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The Girl You Thought I Was

REBECCA PHILLIPS - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

"A smart and savvy take on coming of age and coming to terms, with a little help from your friends." - Huntley Fitzpatrick, author of My Life Next Door No one looking at Morgan Kemper would think she had a secret - at least not one that she's deeply ashamed of.To everyone she meets,...
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Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom

Susin Nielsen - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover

Violet's TV-director dad has traded a job in Vancouver for one in Los Angeles, their run-down house for a sleek ranch-style home complete with a pool, and, worst of all, Violet's mother for a trophy wife, a blonde actress named Jennica. Violet's younger sister reacts by bed-wetting,...
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These Hollow Vows

Lexi Ryan - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Brie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she'll do whatever it takes to get her back - including making a deal with the king himself...
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Sparrow: A Novel

Mary Cecilia Jackson - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak, Mary Cecilia Jackson's devastating but hopeful YA debut is about a ballerina who finds the courage to confront the abuse that haunts her past and threatens her future. There are two kinds of people on the planet. Hunters and prey...
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Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales

Rebecca Barrow
Format: Hardcover

Fake relationships. Enemies to lovers. Love triangles and best friends, mistaken identities and missed connections. This collection of genre-bending and original stories celebrates how love always finds a way, featuring powerful flora, a superhero and his nemesis, a fantastical sled race...
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My Box-Shaped Heart

Rachael Lucas
Format: Hardcover

Rachel Lucas's My Box-Shaped Heart is a powerful YA novel about an unlikely friendship between two struggling teens -- and how they come together to help one another.Holly's mom is a hoarder, and Holly is fed up with being picked on at school for being weird . . . and having the wrong...
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Lottery Boy

Michael Byrne - Candlewick Press, 2015.
Format: Print book

In a gripping thriller with a hint of Oliver Twist, a street kid and his dog are chasing an unlikely fortune - and dodging the thugs who would steal it.Twelve-year-old Bully has lost his mum and his old life. Living rough on the streets of London with his dog, Jack, he can't imagine...
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Dig Two Graves

Gretchen McNeil - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

One of Us is Lying meets Hitchcock in this YA retelling of Strangers on a Train from celebrated author of the #MurderTrending series, Gretchen McNeil.I did my part, BFF. Now it's your turn. Seventeen-year-old film noir fan Neve Lanier is a girl who just wants to be seen, but doesn't...
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The World Cup: Soccer's Global Championship

Matt Doeden - Millbrook Pr
Format: Library Binding

The World Cup is international soccer's championship tournament, and it rules the global sports stage. Award-winning author Matt Doeden explores the history of international soccer and covers the World Cup's greatest moments, from the Save of the Century to Diego Maradona's Hand of God goal...
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The Way I Used to Be

Amber Smith - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Print book

In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn't change who she was. But the night her brother's...
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