critically acclaimed author of Article 5 and Metaltown, brings her trademark action, romance, and frightening prescience to this tale of high seas adventure.For too long our people have suffered, plagued by overcrowding, disease, and lack of work. We have...
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The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

MACKENZI LEE - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

A Kirkus Prize nominee and Stonewall Honor winner with 5 starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller! Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library!"The queer teen historical you didn't know was missing from your life." - Teen Vogue"A stunning...
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The Edge of Over There

Shawn Smucker - Revell
Format: Hardcover

The captivating sequel to the award-winning The Day the Angels FellBefore the Tree of Life, everything in Abra Miller's life had been predictable. But after the Tree and the lightning and the angels, everything felt tenuous, like holding a soap bubble in the palm of her hand. She spent...
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The Radical Element: 12 Stories of Daredevils, Debutantes & Other Dauntless Girls

Jessica Spotswood - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

In an anthology of revolution and resistance, a sisterhood of YA writers shines a light on a century and a half of heroines on the margins and in the intersections.To respect yourself, to love yourself, should not have to be a radical decision. And yet it remains as challenging for an American...
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The Harlem Renaissance

Deann Herringshaw - Abdo Publishing Company; 1 edition
Format: Book

Looks at the Harlem Renaissance, highlighting the history of the neighborhood as well as famous artists and musicians.Title: The Harlem RenaissanceAuthor: Herringshaw, DeannPublisher: Abdo GroupPublication Date: 2011/08/01Number of Pages: 112Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 2011015336
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Hiding

Henry Turner - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

When a teen boy who excels at being unseen finds himself hiding in his ex-girlfriend's house, he uncovers carefully concealed truths - about her, her family, and himself - in a twisty mystery with a shocking surprise.One night, a lovelorn teen boy "accidentally" slips into...
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The Big Lie

JULIE MAYHEW - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

In a gripping novel set in present-day England under a Nazi regime, a sheltered teen questions what it means to be "good" - and how far she's willing to go to break the rules.Nazi England, 2014. Jessika Keller is a good girl - a champion ice skater, model student of the Bund...
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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives

Kenneth C Davis - Henry Holt and Company
Format: Print book

Did you know that many of America's Founding Fathers -- who fought for liberty and justice for all -- were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were "owned" by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about...
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Olivia Twist

Lorie Langdon - Blink
Format: Hardcover

Olivia Twist is an innovative reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic tale Oliver Twist, in which Olivia was forced to live as a boy for her own safety until she was rescued from the streets. Now eighteen, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads: revealed secrets threaten to destroy the "proper"...
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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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Strange the Dreamer

Laini Taylor - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A new epic fantasy by National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around--and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared...
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My Plain Jane

CYNTHIA HAND - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Move over, Charlotte Bronte. The authors of the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane are back with an irreverent spin on Jane Eyre - a tale of mischief, romance, and supernatural mayhem perfect for fans of The Princess Bride or A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. You may think you know...
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Empire of Dust

Eleanor Herman - Harlequin Teen
Format: Print book

In Macedon, war rises like smoke, forbidden romance blooms and ancient magic tempered with rage threatens to turn an empire to dust After winning his first battle, Prince Alexander fights to become the ruler his kingdom demands - but the line between leader and tyrant blurs with each new threat....
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The Metropolitans

Carol Goodman - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler meets The Apothecary in this time-bending mystery from bestselling author Carol Goodman!The day Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, four thirteen-year-olds converge at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where an eccentric curator is seeking...
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Dive Smack

DEMETRA BRODSKY - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

"A tense psychological drama with a voice that pulls you in and a twist you won't see coming." -- Gretchen McNeil, author of TenA 2018 Junior Library Guild Selection Theo Mackey only remembers one thing for certain about the fire that destroyed his home: he lit the match.Sure,...
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Wildman

J C Geiger - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Print book

"How can a total stranger understand you better than the people you've known your entire life?"When Lance's '93 Buick breaks down in the middle of nowhere, he tells himself Don't panic. After all, he's valedictorian of his class. First-chair trumpet player. Scholarship...
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Heroine

Mindy McGinnis - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A captivating and powerful exploration of the opioid crisis - the deadliest drug epidemic in American history - through the eyes of a college-bound softball star. Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a visceral and necessary novel about addiction,...
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The Young Chef: Recipes and Techniques for Kids Who Love to Cook

Mark Ainsworth - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Learn how to cook and think like a chef from the best of the best - the experts at The Culinary Institute of America Aspiring chefs turn to The Culinary Institute of America for top-tier training - and now younger cooks can too. Coauthored by chef-instructor (and parent) Mark Ainsworth,...
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Girls on the Line

Jennie Liu - Carolrhoda Lab
Format: Hardcover

Sixteen-year-old Luli has just aged out of the orphanage where she grew up, and her childhood friend Yun helps her get a job at the factory where Yun works. Both girls enjoy the freedom of making their own decisions and earning their own money--until Yun gets pregnant by her boyfriend,...
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In Search of Us

Ava Dellaira - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

This sweeping multi-generational love story introduces readers to mother-and-daughter pair Marilyn and Angie. To seventeen-year-old Angie, who is mixed-race, Marilyn is her hardworking, devoted white single mother. But Marilyn was once young, too. When Marilyn was seventeen, she fell in love...
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Busted

Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal (Commissie verzoekschriften) - Tantor Audio
Format: Audio CD

Marisa never planned to be a snoop for hire. It wasn't like she wanted to catch her best friend's boyfriend making out with another girl. But as her reputation for sniffing out cheaters spreads all over school, Marisa finds herself the reluctant queen of busting two-timing boys....
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Barron's AP World History, 8th Edition: With Bonus Online Tests

JOHN MCCANNON - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback

With this fully revised and updated guide, students will receive in-depth preparation for the upcoming AP World History exam with the most recent testing information available. This must-have manual includes:Two full-length practice tests with answer explanations reflecting the most recent...
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Radio Silence

Alice Oseman - Harper Teen
Format: Print book

From critically acclaimed author Alice Oseman comes a smartly crafted contemporary YA novel, perfect for readers who love Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl. This is an utterly captivating and authentic new teen novel from the author of Solitaire, which VOYA said "could put her among the great...
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BONE QUEEN : cadvan's story

ALISON CROGGON - CANDLEWICK PRESS
Format: Print book

In a highly anticipated prequel to the Books of Pellinor, Alison Croggon captivates fans old and new with her ancient, legendary world of Annar.After being seduced into sorcery by an agent of the Dark, the promising Bard Cadvan of Lirigon recklessly unleashed the terrible Bone Queen, bringing...
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Kenzie's Rules for Life: How to Be Happy, Healthy, and Dance to Your Own Beat

MACKENZIE ZIEGLER - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

An inspirational, upbeat collection of relatable lessons from the teen sensation, Mackenzie Ziegler - an award-winning dancer, singer/songwriter, and actress.Growing up is hard, but growing up in the spotlight is even harder. However, Mackenzie Ziegler is taking it all in stride, thanks...
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Your Destination Is on the Left

Lauren Spieller - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Emotional and sexy ... I loved it!" - Miranda Kenneally, bestselling author of Catching Jordan "Dessa is a winning and resilient heroine." - Elizabeth Wein, New York Times bestselling author of Code Name Verity "A journey I would happily...
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The Game Masters of Garden Place

Denis Markell - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A quirky Dungeons & Dragons-inspired adventure that will appeal to gamers and readers of the Mr. Lemoncello's Library series.What if your favorite fantasy game characters showed up on your doorstep IRL?Sixth graders Ralph, Jojo, Noel, Persephone, and Cammi are hooked on fantasy tabletop...
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Throne of Glass 5

Sarah J Maas - Bloomsbury Usa
Format: Print book

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't.With her heart sworn to the warrior-prince by her side, and her fealty...
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Countdown to College: The Essential Steps to Your Child's Successful Launch

Monique Rinere - Ballantine Books
Format: Paperback

After all the testing and touring and applying, your child has been accepted to college. Congratulations! Now what? Every new student grapples with making a successful transition to college - with remaining healthy, happy, grounded, and in school. Indeed, the national statistics are sobering:...
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Cracking the AP Calculus AB Exam, 2019 Edition: Practice Tests & Proven Techniques to Help You Score a 5

PRINCETON REVIEW. - Princeton Review
Format: Paperback

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SCORE A PERFECT 5. Ace the AP Calculus AB Exam with this comprehensive study guide - including 3 full-length practice tests, thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, and access to online extras.Techniques That Actually Work.* Tried-and-true...
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Hidden Pieces: A Novel

Paula Stokes - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

A small town. A big secret. A deadly game.From the author of Liars, Inc., comes a dark, contemporary thriller with twists and turns that are perfect for fans of We Were Liars, Little Monsters, and One of Us Is Lying.Embry Woods has secrets. Some are small, like the ones about her complicated...
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The House of One Thousand Eyes

MICHELLE BARKER - Annick Press
Format: Hardcover

Who can Lena trust to help her find out the truth?Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most people, but for Lena, it's particularly hard. After the death of her parents in a factory explosion and time spent in a psychiatric hospital recovering from the trauma, she is sent...
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Jess, Chunk, and the Road Trip to Infinity

Kristin Elizabeth Clark - Farrar
Format: Print book

The last time Jess saw her father, she was a boy. Now she's a high school graduate, soon to be on her way to art school. But first she has some unfinished business with her dad. So she's driving halfway across the country to his wedding. He happens to be marrying her mom's ex-best...
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Fishbone's Song

Gary Paulsen - Simon & Schuster Books
Format: Print book

An orphan reflects on the lessons he was taught by the wise old man who raised him in this lyrical novel that reads like poetry from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen.Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage...
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The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees

Don Brown - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Sibert Honor Medalist · New York Public Library Best Of 2018 · The Horn Books Fanfare 2018 list · Kirkus Best Books of 2018 · YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction WinnerIn the tradition of two-time Sibert honor winner Don Browns critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Great...
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Things That Make White People Uncomfortable

MICHAEL BENNETT - Haymarket Books
Format: Hardcover

Michael Bennett is a Super Bowl Champion, a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end, a fearless activist, a feminist, a grassroots philanthropist, an organizer, and a change maker. He's also one of the most scathingly humorous athletes on the planet, and he wants to make you uncomfortable. Bennett...
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Careers in Renewable Energy

Don Nardo - Referencepoint Pr Inc
Format: Hardcover

Careers in renewable energy are among the fastest-growing occupations in the United States today. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at renewable energy jobs, ranging from those in wind to solar to green...
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The Breathless

Tara Goedjen - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

For fans of the dark family secrets of We Were Liars and the page-turning suspense of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Breathless is a haunting tale of deeply buried secrets, forbidden love, and how far some will go to bring back what's long dead. No one knows what really...
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Rosemarked

Livia Blackburne - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

A healer who cannot be healed . . .When Zivah falls prey to the deadly rose plague, she knows it's only a matter of time before she fully succumbs. Now she's destined to live her last days in isolation, cut off from her people and unable to practice her art-until a threat to her village...
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Phoebe Will Destroy You

Blake Nelson - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

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...
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Project

Kristen Tracy - Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Two middle school BFFs experience the highs and lows of friendship, boys, sixth-grade politics, sister drama, and popularity in this funny and smart sequel to Project (Un) Popular! Perry can't figure out what she's doing wrong. Her best friend, Venice, has a boyfriend, making...
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dotwav

Mike A Lancaster - Sky Pony Pr
Format: Print book

"There's something in that sound. Something bad. Something dangerous."Fifteen-year-old Ani Lee is a skilled hacker researching a strange .wav file that she's downloaded when it behaves as no file ever should.Joe Dyson is a seventeen-year-old American transplant recruited...
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Emergency Contact

Mary H. K. Choi - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

"Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book." - Rainbow Rowell From debut author Mary H.K. Choi comes a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory - perfect for fans of Eleanor...
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Girl on Pointe: Chloe's Guide to Taking on the World

CHLOE LUKASIAK - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Chloe Lukasiak is a big believer that things happen for a reason. She knows that life would be easier without disappointments, bullying, and medical issues-but sometimes it takes challenges to inspire you to achieve big things. From her status as fan favorite on the hit reality television...
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All We Can Do Is Wait

RICHARD LAWSON - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

Debut author and Vanity Fair film critic Richard Lawson makes your heart stop and time stand still in his extraordinary and life-affirming novel that's perfect for fans of If I Stay and We All Looked Up.In the hours after a bridge collapse rocks their city, a group...
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Neverworld Wake

Marisha Pessl - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

Enter a realm where fears are physical and memories come alive in this absorbing psychological suspense thriller, from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Special Topics in Calamity Physics and Night Film.Once upon a time, back at Darrow-Harker School, Beatrice...
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Fireblood

ELLY BLAKE - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this action-packed sequel to the New York Times bestselling Frostblood, Ruby must choose between her fiery homeland and the icy king who loves her.Against all odds, Ruby has defeated the villainous Frost King and melted his powerful throne. But the bloodthirsty Minax that...
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Blacklist

Alyson Noel - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book

Internationally bestselling author Alyson Noel is back with Blacklist, the second book in her Beautiful Idols series, where celebrity worship becomes a dark and dangerous game. A glizy guilty pleasure read for mystery novel addcits and fans of the Pretty Little Liars books and TV show.Wannabe...
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The Last Magician

Lisa Maxwell - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times bestseller "Splendid." - Kirkus Reviews "Vivid and compelling." - BCCB "A smart and feisty female protagonist in whom readers will delight." - BOOKLIST "Will keep you guessing until the very last page."...
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Artificial Intelligence and the Technological Singularity

Anne C Cunningham - Greenhaven Publishing
Format: Print book

Will machines take over the world one day? Will they have human emotions? Will they be our friends or foes? Will they make our lives easier or will they wipe out the human labor force? Readers will come to their own conclusions after reading articles from leading experts forecasting how robots...
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Tracker's Canyon

PAM WITHERS - Dundurn
Format: Paperback

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Lost Crow Conspiracy

Rosalyn Eves - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Lost Crow Conspiracy is the dark, dazzling, action-packed sequel to Anna Arden's explosive societal debut in YA fantasy trilogy Blood Rose Rebellion.Sixteen-year old Anna Arden was once just the magically barren girl from an elite Luminate family. Now she has broken the Binding--and...
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Shatter

Aprilynne Pike - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Breaking Bad meets Marie Antoinette in a near-future world where the residents of Versailles live like it's the 1700s--this sequel to Glitter by #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike will leave readers shocked!Danica planned to use beauty, blackmail, and a glittering...
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Mariam Sharma Hits the Road

SHEBA KARIM - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

Three Pakistani-American teenagers, on a trip through the land of pork ribs, mechanical bulls, and Confederate flags. It's going to be quite an adventure.The summer after her freshman year of college, Mariam is looking forward to working and hanging out with her best friends: irrepressible...
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Pride

IBI ZOBOI - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street.Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots....
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The Midnights

Sarah Nicole Smetana - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

This voice-driven coming-of-age YA novel is perfect for fans of Katie Cotugno and Playlist for the Dead.Susannah Hayes has never been in the spotlight, but she dreams of following her father, a former rock star, onto the stage. As senior year begins, she's more interested in composing impressive...
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Grace and Fury

Tracy E Banghart - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Bold, brutal, and beautiful--a must-read fantasy full of fierce sisterhood, action, and political intrigue for fans of The Selection series, Caraval, and The Handmaid's Tale.Serina Tessaro has been groomed her whole life to become a Grace--someone to stand by the heir to the throne...
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Lies You Never Told Me

JENNIFER DONALDSON - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

"A compulsive page-turner with a shocking twist--get ready to stay up all night!" --Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little LiarsGabe and Elyse have never met. But they both have something to hide.Quiet, shy Elyse can't believe it when...
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The Shadows We Know by Heart

Jennifer Park - Simon Pulse
Format: Print book

In this haunting and luminescent debut novel, a girl's complicated family life starts to unravel after she finds herself falling for a mysterious boy who lives in the forest behind her house.Leah Roberts's life hasn't been the same since her brother died ten years ago. Her mother won't...
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All Three Stooges

Erica S Perl - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

An unforgettable coming-of-age story about comedy, loss, and friendship for fans of Jennifer L. Holm and Gary D. Schmidt.Spoiler alert: This book is not about the Three Stooges. It's about Noah and Dash, two seventh graders who are best friends and comedy junkies. That is, they were best...
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Rebel with a Cupcake

Anna Mainwaring - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

Jesobel Jones is bold and brash, the daughter of a hand model and a washed-up rock star. Jess sees no need to apologize for her rambling house, her imperfect family, her single status ... or her weight. Jess is who she is. She makes her own cupcakes and she eats them, too. No regrets.That...
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Cracking the AP Human Geography Exam, 2017 Edition

Princeton Review - Penguin/Random House
Format: Print book

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP SCORE A PERFECT 5. Equip yourself to ace the AP Human Geography Exam with The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide - including thorough content reviews, targeted strategies for every question type, access to our AP Connect portal online,...
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An Enchantment of Ravens

Margaret Rogerson - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

An instant New York Times bestseller! An Indie Next Top 10 Pick A Parents' Choice Silver Honor Winner "A funny, action-packed, and sweet romance." - School Library Journal (starred review) "A phenomenal read." - RT Book Reviews A skilled painter...
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The Memory of Things: A Novel

Gae Polisner - Griffin
Format: Print book

On the morning of September 11, 2001, sixteen-year-old Kyle Donohue watches the first twin tower come down from the window of Stuyvesant High School. Moments later, terrified and fleeing home to safety across the Brooklyn Bridge, he stumbles across a girl perched in the shadows, covered...
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Sadie

COURTNEY SUMMERS - Wednesday Books
Format: Book

A missing girl on a journey of revenge. A Serial -- like podcast following the clues she's left behind. And an ending you won't be able to stop talking about. Sadie hasn't had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she's been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated...

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Western Democracy at Risk

Avery Elizabeth Hurt - Greenhaven Pr
Format: Library Binding

America's founding principles have long been held up as model of success to the rest of the world. Somewhat suddenly however, these principals don't seem as solid as they once did. Globalization has created economic growth, but has also widened the gap between rich and poor. A rising...
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Fake Blood

Whitney Gardner - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A middle schooler comes head-to-head with his vampire slayer crush in this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel that's a perfect coming-of-age story for anyone who's ever felt too young, too small, or too average.It's the beginning of the new school year and AJ feels like everyone is changing...
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Geekerella

Ashley Poston - Quirk Books
Format: Hardcover

Cinderella goes to the con in this fandom-fueled twist on the classic fairy tale romance. Part romance, part love letter to nerd culture, and all totally adorbs, Geekerella is a fairy tale for anyone who believes in the magic of fandom. Geek girl Elle Wittimer lives and breathes Starfield,...
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Flashtide: The sequel to Flashfall

Jenny Moyer - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Orion has survived the tunnels of Outpost Five, filled with mutant creatures and dangers around every bend. She has traversed the cordons, exposed to the radiation of the flash curtain and hunted by forces that want her stopped, dead or alive. Now, with Dram by her side, she has made it to the safety...
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She Loves You

ANN HOOD - Penguin Workshop
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling author Ann Hood tells the story of a girl swept up in the heart of 1960s Beatlemania. Written in her signature prose, Hood weaves a tale of four misfit friends who set off to see the Beatles' final world tour, each harboring a secret hope. What emerges is a sincere and funny...
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Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews

Jonathan Cott (Editor) - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

"A historical compilation to savor" (Los Angeles Times) that is "invaluable ... irresistible" (The New York Times) - the ultimate collection of interviews and encounters with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, spanning his entire career from 1962 to today.Bob...
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5 Steps to a 5: AP Spanish Language and Culture 2017

Dennis Lavoie - Mcgraw-Hill Education
Format: Print book

Get ready for your AP Spanish Language and Culture exam with this straightforward, easy-to-follow study guide! The wildly popular test prep guide -- updated and enhanced with a complete audio program on MP3 disk -- 5 Steps to a 5 AP Spanish Language and Culture 2017 provides a proven...
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Hope in The Holler

Lisa Lewis Tyre - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

The poignant--and funny--story of a girl trying to be brave and find her place in the world after she's sent to live with scheming relatives.Right before Wavie's mother died, she gave Wavie a list of instructions to help her find her way in life, including this one: Be brave, Wavie...
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The Becoming of Noah Shaw

Michelle Hodkin - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In the first book of the Shaw Confessions, the companion series to the New York Times bestselling Mara Dyer novels, old skeletons are laid bare and new promises prove deadly. This is what happens after happily ever after.Everyone thinks seventeen-year-old Noah Shaw has the world...
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Here We Are Now

Jasmine Warga - Balzer + Bray
Format: Book

Taliah Sahar Abdallat lives and breathes music. Songs have always helped Tal ease the pain of never having known her father. Her mother, born in Jordan and very secretive about her past, won’t say a word about who her dad really was. But when Tal finds a shoebox full of old letters...

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For This Life Only

Stacey Kade - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

A young man struggles to move forward after the death of his twin brother in this gripping, coming-of-age tale about loss, redemption, love, and the moment you begin to see the world differently.Three minutes. Jacob Palmer died for three life-changing minutes. And when he woke up, nothing...
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As I Descended

Robin Talley - HarperTeen
Format: Print book

From the acclaimed author of Lies We Tell Ourselves, Robin Talley, comes a Shakespeare-inspired story of revenge and redemption, where fair is foul, and foul is fair.Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school's ultimate power couple - but one thing stands between them and their perfect...
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Vigilante

Kady Cross - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

A brutally honest, uncompromising story about a teen girl who decides to take matters into her own hands It's senior year, and Hadley and her best friend, Magda, should be starting the year together. Instead, Magda is dead and Hadley is alone. Raped at a party the year before and humiliated,...
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The Countryside in Colonial America

George Cappacio - Cavendish Square Publishing

Colonial America was largely rural. Learn the dangers and delights of daily life in the countryside during the founding of the United States.
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Ultimatum

K M Walton - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Cracked and Empty comes a gripping, emotional story of two brothers who must make the ultimate decision about what's more important: family or their differences.It's not Oscar's fault he's misunderstood. Ever since his mother died, he's been disrespected by his father...
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Relative Strangers

PAULA GARNER - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Why is there a gap in Jules's baby album? A wry and poignant coming-of-age novel about finding the truth in lies, salvaging hope in heartbreak, and making peace with missing pieces.Eighteen-year-old Jules has always wished for a close-knit family. She never knew her father, and her ex-addict...
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Star Wars Rogue One Young Adult Novel

Beth Revis - Disney Lucasfilm Press
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis brings to life the early adventures and heartbreaks of the heroine of the smash hit movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. When Jyn Erso was five years old, her mother was murdered and her father taken from her to serve the Empire. But despite...
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Pharrell Williams

Saddleback Educational Publishing - Saddleback Educational Publishing
Format: Print book

There's no doubt about it, today's students listen to an average of 2.5 hours of music every day. Guess what they are listening to? Hip-hop is mainstream, continually topping Billboard's Hot 100 charts. These hi-lo biographies engage striving readers from the very beginning with blinged-out...
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Dragon Behavior

Matt Doeden - Capstone Press
Format: Print book

In popular dragon legends, dragons breathe fire and hoard treasures. But many kinds of dragons appear in stories from all over the world. What do these dragons eat? Where do they live? From dragons that fly to dragons that help people, find out what makes each type of dragon unique.
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The Cheerleaders

Kara Thomas - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

"A little bit Riverdale and a little bit Veronica Mars, The Cheerleaders is a twisty page-turner that will have you doubting every character you meet--and everything you think you know." --Riley Sager, bestselling author of Final GirlsFrom the author...
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The Cat's Pajamas

Daniel Wallace - Inkshares; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Meet Louis Fellini. Louis lived in a time long ago when cats wore clothes, worked in cities, and went on picnics. But the cats dressed all the same, down to the shoes they wore. Louis Fellini was a different sort of cat. He wanted to be himself. But it isnt as easy as you might think to be yourself,...
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The Stand-In

Steven L Bloom - Carolrhoda Lab
Format: Print book

When Brooks volunteered to be a stand-in for Burdette's cousin who got stood up for Homecoming, it was with the noblest of intentions helping a fellow human being, free of charge. But when he gets a tip of more than three hundred bucks, word spreads quickly and Brooks seizes the opportunity...
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How to Disappear

SHARON HUSS ROAT - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Between the Notes comes a story that shines a light on our love of social media and how sometimes being the person you think you want to be isn't as great as being the person you truly are. Perfect for fans of Vivi Greene's Sing and Susane Colasanti's Now and Forever.Vicky...
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It Started with Goodbye

Christina June - Blink
Format: Paperback

Sixteen-year-old Tatum Elsea is bracing for the worst summer of her life. After being falsely accused of a crime, she's stuck under stepmother-imposed house arrest and her BFF's gone ghost. Tatum fills her newfound free time with community service by day and working at her covert graphic...
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Project Semicolon: Your Story Isn't Over

Amy Bleuel - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

For fans of PostSecret, Humans of New York, and If You Feel Too Much, this collection from suicide-awareness organization Project Semicolon features stories and photos from those struggling with mental illness. Project Semicolon began in 2013 to spread a message of hope: No one struggling...
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The Art of Feeling

Laura Tims - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Jennifer Niven's All the Bright Places and Meg Wolitzer's Belzhar comes an emotionally thrilling tale of a friendship between a girl who feels too much and a boy who feels too little, as they discover that maybe pain can bring people together and not just tear them apart.Samantha...
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Schools

George Cappacio - Cavendish Square Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Education was not universal in the colonial period. Discover the differences in how rich and poor, male and female, and white and minority students were treated.
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Interlude: A Novel

Chantele Sedgwick - Sky Pony Press
Format: Hardcover

When Mia Cox finds out she can't donate her kidney to save her younger sister's life, she doesn't hesitate to jump on a plane to New York, convinced she can talk their estranged birth mother, Carmen, into donating hers instead. She doesn't know the city or how she'll find Carmen when she gets...
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The Unlikelies

CARRIE FIRESTONE - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Five teens embark on a summer of vigilante good samaritanism in a novel that's part The Breakfast Club, part The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, and utterly captivating.Rising high school senior Sadie is bracing herself for a long, lonely, and boring summer....
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Top Ten

KATIE COTUGNO - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

The newest stunning and unforgettable contemporary realistic romance from the New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days, Fireworks, and How to Love. Perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen, Jenny Han, and Morgan Matson. Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of best friends. Prickly,...
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Sightwitch

SUSAN DENNARD - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Windwitch, an illustrated prequel novella set in the Witchlands setting up the forthcoming hotly anticipated Bloodwitch.Set a year before Truthwitch, Sightwitch follows Ryber Fortiza, the last Sightwitch Sister...
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Dark Breaks the Dawn

Sara B Larson - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

On her eighteenth birthday, Princess Evelayn of Eadrolan, the Light Kingdom, can finally access the full range of her magical powers. The light looks brighter, the air is sharper, and the energy she can draw when fighting feels almost limitless. But while her mother, the queen, remains...
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What Girls Are Made of

Elana K Arnold - Carolrhoda Lab
Format: Print book

When Nina Faye was fourteen, her mother told her there was no such thing as unconditional love. Nina believed her. Now she'll do anything for the boy she loves, to prove she's worthy of him. But when he breaks up with her, Nina is lost. What is she if not a girlfriend? What is she made...
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Things I Should Have Known

Claire Scovell LaZebnik - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

An unforgettable story about autism, sisterhood, and first love that's perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Sophie Kinsella, and Sarah Dessen. New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things Julie Buxbaum raved: "I couldn't put it down." Meet Chloe Mitchell,...
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The Legacy of the Cold War

Ann Byers - Cavendish Square
Format: Library Binding

The aftereffects of the Cold War continue to impact the world today. Following the close of the Cold War era, Communism was no longer a pervasive force. Because Communist countries invested a significant amount of resources into military power, their economies became weak and neglected....
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Pesticides and Gmos (Opposing Viewpoints)

Yea Jee Bae - Greenhaven Pr
Format: December 30

In a world in which so many are hungry, scientific advances in agriculture can have a substantial impact. Pesticides and GMOs help ensure that more of us can enjoy nutritious produce, but do they do more harm than good? From fears of causing cancer to the future of small and family farmers,...
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Stranger Than Fanfiction

Chris Colfer - ‎Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition
Format: Hardcover

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Colfer comes a funny, heartbreaking, unforgettable novel about friendship and fame. Cash Carter...
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R.I.P. Eliza Hart

Alyssa B Sheinmel - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

When Eliza Hart, the most popular girl at Ventana Ranch boarding school, is found dead, Ellie Sokoloff is determined to figure out what happened to her. After all, Eliza was Ellie's childhood best friend. Never mind that ever since Ellie arrived at school Eliza has spread terrible rumors...
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Truthers

Geoffrey Girard - Carolrhoda Lab TM
Format: Hardcover

Katie Wallace has never given much thought to 9/11. She was only a year old when terrorists struck American soil. But now her dad has landed in a mental institution after claiming to know what really happened. He insists the attacks were part of a government conspiracy. And he claims that...
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Handbook to UFOs, Crop Circles, and Alien Encounters (Paranormal Handbooks)

Sean McCollum - Capstone Press
Format: Hardcover

The idea that aliens might visit our planet has gripped Earthlings for a long time. Extraterrestrials are popular in science fiction books, movies, and TV shows. UFO hunters of every kind are searching Earth, sky, and space for answers to the question: Are we alone in the galaxy?
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The Light Fantastic

Sarah Combs - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Seven tightly interwoven narratives. Three harrowing hours. One fateful day that changes everything. Delaware, the morning of April 19. Senior Skip Day, and April Donovan's eighteenth birthday. Four days after the Boston Marathon bombing, the country is still reeling, and April's rare...
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Michael Vey 6

Richard Paul Evans - Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Format: Print book

Michael and his friends try to recruit Hatch's Electric Youth to their side as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying sixth installment of the New York Times bestselling series!
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Black Light Express

Philip Reeve - Switch Press
Format: Hardcover

With superb world building, gripping action, and ruthless political intrigue, Black Light Express delivers a breathtaking adventure into the darkest depths of space and is sure to please sci-fi fans and foes alike. At the edge of the Great Network, a small-time thief and an android girl...
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Protected

Claire Zorn - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

I have three months left to call Katie my older sister. Then the gap will close and I will pass her. I will get older. But Katie will always be fifteen, eleven months and twenty-one days old. Hannah has survived high school by putting up walls. At first, they were meant to protect her from...
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Escaping From Houdini

KERRI MANISCALCO - jimmy patterson
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Bestseller! Audrey Rose and Thomas Cresswell find themselves aboard a luxurious ocean liner that becomes a floating prison of horror when passengers are murdered one by one...with nowhere to run from the killer. The #1 bestselling series that started with Stalking...
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Shadowcaster

Cinda Williams Chima - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Cinda Williams Chima, this is a thrilling story of the unfathomable costs of war, the allure of dark magic, and two principled and conflicted characters drawn together despite everything they stand to lose.Alyssa ana'Raisa, the reluctant princess heir...
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We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson - Bloomsbury YA
Format: Hardcover

Carol Anderson's White Rage took the world by storm, landing on the New York Times bestseller list and best book of the year lists from New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Chicago Review of Books. It launched her as an in-demand commentator...
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Last Chance: A Novel

GREGG HURWITZ - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

The Rain brothers fight for the survival of humanity in Last Chance, the thrilling sequel to New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz's YA debut, The Rains.The New York Times bestselling author of Orphan X, Gregg Hurwitz, returns to Creek's Cause...
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My Life Uploaded

Rae Earl - Imprint
Format: Hardcover

Fresh, funny, and utterly irresistible, this young adult novel from Rae Earl explores the ups and downs of life online. Hello! Millie Porter here. I'm posting this from a garden shed, because three so-called adults are in the house arguing over whether you can train penguins. You see,...
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Careers in Travel and Hospitality

Stuart A Kallen - Referencepoint Pr Inc
Format: Hardcover

In 2017 one out of every eighteen Americans was employed by the travel and hospitality industry, working for hotels, restaurants, casinos, cruise lines, ski resorts, and travel agencies. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide...
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A Reaper at the Gates

SABAA TAHIR - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover

BOOK THREE IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES"Thrilling and hard to put down, readers will absolutely devour Tahir's latest." --BuzzFeedAn Entertainment Weekly Summer Reads pick!"The perfect summer read." --The Washington PostThe highly anticipated...
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Witchlight

L J SMITH - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

The ninth book in L.J. Smith's beloved bestselling Night World series is now available as a special collector's edition!Keller, a shapeshifter, has been chosen to protect a new Wild Power. When she's not a panther, Keller is a tough, no-nonsense seventeen-year-old. But she meets...
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Seven Days of You

Cecilia Vinesse - Little
Format: Print book

Anna and the French Kiss meets Before Sunrise in this smart and swoony debut. Sophia has seven days left in Tokyo before she moves back to the States. Seven Days to say good-bye to the electric city, her wild best friend, and the boy she's harbored a semi-secret crush on for years. Seven...
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The Owner's Manual For Driving Your Adolescent Brain

Dr. JoAnn Deak - Little Pickle Press
Format: Hardcover

Think you know everything about your brain? Think again! In this exciting follow-up to Your Fantastic Elastic Brain, you’ll get the goods on glia and the news about neurons, presented in a fun and engaging format. Hang on to your hemispheres, and prepare to have your mind boggled...
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Dear My Blank: Secret Letters Never Sent

Emily Trunko - Crown
Format: Print book

From the popular Tumblr of the same name comes a collection of heart-warming, tear-jerking, and gut-wrenching anonymous letters that people never intended - or didn't have the courage - to send. The Tumblr Dear My Blank - created by 16-year-old Emily Trunko and followed by over 35,000...
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Runebinder

Alex R. Kahler - Harlequin Teen
Format: Hardcover

Magic is risen. Three years have passed since magic destroyed the world. Those who remain struggle to survive the humanoid monsters called Howls roaming the streets. The Hunters fight back with steel and magic, doing their best to protect what remains of humanity. They have used their elemental...
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Between the Blade and the Heart

AMANDA HOCKING - Wednesday Books
Format: Paperback

When the fate of the world is at stakeLoyalties will be testedGame of Thrones meets Blade Runner in this commanding new YA fantasy inspired by Norse Mythology from New York Times bestselling author Amanda Hocking.As one of Odin's Valkyries, Malin's greatest responsibility...
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Finding Mighty

Sheela Chari - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Along the train lines north of New York City, twelve-year-old neighbors Myla and Peter search for the link between Myla's necklace and the disappearance of Peter's brother, Randall. Thrown into a world of parkour, graffiti, and diamond-smuggling, Myla and Peter encounter a band of thugs...
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Ramona Blue

Julie Murphy - Balzer + Bray
Format: Print book

From Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin' and Side Effects May Vary, comes another fearless heroine, Ramona Blue, in a gorgeously evocative novel about family, friendship, and how sometimes love can be more fluid than you first think. Perfect for fans of Rainbow...
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Coding with Minecraft: Build Taller, Farm Faster, Mine Deeper, and Automate the Boring Stuff

Al Sweigart - No Starch Press
Format: Paperback

A hands-on introduction to coding that teaches you how to program bots to do cool things in the game you love--Minecraft! This book takes the robotic "turtle" method, and extends it to the 3D, interactive world of Minecraft.You've mined for diamonds, crafted dozens of tools,...
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The Last Beginning

Lauren James - Sky Pony
Format: Hardcover

The epic conclusion to Lauren Jamess debut The Next Together about true love and reincarnation. Sixteen years ago, after a scandal that rocked the world, teenagers Katherine and Matthew vanished without a trace. Now Clove Sutcliffe is determined to find her long lost relatives. But where...
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Soldier Sister, Fly Home

Bo Flood - Charlesbridge
Format: Print book

A tender and gripping novel about family, identity, and loss. Thirteen-year-old Tess is having a hard enough time understanding what it means to be part white and part Navajo, but now she's coping with her sister Gaby's announcement that she's going to enlist and fight in the Iraq...
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Labyrinth Lost

Zoraida Córdova - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Print book

"Enchanting and complex. Every page is filled with magic." -- Danielle Paige, New York Times best-selling author of Dorothy Must DieNothing says Happy Birthday like summoning the spirits of your dead relatives. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation...and she hates...
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Online Filter Bubbles

Paula Johanson - Greenhaven Pr
Format: Library Binding

Every time we check our feeds we create safety bubbles around ourselves. Thanks to technological algorithms, we are living an increasingly narrow existence, one in which the news we read, the products we purchase, and the people we interact with are tailor-made for each of us. We might...
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Outrageous Animal Adaptations: From Big-Eared Bats to Frill-Necked Lizards

Michael J Rosen - Twenty First Century Books
Format: Library Binding

A fish that walks on land, a frog that makes its own sunscreen, and an insect that can become invisible? Whether to avoid predators, to stalk prey, or to withstand extreme temperatures, Earth's creatures have evolved some outrageous features and tricks to ensure survival. For example,...
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The Sacrifice Box

MARTIN STEWART - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A horror story about friendship, growing up, and finding a place in the world: Gremlins meets The Breakfast Club by way of Stephen King and Stranger Things.In the summer of 1982, five friends discover an ancient stone box hidden deep in the woods. They seal inside of it treasured...
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The Holocaust: The Origins, Events, and Remarkable Tales of Survival

Philip Steele - Scholastic
Format: Print book

During World War II, six million Jewish men, women, and children lost their lives under the Nazis, in one of the darkest events of modern history. THE HOLOCAUST: The Origins, Events, and Remarkable Tales of Survival is a thought-provoking new book that explores the circumstances that led to the Holocaust,...
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The Girl with the Red Balloon

KATHERINE LOCKE - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

When sixteen-year-old Ellie Baum accidentally time-travels via red balloon to 1988 East Berlin, she's caught up in a conspiracy of history and magic. She meets members of an underground guild in East Berlin who use balloons and magic to help people escape over the Wall - but even to the balloon...
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Damsel

Elana K Arnold - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover

*A 2019 Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book*A dark, twisted, unforgettable fairy tale from Elana K. Arnold, author of the National Book Award finalist What Girls Are Made OfThe rite has existed for as long as anyone can remember: When the king dies, his son the prince must venture out into...
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As You Wish

Chelsea Sedoti - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Hardcover

If you could make one wish that was guaranteed to come true -- what would you wish for? Rules for Wishing: Never let an outsider find out about wishing. (Zip your lips and throw away the key.) Wishes that would impact the world are off limits (i.e. no bringing back the dinosaurs) . Do no harm....
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Just Dreaming

Kerstin Gier - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

The course of dream travel never did run smooth -- at least, not in Liv Silver's experience. Able to visit other people's dreams (whether they want her to or not) , Liv has solved mysteries, unearthed difficult truths, fought madmen, and escaped life-threatening peril, all from the comfort...
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